After the performance, Luke and Bianca planned to send Rainie back to school. The family of three went to the parking lot, and Luke said to his wife and daughter, "I'll go and fetch the car. Wait for me here." "Alright, Daddy." Rainie was holding Bianca's hand when she suddenly sensed something. She turned her head to look. "What's wrong?" Bianca noticed her daughter's abrupt movement. She also turned around to look but did not see anything. "Mommy, I think someone is watching us." Rainie had a keen intuition, but she did not see anything after she turned her head. Bianca took a closer look. She saw cars parked in rows but did not see anyone. "There's no one around. Could you have been mistaken?" Rainie shook her head and turned away. Luke drove the car over. Bianca and Rainie got into the car and left. Winston came out from a corner of the parking lot, staring profoundly at the Land Rover that was leaving. "We should leave, Prince Winston. Otherwise…" A burly bodygua
Sue shook her head indignantly. "Not good. Ever since that incident, we've received far fewer orders. Some clients would rather pay the penalty for breach of contract than let us do the design for them." Bianca was not too flustered, knowing what those people were thinking. "How does it compare to the previous month?" "It's at least a forty-percent decrease. We're not a big company, and there are several designers without any work on hand. Even St. Heckler Hotel is already looking for another company," Sue reported. St. Heckler Hotel was a three-star hotel construction project in A City. It took Bianca a lot of effort to convince them, but Riley's incident happened right before they were about to sign the contract. She was not at liberty to continue negotiations, so she delegated the task to Sue and Nina. "Have they signed the contract with the other design company?" Bianca asked. "No, they're still negotiating. I've heard that the company is charging a high price, which is
"Yes, I've met her before. I always remember the beautiful women I meet. Your company really has a lot of beautiful women. Ms. Langdon is one, Ms. Rayne is too." Mr. Steven's eyes on his corpulent face narrowed into slits as he ogled brazenly at the two women in front of him. Bianca and Nina exchanged glances. Both of them thought that Mr. Steven's perverse gaze was quite disgusting. Bianca tried to hold back her disgust as she smiled and said, "Please have a seat, Mr. Steven." Mr. Steven's beautiful secretary pulled a chair, then removed his coat with her delicate fingers and hung it on the rack. "Please sit, Mr. Steven," she said coyly. "Yes, yes." Mr. Steven copped a feel as he sat down on the chair. The secretary smiled and said nothing. She sat down next to him. Nina could not help but wonder how that perverted man managed to get to where he was. She smiled brilliantly, hiding the disgust in her heart, and poured some tea for the man. "Please have some tea, Mr. Steve
Mr. Steven took a step forward in front of Bianca, sniffed the air in front of her, hugged her waist brazenly, and smiled. "Yes, we can talk about the price. After all, your company seems quite capable. So how much will it be, Ms. Rayne?" Bianca turned her head away in disgust when she saw his oily, sausage-like lips leaning close to her face. She discreetly distanced herself and said, "We can talk about it, Mr. Steven. How about if we sit down and talk?" "Alright, alright, alright. Sit on my lap and we'll talk." Mr. Steven prepared to sit down while hugging her. Nina stepped in between the two. Mr. Steven let go of Bianca and hugged Nina instead. He did not mind that. After all, both of them were beautiful. He smiled at Nina and said, "Would you rather sit on my lap, Ms. Langdon?" After many drinks, all Mr. Steven wanted was to cop a feel. Nina was appalled, but she would rather Mr. Steven take advantage of her than her good friend. "How about if we give you a five percent
Percy's dark eyes dripped with spite. He stared intently at Steven's fat hand that was on Nina's waist. ‘How dare this pig lay his hands on my woman? Is he tired of living?’ Percy asked Bianca, "Is Luke aware that this is how you have business meetings?" Bianca’s scalp felt numb. If Luke found out, she would never hear the end of it. Just as she was about to explain further, Nina got closer to Steven and said in a chilly tone, "We're just talking about work and didn't do anything else. What's wrong? Does it feel dirty? To a dirty man, everything looks dirty." Steven hugged her and said triumphantly, "Yeah! Who are you? You barged into our private room, how rude!" One could seemingly smell gunpowder in the air, and Bianca was caught in the middle. She tried her best to diffuse the situation. "This is Ms. Langdon's—" "Nina, come home with me now." Percy clenched his fist, walked over, and grabbed Nina's hand. "Hmph..." Nina snorted and was taken away by
Percy's body temperature turned warmer as he pulled off his tie impatiently. The smile on Nina's mouth carried a touch of mockery. She was well aware of what was coming next. She stood up and took off her coat with one hand. "I reek, I'll go wash up first." She was still sober. As the most special character around him, she was well aware of his likes and dislikes. Percy hated women who smelled like alcohol. She planned to take a quick shower before they got down to business. Percy gave her a push and she landed on the sofa. "No need, I want you right now!" After an hour, Nina was exhausted and lay on the sofa. She watched him dress himself up and leave. She slowly let out a sigh when she heard the sound of his car driving away. In Percy's heart, she was nothing more than a tool. Her status was lower than that of bottle girls in the nightclubs. Bottle girls could choose which customers they wanted to accompany. They had money in their pockets and were
After Percy left with Nina, Bianca had to spend some time reassuring Steven and promising that she would arrange for another meet-up soon enough. Steven was dissatisfied but did not say much. Bianca knew he was upset and bought two bottles of fine wine at the hotel. When she sent him off, she handed him the wine and the other's mood seemed to ease a little. She was relieved when she watched him leave with his secretary. Bianca was not confident that she could secure this partnership. Bianca massaged her face, which had been cramping from smiling all night. She sighed helplessly. She called for an Uber because she did not want to drive after drinking. When she got home, she walked into the living room and found that Luke was not working in the study as he usually was. He was sitting on the sofa waiting for her. "Luke?" Bianca called out to him softly. The moment she saw the man waiting for her in the living room, her foul mood was gone. She did not
Half an hour later, Luke presumed Bianca was asleep when he heard her breathing slow down. He picked up the phone on the bedside table and sent a message to Jason. [I want everything you can find on the CEO of the developer for St. Heckler on my table tomorrow morning.] Jason was coaxing the twins to sleep. After he received Luke's text, he immediately replied: [Okay, Mr. Crawford.] Kari was awakened by the notification. She opened her eyes in a daze and muttered, "Dad." Jason put his phone away. He was a workaholic. Even if he was asleep, his phone would never be on silent mode. That was so that he could attend to Luke’s requests at the first instant. He apologized. "I'm sorry, baby. Did it wake you up?" Kari glanced at her sister who was sleeping next to her and found that Teri was still asleep. She shook her head and said, "No, Dad." "Baby, go back to sleep." Jason tucked her in, then gently rubbed her belly and soothed her. Kari smiled sweetly and