“What project is so big? It needs you to stay up all night! Your sister-in-law came back and looked for you, saying she had something urgent to talk to you about. You didn’t answer your phone.”
“Is sister-in-law … back yet?” Zoey asked sharply.
“Eh. What happened to you guys? As soon as she came back she lost her mind and asked for you.” Yami Hu asked.
“We’re fine. Mom, I’m going to stop talking to you for now, there are some things at hand. If anything happens to the kids, you call me.”
“That’s good.” Yami Hu admonished her daughter, “Even if you are busy with work, you should pay attention to rest.”
After the call was disconnected, Zoey went to the bathroom to shower.
The hot water washed down and dispersed much of the coldness from the body. But the desolation of the heart could not be stopped.
When he heard a movement outside the door, Zoey rushed out of the bathroom wrapped in her bathrobe.
It’s actually Ingram.
He’s back again!
“Left something behind?” Zoey asked him.
“It’s for you.” Ingram tossed a shopping bag in his left hand onto the bed, and Zoey looked at it suspiciously, only to see a complete change of clothes.
Even the disposable inner library is available.
Zoey’s face flushed, her heart was touched, she looked at him and sincerely thanked him, “Thank you.”
The warmth that strangers give to themselves when it is hard is even more precious.
The way she said thank you and was touched made Sea Gu feel very appreciated. Sea Gu smiled and opened the bag in his right hand again, and a pour of beer was lined up by him on the carpet.
Zoey counted more than 10 bottles.
Sea Gu is sitting on the floor, leaning against the bed. Looking up at Zoey’s surprised expression, he hooked his lips and asked, “Do you want to have a drink with me? You are not difficult to feel? If you drink this, you’ll forget all about it.”
Can you really forget?
Zoey was skeptical, but had to admit that it was very tempting for her.
Following Ingram’s example, he sat down on the edge of the bed. Seemingly because of the success of the abduction, Ingram was so happy that he opened a can of wine and tossed it to Zoey.
Zoey glanced at him and received an encouraging look from him, she tilted her head and took a big gulp.
The bitter, cold liquid that cut through her throat forced tears from her eyes.
She, the more she drank, the more she drank. Tears, raging out …
…
The night, continues.
In the room, there were occasional shouts of approval from Sea Gu for Zoey, occasionally accompanied by Zoey’s choked whimpers.
“Jerry Xiao, to hell with you! From today onwards you go love your Nabi Yan, I go love my … my …” she shouted, drunk, standing barefoot on the lanai, but the words got stuck here.
And then, looking back at the man behind him, pathetic like a stray cat abandoned by someone, “What to do? I have no one to love … and no one to love me …”
She looked at him lonely and her eyes were red.
Sea Gu drained the bottle of wine in his hand, leaned against the door frame, squinted his eyes at the woman who was mad about alcohol, and teased her, “I can barely be loved by you.”
Her tears fell in broken tears, “Don’t … love someone too hard …”
I have loved Jerry Xiao for so many years, my whole heart is filled with him alone, so there is no room for others.
“Idiot.” Sea Gu snickered at her, tossed the empty bottle into the trash, opened another, and chatted idly with her, “If it’s hard, why do you continue to love?”
Why continue to love?
Zoey also wants to ask herself, but … love someone where there is a reason?
She sat down on the floor in frustration, shrinking herself into a ball and resting her lower jaw on her knees, “Maybe it’s because of the habit … of liking him for so many years, like breathing air as a matter of course … ”
So, where can you say give up and just give up?
Sea Gu was stunned for a moment, it is rare to see such persistent and stupid women these days.
The heart, for this persistence shaken under, did not say anything more, just get up from the room to fish a thin blanket, gently covered her shrunken body.
“Don’t freeze.” Before, he never knew that his voice could be so soft, without a trace of frivolity.
“Thanks.” Zoey’s voice, already as light as cotton wool, drifted through the air like a sigh from the abyss.
After a night of rain, the sunlight in this city seems more and more clear.
The next morning, Zoey was awakened by the sun.
Moved his sore arms, opened his eyes with difficulty, but was surprised by the people around him.
Sea Gu was so close to her, so close that she could almost count his eyelashes one by one.
His sturdy arm, still pillowed behind her head. As he slept on his side, his sleeping face was calm and peaceful, the sunlight came through and his charming handsome cheeks could be seen full of golden light, unusually dazzling.
Oh my God!
How did the situation turn out to be like this after having a good drink last night?
Zoey’s head hurts and she strokes her forehead. Although the heart knows that nothing out of the ordinary happened to them last night, but this sleep together all night, it is really embarrassing enough.
The good thing is that this debauched Ingram, who was a gentleman enough last night, did not mean to violate himself at all.
Zoey was about to get up from the bed when Sea Gu opened her eyes. He wanted to pretend to be asleep to avoid this awkward moment, but Zoey was caught by Sea Gu.
“Don’t pretend, I know you’re awake.”
Zoey ruffled her hair, sat up under the covers and coughed dryly, “I drank too much last night.”
Ingram got up from the bed with one hand on his brow and one hand on the head of the bed, “I asked the waiter to send you some sobering tea, drink some.”
Zoey looked sideways, and sure enough, there were two cups already on the bed.
“I didn’t expect you to be so attentive.” The embarrassment was washed away by a subtle touch, and Zoey served a cup and handed it to him, “Is it okay?”
“Eh, just a headache.” Ingram took a couple of sips from his tea.
Before I could choke down, I heard Zoey exclaim, “It’s over, it’s over! I’m going to be late for work! I have an important meeting this morning and I have to prepare the information.”
“Just that boss of yours, and you’re working so hard for him. Is it worth it?” Ingram looked at her with contempt, lifted the bed sheet and walked down, fetching clothes and putting them on his slender body.
Have to admit, this man innate conditions are also too good!
The shirt worn all night, some crumpled in his body, but also no wretched look. On the contrary, it adds some decadent yuppie look.
But also look very good.
Sea Gu turned his head away and met Zoey looking at him, so he narrowed his eyes and smiled cheekily, “Is it nice? Or I’ll just take it off and let you have a look!”
Zoey blushed, pulled a pillow and threw it at him, scolding him, “No shame, no skin!”
“Get dressed and I’ll take you to the office.” He steadily picked up the pillow.
Zoey looked at the time and said, “Oh no,” and rushed to the bathroom with the bag of his new clothes.
When I go to the office today, I’m sure I’ll get a lecture!
…
By the time the car drove downstairs to MY company, it was after 10:00 and the meeting had apparently ended.
Zoey scurries out of the Ingram with her handbag in her hand.
“Hey, Zoey!” Ingram called to her as he lowered the window and poked his head out.
Zoey hurriedly stopped walking and turned around, he grabbed a bag and tossed it towards Zoey, “The clothes you changed out of yesterday, take it!”
“Thanks!” Zoey took it steadily and waved at him, “I’ll call you next time for dinner.”
Ingram grinned cheekily away and nodded, “Go on in, don’t delay any longer.”
“En …” Zoey turned her head and ran towards the office.
…
Jerry Xiao came down from upstairs after the meeting.
Everyone knows that the president is in an extremely bad mood today, so even Afong is silent on the side.
Now walking downstairs, Ah Feng only felt that the air around him had cooled down abruptly. Someone’s face became more and more stern and cold, simply able to freeze everyone around.
Feng followed his line of sight and to his surprise, he was looking at Baker’s secretary who was absent from this morning’s meeting.
At the moment, Secretary Baker is getting out of a limousine and talking to another man about something in a very intimate manner.
“President, it’s getting late. There is another appointment with another client.” Looking at the time, Feng had to hang on to remind.
“Delay the time by one hour!” Jerry Xiao stepped over in Zoey’s direction without saying a word.
This woman, actually did not answer his phone calls all night, and did not come home. Thanks to his tossing and turning all night without sleep, it turned out to be a whole night with Ingram.
Moreover, the bag carried in the hand is the XX Hotel!
…
Zoey wasn’t expecting to run into him early in the morning.
His ironic face, sharp eyes, all made her freeze for a moment. The next second, swayed, nodded detachedly and greeted, “President, good morning!”
When he said that, he tried to walk around him to go inside.
He looked at her with contempt, almost gritting his teeth, “Zoey Baker, you’re good! Yesterday you were dating Lucas Wang, and now you’re in a room with Ingram at night?”
This is company in the end, he tried to keep his voice as low as possible. But the more so, the more clearly you can discern the repression and irritation in his tone.
Zoey could only feel the bones of her hands almost being crushed to pieces under his roughness.
She did not struggle even though her brow was lightly wrinkled with pain, but only looked at Jerry Xiao with cold eyes, “Mr. Xiao, please show some respect in your speech!”
Jerry Xiao dropped his eyes to see the bag in her hand, the hotel’s distinctive logo, and he just felt the sting.
“The premise of respecting you is also that you yourself know how to respect yourself!”
He could not repress it, his voice slightly raised a little higher. The veins on the back of his hands are hidden, highlighting how angry he is at the moment.
But what is he annoyed about?
Zoey had a hard time in her heart, but had to disguise herself and wrested her arm from his hand, “I think the phrase ‘self-respect’ is more appropriate for Mr. Xiao.”
When he said that, Zoey didn’t look at him and just walked towards the elevator to go upstairs.
But Jerry Xiao followed her with a few steps, grabbed Zoey’s hand from behind, and dragged her towards the special elevator.
It’s a good thing that everyone was busy with their own and didn’t notice the scene too much.
Until the elevator closed, Zoey finally couldn’t resist.
“Mr. Xiao, what exactly do you want?” She fought to shake off his hand, and the hotel bag fell to the ground with a ‘pop’, and the clothes she had changed into yesterday fell out in bits and pieces.
Jerry Xiao’s face stiffened and he looked at Zoey with a cold grunt, “My brother was really blind to see a woman with a messy private life like you!”
After being humiliated again and again, Zoey’s entire lips were trembling. Her eyes were red and she looked at him with hatred, “No matter how chaotic my private life is, it has nothing to do with Mr. Xiao! Nabi is a married woman, and if you are together like this, you are the third party that everyone spits on!”
Her sharp reply made Jerry Xiao’s face look worse and worse. Looking at her stubbornly raising her eyes, Jerry Xiao could not suppress his anger when he thought that she had spent the night with Ingram last night.