I clicked in to see the contents and it was full of photos of me and him from the moment we took a plane to the South Sea at midnight; when we entered the hotel together and spent a whole day together; when we went out to have dinner together; when we had our arms around each other’s shoulders after returning to the hotel…In short, from the photos that were released, anyone who saw them would think that we were meeting in secret and had even booked a room in the hotel. This was evidence that we could not refute. We were completely indefensible.The only good thing about this was that the media had not revealed my name, maybe because they were afraid of Theo. The photos did not happen to capture my face directly, and they were mostly shots of my back. However, those who knew me well would know that it was me.Moreover, there were comments saying that Xander had a sugar mommy. There were also people saying that Xander had won the competition last time because someone was helping him
"I didn't sleep with him." I hastily waved my hands. "That day, I had to get up early to catch my flight, so I was really tired. After I got to the hotel, I rested for a while. Xander was in the living room reading the script the entire time. Nothing happened. Did you call because...""Enough. Do you think that I'll believe you?" He interrupted me and looked at me coldly before burying his head back into his work. He continued what he was doing."Theo, even murderers have a chance to plead their case. You should at least listen to what I have to say." I propped my hands on the desk and was not about to give up my chance to explain myself.He looked up and raised his eyebrows at me. The cold look on his face only grew colder. "It's office hours. You shouldn’t discuss personal matters with me right now, President Lane. The spokesperson is fully your responsibility. This situation will definitely have an impact on the company, so you’d better find a way to solve it. Otherwise..."Afte
I was sweating because I did not expect him to read the news reports which referred to me as ‘mysterious rich madam’. The whole thing was my fault and I could not help but sigh. “Theo, we’ve been together for so many years. You should know me by now. You’re the only man for me.”"Heh, you overestimate me, Wanda. How could I possibly know you? You’re conceited and always go too far. You have your own opinion about everything. When have you ever prioritized me?" He laughed coldly, his face overcast. His dark eyes were gloomy and chilly.I knew he was angry, but I could not stand him speaking grimly and coldly to me. He knew very well what had happened between me and Xander but he just wanted to use it as an excuse to make things difficult for me.I was not happy, so I could not be bothered to be polite. “Theo, you should watch what you say. We’ve been together for years. Who’s the one who always goes too far? What about your incident with Miss Reed? Isn’t that just as bad? Did I eve
At the most critical moment, Miss Woods' came over to help again. "You should walk more instead of being cooped up at home. Young Master, why don’t you go and take a walk with Young Mistress? She's been complaining about the pain on her feet and they’re starting to look a little swollen."Theo, who was about to go upstairs, glanced at me and said, "Let me change my clothes first."I looked down at my feet and whispered, "Miss Woods, my feet aren’t swollen.""Silly, I’m just making up an excuse for you. Anyway, they’ll get swollen in the future and I know you’ll complain about the pain soon. Let this be a secret between us.” After she said that, she gave me a wink and turned around to clean up the dishes.Soon after, Theo had changed his clothes and he came downstairs. He looked at my feet and asked, "Is it really painful?"I nodded guiltily and said softly, "It's probably some built-up fluid. I can ice them later and they’ll be fine."He furrowed his eyebrows, turned away slightl
I was a little embarrassed and gently pulled back my foot. I coughed lightly and said, "It’s not that bad now.”Miss Woods had lied about my feet being swollen. Besides, he had never cared or looked closely at my feet before. To be honest, my feet had always been fleshy, so I felt a little uncomfortable about lying to him.He did not say anything. He just turned around and went out the door. I thought he had seen through my lie and was mad, so I sighed. It seemed that pretending to be sick was not for me. I could not do it as naturally as Cindy could.However, he soon came back with a box of ice cubes. He carefully wrapped the ice with a towel and placed it on my feet.It turned out that he was getting me an ice pack. I felt a little guilty, so I got up from the bed and said, "I can do it myself.""Don't move." His voice was cold and he had a straight look on his face. He would not accept a refusal. After he said that, he placed my feet in his arms to prevent me from moving them a
I pursed my lips and looked up to meet his eyes. I felt wronged. "Don't you believe me?”He seemed to like my love confession. The corners of his lips rose and he did not answer me. He just lightly kissed my forehead before saying softly, "It's getting late. You shouldn’t stay up so late. Go to sleep."When I saw him like this, I stopped myself from telling him about Tyler. It had been a hard task to ease the atmosphere between us and I did not want to mess it up again. Hence, I decided to talk about it with him next time.After a long day, I was very sleepy and fell asleep soon after.The next day, I overslept. I rarely did that and when I picked up the phone to look at it, it seemed that I had muted it. Heidi had called me several times.I called her back.Heidi's anxious and tense voice sounded. "Wanda, I have bad news. Something bad’s going to happen.”"What’s going to happen?" My heart tightened, and my first thought was that Tyler must have come looking for me."Xander is
"It’s fine, Petra. It’s always a pleasure to have you over. Please, come in." I moved over and invited Petra in.I brought her into the living room and ordered Miss Woods to serve some pastries and tea for her. I apologized again. "Petra, you’re here to talk to Theo, right? Let me give him a call."Petra had arrived at the door. I assumed that she was here to talk business with Theo."No, it’s fine. I came here today to see you because I wanted to talk to you." From the moment we entered through the door, Petra had been staring at me with her beautiful eyes while smiling.I did not know why she was looking for me, but I knew it was not going to be a brief conversation. However, before she told me what she was here for, there was not much I could say.Embarrassed by her stare, I coughed lightly and said, "Petra, you take such good care of your skin. Your skin and your body look even better than models’."When women had nothing to talk about, those were the magic words to break the
Without thinking much about it, I drove out and received a message from Theo while I was on the way there. He asked me to wait for him in the Greek restaurant near the office.It was a private restaurant. From the alley, it looked just like an ordinary courtyard. If Theo had not sent the address, I would not have been able to find it.Soon after I arrived, a young man came out and asked me if I was Miss Lane. I told him yes and he proceeded to lead me into a very sophisticated-looking private room. He told me that Mr. Grant had ordered our meal and I just had to wait for a moment. Right after I sat down, my phone rang. When I looked at the caller ID, my heart jolted and I almost dropped my phone to the floor.I knew what was to come could not be avoided.Tyler finally appeared.My entire body trembled as my hands squeezed the phone. I stared at his number, and an image of Tyler’s face popped up in my head.For a moment, I almost wanted to reject the call. However, I knew very w