She ran a couple of meters away, her heart beating like mad, so shocked that she felt a little uncomfortable.Conrad took the luggage and the snacks from the back seat, closed the car door, and started to walk toward the elevator.Beep! Beep beep!From the right side of the back, a horn sounded and he turned his head around to look.The window of the driver’s seat of the red Maserati rolled down and the person inside spoke up teasingly. “What a coincidence.”Conrad frowned, not wanting to care about the person.“Are you alone? What about your little wifey?” Victor asked loudly.Conrad couldn’t even be bothered to glance at him.Victor touched his nose helplessly. “How ill-mannered. No matter what, I’m still your senior. Even when I take the initiative to greet you, you ignore me."The doorbell rang and Fia was so scared that she started shrieking.Conrad frowned and took out a spare keycard to enter. He swept a glance through the hall and did not see anyone.“Fia!”The pers
“What happened?”A man in a dark red suit appeared.The manager and the front desk receptionist’s expressions made it look like their savior had appeared.“Boss, this client is Mr. Maxwell. He…”“Cuz?” Victor interrupted the manager, as he put his hands into his pockets and walked toward Conrad.Conrad’s expression became even uglier. “You’ve become the owner of this hotel?”“That’s right.” Victor noticed that the atmosphere wasn’t quite right. Just now he had also heard that the manager said that a problem had arisen with a client, but he did not know exactly what had happened.Seeing that Fia’s face was pale and that she was hiding in Conrad’s embrace, he turned to look at the manager and his voice couldn’t help but turn cold.“What exactly happened!”The manager was shocked. This new boss of his had just taken over for less than two months and had always been friendly. Not a single worker had been laid off.This made everyone, from the top management to the bottom workers,
She nodded and slowly closed her eyes.Conrad quietly sighed and sent a message to Silas.***Tyler picked up Silas’ call and guessed that Conrad and his wife had gotten into some kind of a situation and immediately had people investigate.Because Conrad had already reported the matter to the police, this matter was very easy to investigate.Thinking of the well-dressed Victor, Tyler could not help but say, “What a piece of trash!”“What’s wrong?” Mary had just put the children to bed and as she was bringing coffee over, she heard her husband scolding.Tyler told Mary about the situation in a simple manner.Mary thought about it. “But it can’t be Victor who did it, right?”“It doesn’t matter whether or not it's him. The hotel is in his hands now. No matter who the guest is, to have met such a situation is just proo
At noon, they reached home.Mrs. Whitley and Mrs. Taylor got up and were busy, while Silas had also rushed over.Conrad looked at the deep meaning in Silas’ eyes, and was worried that he would say something in front of Fia that would make her worried.He immediately said, “Work matters can be said at work tomorrow.”Silas opened his mouth and was extremely anxious but could not say the words he wanted to say.“Then may you and Madam rest well.”“Alright.”Silas gritted his teeth, walking as he messaged Mr. Maxwell. This was something he had to tell him as soon as possible.Hearing his phone’s notification, he looked at Fia who was sitting by his side.He said to Mrs. Whitley, “Please make something Fia likes for supper.”“Sure!” Mrs. Whitley pushed Mrs. Taylor’s wheelchair an the both of them went to the kitchen together.Fia’s eyes that were lowered trembled as she turned to look at Conrad.“Say, who exactly would send such a thing to me?”Conrad tried very hard to appear
Early the next morning, Fia opened her eyes but did not find Conrad by her side.All this time, whenever she woke up, he would be in the room.This was the first time she didn’t see him when she woke up.Thinking about the slap she gave him the night before, she felt guilty and anxious.She should apologize to him.In the study, Conrad sat on the chair behind the desk with his body leaning against the backrest as he stared at the ceiling.On the side, Silas was trying his best to give advice. “The hotel has been shady since the last person of the Lanes was in charge. Mr. Lane abandoned it because he wanted it to be clean. Sir, why is there a need for you to get involved again?”Conrad pinched his brows. “Now, it is no longer a matter of whether I want to or not.”He did not sleep the whole night, thinking about Fia’s questioning last night.He had also roughly made out that the things of the past and the delivery of a dead rabbit were done by the same culprit.He did not know
“Conrad!” Fia walked out of the bathroom and seeing that the bedroom was empty, she shouted in panic.“Fia, I’m here.” Conrad’s gaze was complicated as he entered the bedroom from the balcony.The panic on Fia’s face disappeared as a smile was revealed.“I thought you did not wait for me.”Conrad remained calm and went forward to hold her hand.“I have always been waiting for you. I just went to the balcony to make a call.”Fia nodded, deeply feeling that her loss of composure earlier on was a little shameful and she even looked down a little on herself.She wasn’t like this in the past.Conrad held her hand tightly and said comfortingly, “I’ve said before that I want to manage this marriage with you properly. Properly pass the days by with you. I wouldn’t lie to you.”Fia didn’t speak. When they had just gotten married, he treated her well, but never promised her a lifetime.After the matter with Esme, he had made the promise many times.However, she still could not always
“Fia.”“Yeah?”“In the company, don’t leave my office.”“Have I not always stayed in your office?”Conrad was worried that he did not make himself clear and said, “Don’t go to the Foreign Affairs Department. If there is any need to be in touch with them, let Silas handle it.”Fia frowned. “Alright, I got it.”The three women in the Foreign Affairs Department—who else would she think of but Barbara and Britney, the two sisters, and Annie.The three of them were gathered together and things were bound to be “interesting”. She had no desire to go to the Foreign Affairs Department to provoke them.However, sometimes just because you didn’t seek out the other party, it didn’t mean that troublesome people would not come running to you on their own.On the highest floor, the moment Conrad held Fia and walked out the elevator, they saw Barbara.“Mr. Maxwell, Mrs. Maxwell.” Barbara’s tone was cold and carried a high pitch, with the intent of blaming them for some wrong.Conrad turned
“Why not? You are about the same age. And you seem to be so alike.” Barbara did not understand why Fia said this.Fia could not help but think that Barbara, although being quite capable in her career, was a little slow in catching social cues and contexts.Thus, Fia decided to tell her frankly. “She and I do not see eye to eye. It’s not possible for us to be friends.”From the moment Britney applied that peach blossom hand moisturizer on her, Fia had a feeling that this friendship was never going to work. From that moment, Fia already felt that something was off about this Britney girl. Then, when she could finally see again, the moment she saw Britney, that hunch that something was fishy about her became even stronger.It was weird indeed, for Britney seemed to be a really kind and gentle young lady. Yet, her hunch was telling her that something was definitely not right.“Was it because of Annie?” Barbara was a little upset upon hearing this. “It was Annie who had fallen for Mr.