Hearing this, Sharon was befuddled. Admirer? Why would she have an admirer?She looked around but did not notice anyone suspicious. She took the glass doubtfully. “Thank you.”When the waiter left, Sharon still had not found this so-called admirer.A commotion came from the entrance of the ballroom. Everyone present turned to look.Sharon also looked in the direction everyone was looking at only to see Penelope helping Douglas into the ballroom.The reputable figure had arrived. It was no wonder why everyone’s attention had been caught.It could be seen that Douglas was still very respected and feared. As this was the corporation’s anniversary celebration and he was the chairperson, naturally, he had to attend.However, when Sharon saw Rebecca on the other side holding Douglas as well, her heart sank.Especially when she saw Douglas bringing Rebecca in front of Simon. She felt her heart being squeezed violently.In a setting like this, Douglas brought Rebecca to Simon’s side.
She picked up another glass, but just as she was about to drink it, a hand stretched out suddenly to stop her.“You’ll get drunk if you drink like this.” A playful voice sounded in her ears, and she saw Howard’s carefree appearance the moment she turned her head.She furrowed her eyebrows. She was in a bad mood now, and the last person she wanted to see was him. She shook off his hand impatiently. “I didn’t ask you!” After saying this, she downed that glass of wine.Howard snickered mockingly. “What? You can’t stand seeing a different woman standing by my uncle’s side?” Derision appeared in his eyes. “You should’ve expected a situation like this ages ago. I told you, you’ll divorce him sooner or later!”These words stabbed straight into her heart. It was not as if he had never told her these things before, but before this, she had never taken them to heart. Now, however, his gloating lit a fire in her chest. She did not control her tone and coldly commanded, “F*ck off! Don’t bother
She shook her head awkwardly. “I don’t know how. I’m sorry…” She indeed did not know how to do ballroom dances.“I already said you can’t reject me.” Eugene winked at her and said, “It’s fine if you don’t know. I can teach you.”His expression and posture were still very elegant. After speaking, he extended a gentlemanly hand to her.Sharon looked at his clean, lean hand. She found it hard to refuse.Perhaps it was because she was feeling too pressured. Although she did not know how to dance, she raised her hand and agreed to his invitation like she was possessed!It was only when he had walked to the dance floor with her hand in his did she come back to her senses. What was she doing?Why would she agree to an unfamiliar man’s invitation?Eugene circled a hand around her waist. He moved closer to her, smiling mildly as he said, “Woman, focus.”Sharon already regretted it. “That… I really don’t know how. How about you ask someone else…”Before she could finish speaking, Eugene
He turned away abruptly. His pitch-black, fear-inducing gaze landed on her. His tone was extremely icy when he spoke, “Secretary Lawrence, you’re overstepping again.” No matter how he and Sharon were, it was not her place to chime in.The way he addressed her as ‘Secretary Lawrence’ made Rebecca remember that night at the hotel when she confessed her feelings for him but he harshly shoved her away!Her face paled. She clenched her fists, her nails digging into her palms.Simon did not say anything more to her. He walked past her, not once glancing at her.He only thought about how he did not want to dance the opening dance later with Rebecca.Under Eugene’s instruction, Sharon danced with him. Coming off the dance floor, her palms were full of sweat. It was unsure if it was because she was too nervous or because it was hot.“See. I told you you’d definitely dance well.” Eugene saw her sweating prettily and could not help smiling. He took out a handkerchief he brought with him and
Simon’s body tensed instantly, and he grabbed her small hand. His pitch-black eagle eyes stared at her dangerously. “Just now, you’d rather die than submit. Are you playing a game of push and pull with me?”If she had been sober enough, she would definitely have heard the ridicule in the man’s words. Unfortunately, her awareness was a little messed up. With that passionate kiss earlier, she could not discern all too well now.Panting slightly, she shook her head strongly, trying to wake herself up more. Finally, she could react and push him away. Glaring at him in a rage, she asked, “What do you want to do?”He was not publicly displaying affection with Rebecca in the ballroom, so why would he run over here to force a kiss on her?Seeing that her angered appearance did not seem to be fake, Simon could not help feeling that it was odd. Could her initiative just now have been faked?He stuffed a hand into his pocket as his eyes narrowed slightly at her lips that were reddened by the
Her dumbfounded expression was quite amusing. Bending his finger, he tapped her on the forehead as he said in a low voice, “You’re not allowed to have any contact with him, you hear me?” Sharon rubbed her aching forehead and said in a huff, “Don’t be so bossy. You…” She had not finished speaking when she was interrupted. The sound of footsteps traveled toward them as a woman called out, “Simon, are you here?” That was Rebecca! Sharon did not blink as she stared mockingly at him. His ‘best friend’ was in search of him. Was he not going to let go of her? The man had a calm expression on his face and did not seem worried that Rebecca would catch them in the state they were in. “Simon, where are you? The party is about to start. Uncle has requested that we dance the opening dance…” Rebecca could sense that Simon was nearby but could not pinpoint his exact location. Sharon had a mocking expression as they stood in the corner. Was he not going to leave? This time, Simon frown
Then, she heard the host announce, “Designer Jeans, please come on stage. You will be President Zachary’s dance partner tonight. Congratulations!” Applause rang throughout the room. Sharon regained some of her alertness, but that only caused her to be even more shocked. Since when had she become Simon’s dance partner? She had not even taken part in the drawing of numbers. How could she have been picked when she did not even have a number? She turned and glanced at Simon who was standing on stage. There was a crowd between them, but she seemed to catch his eyes glinting mischievously… Sharon did not know how she got pushed up onto the stage, but she was already standing in front of Simon when she regained her senses. The stage lights were even brighter, and his features seemed even more well-defined as they shone on him. He smirked at her with a secretive and haughty expression on his face. It seemed that everything was going according to his plan. She immediately understood h
Her discomfort caused her to forget that she was dancing with the company’s president and that countless gazes filled with jealousy and hatred were directed at her. Especially Rebecca, who was standing beside Douglas. Her nails sank into her palms as she looked at the two waltzing romantically on stage. She felt both wronged and humiliated. She was supposed to be Simon’s dance partner for tonight’s opening dance, but he switched partners in front of everyone. Was this not to humiliate her? What was worse, she had to pretend she did not mind it at all although she was furious. Else, she would be the butt of everyone’s jokes. Simon had blatantly changed the dance partner Douglas chose for him. Naturally, the look on his face was not pleasant either. He put on a poker face as he stared expressionlessly at the stage. When he saw Sharon put her head on Simon’s shoulder, he scowled and found himself even more unable to continue watching. Were they dancing or showing off their relatio