Andrea Jones’ legs were as heavy as lead, but she still insisted on walking in . No matter how unacceptable the scene inside is to her, she has to confirm it with her own eyes.
Just see the sofa, the young woman sitting in pajamas. Obviously just after a bath, face unpolished, skin clear. A head of black hair is still damp draped over the shoulders, she does not care, only holding the bird’s nest soup in her hand and drinking it with great pleasure.
And beside her …
It is a considerate man.
Holding up a hair dryer, he carefully helped her cut her hair. Occasionally looking down and saying something to her, he would bend over and come very close, smiling openly.
Such Lewis Brown, so happy …
It was a joy that radiated from the heart, something Andrea Jones had never seen before. She was stunned, and in the next moment, she snapped out of it and took a sharp step.
The slender fingers gripped the bag, and the fingertips turned white. Take a deep breath and try to choke down the sadness, but, the eyes have become uncontrollably sore and swollen.
…
When the young woman looked up, she saw Lewis Brown holding the hair dryer and looking at the door in a daze. Before she could ask, the cleaning aunt turned off the vacuum cleaner and said, “Mr. Ruan, Miss Jones just came over. She took a look and left in a hurry.”
“Miss Jones?” the woman set aside the bird’s nest soup in her hand and her beautiful eyes darted to Lewis Brown, “Your girlfriend?”
Turning the hair dryer off, she rested it on the couch. Glanced at her before Lewis Brown gave a soft ‘hmm’.
The woman laughed and pushed him, “What are you still waiting for? Hurry up and go out ah! She must have misunderstood us.”
Lewis Brown’s eyes floated down and he pursed his lips, “So I’m going?”
“Wait a minute, I’ll accompany you down. It is estimated that this moment your brother-in-law is also going to arrive.” Speaking of the latter, the woman’s smile deepened, and softness flowed in the waves of smoke.
She, none other than Penny Brown, the first lady of the Nguyen family, is the fiancée of Neal Williams.
…
When the elevator reached the first floor, the door opened and Andrea Jones, head down, walked quickly outside. Unexpectedly, he bumped into a hard chest.
“I’m sorry.” A haphazard apology, the voice had actually choked. She didn’t look up either, avoiding the other side, and turned sideways to leave.
The elbow, but was suddenly pulled from behind. She twisted her head suspiciously, and could not even hide the redness under her eyes.
In an instant, all the aggression, by the man not a single drop into the eyes.
Brows furrowed, Neal Williams fixed her eyes with a deep stare, “What’s wrong?”
Andrea Jones is never good at putting her vulnerability in front of outsiders, but now that Neal Williams asked her about it, she couldn’t help but feel a steady stream of grievances pouring out of her heart. The tip of her nose, more and more sore, tears almost fell down.
He drew down his arm, but he clasped it tightly and did not let go. The long and slender fingers hold her elbow, the knuckles are well-defined and unusually good-looking.
Locking his eyes on her pale face, he asked again, “What’s going on?”
Looking at the starbursts under his eyes, Andrea Jones’ pale lips moved, and was just about to say something when another elevator opened with a ‘ding-‘.
Lewis Brown and Penny Brown stood in the elevator, looking at them with slight consternation.
“Neal, what’s going on?” Penny Brown’s eyes, darting over Neal Williams’ hands.
Neal Williams pursed his lips without saying anything, but he didn’t let go either.
Andrea Jones glanced sideways at Lewis Brown and, unable to repress the hard feelings she had just felt, she pulled her hand back from Neal Williams and started to walk away.
Neal Williams was just about to speak when, behind him, Lewis Brown’s voice had sounded, “Andrea!”
He called out to her, stepped out of the elevator, and in the next instant, reached out and grabbed Andrea Jones.
“Angry?” With a long arm, he gently carried her into his arms.
That familiar body heat surrounds her, making her nose sore and her tears uncontrollable again. However, she did not want to be so condescending.
“Lewis Brown, let go …” she stubbornly tugged on Lewis Brown’s arm.
“Is this jealousy?” Lewis Brown laughed and didn’t let go, but hugged her tighter. “Leaving without even listening to my explanation, and not worrying about misunderstanding me?”
Andrea Jones was stunned for a moment. A misunderstanding? Was that a misunderstanding?
Turning his eyes, he saw the strange woman smiling and holding Neal Williams’ arm.
She leaned intimately on his shoulder and spoke softly to him, “Neal, look, I made their little couple angry.”
Neal Williams looked at the two people hugging each other, their eyes were calm and unruffled, and it was impossible to tell whether they were happy or not. The next moment, but suddenly reached out and took Penny Brown in his arms, “when the sister came back to give the brother such trouble, but also so proud.”
Sister? Brother?
Andrea Jones was immediately confused and looked at Lewis Brown with her jaw dropped.
Lewis Brown tugged his lips, “It’s my sister. Are you still angry now?”
“Yeah … sorry …” If there was a hole, she would just want to burrow herself right into it now. Red-faced and embarrassed, she broke Lewis Brown’s embrace, she looked at Penny Brown somewhat at a loss for words, “I’m sorry … Miss Brown, I … ”
It’s so humiliating!
She’s actually jealous of Lewis Brown’s sister! But, they really look like lovers!
Penny Brown laughed and said cheerfully, “Don’t call me Miss Brown, it’s so uncomfortable, just call me sister like Lewis Brown.”
“… good.” Andrea Jones could only nod dumbly.
Glancing at Penny Brown, Lewis Brown reached out and took Andrea Jones by the hand.
Turning back to look at him apologetically, Andrea Jones wrapped her backhand tightly around his.
Neal Williams’ eyes slid over the tightly intertwined hands, and then, falling to his own raised wrist, he spoke lightly, “I made reservations, together?”
The last two words, naturally, were asked of Lewis Brown and Andrea Jones.
Lewis Brown wanted to say no, but Penny Brown had already done it for him, “Of course I’ll come along. I’m meeting Andrea for the first time, so I’m sure the meal is inevitable. neal, let me go up and change my clothes and put on some makeup, okay? It’ll be quick.”
…
‘Crystal’ – the most luxurious Western-style restaurant in town.
This is not the first time Andrea Jones has been here, but every time she comes, she feels more or less out of place.
The melancholy music of the cello; the respectful waiters; before they sat down, there was already a waiter thoughtfully standing behind them to lift their hands to take off their coats.
All this makes Andrea Jones feel very uncomfortable. But then look at the other three, they are coping with ease. No, to be precise, this is their original life. But it was she, who was brought into another world that did not belong to her.
Penny Brown and Lewis Brown are of this world, and Neal Williams, more …
From beginning to end, he is the master.
The company has been able to withstand the adoring eyes of all the women in the restaurant and deal with the fawning and pleasing of the restaurant manager. He is self-assured and elegant, and there is a kind of magic between his hands and feet that makes people can’t move their eyes.
Such a person, and she, really far away from a good distance …
Andrea Jones wandered off, completely unaware that her attention was not on her boyfriend, but on a person who was not related to her.
“When is big sister coming back? I met John in France this time and heard him say that Big Sister is still spending time abroad with Liang Chen?” Penny Brown elegantly cut the steak and chatted with Neal Williams.
“Hmm.” Neal Williams returned faintly.
“Then for your company’s annual meeting, will she come back with Liang Chen?”
“Maybe.”
“I spoke with Garret Miller on the phone today and he said Zoey Baker is pregnant.”
He frowned slightly, not liking the company being brought out, “He’s as talkative as ever.”
“No. He also said …” Penny Brown put down her cutlery, turned her face and looked at Neal Williams with a smile, “You’re getting a very pretty secretary, I think her name is… … Olivia Scott, is it?”
Andrea Jones froze for a moment at the mention of Olivia Scott.
Neal Williams also lifted his eyes to look at her. Their eyes met in the air for just a second before Neal Williams moved away first and turned his head to look at Penny Brown, “What?”
“I’m very, very much in crisis.” Penny Brown is frank about it.
She was holding her cheeks and pouting with Neal Williams, her soft tone softening the woman’s ears, “Garret Miller said that girl had it in for you. Well, no wonder, I’m afraid all those unmarried girls at your company are hitting on all three of you.”
“Sis, Andrea won’t.” Lewis Brown picked up where Penny Brown left off.
Hearing the sudden mention of herself, Andrea Jones then looked up. Originally, the content of their conversation, she can not intervene at all, or even simply do not understand, so she completely as a transparent person, but also try to let them ignore their own existence.
Neal Williams’ eyes, too, followed.
“What’s wrong?” Andrea Jones was confused, her watery eyes looking back and forth at the trio.
Neal Williams’ eyes darkened slightly and he said dryly, “It’s you.”
“What?” She was even more puzzled.
“I think it’s good.” Apparently hearing Neal Williams’ words, Penny Brown hooked her lips and smiled radiantly.
“Andrea, I’m relieved that you’re working as Neal’s secretary. That Olivia Scott, you have to keep an eye on her for me, don’t let her near Neal.”
Secretary?
Andrea Jones froze slightly before looking at Neal Williams and subconsciously shaking her head, “Mr. Williams, you know I’m not familiar with secretarial work at all, and that’s not what I’m good at, nor is it what I do.”
“I’ll let Zoey Baker teach you.” Neal Williams had clearly made up his mind.
“But Mr. Miller is short of people there.”
“Don’t worry, Neal can handle Garret Miller.” Penny Brown patted her hand reassuringly and winked at her, “Just settle down and be Neal’s secretary, it’s a position that a lot of people can’t get.”
This statement is, indeed, true.
Even though I had just joined the company a few days ago and was working under Garret Miller, I had already heard about the upstairs storm over a secretary position.
Now it falls on her shoulders for no reason, how many people should she offend in the blink of an eye?
Looking at his sister’s delighted look, Lewis Brown also advised: “Since brother-in-law is so optimistic about you, you might as well give it a try. In this piece of finance, brother-in-law is one of the best connoisseurs, and will definitely let you have unexpected gains.”
Andrea Jones lifted her eyes to look at Neal Williams.
Neal Williams didn’t advise more, just looked straight at her and seemed to be waiting for her answer.
Her thin lips pursed, she nodded shallowly, “Then I’ll try.”
Hearing Penny Brown’s sigh of relief, she couldn’t help but give Neal Williams one more look.
To keep Penny Brown from thinking too much, that’s why he picked himself – someone who would never have a crush on him? Even the most suitable Olivia Scott, he categorically do not want?
It seems that he really cares about Penny Brown’s feelings.
Andrea Jones tugged at her lips and looked down as she continued to eat her steak in silence.
…
Since Neal Williams announced that Andrea Jones would replace Zoey Baker, there has naturally been an uproar in the company.
Garret Miller originally refused to let go, Neal Williams directly allocated his hands a strong general over, so that his heart immediately relieved, released Andrea Jones.
Of course, the one who can’t accept this fact is obviously Olivia Scott.
From the moment Andrea Jones carried her things upstairs, she endured either sympathy or taunts from her colleagues. This makes the proud her, really can’t stand. So, naturally, all the blank stares were given to Andrea Jones without any drop.
Andrea Jones was too busy counting accounts, familiarizing herself with clients, and receiving all sorts of materials to deal with Olivia Scott.
Today, it was another busy day like a gyroscope.