“Uh-huh.” Baird Lane answered, looking flat and unruffled, not the least bit annoyed when something big goes wrong, except for some fatigue.
“What brings you here?” He asked.
Christine White followed him toward his desk, answering as she went, “I was a little worried, so I came over to check it out.”
“Worried?” Baird Lane sat down in front of his chair, “Worried about what? Worried about me or the company?”
Christine White averted her eyes a little awkwardly at his question, “It’s all the same, but I’d like to know, how do you intend to settle this matter?”
“It doesn’t seem to have anything to do with you.” Baird Lane looked at her.
Christine White pursed her lips, “What do you mean it doesn’t matter, I’m also …”
“Well, I’ll take care of things myself, you don’t have to ask about that, just go home.” Baird Lane began to drive people away.
Christine White was a little dumbfounded, “But I haven’t finished.”
“We’ll talk about this later, I have to go to the Bureau of Land Management next and don’t have much time for you.” Baird Lane said, pulling the flash drive off his computer.
Christine White saw this and had no choice but to sigh and prepare to leave.
But the moment she had just turned around, Baird Lane called her back, “You were … last night.”
“Hmm?” Christine White looked at him.
Baird Lane dropped his eyes for a moment, “You came back last night?”
Christine White hmmm’d, “You were drunk last night and Aunt Lucy asked me to come back and change you.”
Baird Lane tightened the flash drive in his hand and his voice sank much deeper, “And why did you leave? Is Hugh Dong’s apartment any more attractive than your own home?”
Christine White frowned, “What makes you say that?”
“Am I wrong? Aren’t you acting like you prefer Hugh Dong’s apartment?” Baird Lane stood up, his dark eyes staring at her.
She couldn’t see any emotion in his eyes, instead it was calm enough to make her feel a little uneasy inside.
She squeezed her palms, forcing herself not to think too much, and calmly returned, “I don’t like anyone’s apartment more, the reason why I don’t go back to the villa, I think the reason why I’ve already shown it’s obvious, Aunt Lucy can see it, Hugh Dong can see it, and I don’t believe that you can’t see it, but what about you, you haven’t shown anything! ”
Baird Lane’s pupils fluttered and he didn’t answer.
Christine White looked at the ceiling and after brewing her emotions for a while, she added: “Since the words are already here, then I won’t hide anything anymore, say open well, I moved out and didn’t go back just because I want an apology from you, I think I don’t ask for much, but you act like you don’t understand anything, do you think I’m going to be okay in my heart? ”
She pointed to the spot on her heart, and without waiting for Baird Lane to reply, she continued on, “No, it’s not pleasant at all, and I’ve even wondered many times if you, Baird Lane, are worth it for me to still love you, because in your heart, your dignity, your self-respect, your face, is more important than me!”
“There’s no such thing!” Baird Lane retorted in a hushed voice.
Christine White smiled to herself, “So tell me, what’s going on? Why can’t you even apologize if my words were wrong?”
Baird Lane’s eyelids dropped, “I will apologize, but not now!”
“Not now?” Christine White first froze, then got a little angry inside, “Why can’t it be now, it’s just an apology, as long as you say it, I’ll probably forgive you, and an apology is just a few seconds, it won’t take you long at all, so why do you have to … ”
“I have my own decisions to make!” Baird Lane interrupted her.
Christine White choked, “What decision?”
“You’ll see later.” Baird Lane pressed his brow.
Christine White laughed in anger, “Later, later, later again, in your place, there is only later but not now? Why don’t you ask me if I’m willing to accept your so-called future? You have always been like this, dictatorial, always act according to your own ideas, never ask others, ask yourself ….”
She nudged her finger at the man’s chest, “Is it fair for you to do this to me? I always think of you for everything, do you? Do you ever think of me? I obviously decided that I don’t want to see you until you apologize to me, but as soon as I heard that you were drunk, I ran back to take care of you, if it were you, would you?”
She was always so soft on him.
But what about him, what he did to her!
“Just take it easy for a second!” Baird Lane reached out and took Christine White’s fingers poking at his chest in his grip, “I’m doing this for your own good!”
“For my own good?” The corner of Christine White’s mouth pulled out a mocking arc before she pulled her finger back and took two steps back, “I don’t want your kind of good for me, that’s just what you think you’re doing for me, but it’s not what I want, what I want is for us to be honest with each other and to work together, but you obviously don’t understand that.”
With that, she gave him a disappointed look and turned away.
Ding!
The elevator is here.
Christine White buries her head in the elevator and ends up bumping into someone coming out of it.
The man let out a muffled grunt as she hit him, and she herself stumbled two steps, finally holding onto the door of the elevator to steady herself, otherwise she would have fallen and made a fool of herself.
“Are you okay?” Christine White stood up and rushed to question the man she had hit, wanting to know if he had been hit anywhere.
The man was similarly holding the elevator door, and when he heard her query, he paused for a moment rubbing his chin, then lifted his head towards her in surprise, “Christine?”
“Ives?” asked Christine White, her mouth opening in surprise, not expecting to see him here.
Ives Norton dropped his hand from his chin and asked with a smile, “What are you doing here?”
“Didn’t something happen to the land he bought, so he came over to take a look.” Christine White pointed in the direction of the president s office, “On the contrary, you, you came here to …”
“That’s why I’m here, to ask Baird if he needs any help.” Ives Norton replied.
Christine White nodded indistinctly, “I see, then you go find him, I’ll leave you to it.”
“Wait.” Ives Norton took her arm.
Christine White looked up at him, “What’s wrong?”
“I saw you seem to be in a bad mood when you mentioned Baird, did you have a fight?” Ives Norton asked with concern.
Christine White smiled bitterly, “No, it’s just that I just said something to him that upset me.”
“What’s the word?”
“Nothing, for now, he’s going to the Bureau of Land Management in a few minutes, so you’d better get to him as soon as you can or he won’t have time later.” Christine White drew her arm back.
Ives Norton saw that she didn’t want to talk about it and couldn’t be bothered to push her, rubbing the fingers that had held her arm before sticking them in the pockets of his lab coat, “I see, that’s fine then, I’ll go ahead and find him, but why don’t you come by the hospital tomorrow.”
“What?” A few moments of confusion passed through Christine White’s eyes.
Ives Norton laughed softly, “You’re due for a physical retest.”
“Yikes, I forgot.” Christine White slapped her forehead and remembered that it was indeed the day of her retest.
Ives Norton pushed up his glasses, “Call me before you come tomorrow so I can make time.”
“Well, I’ll keep that in mind, so I’ll leave you to it.” Christine White waved her hand and walked into the elevator.
Ives Norton then watched the door to her elevator close before heading for Baird Lane’s office.
Instead of leaving The Lane Family Group and going straight back to her apartment, Christine White made a trip to a real estate agency, rented a bachelor suite, and planned to move in a little while.
After doing this, she went back to Hugh Dong’s apartment and just opened the door, she saw a pair of men’s leather shoes placed in the doorway, more than that, there were voices talking coming from the direction of the living room.
Christine White subconsciously relaxed her footsteps and walked into the living room to see Hugh Dong standing on the balcony talking on the phone with his back to her.
She didn’t have a penchant for eavesdropping on people’s phone calls, and was going to go to the kitchen to get a glass of water and get back to the house.
As a result, just as I reached the kitchen door, I heard Hugh Dong’s somewhat grim voice, “Don’t worry father, that land is just the beginning, there are other means waiting for Baird Lane next.”
“Baird Lane? “Christine White’s pupils plummeted when she heard this and looked towards Hugh Dong.