"Asset?"
"!"
"!"
"Hey, what does that mean?" I tried to reason with their reactions.
I don't understand both of them. I get that employees are hard to recruit because of their shady business… but, I guess it's more than just "shady" business.
"Old—Madam, I've said it before and I don't want to say it twice. Adrian is not an asset."
Heh, old hag.
"I can understand that, you don't need to nag me."
Wait, is she?
"I still need to repeat my words."
No way… David is dominating! No wait, she looks like a rank higher than David! This is bad!
"I don't think—"
David suddenly grabbed my wrist. The grab tightened and tightened until the madam admitted her mistake.
Once again, I couldn't see his expression, but…
"Gah! Dude, let go!"
"Ah, I'm sorry."
There it is again. His voice gets unnaturally soft whenever we speak to each other.
"No, it's fine. It was my mistake to ask a personal question."
"No no, there's nothing wrong with it. I mean, I could tell you."
"Huh, why?"
"I mean you were curious, right?"
I have been ignored. It's been a while since I've seen EC David this excited. Let's see how far they'll go.
Adrian is…. Not an asset, huh?