He stared intently at Paige as if he wanted desperately to stare at a hole in her.“Haha, I don’t know what you’re talking about,” Paige chuckled awkwardly as she was worried that Zion might bring up the incident in the bar that night. She defended herself and said, “If you’re trying to get me to admit that I set a trap up for you, I’m afraid I don’t know anything about it.”Zion looked like he was about to bring up all the bad deeds that Paige did to him as he scoffed, “Oh really? Well, don’t tell me that the chili powder just ended up in the fruit platter.”“There’s a high chance that the waiter served the wrong table,” Seeing how Zion was unaware of the fact that he was drugged, and neither did he recall anything about what happened in the hotel room that night, Paige decided to blame someone else. “And besides, do you have a problem with me having fruits with chili powder? I was still wondering who ate my fruits instead.”After all, the fruit platter could not be used as eviden
Her voice got softer toward the end. Seeing how Zion looked all confused, Madison simply reached into her pockets and took out the box of pills, and showed it to him. “So I went to get this.”Staring at the familiar packaging of the box and the prescription, Zion nearly choked on his saliva.The box that Yoel dropped were morning-after pills? Why would a man carry those pills around? Plus, he looked like he did not want anyone to know.Zion felt as if he found out some earth-shattering news and different expressions flashed across his face.“Sir, is it because I went out during working hours?” Madison asked carefully as she thought that Zion was upset at her.Upon seeing Madison beating up herself, Zion quickly came back to his senses and explained to her, “Of course not. Have you taken the pills? You should not drag it out any longer and go take them now. I don’t need your help for now.”Madison pulled into a smile as she thought that Zion was a considerate person. “Thank you, S
“Leave it to me,” Madison was always passionate when it came to getting work done, even when it was just helping to refill her boss’ coffee. She reached for Zion’s coffee mug and left the room.Zion, on the other hand, made a call to his secretary, “Leon, can you come to my office now?”Without wanting to waste any time, Leon rushed toward Zion’s office in the shortest amount of time. Without Zion saying anything, he locked the door behind him after he entered Zion’s office. “Sir, did something happen again?”Leon ran into Madison who headed toward the pantry to get coffee and he immediately concluded that Zion purposely sent her away to run some errands. He lowered his voice and asked, “Did word go around about the incident that night?”“No, it’s not that, it’s about Yoel,” Seeing how Leon got sidetracked, Zion explained helplessly, “[please refrain from bringing up Madison's situation, not even when you’re with me. I don’t want to see her not getting through this.”“Sure,” Leon
Seeing how his boss suddenly became such an empathetic person, Leon instinctively concluded that it was all because of Madison. He nodded and said, “Don’t worry, Yoel crossed the lines. Once we've tracked down the poor lady, we’ll get her to help us chase Yoel out from the Remington Group!”As Skyler interfered in the fraud case, it was almost impossible for them to use the same charges on Yoel to get him locked in jail. Hence, they could only come up with another solution.“Hmm, that’s indeed a good idea. But we have to protect the girl’s identity.” Zion’s eyes sank as he thought of a series of measures.With most of the higher-ups on his side, once Zion had his hands on the evidence, he planned to attack Yoel in the meeting right when he was not expecting it. After thinking it through, he then added, “Okay, I’ll leave this matter in your hands. The rest of your work can wait.”Paige’s good days were nearing the end. She realized that Zion indeed left her alone but Zion’s secretar
Fortunately, Paige already hid the deliveries she got from Estelle as well as the morning-after pills at the top of the curtains. Seeing how Zion was willing to upgrade the quality of her working environment, Paige immediately pulled into a bright smile and replied, “That’s kind of him, but I thought we’re on a tight budget? Who’ll be responsible for this sum of money?”“The cost will be put under Manager Zion’s account. He was, after all, concerned about everyone’s well-being,” Seeing how Paige agreed to his proposal without any hesitation, Leon was secretly excited but he kept a straight face while instructing the moving staff to change the furniture in Paige’s office.Paige started to gather and put away the stationery and equipment on her desk under Leon’s attention. However, matter how hard he tried to look, Leon could not find anything that was suspicious.Not long after, the desk and chairs were changed and Leon was worried that Yoel would catch on to his plan, hence he quick
Though Zion had a bad character, he had good looks and a well-built figure. Hence, Paige thought that she was lucky to be able to spend a night with someone like him.Seeing how Paige was open-minded about the incident, Estelle was rendered speechless as she sighed and added, “In any case, you should be extra cautious. He doesn’t know who he spent a night with, so it’s impossible for him to even take mercy on you.”“Even if he knows about it, I think it won’t change anything,” Paige was reminded of how Zion behaved when he fell in love and she nearly choked on her saliva. She then added snidely, “He’s recently met the love of his life, and aside from working, he’s busy dating. He won’t even have the time to care about me.”Estelle let out a gasp when she heard of the startling news. “What do you mean? Did something else happen after that night?”“Yeah, a minisode,” Paige tried to summarize what happened to Paige, “he first had everyone in the office look for the missing half of the
“I’ll be reassured if you stay this calm and composed when dealing with matters,” Estelle always treated Paige as her younger sister, hence she was proud when Paige improved.Paige worked hard for quite some time and even though her efforts started paying off, she was not conceited. Instead, she replied earnestly, “I will. Estelle, you’ve taught me enough for the day. As for the rest, I’ll look into them myself and if I come across anything that I don’t know, I’ll talk to you again then, okay?”“Sure, I’ll be waiting for your call,” This was the first time someone learned from her. Hence, Estelle was unwilling to end the call as she was worried that her pupil still had questions to ask.With a fruit platter in his hands, Skyler waited for Estelle to get off the call for quite some time while he sat on the sofa next to her. After Estelle got off the phone, he walked towards her and said, “I’m guessing it’s Paige again? She seems to have changed a lot, hasn’t she? She sounded composed
Estelle felt her cheeks turn red as she replied, “Well, you should be careful not to hurt the baby.”Skyler felt as if he was on cloud nine when Estelle agreed. Just when he was about to lean in closer to kiss her, the phone rang.Estelle’s dress had pockets and when she was being carried into Skyler’s arms, she picked up her phone and put it in her pocket. However, she did not expect it to ring at this time. Estelle quickly cleared her throat to break the awkward silence. “There, there, let me answer this call.”She was just about to reach for her phone but Skyler who finally had the chance to be intimate with Estelle was being interrupted out of the blue. Hence, he was annoyed. Skyler took the phone from Estelle and answered the call grumpily, “Yes?”Paige was on the other end of the call even after getting off the call with Estelle right before that. Realizing that it was Skyler at the end of the line, Paige sensed the annoyance in his tone and said apologetically, “Just a smal