Hidden Marriage With My Imperfect CEO Chapter 640
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"Auntie, Mila submitted her resignation letter today," Nadine said in a low voice.
Anya had thought that Mila would resign soon. After the competition incident, Mila was afraid that Anya would be suspicious of her for stealing her perfume recipe.
Instead of seeing herself in prison, she had better run away first.
"What did Mrs Esther say?" Anya asked.
"Mrs. Esther said we should first find a store manager to replace her," Nadine answered.
"I will ask your uncle to make you the store manager," Anya said calmly.
The sooner Mila left Iris, the better. With her presence, Anya couldn't freely develop Iris. She felt that there were always eyes looking at her and watching her, reporting her moves to her rival.
In addition, she still couldn't bring down Keara at this time. So she must be careful.
"But I ... I have no experience," Nadine said doubtfully.
"You've been working at Iris for almost half a year. Mila can teach you before she leaves. After that, you can replace her position," Anya suggested.
Right now, making Nadine the store manager was the safest decision.
After Anya left two years ago, Iris' branches began to close one by one, leaving only one shop in the Atmajaya Group mall. Anya wanted to make Iris brand bigger and stronger. One day, she wanted to open branches all over the city. And to achieve that, she had to make someone she could trust fill a crucial position.
She wished she wouldn't meet someone who could betray her easily like Mila ever again.
"Alright, I can try. If you think I'm not doing good with my job, you can find someone else to replace me," said Nadine. She wanted to try the new position, but was too afraid to disappoint Anya.
"I believe in your abilities," Anya said with a confident smile.
Nadine was Aiden's niece. She was sure Nadine would not disappoint her.
"You can do it, Nadine. Believe in yourself," Tara patted Nadine on the shoulder and supported her.
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The next day, Anya was going to the hospital for a checkup. Since she was going to do an examination by drawing her blood, she was told to fast and not eat beforehand.
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She sat at the dining table and could only watch Aiden and Nadine have their breakfast while holding back her saliva.
Seeing the two of them eating, Anya felt so hungry. She grumbled irritably, "Should I watch you eat while starving?"
"Who said it? I've come to save you!" Tara came to eat, as well as saving Anya from hunger. But of course her main purpose of coming here was to have breakfast.
"Tara! Look at all these members of the Atmajaya Family! They told me to wait for them to finish eating," Anya whined.
"Let me take your blood to be sent to the hospital. You can eat after this," Tara approached Anya while carrying a bag filled with various utensils. After taking Anya's blood, she kept it in a special box. "Let me send the blood to the hospital myself later."
"Is it okay?" Anya blinked repeatedly and turned to look at Aiden.
"If I can't, your husband must have stopped me. Plus, he himself told me to come and draw your blood," Tara said with a smile.
"It turns out that you are kind too," Anya immediately felt happy because she finally could have her breakfast now. She hugged Aiden's arm and kissed him on the cheek.
Aiden brought a bowl of porridge for her and said, "We're just teasing you. Don't you realize that we eat very slowly and wait for you?"
Anya accepted the bowl happily. "Let's eat then!"
"What do we have for breakfast this morning?" Nico appeared from the front door with his messy hair.
"Look! Since I accepted his proposal, he immediately showed his true face. He dares to come for breakfast with a bird's nest on his head like that," Tara shook her head resignedly. "Is it better for me to leave him?"
Anya laughed seeing Nico's hair which really looked like a bird's nest. "Nico, can you at least brush your hair before leaving your house?"
"Don't I look more natural like this?" Nico took the hair band around his wrist and then tied his hair up. It seemed like his hair was getting longer and longer. "Uncle, how does my hair look in a ponytail? Don't I look cute?"
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Aiden glanced at him disdainfully, "You idiot."
Anya bursted into laughter hearing that. "Don't make me laugh. My stomach will hurt later."
Aiden immediately rose to his feet in panic and growled at Nico. "Nico..."
Nico also looked panicked. Stomach ache was not a good thing, especially for his pregnant aunt. If Anya had a miscarriage because of his stupid brain, he would be condemned to hell.
"To be honest, even if showing your true appearance before marriage is a good decision, are you not being too much? I'm afraid your hair will fall into the plate. You only need to get up 5 minutes early to do your hair. If someone else sees you like this, don't ever say that you are Nico Atmajaya. You're embarrassing our family," Nadine said, looking at her brother while shaking her head.
After Aiden stood beside her and patted her on the back, she could stop laughing.
"I think Nadine is right. Just look at Tara, she wants to leave you now. You are really in great danger," said Anya.
"Just look at that haircut. Even though his face is handsome and matches that hair, it is not easy to manage that style. In addition, Nico is very lazy and rarely wants to take care of himself, except when he wants to leave the house. Imagine being me, I have to see bird nests everywhere and every day at home," Tara said with a serious face.
Anya laughed again at that, making Aiden dizzy.
It seemed that after becoming pregnant, Anya's mood was easily influenced by her surroundings. She laughed and got sad easily.
"Should I just cut my hair?" Nico asked doubtfully.
"Don't curl your hair. If you have curly hair, you will find it difficult to style it and if you don't style your hair, it will look like it just came out of a blast. Your top hair shouldn't cover your eyes. When you come out, you have to use gel to tidy it up," Aiden said while helping Anya get food.
Nico listened to his words and then looked towards Aiden's head.
What Aiden explained just now was his own hairstyle!
"Uncle, it seems you never change your hairstyle. Have you ever wanted to change style?" Nico asked.
"Is my hair that bad?" Aiden asked everyone there.
"No, it looks so good. My husband is very handsome," Anya immediately looked at him affectionately.
"Aiden is handsome. No matter what hairstyle. Plus, his hair is very neat and easy to manage. Unlike someone whose hair immediately changes into a bird nest when he just wakes up," Tara said on purpose.
"Uncle's hairstyle is the best. And he is the most handsome. Brother's hair is too long and the polish is not good," Nadine shook her head.
"Listen to everyone. I don't just rely on my face, I also pay attention and take care of my appearance," Aiden didn't want to think about trivial things like this.
Curling or dyeing hair was too time-consuming and a waste of time.
For him, the neat short hair he had right now was the hairstyle that suited him the most.
"Uncle, no matter what your face or your hairstyle is, no one can compete with you in this world. How can you have such a handsome face and extraordinary abilities? How can you make other men feel miserable?" Nico took out his cell phone and took photos of Aiden like crazy. From the front, right side, left side, and back…
"I don't know how other men live, but it's true that you look pathetic," Aiden stretched out his hand and grabbed Nico's cellphone. "What are you taking my pictures for?"
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