Chapter 239 – Awakening from a Dream

Book:The Selfish CEO Published:2024-6-2

The temperature in the air, gradually climbed.
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Everything, ready to go …
But, at this time …
A ringtone rang untimely and Zoey snapped out of it. His phone was within easy reach of her hand.
But as if he didn’t hear him, he kissed her sexy collarbone. Zoey grunted and curled her small hands around his shoulders, “Jerry … your phone …”
“Let it ring …,” he said with some impatience in his tone. Those who call his phone at such times are simply asking for trouble.
Zoey tucked her hands into his hair. His kiss gradually moved down, his lips and tongue teasing the tip of her peach.
“Ah …” she shuddered hard and hugged him tightly.
The bell stopped ringing and rang frantically again.
His brow furrowed in impatience as he tried to toss the phone away. zoey had already grabbed it for him, “It might be important …”
She panted a reminder.
Not intentionally looking at his phone screen, but just a casual glance jolted her out of her desire.
‘Nabi’ two words, as if a bucket of cold water poured down from the head, let her through the heart of cold.
Jerry Xiao also saw the words flashing on the screen, stunned for a moment, his eyes had a slight floating.
Is that guilt, Zoey can’t tell. But, the bottom of the heart can’t help but feel the slightest bit cool.
The next moment, I don’t know who let go of who first, Zoey looked down awkwardly to fix her clothes, Jerry Xiao’s deep eyes gave her a heavy glance, fetching a jacket and draping it over her shoulders before turning around to listen to the phone.
Zoey’s buttoned hand was stiff as a fossil. Several times it trembled, letting the buckle slice down through his fingers.
He didn’t go far enough to listen to the call, just stood in the doorway of the conference room. Zoey could hear everything he said clearly.
“Why are you calling so late?” His voice, which was still dense with lust, sounded gentle to the core on a night like this.
Gentle enough to make Zoey heart sore …
“Yes … still in the company … hmm? Why are you asking about her all of a sudden?” He turned his head to look at Zoey . At this time, Zoey had already put all the clothes on her body in order, his eyes swept over, she was still startled for a moment.
Biting her lip, she avoided looking away. It seemed that it was Nabi who asked about her.
She tidied up the conference table as calmly as she could and heard his voice continue, “Yes, she is also here … working overtime together, there is a very important case that she is following up … this time you want to come over? ”
Jerry Xiao looked back at Zoey, who gave his hand a beat and pursed his lips.
“We’ll be leaving soon.” He didn’t look back, his brow already furrowed, wondering what Nabi had said over there, and he nodded, promising, “Okay, you come on up.”
Nabi is coming over, so she’s just redundant if she stays here!
Zoey averted her eyebrows, her face a little pale.
As he packed his things, he asked in a seemingly offhand manner, “Is Nabi coming?”
“Hmm. She said she’s already downstairs.” His voice had been calm as he tossed the phone smoothly into the chair and fished out the shirt on the floor and put it on.
The gaze that looked at her became complex and deep.
“Oh.” Zoey responded softly, already packing up the data, taking off his jacket from his body and smoothing it aside, before looking up and saying with little concern, “Then I won’t bother you, I’ll go first.”
Turning sideways, he passed by him, but was suddenly yanked by his hands.
He frowned and moved his lips as if he wanted to say something about what just happened, but Zoey was already the first to speak, “Mr. Xiao, I hope you won’t mention what just happened to Nabi.”
She turned her face and looked at him.
Jerry Xiao frowned, seemingly not understanding what she meant. She pursed her lips and said, “What just happened … let’s all forget about it.”
Everything, as if it were a dream.
Now that Nabi is there, the dream is awake. She doesn’t want to dwell on it.
Forgotten?
Jerry Xiao looked at her for a long time, his brow furrowed and relaxed, and again Bing.
In the deep pupils, complex sentiments are surging. Seems to have a struggle, and seems to have self-loathing …
What had just happened was something that should be forgotten! But he was actually damned annoyed by the words she uttered! Was he crazy?
“You go!” The eyes sank down, and the large palm that gripped her, loosened little by little. The look, became cold.
The temperature of the palm of the hand, inch by inch in the body disappeared, Zoey’s heart, also a little bit followed by a cold.
She did not hesitate any longer and walked out of the conference room. Without his presence in the space, the temperature around the body, seemed to be a lot colder all of a sudden.
She tightened the blouse on her body and hugged herself tighter.
Only heard the elevator ‘ding-‘ a sound, has dodged too late, Nabi Yan has come out of the elevator.
Two people, four eyes facing each other.
Nabi Yan carried the midnight snack in her hand, tightened it and approached Zoey , her voice was soft, “Aren’t you going to quit?”
She was afraid of Zoey and even more afraid of the children.
What will happen to her and Jerry as long as she stays in MY, no one can predict.
“After I finish this case, I’ll go.” Zoey replied, glancing at Nabi Yan, “My brother …”
“I already talked to your brother last night. Tomorrow, we’ll talk to your parents. At that time, we will go and sign the divorce.” Nabi Yan cut off what Zoey was about to say.
Zoey barely managed to squeeze out a smile. She felt she should say something at this moment, but before she could say anything, she heard footsteps coming from behind her, accompanied by Jerry Xiao’s gentle and doting voice, “Are you cold? Come in first.”
Obviously, this … is not said to yourself …
In a trance, Zoey felt that the warmth and heat between them just now was like a dream she had imagined. That way, the illusory …
Nabi Yan smiled sweetly, raised the night snack in her hand, intimately took Jerry Xiao’s arm and whispered, “I made it myself. I held all your favorite sweet corn cakes in my arms, and they didn’t get cold at all.”
Jerry Xiao looked at Zoey’s stiff back, his eyes fluttered, and then turned his face back to stare deeply into the small face in his arms, his fingertips touching the corners of her smiling eyes.
This is the girl he really loves …
How could the girl he has loved for so many years suddenly change her heart? Compelled by Zoey? I’m afraid it was just a momentary lapse!
“Go into the conference room first, and pack up and leave right away.” Jerry Xiao took Nabi Yan into his arms.
Through the polished mirror by the elevator, Zoey could see clearly how intimate they were. The tightly intertwined arms pierced her eyes and tightened them.
“Zoey , you stay and eat with me too. I fried a lot.” Nabi invited.
“No need.” Why should she stay and be a light bulb? Zoey walked towards the elevator, smiled and waved at them, “Bye.”
The elevator door slowly closes, and Jerry Xiao’s deep night-like pupils become dark.
The last moment of her smile, reflected in his eyes, made his chest inexplicably suffocated.
That’s really enough! He’s sick of being pulled around emotionally, especially when the other person is Zoey Baker!