Julian's finger was placed on Nancy's left collarbone. Her skin was soft and fair, without a trace of love bites. He let go of her after confirming that she had spoken the truth.Immediately, Nancy slapped him.Slap! The bedroom grew dead quiet.Nancy was so furious that she could not control herself. She always knew Julian was a bad-tempered man, but she did not think him rude. Intruding her room was one thing, but she could not tolerate him lowering her neckline and touching her without permission.She only had a nightgown on. Julian could have revealed her body had he pulled the neckline any lower.At that moment, Julian was stunned because he did not think any woman would dare slap him — or maybe he had just never been slapped before.Nancy took the opportunity to jump out of bed and go straight into the toilet.There, she recalled that this was not Julian's first time being slapped. His first experience had been at a bar, and it had been Nancy, again, who had done it.Wh
None of the employees dared look up. All of them pretended nothing had happened.Nancy pushed Julian away and quickly got up. She glanced to where Yaacob had been standing to see that he had already walked away. She wondered if he had seen what had happened.When everyone else left the room, Julian said, "That was required if you wished to know if he still has feelings left for you.""But do you have to act so indecently when there are so many people in the room? What are they going to say?" Nancy was still angry."I didn't know you were afraid of rumors," Julian said."What's wrong with that? Are you denying my right to dignity?" Nancy gave him a hard stare before walking out with the tray of glasses.Nancy spent the rest of the day studying under Jeff. She had a small notebook with which she took down points. She noticed everyone was treating her differently after her day off.They stopped giving her such heavy workloads and started treating her like a human being. She was del
Nancy was shocked. She tried to push Yaacob away but failed. His strength was on a different level. If Yaacob set his mind on kissing someone, that was what he would do. He had only preferred to be a gentleman in the past, not wanting to force Nancy.Nancy was overwhelmed. "You do know how to make me angry," Yaacob said after letting her go.Nancy took the chance to take deep breaths, trapped between his arms and his chest. She looked up and saw Yaacob looking at her with an angry and injured expression."How many times have I told you I don't want to see you and Julian being so close?" Yaacob asked.'Is he jealous because of what happened this morning?' Nancy thought.Although Julian was a mean and awful person, most of the time, he did have his points. Like how he had said they would only see Yaacob's true emotions by provoking him.Surprisingly, Nancy was glad to see Yaacob feeling jealous. She kept looking at him, but her words hid her true feelings. "We're divorced. Why sh
Yaacob only sent Nancy home after her foot had been treated at a hospital.The doctor put her on bed rest and told her to limit her activities for at least two days. Thus, she said nothing when Yaacob carried her to her room and placed her on the couch."Thank you for looking after me today. You can go now," she said."What kind of gratitude is that? Do you realize I carried you all the way here? And you don't even offer me a glass of water?" Yaacob asked."Fine." She pointed to a jug of water and said, "Go pour yourself a glass of water, then."Truthfully, Yaacob really was thirsty. Before he drank the water, he heard Nancy telling him, "You can leave after having a glass of water."Shaking his head helplessly, he said, "You heartless little girl!""Hey, it's indecent for a woman to have a man in her room at night. I'm defenseless and hurt!" Nancy retorted.She was a little upset by Yaacob's remark. His tone suggested he had had difficulty carrying her because she was heavy. N
Julian deliberately glanced at the time after Nancy arrived at the company. "It took you almost an hour to get here. Do you take my words as..."He was about to hold Nancy accountable, but he paused when he looked up and saw that Nancy had one foot wrapped in thick gauze. Moreover, she only managed to keep herself upright by holding on to the wall."So you weren't lying when you said you were hurt?""Of course not! I love myself too much ever to do something like stabbing my foot with glass just to skip work. My foot hurts so much that I didn't really get much sleep last night. Not to mention, it's very hard for me to get around with only one foot. So it's not too much to ask for a day off, right?" complained Nancy.Julian rolled his eyes at her and said, "A simple yes or no to the question would have sufficed. Okay, you can go back now that I know you weren't lying."Nancy was speechless. 'Did he really just tell me to go home when he was the one who insisted I come here?'As mu
'Oh my god! Julian went to a hotel with another woman? I should just pretend I didn't see it!' thought Nancy.Nancy pulled Harvey away so they could quickly leave before Julian noticed them. That was certainly one embarrassment she wanted to avoid.Unfortunately, she was not fast enough. Julian managed to overtake her from behind before she could even take a few steps forward. He even deliberately threw something at her when he was walking past her.Nancy was so shocked that she froze on the spot. She looked down and found a beautifully packaged lunch box. However, the delicate packaging was shattered by the fall, and everything inside ended up spilling all over the ground."Are you okay?" asked Harvey."Yeah. Good thing it didn't manage to hit me…" said Nancy.Even though there was a trash can next to Nancy, she could not help but feel Julian purposely threw the lunch box in front of Nancy instead of the trash can.She looked up to see that Julian had already walked away. It se
Nancy kept wondering who the culprit could be while walking out of the security room. 'She must be someone from the company. But what makes her hate me so much? It's one thing to put glass shards in my shoes, but another to try to take my life with the vase!'While deep in thought, Nancy was about to get into the elevator when someone called out to her, "Excuse me, Miss. But you can't take that elevator.""What?""That elevator is out of order. You have to use the other one," reminded the cleaning lady. With a broom in one hand, she then picked up a safety sign with her other to put in front of the out-of-order elevator. "We've already contacted the mechanic to come fix it.""Alright. Thanks for letting me know," said Nancy. After that, she got into the other elevator, and who happened to be there but Taya!"What are you doing here?" Nancy asked Taya. She thought it was weird to bump into her there because Taya and Yaacob did not work in that building."Mr. Getson has a meeting h
The government had dispatched three of their personnel to meet with Yaacob, which was more than his other competitors. In fact, the other competitors had to submit their proposals to compete for the bid.The reason Getson Corporation received preferential treatment was because the government was interested in reaching a deal with Asia's largest enterprise. The government wanted to set aside a piece of land to build a new commercial and cultural center, and they had set their sights on working with Getson Corporation for the project.Thus, they were understandably upset that Yaacob kept them waiting for thirty minutes in the conference room. When the three government personnel walked out of the elevator, they could not help but complain."Well, that certainly was a waste of our time!" said one of them."I heard Yaacob just came back from studying abroad. He has great foresight and skills in doing business, but it seems he's just full of hot air! He doesn't even have basic manners!"