Zoe raised her head, “What rules?”
Lauren smiled, “In our family, to a man, a woman is only a tool to give birth to children and to take good care of his daily life.”
Hearing this, Zoe’s eyes widened. What nonsense. It was as if a woman was born to serve a man.
However, facing Lauren, Zoe had to hide her true feelings.
“My son was born to be the center of attention. Under his leadership, the Saint Group will reach a new high. And his wife, apart from having a family of equal status with the Maynard family’s, needs to have a magnanimous heart.”
“Mrs. Lauren, what do you mean by magnanimity?”
“Throughout history, women are trouble. If a man is obsessed with a woman, then he is doomed to fail. I don’t want my son to be obsessed with anyone, including his wife.”
Lauren looked at Zoe as she spoke. “Therefore, the woman I arrange for Derek will never be the same one. At his age, he still has physical needs. Women are just tools to solve his needs.”
Zoe put down her cup and smiled. “You are indeed wise. In my opinion, if a man and a woman are too close, they will hurt each other. Your advice will be useful for me to maintain my relationship with Mr. Derek.”
Lauren nodded at Zoe, “Being too close will harm both parts. You are right, I like that.”
“I believe that you know my family’s condition. I am also very pleased with your arrangement. In this way, I can spare more time to focus on other matters.”
Lauren nodded her head again. If a woman could accept a man having sex with another woman during their marriage, then she must be magnanimous.
Zoe was indeed the most suitable woman for Derek.
Water Cloud Island
Warm sunlight, white beaches, deep blue seawater, seabirds, and white pigeons in the sky formed a beautiful picture.
Serina ran on the beach, leaving behind a series of footprints. The seawater washed away her footprints, and she continued to run.
The white pigeons flew up beside her from time to time.
Under the umbrella, Derek wore only a pair of black swimming trunks and sunglasses, lying on the couch.
Through his sunglasses, he could see Serina all the time.
After picking up the shells on the beach for a while, Serina walked back.
“Derek, when do you think the turtles will lay eggs?”
“How could I know?”
“Don’t you know? You told me that the turtles were going to lay eggs.” Serina picked up the iced fruit juice on the table and took a sip.
On a hot summer day, a glass of iced juice was simply awesome.
“Every year from May to August it is the reproductive season of turtles, but I really don’t know the exact date they lay eggs. However, I am sure they wouldn’t lay eggs during the day.”
“Why?”
Derek sat up and looked at Serina, “If it were you, would you like to be seen when you give birth to your baby?”
“Of course no.”
Derek snorted.
Serina felt like an idiot. It was all because she didn’t listen to her biology class carefully when she was little.
“Turtles usually lay eggs from dusk to dawn.”
“Then I’ll set up a tent here. I’ll sleep in the tent at night, and you in the villa.”
So she could have a break without this energetic man in the night!
Derek glanced at her and didn’t say anything. He stood up and said, “I’ll be busy for a while. Enjoy yourself.”
“Bye!”
Derek walked towards the villa.
Serina continued to wander on the beach. Not long after, someone came over and began to set up a tent for Serina. It seemed that her plan would be successful.
In the villa, there was a separate room for Derek to work.
Hayden stood in front of Derek and said, “Mr. Derek, Andrew has contacted me recently.”
“What did he say?”
“Not much. He just wanted to see you. I said that you were on vacation and it was inconvenient to see him. He hung up without saying anything else.”
Derek smiled, “Looks like he can’t wait.”
“Yes, the Norris family’s capital chain is almost broken. They can’t receive any projects now and are about to go bankrupt. Originally, Andrew wanted to borrow money from the Nathan Group, but the Nathan Group was also in trouble. How can they help him?”
“Very good. If he calls you again several days later, you can ask him to see me.”
“Yes.”
“What about the Nathan Group?”
“I have contacted the LC Group. Its president understood what you mean and has contacted the Nathan Group.”
Derek smiled. Things were progressing smoothly.
“Once they finish the negotiations and sign the contract, purchase the Nathan Group.”
“Got it. Mr. Derek, your plan is really good.”
Derek didn’t say anything.
He wanted the Norrises and the Nathan Group to perish because he definitely couldn’t allow anyone who had harmed Serina to live well.
Serina’s luxurious tent was quickly erected.
The space was large and it could accommodate three to five people. There was a soft cushion inside, and a small skylight on the top, from which people could see the stars.
It was awesome!
In the evening.
A chef was making a barbecue for Serina on the beach.
On a scorching summer day, it was so nice to listen to the sound of the seawater, feel the breeze, and eat seafood barbecue at the seaside.
Serina kept eating until she was stuffed.
What made Serina extremely happy was that Derek didn’t even appear during the barbecue.
This was also reasonable. How could a CEO eat something like the barbecue, even if it was a seafood barbecue?
When the beach was tidied up, Serina asked all staff to leave.
Lying in the tent, Serina poked her head out and hid her body with the tent. Then she used binoculars to search for turtles.
“Turtles, where are you? Come out and lay your eggs.”
As she watched, she muttered to herself.
Suddenly, she could see nothing but dark through the binoculars. She raised her head and found it was Derek.
Serina was shocked.
“What are you doing?”
“Go to Sleep.”
Derek opened the tent and walked in.
“Hey.” Serina hurriedly withdrew her head, “Why are you sleeping here? You have the better place to sleep!”
“Then why are you sleeping here? You also have the better place to sleep.”
Derek repeated back.
“Because I want to see the turtle lay eggs.”
“I want to see you.” Derek smiled.
Serina opened her mouth wide and couldn’t say a word.
Casting a glance at Derek, Serina turned around to pick up her binoculars.
“I won’t sleep today. I want to wait for the turtle.”
Derek looked at the sea not far away, “Serina, do you want to go skinny dipping?”