CHAPTER 631: CHAPTER 631

Shirley was a new rising star. Although her commercial value was average, her fans and fame were excellent. Thus, her whereabouts were a secret, and it was hard for ordinary people to meet her. Even after asking around, Clara didn’t gain any useful clues. Finally, she braced herself and went to Universal Entertainment.

She’d decided to ask Ethan about Shirley. After all, Shirley was his first love, so he should know everything about Shirley.

When the young receptionist saw Clara, she immediately got up and welcomed her enthusiastically. "Miss Blackwell, you must be here to see Mr. Stuart. He’s in his office now. You can go up without making an appointment."

"Oh... Okay." Clara scratched her hair and looked at the eager receptionist doubtfully. She had dated Ethan secretly in the past, and not many people had known about it. She had to go through a very complicated procedure every time she went to Universal Entertainment to see him, and meeting him without an appointment was very difficult, so this was rather strange.

As she headed to Ethan’s office, many employees stole glances at her. If they accidentally met her gaze, they would immediately look away guiltily. The whole office building seemed to be engulfed in gloominess, and it was like everyone was walking on eggshells.

However, her sudden arrival seemed like a ray of hope to the employees, and everyone welcomed her as if she was their savior.

"Miss Blackwell, this way please." Another charming female employee was even more enthusiastic as she led Leah into the elevator. She even considerately handed a pack of tissue paper to Leah. "Miss Blackwell, please take this-you might need it later."

Clara felt like she was being led into the battlefield. She carefully asked the lady, "What’s going on? Has this building been hijacked by terrorists or something? Are you guys being held hostage?"

"Er, well..." The employee swallowed. She wore a tight skirt and high heels, and her posture was stiff. "It’s worse than a terrorist. We’re not hostages but innocent people... Mr.Stuart will deal with us if we’re careless."

"What do you mean? Is Ethan out of his mind? Is he attacking people now?" Clara asked incredulously, then added, "He’s not an emotional person. Did his first love hurt him? Is that why he’s venting his anger on his pitiful employees?"

"We don’t know the details, but he changed after talking to you and Miss White the other day. He always smiled in the past, and wouldn’t be mad at us regardless of how we joked with him. However, now... we may even get fired if we take a deeper breath these days, let alone make a joke. The personnel department had to replace his secretary three times already, and you won’t believe why they were fired in the first place..."

Clara frowned. "Why were they fired?"

"One was five minutes late to work, and the other used a lipstick that was ’the wrong color’. And another was fired because... her name sounds like yours. You’re Leah, and she’s Ayra Dixon. So, she was fired, but Mr. Stuart generously paid them all twice the usual amount of compensation," the employee elaborated as if she was commenting on a book.

However, Ethan’s behaviour was indeed abnormal these days, like a character from a fantasy story.

The employees secretly guessed that his mood swings might either be related to Shirley or Clara. After all, he had changed only after meeting them. Shirley was a famous star with a tight daily schedule, so she rarely went to the headquarters of Universal Entertainment, but fortunately, Clara was here to save them.

They reached the top floor, and the door of the elevator opened automatically. However, the employee did not step out of the elevator, and instead cheered Clara on. "You can do it. I won’t go in with you, but you can call us if anything happens."

When Clara stepped out of the elevator, the employee left quickly.

Clara huffed in irritation. ’Why do I feel like I’m sacrificing myself?’

When she reached the door of Ethan’s office, she heard his angry roar from afar.

"Is your marketing department completely useless? How dare you sign on a novice with such poor skills? What makes them different from this trainee from Korshach? How competitive is this novice? I can easily find a better person. Get lost and reflect on your mistake!"

After that, a middle-aged man with black-rimmed glasses was driven out of the office with a man pitifully squatted down on the floor to pick up the documents, looking unhappy.

"Let me help you." Clara squatted down and helped him pick up the documents.

"Thank you so much." The man glanced at Clara and shook his head. "If you’re going to see Mr. Stuart now, I suggest you get work insurance immediately. I don’t think you’ll survive."

"Is he that horrible?"

"Go ahead if you think I’m lying. Bless you!" The man left after picking up the documents.

Clara did not dwell much on it before she opened the door and entered the office. Unexpectedly, Ethan threw a stack of files at her.

"How dare you come back?! This proposal is even more ridiculous than the trainee you found!"

"Ah!" Before Clara could speak, a folder smacked her in the face, and she let out a pained scream.

"Why... Why are you here?" Ethan did not expect that Clara would come, and for a moment, he looked like a guilty child. However, after he regained his wits, he hurriedly rushed over and helped her up. He checked her head and face and asked worriedly, "How are you? Do you need to go to the hospital?"

"Go away!" Clara pushed him away and snapped, "You could use a gentler way if you wanted to kill me. You know I can’t stand pain."

"I’m sorry, I didn’t know it was you. I..."

"Does it matter who it was?" Clara suppressed her pain and felt like teaching him a lesson. "You’re turning thirty in a few years, so can you behave like a mature adult for once?

They’re here to work for you; you don’t own their lives. Do you have to be so fierce towards them? If the person who came in here was suffering from high blood pressure, they would have died on the spot from this. How would you resolve it then?"

Clara sounded like an angry mother lecturing her son, and Ethan looked away guiltily.