Chapter 96: Trouble at the door
Asher’s dark eyes were icy as he looked at Lena, who was still snuggled in his arms and unable to move, his voice icy, “Really? You happened to go after her, the reporters happened to arrive, and then her office happened to be moved. You think that I would believe that from you?”
“Asher, you have to believe me, I really didn’t touch her office, and as jealous as I am that you actually gave her that big project, I really didn’t touch her office, I swear!” Shaking her head in panic, Riina struggled to get Asher to believe her.
Her mind was full of panic at the moment; if Asher thought she had done this, then next week’s wedding, as per his temper, seemed to have failed to take place as promised.
The thought of it made Lena’s heart panic beyond words.
With his icy gaze still looking straight at Riina’s delicate face, Asher’s voice didn’t have the slightest warmth, “Well, I’ll trust you for now, if I find out later that this has something to do with you, you know what the consequences will be!”
After saying that, Asher finally released the large palm that had imprisoned Riina’s jaw.
“Asher, don’t worry, I swear I had nothing to do with this.” Lena breathed a huge sigh of relief and paused for ten seconds or so before asking Asher again apprehensively, “Asher, so is our wedding next week, still going to happen?”
Casting a sidelong glance at the flabbergasted Leena, Asher’s voice gradually softened, teasing his lips lightly, “Why not hold it? Or, have you actually changed your mind and don’t want to marry me?”
“No, no, no, Asher, how could I change my mind? I’m just so happy, just so happy …” After a few seconds of dismay, Lena finally believed her ears and was so happy and touched that she actually choked up and couldn’t speak.
“Well, I have nothing more to do, rest yourself, I have other things to take care of.” Glancing lightly at the excited Leena, Asher looked still cold, bland as if the matter of marriage had nothing to do with him at all.
Frozen for a second, Leena tugged on Asher’s arm and timidly asked, “Asher, since you promised to get married next week, does that mean everything can go according to plan?”
You know, a month before, she had already started to prepare her wedding dress and everything she would use when she got married. She wanted women all over the world to see that she, Riina, had finally succeeded in marrying the man that women all over the world wanted to marry, and had finally become the happiest bride in the world.
Stopping in his tracks and glancing at the expectant Lina, Asher said with a faint smile, “Since we’re getting married next week, of course we have to prepare for everything, my Asher’s wedding, it’s not that shabby, you just prepare well!”
“Asher, you, you’re too good …” After some more great dismay, Rina finally let go of Asher’s arm, her face full of pouting.
If she remembered correctly, she could count the number of tones and expressions Asher had used to talk to her like this on a slap. So did this mean that everything was going in a good direction?
In an instant, Riina felt like she had flown from hell to heaven, and it all seemed to be in the hands of the man who had slowly disappeared.
After standing frozen in place for a long time, Riina finally grabbed her phone with a tone of voice that couldn’t hide her excitement, “I have good news, I’m calling a press conference because Asher and I are getting married …”
The next day, inside Asher’s office, watching the excited and happy image of Lena on the wall mounted TV, Claude couldn’t stop shaking his head and tsking, “Tsk, tsk, Asher, I can’t believe you’re actually choosing to marry this woman! I’m really admiring you with all my heart right now, you’re really my idol.”
“How do you know it was me who agreed to marry her, wouldn’t it be more appropriate to say she was stalking?” Hooking his lips lightly, Claude’s gossipy look really made Asher chuckle a little.Belongs to © n0velDrama.Org.
“Asher, do you think it’s my first day dealing with you guys? Even if Lina is more arrogant, without your approval, she wouldn’t dare to hold such a reckless press conference to bask in her happiness, and ah, if it wasn’t for your approval, she still wouldn’t know if you were married to her or not, holding a press conference now, wouldn’t it be a slap in her own face when the time comes, she’s not that stupid, right?” Stroking his chin, Claude shook his head confidently and said.
Asher crossed his arms, his face a rare warmth, his voice even flatter, “I knew she would react this way, and that reaction is what I wanted.”
“Asher, come on, what the hell were you thinking?” Claude’s spirit snapped and he immediately asked nosily, “I can’t really believe you can marry this prissy young lady who knows nothing, do you have some idea of getting someone into heaven now, but how soon are you going to make them go to hell?”
Asher nodded in satisfaction, crossing his legs in a relaxed manner, “Claude, as nosy and cocky as you are, and as breathless as you make my head hurt sometimes, I have to say, you know me best! And yes, it was all on purpose!”
“Are you complimenting me or undermining me?” Claude had a black line, but it was quickly replaced with a face full of excitement, “Then tell me, what exactly do you want? You mustn’t tell me that you snubbed someone, Miss Lai, just to make someone jealous, right?”
“I just wanted to see how she would react if I did marry Leena. I just can’t believe that she can really act like nothing’s wrong!” Nodding, Asher gave a slight nod, his dark eyes casting a glance at the view beyond the floor-to-ceiling glass.
Yes, he simply did not believe that Mia had as much determination and indifference as she showed.
After a moment of silence, Claude’s face was full of concern, “Asher, while I don’t have anything against you doing this, isn’t it a bit … deadly for you if Grandpa Jun knew that the thing he cared about most was actually being treated like child’s play by you? ”
“Claude, it seems to be office hours and you’ve got a lot of time to be making small talk with me, am I assigning you a little less work?” With a thick frown, Asher asked in a nonchalant manner, “Also, how’s that thing I asked you to look into, does it have anything to do with Lena?”
“Look at you, when it comes to your sore spots you press me with work.” Claude whined in a small whisper, but then said, “I investigated, and after that incident that day, the surveillance on the president’s floor of the Shengshi Group actually broke down somehow as well, which makes me suspicious …”
“Suspect it was those old guys from the Shengshi Group?” Asher coldly took over, “They are feeling disconcerted by her sitting in the president’s seat, so they are looking for trouble with her at every turn, and for their own benefit, they would not hesitate to do such a thing!”
Claude nodded, “So according to you, what should we do now?”
“Since those directors sincerely want her to be embarrassed, the natural thing for them to do now is to go and press those companies that they used to work with to make her explain her compensation regarding this matter.” Asher’s arms were crossed again, “You go and see now, you are supposed to know what to do if there is that company that is embarrassing her!”
Claude stood up and shrugged helplessly, “Well, I see some companies are going to be out of luck, who let them mess with our president’s heart without looking?”
After saying that, Claude immediately dodged, or else he would surely get a cold stare from Asher in return.
Watching Claude’s back, Asher stroked the jade carving on the table with one slender hand and muttered to himself, “Don’t worry, I’ll never let you face this alone! If it’s something I owe you, I’ll make it up to you one by one!”
That long, slender palm gripped the fine jade carving.
However, in the meeting room of Shengshi Group, the president of Hongda Group was talking to Mia, his eyebrows were furrowed and his lips were pursed together, showing that he was not in a good mood, his voice was hard and thrown towards Mia, “Miss Leng, we have signed an agreement and contract between us long ago, I would like to ask if our contract was stolen as well? ”
“This …” Mia hesitated and looked her pleading gaze at Nangong who was asking for help to the side. Although she had been experienced for five years, it was the first time she had faced this kind of thing, making her a bit overwhelmed and difficult to deal with.
Receiving her gaze, Nangong asked returning her a soothing smile, looking at the president of the Hongda Group across the table with a bland expression, “Then what Mr. Zhang means is that he wants us to show the signed agreement and contract first? In that case, does Mr. Zhang not trust our group? Or did President Zhang listen to the rumors outside, so he took the opportunity to question us?”
Zhou’s face flashed a trace of embarrassment, wiped a handful of sweat helplessly smiled and said, “Vice President Nangong, words are not so, now your company’s matter has been on TV, has been a buzz, we do business, naturally want a peace of mind, if you can produce an agreement and contract, I naturally have nothing to say. ”
“And what if you can’t see it?” After a long silence, Mia finally asked, her expression having taken on a bit of bemusement.
Mr. Zhou wiped his sweat again and spread his hands helplessly, “If there is no contract, I can’t stop doing business for the sake of Leng Lao, I’m afraid that the business between us will have to suspend our cooperation. You know, this matter is your fault in the first place, not our company’s responsibility, so the contractual breach of contract, you still have to compensate!”
“General Zhou, is there really not an ounce of room for negotiation? When Leng Lao was around, our two families have always worked together and there has never been any unpleasantness …” Looking back at Mia, Nangong asked.