“Send the papers here.” Joey Xu just gestured to the table with his finger, and he still didn’t look up as Sammy Jones set the papers down on the low table along with the bento.
Sammy Jones simply went around behind him and reached right up and blindfolded him.
Thought he might mistake him for someone else and get furious, but instead, he suddenly held down her hand that had fallen on his eyes, and in the next instant, hooked her face down with one hand and planted a heavy kiss directly on her lips.
Sammy Jones’ eyes widened in shock.
Withdrawing from his lips, she rounded to the front and glared accusingly at him, “You’re too much!”
“Hmm?” He put down his computer and looked up at her with a smile.
“You don’t even know who it is, grabbing it and kissing it. Joey Xu, you don’t … usually do this with your beautiful secretaries, do you?” He’s very good at picking up love ah! The kiss was so unhesitating!
Joey Xu didn’t explain, just reached out and pulled her right into a sitting position on his lap.
She glared at him in mock anger and he cupped her jaw and wiggled it, “You seem to be getting more and more capable of being jealous? Hmm?”
“Yeah, who made you do that to me last time.” She narrowed her eyes, “Backlash?”
He wrapped one arm around her waist and shook his head, “I like it. Know what that means?”
“On behalf of what?”
“It means you love me more, care about me more, and are afraid of losing me.” Confidence soared on Joey Xu’s handsome face, mixed with a satisfied smile.
“Who loves you more?” Sammy Jones retorted with a red face, but, his tone was soft and unconvincing. “Don’t try to change the subject, you just didn’t answer my question.”
“Fool, I already knew it was you from the first moment you came in.” Joey Xu held her waist with one hand and her hand with the other, “Even though I didn’t look up, but, just looking at your legs alone was enough for me to tell.”
Love is like that.
When one is truly and deeply in love with someone, anything in her instantly becomes the most special thing in existence.
Even in a sea of people, he was sure that she would be instantly recognizable to him.
“Why did you come over without telling me in advance?” Joey Xu’s heart warmed and he embraced her tightly.
She wrapped her arms around his neck, enjoying the hug. When two people were together, they often felt indescribably satisfied when they did nothing but hug like this.
“Trying to swoop in, to spot check to see if you’ve got any other women hiding in your office.” Sammy Jones said deliberately.
Joey Xu sighs. Looking into her eyes, looking serious, “Sammy Jones, believe me, between Zhao Lanlan and I …”
Before he could finish his words, Sammy Jones reached up and covered his lips.
“I believe you. When I fainted in the car accident and heard those words you said in my cell phone, I already completely believe you …” she gazed at him emotionally, “Joey Xu, from now on, I won’t be so careful… …”
Joey Xu ruffled the hair on his cheek slightly, “Fool, even if you are careful I still love you … at least prove that you really love me.”
“This proves it too!” Sammy Jones brought the bento over, opened it, and frowned as he thought of something, “You, you’re not eating dinner again, I don’t know what to do with you.”
Joey Xu’s heart was full as he listened to her count. Not willing to let go of her, just open lips “ah”. She had no choice but to take a spoon and feed him.
“Is it good? I made these ribs myself.”
Sammy Jones asked as he fed.
“Then give me another one to eat.” Joey Xu asked for another one and ate it with gusto.
“Slow down, don’t choke.” Sammy Jones reminded him. Remembering something, he asked, “By the way, last time you saved me, didn’t you go alone? How did you get out of it later?”
Joey Xu froze slightly for a split second before looking at her, “It’s in the past, why are you asking?”
“I’m worried. They must have taken me there to deal with you, but then they let you go like that, and I always felt like it wasn’t that simple.”
These suspicions were entirely from the lawyer’s instincts. Since Boss Bear had expended so much effort to tie himself up and lure Joey Xu over, how could he have stopped so easily?
“Don’t worry, in the future, he won’t hurt you again, and I won’t allow him to hurt you again.”
Sammy Jones shook his head, “I’m not afraid of him hurting me, I’m worried about him hurting you. Joey Xu, is it possible that you made some kind of deal with him?”
“Sort of a deal, but, it won’t be too bad.” Joey Xu gave her a reassuring look, “I’ve got it covered. Trust me.”
Sammy Jones cocked her head and looked at him as if pondering whether she should believe him or not. But the determined look in his eyes gradually settled her.
“By the way, there’s something to take to you.” Joey Xu suddenly remembered something.
“What?” Sammy Jones backed away from him. He then stood up, walked to his desk, and opened the drawer. Glancing at her, he instructed, “Close your eyes.”
“Hmm?” Sammy Jones was taken aback for a split second, watching him sell it and smiling a little before cooperating by closing his eyes.
After waiting for a while, one could only hear Joey Xu’s footsteps, gradually approaching one’s own. And then, the hand was held up.
Her eyelashes fluttered lightly as she felt a coolness on her ring finger. Startled, she opened her eyes as a diamond ring was reattached to her finger.
She was pleasantly surprised, looking at the ring and then at Joey Xu, “… Did you rebuy it?”
It’s identical to the last one.
Just …
Last time, she was kidnapped by Boss Bear, and as a result, the bag was lost in the abandoned garage, along with the ring. She also went back to look for it, but where else would it be?
“Of course not. There’s only one wedding ring, no more losing it.” Joey Xu opened his hand and spread it out, there was another men’s diamond ring lying in his hand. He gazed at her with deep eyes, “Put it on for me.”
Sammy Jones smiled away at him and caught the ring, slipping it carefully on his finger.
“This ring of yours was sent back by Boss Bear today.” Joey Xu caught her hand in his, “From now on, neither one of us is allowed to take it off again, understand?”
The feeling of being lost and found makes Sammy Jones feel doubly cherished. It’s like a relationship.
When she took off the ring, she really thought that there was no future with Joey Xu …
“I know. But promise me that in the future, unless … you really want to end our relationship …”
“I’ll never have that.” Her words, before she could finish, Joey Xu had already interrupted. The face was serious, the words solemn.
She’d just been on the edge of life and death, and it had scared the hell out of him. He didn’t want to say anything more about separation.
Sammy Jones understood his thoughts and smiled brightly away, leaning back against his chest.
In the heart, a sweetness crossed.
Looking at the ring on her finger and then at Joey Xu, she suddenly wanted to ask him why there was only a ring but no real proposal. Much less the words to take her to the Civil Affairs Bureau?
The dust had settled with Andrea Jones and Neal Williams, and watching them blissfully happy on their wedding day was not something she didn’t envy.
And can’t help but want to get married and have a beautiful, cute little baby just like them. Of course …
She could never say these words. If this was asked, wasn’t it a blatant forced marriage?
If he rejected her, then she could just find a hole to bury her face in.
This day.
Sammy Jones was flipping through the files of a new case when her cell phone rang abruptly. Glancing at the number flashing on the screen, she picked the phone up and held it to her ear.
“Sis.” Andrea Jones’ voice came from over there, the setting not quiet, accompanied by the little one’s clear, booming cries and a gentle coaxing from her grandmother and grandma.
Sammy Jones smiled at once, “My little niece doesn’t seem to be in a good mood today. By the way, last time I passed by a baby store, I saw a dress, so I bought it after work today and sent it to your place.”
“Don’t, don’t ever buy any more, you and Bonnie Williams have bought enough. Ashley Williams came back from abroad and brought so much with her, the clothes piled up in the house could almost open a baby store. Ashley Williams also brought a lot of clothes when she came back from abroad, and the pile of clothes at home is almost enough to open a baby store. Little Baby grows up fast, and all these clothes won’t be wearable in two months.”
“That won’t do. That dress is beautiful and needs to be worn.” Sammy Jones is loving Andrea Jones’ daughter to the core, as if she were his own.
Andrea Jones was helpless, “Sis, let’s not talk about this, I have something serious to tell you.”
“Hmm?” Andrea Jones’ tone was serious, and it quieted Sammy Jones.
“Did you read today’s financial paper?” Andrea Jones asked.
“Haven’t gotten around to it yet, all I’ve been reading is the legal press. What? Any big financial cases lately?” Sammy Jones asked as he flipped through the pile of papers on his desk.
She usually takes on mainly economic cases, so she subscribes to the financial newspaper. But habitually, she also read the legal newspaper first, and only went through the financial newspaper when she was free. Recently, she had really missed out on a lot of information.
“Sis, what exactly is your relationship with Joey Xu?” Andrea Jones suddenly asked, her tone seeming a bit grave.
At the mention of Joey Xu, Sammy Jones moved slightly, “Why do you ask?”
She was confused for a split second, and then, suddenly, something occurred to her, “Today’s financial news has something to do with him?”
“… hmmm.”
Andrea Jones’ tone, a little lower, Sammy Jones knew her too well. A tone like that was a clear sign that something bad was going on.
She flipped through the paper a little faster, and after a long time of not finding the paper, she simply wedged the phone between her shoulder and her face and flipped it up with both hands.
“Andrea, I can’t find that paper, so tell me, what was the news?”
“You guys are really together?” As soon as Andrea Jones heard Sammy Jones’ anxious tone, she had a number in her heart. He didn’t dare to dillydally and only said, “Today, the data of Riley Securities is abnormal, and the backstage was suddenly injected with a sum of money. The number is very large, and the origin is unknown, and it has already attracted the attention of the relevant departments. Neal Williams just received a message that …”
Andrea Jones paused. Sammy Jones was over there, even holding his breath.
It was then that Andrea Jones said, “That money, it seems to have come from Joey Xu.”
Sammy Jones heart sank. Andrea Jones continued, “Without me saying it, you know Joey Xu’s past, and the authorities will intervene to investigate. Moreover, it can’t be ruled out that it’s helping the gangsters to launder money.”
By the end of her words, Sammy Jones’ entire body had been confused.
She was tempted to say that it was impossible!
Joey Xu has long since gotten out of the gangs. Moreover, in the last few years, it is obvious that he intends to get rid of the relationship with the gangs, and seldom deals with those people on the road. His methods are not the same as in the past.
How could he possibly let all those years of hard work go down the drain by helping to launder money?
But …
When she thought of Boss Bear and what Joey Xu had said about some of the deals, she couldn’t say a word in his defense.
That day …
Were they able to break away from Boss Bear because Joey Xu agreed to this condition with Boss Bear?
Yes, she remembers vaguely hearing them talk about the deal after she passed out in the garage that day.