John could no longer focus at work so he left home early with a made-up excuse and he was in the study, blaming himself.He walked out of the study upon hearing the sound of a car engine approaching the house. By chance, he overhead Serena demanding something from Sophia. The latter mentioned she was scammed for hundreds of thousands.Sophia was startled but she quickly smoothed over the surprise and regained her composure. “John, I’m sorry!”“What’s wrong?” The indifference was evident in his voice. He was already in a terrible mood to begin with.It was not his initial plan to be with Sophia. Back in the days, Sophia and his wife, Molly, were good friends, so he only got to know the former through his wife.Never did he think that he would get drunk that day and sleep with Sophia.Sophia did feel guilty afterward as well, thus both parties took a step backward and it ended there. He almost forgot that this even happened. It was not until a few years later that Sophia suddenly r
“That’s right! Bill is a horrible man to have tricked Christina like that. He deserves a good punishment for what he did!” Sophia echoed. In actuality, she became more concerned. If the police had really caught Bill, then her scheme with Ninth Brother would come to light too.“John, did they get the man yet?”“Not yet! Those useless rubbish in the police station still couldn’t find a lead after three days. It’s so frustrating!”Sophia felt slightly reassured after hearing that. Ninth Brother mentioned that those people held multiple identities as Bill Hunt was a fake identity too. Hopefully, the police would never find out the truth or catch the culprit.Christina could have left the hospital after one night but Matthew had forced her to stay for two more just in case.She felt fine physically but mentally, she was scarred. Her terrible experience with men before made it difficult for her to trust men but this time, when she had finally put the past behind and opened up, she was
Christina tried again with patience. “Alright, Matthew, why are you calling me at this hour?”“Can’t I just speak to you?”“Fine! Speak away, I’m listening.”“Why don’t you do the talking and I’ll listen?”“I don’t know what to say to you,” she replied.“Tell me something that makes me happy!” He was being unreasonable.“What’s the matter with you? For drinking so much?”“I did drink, and I drank a lot…” He burped. “Christina, I like you. Do you know that I like you…”She rolled her eyes. This guy was evidently too drunk that his talkative side had taken over him. “Christina, I really like you. Why don’t you like me back? Why?”She refused to reply, and on the other side, he did not know if he should laugh or cry. “Christina, I just want you to show me a glimmer of hope. I don’t mind that you’ve had a divorce before, I don’t mind anything…”“Matthew, you’re drunk. Go to sleep!”“I don’t want to sleep. I want to hear you say that you like me. I want you to like me…” His voi
Christina had been to Matthew’s house before, so she was familiar with the way. The car drove steadily and pulled to a halt in front of his house.Tailing behind them, Michael did not look happy.When the car door opened. Matthew, who had been keeping his eyes closed, finally spoke, “I thought you wouldn’t come for me tonight.”“Did I have the choice?” She was annoyed. After all, how could she take the risk of offending her boss?“Christina, I know you like me, right? Even for a little bit?”His words had caught her by surprise and her body tensed up. Even the movements in her hands slowed down.He leaned back against the seat with his eyes closed and muttered to himself, “I’m handsome, rich, young, and successful. No woman can escape my charm. Christina, when did you fall for me?”She did not know what to comment on the man’s exceptional ego.“Matthew, I don’t like you. Stop talking nonsense!”“No, you definitely like me. There’s no reason for you to not feel that way. You’re
Matthew could still feel the heat of the slap on his cheek but he was not furious at all. What a great deal was it to exchange a slap for a kiss.Driving away, Michael could not stop replaying the image of Christina and Matthew kissing in his mind, and the heavy feeling in his chest grew more uncomfortable.This must stop. He had to prevent Christina from getting together with Matthew.The latter was a notorious ignorant, rich playboy. Michael would not allow her to be someone like him. After pondering for several moments, he realized that Matthew’s greatest weakness was his lust for women. As long as he could get leverage against him, then things would be much easier.With that, he retrieved his cell phone and called the assistant. “Matthew has a model girlfriend. Find a way to bring her to Jade City.”Christina slapped the man forcefully, leaving behind a clear print even after one night.The next morning at work, Matthew deliberately turned his swollen cheek at the woman but
Christina hugged the document in front of her chest and smiled politely. “Thanks to your mentoring, President Henderson!”Her words annoyed Matthew greatly, but she felt satisfied upon seeing the fury on his face.From picking up and having dinner with Yara, she had made everything up. He shouted many things when he was met with an accident the other day anyway and he really could not recall the things he had said.Christina was mad at him for using alcohol as an excuse to force a kiss on her last night, so this was her small revenge. However, after she had slapped him last night and deliberately frustrated him today, she finally felt that justice had been done.Coincidentally, Yara had called her when she returned home last night. “Assistant Williams, why can’t I reach Matthew on his phone?”“I don’t know,” she simply replied as she was not in a good mood. “Inform President Henderson that I’ll be heading to Jade City for work tomorrow.” A sense of superiority was obvious in h
Confused, Yara threw another glance at Christina. Why would Matthew bring his assistant to the dinner date?She was slightly displeased but could not find a good reason to voice her annoyance. Her gaze toward Christina turned suspicious.Christina was not an insensible person. She too felt awkward for becoming Yara’s target when she had done nothing wrong. Matthew was truly cunning to put her through this. If she knew, she should not have been so eager about this last night.Not long after they settled down in the private room, the dishes were served. Perhaps Matthew did this intentionally but he kept placing more food onto Christina’s place while he was still affectionate toward Yara. “Assistant Williams, I remember this being your favorite. Have some more.”She felt the coldness in Yara’s eyes once the man said this. The corners of her lips twitched into an embarrassed smile. “You remember wrongly, President Henderson. I don’t like to eat this but they are Miss Yara’s favorite…”
Christina called Matthew once she got into the taxi and told him that she had to leave early because something had happened back home. He flew off the handle at that. “Don’t be asking for your bonus this month!” Yara was finally happy upon hearing that. This assistant was not at all insensible after all. Now that the third wheel was out of the picture, she could do something naughty with the man.“Darling, where are we going later?”He smiled gently. “I’ll send you back to the hotel.”She was disappointed as she knew instantly that he was going to leave after sending her back. Had she been too arrogant before that the man had lost his interest?She deliberately played hard to get the last time she was at Jade City for a day to shoot a drama. It was expected that Matthew would be so obsessed that he would call her constantly after that.However, she had been waiting since then but she still had yet received a call from that man. It was as if he had completely forgotten about her.