“Hey …” Christine White sighed and bent down, gently lifting Baird Lane’s arm and trying to place it on the bed.
However, at the moment when she had just put his arm on the bed, he suddenly woke up with a start, and in his deep eyes, there was a chilling cold light.
Christine White was so taken aback that her entire body froze in place.
Finally, after a few seconds had passed, Baird Lane came to his senses and willed the look in his eyes down, “Scared you?”
His voice was hoarse and a little hard to hear, like a dry well.
Christine White gradually calmed down, “It’s okay, and not much of a shock, but you just …”
“Sorry, nerves got a little frayed with the company, I thought it was someone else.” Baird Lane explained simply as he sat up rubbing his temples.
Christine White shook her head, “It’s okay, I’ll get you a glass of water.”
With that, he turned and left the room.
After a few minutes, she returned with a glass of water that was a little yellow in color and handed it to the man sitting on the bed, “Here, honey water, to moisten the throat.”
Baird Lane didn’t realize she knew he had a dry throat and ran him honey water, his heart warmed, “Thanks.”
“You don’t have to thank me, you should.” Christine White sat down on the edge of the bed.
Baird Lane finishes his water and hands her the glass.
She took it and then asked, “More?”
“No.” Baird Lane shook his head.
Christine White hmmm’d and set her glass of water on the bed, “When did you get back?”
“Been back for two hours.” Baird Lane returned looking at the arm around his wrist.
Christine White raised an eyebrow, “It’s only been two hours, so am I interrupting your rest?”
“No.”
“But …” Christine White peeked at his tired face, “You don’t look well, didn’t you get any rest last night? ”
“No time to rest, been busy.” Baird Lane pinched the bridge of his nose and returned wearily.
Christine White bites her lip, “So you’re back now, with the company settled?”
“Pretty much, but the follow-up is unclear.”
“What do you mean?”
Baird Lane chilled his face, “This time when the HQ is in trouble, it’s being maliciously targeted by someone, and it’s not a small one, Gates spent all night and couldn’t even find out who’s behind it, so you can imagine that person will make moves in the future.”
“How!” Christine White was surprised, “Being viciously targeted, did you offend someone?”
“The mall is a battlefield, and I’ve offended so many people that it’s not easy to find out who’s really behind all this at once.” Baird Lane closed his eyes in annoyance.
Christine White saw that he was so tired and didn’t continue to ask, picking up the cup at the end of the bed and standing up, “I can’t help you with your company’s affairs, since you haven’t rested for the whole night, you can continue to sleep for a while, I’ll go out first.”
“Wait.” Baird Lane called out to her.
Christine White stopped and twisted her head to look at him, “What’s wrong?”
Baird Lane opened his eyes, “Come here.”
Christine White cocked her head, suspicious, and went back to the bed.
Baird Lane pointed to the bed, “Put the glass down.”
“What the hell for?” Christine White asked as she did as she was told.
Baird Lane’s lips hooked when he saw that he had obediently put the cup down, then suddenly reached out and grabbed her wrist, pulling her into his arms with a single thrust at her bewildered and dismayed look.
“You …” Christine White’s eyes widened.
Baird Lane pressed a finger against her lips, “Hush, be quiet for a moment, I have a headache.”
“If you have a headache you rest, why are you pulling me?” Christine White blinked at him.
Baird Lane adjusted his position and brought her down with him, then pulled the covers over her and himself, “Okay, stop it and sleep with me for a while.”
“But I don’t want to sleep.” Christine White struggled twice to get up from his arms.
But Baird Lane added strength and held her tighter, “Don’t move, any more and I can’t guarantee what will happen.”
At those words, Christine White’s body immediately stiffened.
Baird Lane closed his eyes in satisfaction, “Go to sleep and stop talking.”
“…” Christine White rolled her eyes.
The man, threatening her again!
And sleep on their own to sleep, she does not want to sleep, he must also want her to sleep, really unreasonable.
In spite of her mind, Christine White did not move or speak any more, staring at the man’s handsome face for an instant with her two large eyes open.
After watching for an indeterminate amount of time, she heard the man’s steady, rhythmic breathing resuming and knew that he was once again asleep.
It was the first time she had ever seen him sleep back and fall asleep so quickly.
You can imagine how tired he was last night.
I don’t know if he had eaten when he came back, and I forgot to ask just now.
But now that he was asleep, she couldn’t very well wake him up again.
“Hey …” Christine White sighed, then yawned, feeling her eyelids start to get a little heavy as well.
She knew that a hint of sleepiness had risen in her at the moment as well, she just wasn’t sure if it was contagious from the man.
She didn’t think much of it, though, and moved her body slightly, finding a comfortable position in the man’s arms and closing her eyes to sleep as well.
This sleep, she slept until the next morning when she woke up.
When she woke up, Christine White was confused, she couldn’t have imagined that she could sleep so well, straight through for ten hours.
Baird Lane comes out of the bathroom to the sight of Christine White sitting on her bed, clutching a pillow and fuming.
“Awake?” He raised an eyebrow.
Christine White heard his voice and came back with a jolt, “You … You’re still there, huh?”
“I’m not, so I’m here?” Baird Lane asked her, rubbing his hair.
Christine White waved her hand, “I didn’t mean it in that way, I just meant that you haven’t been to the office yet.”
“Well, there’s still a while to go, so get up and wash up, then have breakfast.” Baird Lane called to her.
Christine White nodded, “Okay, that’s coming.”
She lifted the covers and got out of bed, putting on her shoes and heading for the bathroom.
After washing up, she made her way to the living room where Baird Lane had already dried his hair and was sitting at the dining room table waiting for her.
Christine White saw this and hurried over to sit down, her eyes sweeping over the hearty breakfast on the table, “You bought this?”
“Had Gates buy them.” Baird Lane returned simply, handing her a pair of chopsticks.
Christine White took it, “Thanks.”
“Eat.” Baird Lane chucked her a bun.
Christine White looks down at the bun in her bowl and smiles slightly before picking it up and taking a bite.
The buns tasted good, better than anything she’d ever eaten, plus the fact that they were bought by Gates made it clear that the buns’ provenance was not simple.
But come to think of it, how dare Gates perfume Baird Lane and just buy breakfast outside.
“Right.” Halfway through her meal, Christine White suddenly remembered something and put down her chopsticks to look at Baird Lane, “I have a question for you.”
“What a question.” Baird Lane sipped his tea and spoke bashfully.
Christine White swallowed the bun in her mouth, “It’s about Debby, I heard her say that you’re going to be back to sit at HQ soon, and you’re going to be taking a group of staff to HQ for training, and she’s been chosen, did you authorize that?”
“You mean that Debby York?” said Baird Lane, looking at her.
Christine White nodded, “Uh-huh.”
“It’s me.” Baird Lane admitted.
Christine White blinked, “Why? Is it because of me?”
“That’s right, she checked her profile, she took care of you, as your husband, it’s natural for me to help her a little bit, and since she’s good at her job, I’m kind of giving her a chance, and as for whether or not she’ll be able to use this opportunity to climb higher in the future, that’s up to her.” Baird Lane said lightly.
Christine White sighed in relief, “So that’s what I thought …”
“Why?” Baird Lane ruffled his eyelids lightly.