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Chapter 42 - When You Are Ready

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She instantly broke into an embarrassed smile and whispered into the phone, "Mia, I'm just going on a vacation. I'll be back in a few days."

"No, Director Ruan! You cannot go with him! What if he takes advantage of you during the trip? And you are in a foreign place, how are you going to call for help?!..."

As Mia Xue is still blabbering on and on, Stephanie Ruan hurriedly reached for the button to decrease her phone's volume so that Javier Zhong could no longer eavesdrop on their call.

Who knows how terrible his expression is right now!

She really does not dare to turn her head to look at him anymore...

"It's okay, I'll be fine! Don't worry about me, okay? I'm hanging up now... bye!"

With that, Stephanie Ruan quickly ended the call to save herself from this awkward situation.

"This girl... she tends to over-worry about things sometimes..." After which, Stephanie Ruan gave him a stiff chuckle and then pretended to admire the scenery outside the window.

On the other hand, Javier Zhong
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