Carl found Kalyan's number and was about to dial it when his phone rang. It was from Kalyan.
Kalyan said, "Mr. Carl."
Carl replied emotionlessly, "Yes."
"There's something I think you should know." Kalyan continued.
Carl sneered, "Say it, I also feel that there is something I should let you know."
Kalyan kept going on, "Well, the photo of you and Miss Jessica on the company's Weibo account was provided by Mrs. Jones."
Carl suddenly got puzzled.
Kalyan sensed Carl's doubts and patiently explained, "It's your mother who provided that photo."
Carl felt wordless.
After calming down briefly, Carl asked, "Why didn't you tell me about this in advance?"
"Mrs. Jones contacted me before and asked about Miss Jessica. I told her the truth. Mrs. Jones didn't say anything else at that time. Just after you and Miss Jessica left, Mrs. Jones came with the photo. She asked me to post this photo on Weibo."
As if feeling that the explanation couldn't satisfy Carl, Kalyan added, "When I posted, Mrs. Jones was right beside me."
Kalyan knew Carl too well. He knew that Carl would be so angry that he would deduct the year-end bonus when he saw Weibo, so Kalyan had to try his best to show he was innocent in this photo event.
Carl felt so depressed.
There seemed to be no reason to deduct Kalyan's year-end bonus.
Carl was even more depressed.
"Mr. Carl, if you don't have any other instructions, I'll hang up first." After Kalyan finished speaking, he waited for another two seconds until Carl hung up.
Instead of hanging up, Carl picked up another call.
It was from Leonardo.
The first thing Leonardo said was, "I saw the photo."
Carl felt depressed, but he still said it again, "Congratulations!"
Leonardo smiled, "I'll treat you to dinner."
Carl said, "But it depends on..."
Before Carl could finish his words "whether I am free or not", he was interrupted by Leonardo, "I'll meet you tomorrow afternoon."
This time, Leonardo didn't give Carl a chance to speak and immediately hung up.
Carl stared at his phone for two seconds before turning to look at Jessica, "Have you ever seen such an unreasonable man?"
Jessica mocked at him, "Everything has its vanquisher."
Carl silently started the car. As if he had thought of something, he said meaningfully, "Summer is pregnant again."
Jessica did not get the meaning behind his words, "I already knew it."
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