Filed to story: That Campus Prince Is a Girl
“Ugh, overtime is the worst,” someone else groaned.
“Ahem!” Just then, the assistant cleared his throat.
Everyone fell silent immediately.
He continued, “Starting this month, per Mr. Murphy’s orders, everyone’s salary goes up by 30%.”
There was a stunned silence for a few seconds, then the room exploded with cheers. “Thank you, Mr. Murphy. Mr. Murphy is the best!”
“There might be overtime from now on, but you’ll always get paid for it,” the assistant added.
“Overtime? Who cares? I love working!” someone shouted.
“I’ll work myself to the bone for this company,” another added.
Xander didn’t let the execs off until ten at night.
Then, he went straight back to his office and dived right into the mountain of paperwork.
He’d spent years overseas, and now that he was back to take over the Murphy Group, he had to take care of every little thing personally.
“Mr. Murphy,” the assistant spoke up, a little hesitant.
“Go ahead,” Xander replied without even looking up from the reports.
“Mr. Murphy, it’s already 10 pm. You’ve been going nonstop since you landed. Maybe you should take a break.”
Xander still didn’t look up. “You’re off for the night.”
“What about you?” the assistant asked.
Xander looked up at him, his gaze cool and indifferent as it landed on the assistant’s face.
The assistant stiffened, his eyes wide.
He quickly added, “Mr. Murphy, that’s not what I mean. I’m just worried about your health…”
Xander cut him off. “You’re dismissed.”
With that, he lowered his head and focused back on the reports on his desk.
The assistant had no choice but to leave the office/
Guys like Xander-born with a silver spoon, but still grinding harder than anyone else-were really one in a million.
It wasn’t until midnight that Xander finally finished all the reports.
He stood before the massive floor-to-ceiling windows.
The city’s glittering nightscape lay at his feet, as if the whole world was beneath him.
Xander murmured softly, “Cameron, I’m back.”
Cameron saw the news about Xander coming back to the country.
She just briefly glanced at it, not really paying much attention.
Judging from the photo, Xander had changed a lot.
He seemed much more steady now.
‘That’s good,’ Cameron thought. ‘Everyone just keeps moving on with their lives!
After taking a week off, she kept pouring all her energy into her work in the lab.
One day, David came to the lab looking for her.
Cameron was dressed in a sterile lab suit, messing around with some chemical reagents that David couldn’t even begin to understand
“Ms. Yates,” David called out.
Cameron turned around and asked, “Mr. Tucker, what’s up?”
David said, “Ms. Yates, we’ve got a dinner with the Moore Group tonight. They need you there in person.”
David usually took care of all the other business meetings and social engagements himself.
But when it came to anything involving the Moore family, Cameron always handled it personally.
Back then, she was the one who hustled to land that first partnership with the Moore family.
Now that Cameron had developed a groundbreaking treatment for leukemia, both Aurevia Biotech and the Moore family were winning big,
Cameron nodded. “Sure.”
At six o’clock sharp, Elijah’s Rolls-Royce pulled up right in front of the company.
Cameron took off her sterile lab suit and changed into her own clothes.
It was early spring. She wore a long black dress and a pair of one-inch heels, walking slowly toward the Rolls-Royce.
Elijah sat in the car, watching Cameron through the window. In his eyes, she looked as graceful as a white swan.
The electric door slid open, and Cameron got in.
“Eli.” Cameron nodded toward him.
“Have you been busy recently?” he asked.
Elijah had clearly taken his time picking out his clothes today.
He was already strikingly handsome to begin with.
With just a bit of effort, he looked even more dazzling.
When they sat together, just by their looks alone, they really looked like they were made for each other.
Cameron shook her head with a faint smile. “Not very much.”
Recently, she had been working on a new medication.
She wasn’t in a hurry to finish it, so things were pretty relaxed.
They kept up an easy conversation until they arrived at the restaurant.
Neither of them mentioned the unpleasantness from that night at Cameron’s celebration party.
Cameron assumed Elijah already understood how she felt.
But the truth was, Elijah didn’t dare confess his feelings again.
Once they arrived at the restaurant, Elijah took out a contract and handed it over to Cameron.
“What’s this?” she asked, taking the papers from him.
Elijah replied, “It’s a new contract for the partnership between our two companies.”
“A new contract?” Cameron glanced up at Elijah, her eyes curious.
Elijah nodded. “Cameron, the previous contract was signed back when you were still working on the leukemia treatment, and honestly, the terms weren’t all that fair to you. Now that you’ve succeeded, I think it’s only right that we draw up a new agreement.”
Cameron gave a slight nod, flipped the contract, and skimmed through it at lightning speed.
Soon, she finished reading the ten-plus pages.
“Elijah, are you really going for a fifty-fifty split on the profits?” Cameron asked, closing the contract and glancing at Elijah.
Elijah nodded. “Yeah, I think that’s fair.”
Cameron smiled. “Yeah, it really is.”
Then, Cameron picked up the pen and signed her name on the contract.
The dishes were soon all brought out, quickly filling up the table.
Elijah casually mentioned, “Looks like Xander’s back in the country, taking over his family business.”
Cameron nodded. “I saw that in the news.”
