Perfect Mysterious Husband (Maddox and Kimberly)
Chapter 1007

Vera didn't say anything else and Minerva could tell that she had her own reasons to do so. Regardless, she had decided to resign. She then apologized to Minerva a couple of times and excused herself. Minerva thought about it and felt that something was not right with her.

According to her personality, she would never resign at a time like this. There must be a reason for her to do so.

Hence, Minerva headed to the office in person.

Since the company was established, their business had been doing well. It quickly became a brand, and people would go to them for designs.

Previously, she was unhappy with the elite team of designers whom Quill hired for her from another company. As time passed, she built a relationship with the designers, and they would exchange knowledge among each other, and create designs that would satisfy their clients.

Even though Minerva was abroad, they designers would still run their designs by her.

She would often ask Vera to pass on her opinions, insights, and experience to the team.

Now that Vera was resigning, Minerva would be losing a great help.

However, she couldn't force the situation.

Vera was an independent soul and Minerva couldn't expect for her to work for her forever. Perhaps, she worked for her all these years because she felt pressured into it or felt that it was her responsibility to do

SO.

Kelly was very happy to see Minerva back at the company. She proudly presented all of her latest designs to her.

"What do you think?"

Kelly looked at her expectantly, with only three words written clearly on her face.

"Begging for compliments!"

Minerva couldn't help but laugh. She said softly, "Not bad, you've improved a lot."

After that, she asked her about Vera.

"How has the company been recently? I haven't been free to drop by previously. How is Vera doing?"

Kelly's expression was odd when Minerva brought up Vera during the conversation. She looked like she was trying to hide something. Minera frowned and wondered what the reason behind it was. "What's wrong? What's with the expression?"

Kelly looked up and hesitated for a while before she finally said, "About that... I know that you and Vera are close but since you brought up about it... This is not me trying to talk bad about her but she has not been pulling her weight recently. She messed up a few orders in the past few days."

"Messed up?" Minerva squinted her eyes in confusion. "How did she mess them up?"

Afterward, Kelly told Minerva about the recent events that had been happening in the company. During this time, Minerva kept frowning, but no one could tell if she was angry or not. After that, Kelly carefully said, "I didn't mean to say anything bad about her. I said it only because you asked me about it."

She was not the type to gossip about someone behind their backs.

Minerva came back to her senses and nodded at her with a smile. "I understand. You're only telling me because I asked you about it. You're not the type to gossip about someone behind their backs. Are you happy?"

Kelly's ears turned red and her expression became bashful as Minerva stared at her. "Stop teasing me! The truth is, Vera has always been hardworking. I know that I may not be the most friendly person, but I know that she might be going through something recently and it didn't seem like she messed up the orders on purpose."

Minerva nodded in agreement. "I've been working with her for many years. I know what kind of person she is."

"I see. So you're trying to replace out what is going on with her recently?"

"That's right."

"Let me tell you some more recent news about Vera."

After that, Minerva heard a lot more from Kelly. It turned out that Vera had not been able to focus at work and she would accidentally spill water on the clients as she served them drinks. It was either that or she would make some other mistakes to anger the clients. There were clients who had left unannounced and refused to work with the company again.

There were also other issues that Kelly realized.

Minerva's gaze became worried.

It seemed that what happened with Quill had affected her greatly.

Although she had suffered a

blow, Vera usually quickly pulled herself together. It was obvious that she had not give up on him. She would always give herself xcuses and end up having a hard time. Now that she was behaving this way, had she stopped giving herself excuses and was truly going to give up on him?

She looked fine from the outside but it turned out that her weakness was being revealed during her work. Perhaps it was because she lost a few bigger clients of the company and now she wanted to resign out of guilt? Minerva didn't know whether she should try to keep Vera from resigning.

All these years, she was still unsure if Vera had willingly worked with her or if she felt obligated to do so. Regardless, Minerva was thankful for her.

However, if Vera was working with her because she felt that she had the responsibility to do so, then Minerva would want to set her free. She would want her to pursue what she truly wanted to do. After making up her mind, Minerva planned to have a talk with her.

Vera was shocked when she saw Minerva at the office and said, "Why are you here? Don't tell me you're planning to work in this condition."

Minerva smiled faintly and replied.

"What's the matter? What's wrong with working in this condition?"

"Of course it's wrong. You're pregnant right now and your pregnancy isn't that stable yet. It's best for you to rest at home. There is too much going on in the office and I'm worried that you won't be able to cope."

The smile on Minerva's face remained and she replied, "You're worried that I won't be able to cope now but what about after you leave?" Vera turned silent.

The air was quiet. After a few moments, she scratched her head and said, "How about I stay and help you manage the company for a while more?"

Upon hearing that, the smile on Minerva's lips faded. She did not give a reply but walked around the table towards Vera.

"Have you stayed in the company and stayed by my side with this belief all along?"

"I..." Vera muttered.

"We met five years ago and back

then, you told me Sylvia was not a genuine person. Then, you heard about my story and you followed me abroad. You ended up living a life with Beanie and myself. You seemed happy with your life and I truly appreciate the friendship we have. However, I realized today that albof this could have been a burden to you." "No, no, no." Vera quickly waved her hand and tried her best to explain for herself, "I don't feel burdened. You said it yourself that I was happy to be able to live with you

and it is indeed my honor. How could I possibly feel burdened by it?"

"How could it not be a burden? You said that you wanted to resign earlier and then you offered to stay after you heard about my health. Aren't you giving yourself a hard time just so things would be easier for me?"

Vera was speechless and she didn't know what to answer Minerva at that moment. After a while, she said, "I... I just don't want you to be overworked."