Rebirth of the Villainous Female Boss
Chapter 1535 - 1507 Live Without Burden

Chapter 1535: Chapter 1507 Live Without Burden

Mario Yuno had finished speaking when there was no sound from the other end of the phone for a long while. He asked with slight unease.

"Kiara, are you angry?"

He had hesitated when making the call, unsure whether or not to tell her, fearing she might get angry after hearing it.

Outside, the rumors spreading were beyond his hearing, yet he could somewhat imagine, how many people had not fallen at the hands of their enemies but to the gossip of their own? Those with weaker hearts truly couldn’t stand it.

"What is there for me to be angry about?" Kiara retorted, "Are you angry?"

"I am quite angry." Mario Yuno would have found the time for a proper showdown if he wasn’t so busy.

"Angry that I’m flirting with the judges? That someone’s keeping me?"

"Stop it!" The anger that Mario Yuno had managed to suppress flared up again at her words, realizing he had raised his voice while talking to her, he then forced his temper down and spoke to Kiara in a softer tone.

"It’s not that I..."

"I know, don’t be angry. You can’t stop the rumors now, and they won’t ever completely go away."

Kiara could fully imagine what worse things she might hear as her workshop grew larger.

"I don’t care what people outside say, I just want to ask you, will you believe it? Will you believe I’m fooling around with other men, believe that I would sell myself for fame and fortune?"

"I don’t believe it!" His head wasn’t filled with water; apart from this time when he was by his daughter-in-law’s side, even if he wasn’t around, he would never doubt her.

"Really..." Kiara muttered, "I thought you might get a little jealous, and then we could have a fight over it. We haven’t had a fight in so long."

It was truly unexpected that the jealous type was so rational at a critical moment; there was no surprise at all.

"Who plays like that?" Mario Yuno was speechless. Who actually looked forward to having arguments?

"Okay, okay, I’ll stop teasing. You don’t believe it, I don’t believe it, the people around me don’t believe it, so my life won’t be affected. My employees don’t believe it, my clients don’t believe it, so neither my work nor my social circle is affected. Those gossiping are just people who think they can change the world but can’t even change themselves; let them talk."

After all, the heat of the moment will pass, and to come forward to clarify now would only make people think you’re trying to cover something up, which would actually make them suspect you even more.

"I feel wronged for my daughter-in-law... All the work you’ve done for the advancement of the industry goes unseen. It’s bad enough that nobody praises you, but to say these things behind your back..."

"It’s normal for them to talk, abnormal if they don’t. Rumors have an expiration date, and this kind of base societal rumor without a single source can hardly be eradicated completely; we only need to wait for it to fade away."

Mario Yuno felt reassured by Kiara’s words, but unwilling to admit it, he spoke out.

"I called clearly wanting to comfort you..." Why was it that he was the one being comforted by his daughter-in-law in the end?

"The higher you stand, the more you have to endure. The ancients said it’s cold at the top, foreigners say with the crown comes the weight, it’s the same principle."

Alright, his worry was superfluous.

Just as Mario Yuno was ready to hang up, he heard Kiara softly say from the other end.

"Husband..."

"What’s wrong?"

"I’m very happy, that you believe in me."

After hanging up the phone, Mario Yuno sat in his seat, a smile on his face that even he couldn’t see.

The Department Manager who was waiting for Mario Yuno’s signature stood at the door, watching as the usually serious Vice President smiled like a blooming flower, scaring him back a step, then another...

Meow, what mischief is he plotting now?

You could say Mario Yuno was still troubled, but Kiara’s words, so beautifully said, left him sitting there, thinking about the way she had spoken, feeling totally relaxed. She was subtly telling him, he held an important place in her heart. This feeling of being needed successfully soothed the irritation Mario Yuno felt from the rumors, and as he looked up, he saw the Department Manager standing outside.

"Why are you standing so far away?"

"This... is this month’s work plan, I would like you to sign it..." The manager handed over the report shakily. The vice president’s expression made one feel as if he were the cat in heat downstairs—utterly terrifying.

Mario Yuno flipped through the report and swiftly signed his name in a large script.

The department manager stood there, not moving, with a startled look on his face as if to ask, "Is that all?"

After signing, Mario Yuno looked at him and asked, "What’s wrong? Is there a problem?"

"I mean, you seemed... I mean, you looked like something was on your mind just now?" The department manager nearly misspoke.

"Just now? Oh, no, it was nothing. My daughter-in-law called me."

"Phew, so that was it." No wonder. He finally breathed a sigh of relief. If that cat-like expression was caused by the vice president’s legendary wife, then there was nothing to worry about. All was well.

Mario Yuno, for no apparent reason, dismissed the manager, then sat back down and picked up Kiara’s photo again, finding it more and more appealing.

No matter how long you’re married, you can never seem to get enough—Kiara always brings him a different feeling~

After looking at it for a while and still not feeling it was enough, he was about to kiss the photo when he noticed, out of the corner of his eye, that the department manager had come back.

"That, um, about the afternoon meeting, do you want to come take a look—I think it’s not necessary..."

"Get out!"

...

After Kiara finished the call with Mario Yuno, she had more or less the same expression, holding her phone and chuckling to herself in the yard. It took a call from Arlong for her to snap back to reality.

"Sis!"

"What’s up?"

"Uncle Yuzo is calling you inside!"

"I’m coming." Kiara put away thoughts of her husband and followed Arlong into the house.

"Have you had enough lovey-dovey time?" Yuzo Joel looked at his daughter returning, hands casually in his pockets, and teased her.

He had just seen his daughter’s rippling expression through the glass, unmistakably from chatting with Arua.

"Is the illness all checked out?" Kiara, pretending not to understand her father’s teasing, took Charisa Joel’s medical record to look at it.

"There’s no problem anymore, maintain regular routines after going back, and a switch to a fresh living environment shouldn’t pose any issues."

The two discussed the medical condition for a while, with Yena Jim listening in anxiously alongside. Only when she heard that her sister was fine did she feel relieved; she had been tense these past few days too.

After the final consultation, Kiara wanted to have a talk with Flora Jim but couldn’t find her.

"My sister went out with Arlong." Yena Jim said.

"Okay then—Yena, do you have some time?" Kiara thought about the call she had received from Mario Yuno and felt it was necessary to have a talk with the young girl.

"Yeah, what’s up, Kiara?"

"I was going to say, you and your sister might be moving to an unfamiliar city to start over, and I hope you will focus your mind on your studies, work hard at them, and please stop sending me things in the mail." Kiara said.

"Kiara... why would you say that?" Yena Jim felt a bit hurt. Had her gratitude somehow troubled or burdened Kiara?

"I have great expectations for your future, and I don’t want you to live with the burden of feeling you owe me a debt of gratitude."