Aurelia took a deep breath, put on a smile, and said earnestly, “I know you grew up abroad and are open-minded, but that will make me feel uncomfortable. Laura, don’t do this next time, or I will misunderstand you!”
Laura nodded obediently, “Alright. Callum, I’ll go back first and not disturb you.”
“That’s good. After all, Callum is a married man. It’s not appropriate for you to stay here alone with him. Let’s go together!” Aurelia said directly without waiting for Callum to speak.
After saying that, she winked coquettishly at Callum and said, “Honey, I’ll be going back to school later, so ask the chauffeur to send Laura back.”
Callum didn’t say anything. He glanced at Laura, who was gathering her homework, and said, “Laura, I’ll ask the chauffeur to take you there.”
Callum gave Aurelia a warning look, came out the door, and told Willow, “Willow, ask the chauffeur to take Laura back.”
“Yes, Mr. Finnegan.” Willow immediately contacted the chauffeur.
Laura finally left.
Aurelia turned to leave as well, but Callum grabbed her hand and ordered, “Come in.”
“I won’t go in!” She refused directly, her tone full of determination.
Her refusal made several secretaries outside the president’s office gasp. Who was she? How dare she refuse Mr. Finnegan? Everyone hurriedly lowered their heads to work, fearing that they would be affected.
They couldn’t bear Callum’s wrath…
Callum held her hand without letting go, but his tone was a little colder. “I said come in!” Though her tone was firm, his tone was not to be refused.
This time, Aurelia simply shook him off. “I said I’m not going!”
The moment she turned around, the woman’s voice of resistance gradually disappeared behind the closed door.
The people in the secretary area looked at each other, all with faces full of shock and confusion.
In the office.
Aurelia struggled, but even after a few moves with Callum, she still couldn’t free herself from his grasp.
He let go of her after a while, breathing heavily. “Aurelia, don’t challenge my bottom line!”
He smelled so good, so good that Aurelia almost got lost in his arms.
Taking a deep breath and meeting his eyes, she sneered, “Bottom line? You mean Laura, right?”
Sure enough, the man’s expression turned even gloomier, and the hand holding her wrist tightened a little. “Don’t make me repeat what I said again and again. Laura is a girl adopted by Roy and I. You don’t have to target her.”
Targeted? Aurelia was about to explode. “Screw you!”
At this moment, she also felt that there was no need for them to continue talking. “I’m going to class. Let me go!”
He didn’t move. “Still mad at me?”
Yes! “No,” she lied. There was no point in arguing any further. They were just a couple in name only. Thinking of this, Aurelia felt relieved.
“You are unhappy.” He didn’t ask again, but said it with certainty.
“No, you’re overthinking it.”
There was no way Callum would believe her, so he didn’t let go of her.
Aurelia rolled her eyes, thinking he was so difficult!
Callum felt that they needed to talk, so he asked first, “Why did you send the lipstick back?”
She asked back with a hint of sarcasm in her tone, “Why should I take it?”.
“I bought it for you. You have to take it!”
Aurelia was so angry that she laughed, “Ha! Mr. Finnegan, why do I have to take something you bought? What kind of logic is this? Though you gave it to me, I have the right to refuse it, don’t I?”
Thinking about Laura kissing Callum because of receiving those boxes of lipstick from him, she felt bad. Oh! No! She felt sick!
Also, when Laura kissed him, Callum didn’t react. It was obvious that they had been kissed so many times that they had grown used to it!
Ignoring her sarcasm, the man ordered domineeringly, “You are not allowed to refuse any gift I give you from now on!”
“It’s not impossible unless…” Aurelia finally found an opportunity to negotiate with Callum.
The man looked at her in confusion.
Aurelia swept away her previous anger and said, “You must agree to my three conditions.”
She may have forgotten that Callum was a shrewd businessman. One condition for three… “I can agree to your three conditions, but you must also agree to my three conditions.”
Hmm? She also had to agree with his three conditions? On the surface, it sounded fair, and there seemed to be something wrong, but she couldn’t find what was wrong for a while.
In order to get him to agree to her three conditions, she had no choice but to nod and say, “Deal.”
“Lady first.”
“First, call and get the lipstick back from Laura. I don’t want it after it’s been opened.”
The corners of the man’s lips twitched. “There’s no point in taking back something you’ve given away. I’ll buy you a new one.”
“No, I just want those boxes!” Why should I let Laura take away what is mine?
Callum was silent.
The girl stood up from his lap upon sensing his reluctance. “If you don’t agree, then there is no need for us to discuss the remaining two conditions.”
For the first time in his life, Callum was at a disadvantage with a woman.
Thinking Aurelia was indeed difficult, he curled his lips and said, “Okay. What’s the second one?”
“From now on, you are not allowed to stay alone with her for more than five minutes!” As Callum became increasingly livid, Aurelia gritted her teeth and threw a punch at him, venting her anger.
Callum didn’t think he could laugh after such a heavy blow.
With a push, Aurelia fell into his arms, “What are you doing? You haven’t promised me yet!” Where are we going?”
Callum was seen holding her and walking towards the lounge. What was he going to do to her in the lounge?