[Superman] Number One Enemy

"I can take care of Brandon." Tony frowned, looking at Audrey seriously, "Please, honey, don't do anything stupid."

"I didn't do anything stupid. I was serious."

"That's even more stupid." Tony patted his forehead with a headache on his face, "God, Audrey, you are as difficult to communicate as a little stupid sometimes. Tell me honey, you have already started arranging blind dates?"

Audrey hesitated for a moment.

Ruiwen turned her head and held her forehead with Tony.

"She's starting to arrange blind dates."

"Yes, she has started arranging blind dates."

Audrey pursed her lips with an embarrassed expression. "Actually, things are not that bad, although I don't think there is anyone we can talk to so far..."

Ruiwen suddenly narrowed her eyes and looked at Audrey suspiciously.

"You don't think you're actually trying to avoid Kent, so you made this move."

Audrey immediately frowned.

"Why should I run from him?"

"You seem a little attracted to him."

Raven and Tony looked at Audrey suspiciously.

Audrey was expressionless.

"No, there is absolutely no such thing." Audrey raised her eyebrows and sternly denied, "I am not avoiding Kent, nor am I attracted to him. Don't guess, I think it's just time to get married."

Just at this time, Audrey's new assistant, Carla, arrived at the restaurant to pick Audrey up for a meeting.

Audrey took a step first.Tony and Raven stayed in the box and sent Audrey off.

"It's time. How would you rate that?" Tony asked, waving at the glass window.

"She hired Kent's cousin as a new assistant?" Raven stared at the Superman girl driving, frowning. "She really didn't like Kent? Her current behavior makes me suspect that she did it because Kent wanted to find his family." Do it for him."

Tony retracted his hands, covering his face with his hands. "God, don't say it."

"She's running from Superman."

"Don't say it."

"Do you think she would consider going on a blind date with you, or the Captain, or Charles?"

"Don't say that either."

"So why did she have Brandon in the first place? There's no way she didn't expect these things to happen sooner or later."

Tony looked up and looked at Raven in blank dismay.

"She took medicine on the day of the incident. I watched her take it." Tony hesitated, "but it didn't work."

"Only taking after-dose medicine?"

"Yes, the only way to do it is to take after-the-fact medicine."

The two were silent for a moment, thoughtful.

"I'm reminded of an incident many, many, many years ago..."

"Coincidentally, me too."

Then they looked at each other again.

On the day Clark learned that Audrey was on a blind date, his cousin Carla had been working under Audrey for two months.

It was a pleasant surprise for Clark to become Audrey's assistant secretary.Kara didn't inform beforehand at all, until the week before Thanksgiving, when she suddenly appeared on Planet Media, Clark was very pleasantly surprised.

"I'm surprised your boss would let him go. When did Grant become so talkative?"

"Well, I think that if I want to be a reporter, it's more suitable to come to the newspaper company. Ms. Grant heard about my wish and recommended me to come to Planetary Media... She even wrote me a letter of recommendation. Ms. Grant and Ms. Barnes probably have a friendship, and I have heard Ms. Grant compliment Ms. Barnes."

"Grant complimented Audrey?"

"You called your boss, Audrey?"

This was the first time Kara suspected that the relationship between him and Audrey was not as pure as that of his superiors and subordinates.

In short, Kara worked hard to squeeze into Planetary Media. Although she was Audrey's secretary and not a full-time reporter, Audrey allowed her to do a small feature report on the news page every weekend under a pseudonym.

half a month later.

"Clark, Audrey is really nice. Although a bit serious, she is much gentler than Grant."

"You have been treated badly by Grant, Carla."

"No. I'm serious. Audrey won't ask me to go to the crowds to buy coffee at 07:30 in the morning, won't ask me to have lettuce salad dressing for breakfast, she won't ask me to work overtime, and, she knows my After the real identity, I am allowed to be late due to special circumstances! Clark, have you met Brandon? Her son is so cute."

Facing Carla's full of praise for Audrey, Clark seemed to be listening to the other party describe another person.

"That's good." Clark could only say so, "Audrey likes you very much."

Kara froze for a moment, then laughed.

"No way, cousin. Are you jealous?"

"What's jealousy? I'm not." Clark denied it.

"You're just jealous. Are you jealous that Audrey treats me better? No, she treats you better, but you don't know it."

No wonder.According to Clark, Audrey prefers Kara. He has never seen Audrey be so kind and tolerant to anyone in the company.

Clark declined to comment.

"Really. You have to believe me. Last week we held a board meeting, and they were talking about the ratings of the morning news. It was Audrey who helped you buy some buffer time. Besides, she also gave you the Ultron feature first. , or an interview special.”

Clark still didn't quite trust Kara. "She's for the company."

Kara suppressed a smile and stared at Clark.Just stare at him.

"Don't look at me like that." Clark was embarrassed, "Anyway, things are not what you think."

"I won't believe a word you said." Kara smiled and shook her head again and again, "Clark, I changed the diaper for you. If you really don't care, you will tease me and make fun of me, which is not the reaction now .You're shy."

Clark dropped the argument. "Believe it or not, I like Louise anyway."

Soon Christmas will come.From the week before Christmas, no one in the entire office—or rather, the entire building—was in the mood for work.

Audrey simply gave everyone an extra day off. In the previous week, they could freely arrange a certain day so that employees could go to the mall to pick out Christmas gifts for their families.

However, Audrey herself worked overtime.

Clark found out about it the night before Christmas Eve.The morning news department finally turned the ratings red, and the colleagues in the department decided to hold a party to celebrate.

Clark went out to save the earth before returning to the Planetary Media Building.From a distance, he saw that Audrey's office was brightly lit.

Clark hesitated for a moment, and landed on the balcony of Audrey's office.

He looked at Audrey silently for a while before Audrey turned her head away from the computer with a troubled and confused expression.

"It's snowing outside." Audrey got up almost immediately, and opened the window to let Clark into the office.

Clark watched Audrey open the window, dragged him into the room, and patted the snow off his shoulders and hair with his hands, feeling a little dazed for a while.

It didn't matter, Clark thought.He is a man of steel.

But he didn't want to spoil the moment.Audrey turned out to be so gentle.

Audrey's hands were numb from the cold.She accidentally touched Clark's face, and suddenly regained her senses.

"I forgot you were Superman," Audrey said, stepping back, expressionless.

Clark watched Audrey's expression change, lowered his head, and suppressed the disappointment and frustration in his heart.

Audrey went to the fireplace to warm her hands.It snows in the metropolis in winter, so in the first year, Tony installed an electric fireplace in the shape of a fireplace on the wall of Audrey's office.With her back turned to Clark, she asked, "Are you going to wear this to the news department's drag party?"

"No." Clark was taken aback. "Actually, I want to attend our department's dinner party. I don't...I don't want to attend Louise's party."

Audrey frowned.

"So you're going to dress like this? You're finally going to show your identity to the world? You're going to help the company create headlines?"

"No, I haven't. I'm going to change, just to see you first."

Audrey raised her eyebrows high.

"Come and see me." She repeated the gist of Clark's words.

"Happy Christmas Eve." Clark smiled warmly.

Audrey turned her head and stared at Clark.For a moment, she looked away.

"That's a shame. I thought we'd have a headline about Superman tomorrow." Audrey said, walking to the round table next to the bookcase and pouring two cups of hot tea.She picked up one of the glasses, walked up to Clark, and handed it to him.

Clark took the mug and smiled. "I'm not planning to dig my own grave yet," he said, cupping the cup with both hands, feeling the warmth of the chamomile tea. "How close are you to finishing it?"

Audrey glanced at Clark, with a half-smile, "What? Someone wants to work overtime?"

"Someone doesn't want his boss to work overtime even during the holidays."

"Tomorrow is Christmas Eve."

"Come to our dinner, Audrey. We all appreciate you."

Clark sincerely invited Audrey. In fact, only he knew how nervous he was now.The idea of ​​inviting Audrey had been entrenched in his mind for a long time, but he still lacked the courage to put it into practice.

Holding the mug, Audrey faced Clark and frowned.

"don't want."

Clark smiled wryly.He just knew it.Audrey's refusal was really decisive.

"Okay." Clark forced a smile, feeling even more frustrated.He couldn't say insincerely that he was not disappointed, because in fact he just hoped that Audrey could appear at the dinner party.They haven't seen each other for a long time, and they haven't been able to eat together or talk about work, and Kara and Brandon are playing like siblings.

It's not fair.Clark thought.He is obviously from Krypton, and he works harder at work, so Audrey likes Kara better.

Clark left Audrey's office in frustration, changed his clothes before going downstairs to have dinner with his colleagues.He felt that he not only needed ratings, but also needed to be affirmed by his boss, and that boss was of course Audrey.