“Zoey Baker, what do you mean?” He towered over her, looking down at her. The hand lifted her lower jaw.
“What?” Zoey’s eyelashes fluttered and both hands rested against his chest. What the hell was he doing leaning so close to her?
“Noon, why don’t you come with me?” He narrowed his eyes.
She was so obvious that he could hardly ignore it if he wanted to.
“You’re dining with Nabi, what am I going to do?” Be a light bulb? She wasn’t interested. “If it’s just about the proposal, we can talk just as well in the office.”
Zoey didn’t notice the sourness in her tone.
Jerry Xiao came to the fore, “Is that your tone of voice complaining that we shouldn’t just talk business when we go out to dinner, or are you simply jealous?” He’s so cocky!
Zoey looked away and moved her lower jaw away from his tiger’s mouth, “The president is probably overthinking this, I just don’t want to bother you two.”
Listen to the tone, more like a little whiner!
Jerry Xiao actually became in a good mood. One arm propped up on the wall, handsome face slowly towards Zoey slowly approaching.
Zoey didn’t know what he was trying to do, but the breath came in a spray and she scrambled to push him. But he was so upright that her strength could not move him.
The slender arm, instead, was shackled by him at once, “You’re hiding from me!”
Not a question, but a tone of certainty.
He’s had this feeling for a long time! The way this woman seemed afraid to approach him! This feeling made him feel terrible!
“I didn’t.” Zoey subconsciously retorted.
His charmingly handsome face, right in front of her eyes, so close that she could hear her ‘thump-‘ heartbeat. \ “No?”
Jerry Xiao narrowed his eyes dangerously and suddenly cupped her face. As if to confirm Zoey’s lie, his lips, closer and closer to hers.
Zoey closes her eyes and breathes in, smelling a familiar feminine scent. It’s Nabi’s!
Did he and Nabi, just now, get this close to each other like they did?
If he has Nabi, why is he flirting with himself like this? What was he doing it for? Is it really just to play her and get back at her, as Nabi said?
He was caught off guard and took a step backwards, staring at her with sunken eyes.
“You … don’t … do this,” she said, her back stiff against the wall, her eyes complex as she looked at him. There was chagrin, ambivalence, and determination.
Jerry Xiao frowned, and his sunken eyes flashed with a hint of inquiry. He didn’t say anything, just waited for Zoey to continue the conversation.
And she, seemingly determined, fixed her eyes on him and took a deep breath before she could barely finish her sentence, “We should keep our distance, we can no longer let it go like this … Although Nabi is not divorced yet, I believe my brother will not really keep tying her up… … Since you have decided to stay together, you should stay together properly. Unlike you, I can wander among so many women and still be comfortable, I don’t want to play ambiguous with you, I’m not very good at it and I can’t afford it! If you just want to avenge Chuck, to play me and fool me, I also hope you will give up …”
The dark color that assaulted the bottom of Jerry Xiao’s eyes grew thicker and thicker, like dark clouds rolling over, “You think I’m playing you?”
It is clear that he has no feelings for this woman, but, why is he so angry at this moment when he heard her put such a charge on his head!
“If you weren’t playing me, why did you come to mess with me?” Zoey looked into his angry eyes and asked, “If the police hadn’t interrupted us last night, where would you have put me now? And where would you put Nabi? Would I be your girlfriend, or just your playmate?”
A series of questions forced to come, making Jerry Xiao frown. And the word ‘girlfriend’ made Jerry Xiao stunned on the spot.
Zoey Baker, become his girlfriend?
How is this possible?
The fact that she had almost become his sister-in-law aside, she was also the indirect murderer of his brother, how could he let her be his girlfriend? I’m just afraid that even my brother won’t forgive himself!
His bewilderment seems to have made the answer obvious.
Zoey’s eyes reddened and she suddenly felt like she was just making a fool of herself by asking these questions. But it’s good, at least it lets her get the facts straight.
There is no need to talk any further, she turned around, her hand on the cold door handle, fingertips trembling. Tightened, Zoey turned back again, tearful eyes, looking fixedly at him, “Mr. Xiao, please don’t kiss me again, don’t hold my hand freely, and don’t ask me to dinner again.”
Saying that, she made a slight effort and pulled the door open.
Jerry Xiao swayed, looking at her pale back, his heart tightened, almost subconsciously exploring his hand.
But, large palm, empty, only to hold the air in the heart of the hand full.
She dodged it!
Pulled open the door and ran out at a brisk pace, almost as wretched as falling away.
The first time I looked at my empty palm, Jerry Xiao felt as if his heart was empty for a moment.
Taking a step backwards, he fell down inside the sofa.
I raised my hand and pressed my eyebrow, there, it was hurting.
…
Zoey ran into the bathroom with her hands propped up on the glass table, tears falling uncontrollably … Julie happened to come out of the bathroom stall and was shocked to see Zoey’s appearance. She went over to her tear-stained face and asked, “Zoey, what’s wrong with you?”
Julie held her in her arms, “I just saw you being called to the office by the president, is there something you’re not happy about and you’ve been lectured by the president?”
Zoey choked and couldn’t even say anything, but kept shaking her head.
It’s not being lectured, it’s just that she’s too self-absorbed!
In his eyes, she never had any place.
Those kisses, even those intimate touches, were just his whim.
Zoey is glad she didn’t have sex with him like she did five years ago, so that at least she still had a shred of self-respect left in front of him.
Nabi Yan was restless just thinking about Jerry’s obviously distracted appearance at lunch today.
Another walk around the office, the heart of that worry still can not be suppressed.
If she hadn’t arrived unexpectedly at noon, would it have been him and Zoey who went to dinner together?
Zoey Baker is too much of a threat to her! And, with her not yet divorced, she’s even less sure!
I was expecting Sunny Qin to deal with Zoey Baker, but now Sunny Qin hasn’t made any move yet. Is she really going to give up Jerry?
Even if Sunny Qin can, but she definitely can’t! It was so easy for him to return to China, there was no way she would not seize this opportunity again.
A solution must be found! At least, she needs a divorce now! Can’t wait a moment longer!
“Linda!” Having made her decision, she called her assistant.
“Editor Shu, what can I do for you?” The assistant pushed the door in.
“Contact the reporters from the financial newspaper for me. Say I have a lace story that I need them to follow up on! They’ll definitely be interested.”
“Yes.” Linda answered and then went out without asking any more questions.
Owen Baker happened to be there, sitting on the couch with a blanket, working on a design.
In the light, his lonely silhouette, there is a kind of indescribable depression.
“Brother.” Zoey called out softly.
“What’s keeping you up so late?” Owen Baker looked at her.
Zoey sat down on the couch, he had put the blanket over her lap, Zoey made the blanket, “Couldn’t sleep. I thought I’d take a look. The bid copy?”
Her eyes fell on Owen’s hands.
“Well. When the time comes, let’s fight it out, and don’t blame brother for not showing mercy.”
Zoey laughs, taking his hand, “My brother is the best, and emotionally, I do want you to win. But reason reminds me that I can’t slack off because of it, so I’ll see you on the battlefield when the time comes.”
Owen Baker looked at Zoey with a smile of relief, and his eyes grew deeper and softer, “You’ve really grown up. When I left five years ago, I was still a little girl. I worry all day long that you can’t do anything, in the end how to live. I never thought that you would not only live well, but also become so good and strong …”
He lovingly stroked Zoey’s hair, full of smiling eyes, all doting.
Zoey leaned on his shoulder, “I didn’t expect it either, it’s only been five years and my brother is already a family man.”
Zoey also paused, knowing that the topic was heavy, but couldn’t help but sigh, “Brother, I know that you didn’t want to divorce Nabi because of me.”
Owen Baker’s eyes were sullen as he gazed at Zoey, whose soft voice sounded a little sad in the night. She leaned helplessly on Owen Baker’s shoulder, her eyes staring blankly at the haloed yellow light, “They are truly in love with each other, since brother does not love sister-in-law, simply let go and let them be together, which is considered a beautiful thing for adults.”
“Can you really see them coming together?” “Zoey, did you ask your own heart when you advised me?”
Zoey shook her head, her eyes were a little dry and painful, “No need to ask, because that’s their business, I’m not qualified to destroy him with someone else because I love him. Besides,… love this kind of thing, is not to be forced. He doesn’t love me now, and even if Nabi never gets divorced, he can’t love me. So, if he really is with Nabi, I can instead die, forget about him in the future and go about my life … and …”
She lifted her face and smiled softly. The corners of her eyes twinkled, “I need to really put my heart and soul into finding a daddy for my kids, too.”
Owen patted Zoey’s face dotingly, “I promise you, think about it. By the way, Jing Yao, who you met last time, approached me two days ago and asked about your current situation. He is very attached to you.”
He changed the subject and looked at Zoey inquiringly .
Zoey dropped her eyes and didn’t say anything, Owen’s eyes deepened slightly, “What do you think?”
“I’ll think about it.” Zoey avoided the topic, “Brother, it’s getting late, you get some rest. I’m going to bed too.”
“Hmm. Good night.” Owen gave his sister a hug.
The bar, the noise vibrates.
On the bar, the handsome figures of the two men only appeared and attracted the attention of many women inside the bar.
But, because one of them has a really stinky face, people have to back off.
“Hey! Come to play, do not have a face, the women are scared away! How uninteresting.” When another beautiful woman was too scared to come over, Zac White stabbed Jerry Xiao with his elbow in a good mood.
Jerry Xiao turned around and turned his back to the bar. With his elbows resting casually on the bar, he squinted at the crowd of people in the center of the stage who were spilling their passion, and another silent figure actually came to his mind.