In the wee hours of the morning, Ariel got up to take a look at the document, but found herself wrapped in Rex’s embrace. How did she get to bed last night? She clearly remembers lying on the sofa sleeping. Did Rex bring her to the bed? Of course, not what was she thinking? the man wouldn’t do that. She must have sleep walk.
“Stop moving, it’s too early sleep more” Rex’s drowsy voice could be heard in the room. Ariel felt something poking her so unconsciously she moved.
“If you don’t stop moving, I will do that thing to you.” I’m not doing it intentionally. Something was poking me from behind. That was what I was trying to move away from. Ariel said innocently.
Rex chuckled softly, “how foolish can you be not to know what that was or are you pretending not to know?.” Realization dawned on Ariel and to cover up her embarrassment, she said. “I understand you want to keep your face, but that thing you are using to touch me is too small I wont lie to you I thought you had a pencil in your pocket”
“….” What did he just hear, his thing looked like a pencil?
“If you are done, can you let go of me, I need to read more documents. Anderson company has a long history, and they could be said to be the best consortium in investment as they have invested a lot in almost every field. I need to get familiar with almost everything, not just in one category.”
“If you don’t stay still, you will not be able to get out of bed today.” Since she didn’t want to be touched by the man she had no other choice but to allow the man hug her.
Out of curiosity, she asked “How did I get into bed?”
“You sleepwalk here.”
“Oh, I have never sleep walked before” Ariel said, with a doubt in her mind.
“I’m too busy to get you into bed. Bedise I told you my legs are inconvenient, so how could I have been the one to bring you to the bed. And it just so happens that you so much like to be in my embrace each time we sleep together. Why do I get a feeling that somebody like me?”
“Who would like a man like you? I must be blind to like a man like you. It just so happened that I thought I was hugging a bear in my dream. If I had known it was you I would have preferred to hug torn”
“humph, look who is talking had you always been this sharp mouth or you have started learning to be, now I believe the saying that women naturally tend to disrespect their man once he has sex with them”. The two couples bike at each other while still in each other’s embrace. They did look like a perfect couple at that instant.
In the morning, Ariel pushed Rex to the table and just as the breakfast arrived at the table, the other people were seen coming from their building .
“Good morning uncle”, Rex and Ariel chorused.
“Morning”, Fidelis Anderson replied.
“I’ve asked my secretary to prepare a new office for you. Since Rex’s office was initially for my late brother, I will keep my big brother’s office forever. Maybe one day Rex will want to come back”, Fidelis said with a hint of sarcasm.
However, Ariel looked at the man and answered naturally. “Uncle, maybe he will not even return for the rest of his life.”
“Seems like my daughter-in-law is very confident in herself. Did you think the position of being the vice president of a company is a joke? It’s really not as leisurely as you think!”
“Uncle, you are getting a lot of things wrong this morning. Firstly, I’m not your daughter-in-law and neither did I plan on going to the company to relax. If I had wanted to relax, I would have sat at home and watch some Netflix video or, better still, go shopping or vacation, so uncle I don’t need you to remind me. And for my father’s inlaw office, that is the place I would like to use. After all, I’m their daughter-in-law.” Anger was now flowing through Fidelis, he had wanted to discourage her.
“Ariel, your uncle is only trying to help you, don’t take it seriously” Brenda said as she looked at the old Madam Anderson however the latter pretended not to hear her as she couldn’t help but be grateful.
Rex sat at the table silently, and acted like the whole scenario had nothing to do with him.
“Let’s eat” Madam Anderson declared.
After their unpleasant breakfast, well, the breakfast was only unpleasant for Fidelis and his children. The rest of the people ate their full. Rex asked the chauffeur to prepare the car and sent Ariel to the Anderson company personally.
His small action only caused Ariel to be more nervous! She couldn’t even utter a word along the way and her palms were covered in sweat.
She was previously a little designer who had never been involved in any managerial opposition, but suddenly she had jumped to be the vice president of the largest company in Oakland.
“Nervous” Rex’s deep voice suddenly sounded beside her ear.
Ariel was stunned, she raised her head and looked at the man, her brow knitted tightly. “What if I mess up?”
“What are you getting nervous about? If it comes to worse, the company will close down.” He would even be happier if it failed earlier than expected!
“it is easy for you to say because you are not the one in charge of something like this for the very first time”
The car suddenly bent at a sharp corner. Ariel couldn’t react on time as she moved closer to his face! Unconsciously, Rex raised his hand and pulled a strand of hair from her forehead behind her ear. “What happened to the fearless lioness I have been seeing these days, I’m suddenly not used to the timid Ariel”
“I’m not timid” Ariel quickly distanced herself. She might have been in his embrace because of one situation or the other, but she wasn’t used to his intimacy.
“You wouldn’t understand, since you are not me.”
“The person who recommended you as the vice president of the Anderson company is not even afraid of the consequences. What exactly are you afraid of!” the car suddenly stopped at the entrance of the Anderson company and Rex raised his head and looked at the company’s skycrapper. “This company. How much effort did my parents put into it? They definitely wouldn’t expect it to develop to this point.”
Ariel didn’t understand what he meant and looked at him in a daze.
She caught a trace of hatred in his eyes. Is he so hateful towards his own family? This was not the first time she had seen the raw hatred in his eyes each time the Anderson was mentioned.
Rex retracted his gaze, brought out a small ornamental box, opened it and handed the ring inside to Ariel. “Wear it, since I forgot to come with one on our wedding day.” Did he actually forget or did it intentionally and also Pius will from now be your personal assistant. So if anything comes up, pass it to him. He will handle it.
Pius, who was sitting in the passenger seat, immediately opened his mouth.
“Young master, how..”
“Shut up”
Ariel looked at Pius and couldn’t help twitching her mouth, “who.. who did you say is my personal assistant? Does he look like somebody that can talk business? Just his look alone, his tall and sturdy body was like a wall, his appearance alone was like that of a gang leader who wanted to kill someone. To me, it seems you are not only assigning me an assistant but a bodyguard, he better be your assistant. Instead, I don’t want him as my assistant.”
“Don’t look down on him, he studied business finance besides me all these years, and he’s good at his work. If you have any special circumstances, he can take charge himself.”
Ariel looked at Pius and couldn’t imagine a man whom she had never seen smile would be able to talk business.
“And who says he will always be by your side? I’m just allowing you to ask him for help when you need it”
Both Ariel and Pius sighed a sigh of relief.
“You didn’t want to go late for work on your first day, did you? Quickly go in. There was a meeting fixed this morning at ten o’clock. Don’t go in late, since today is your first day at work.
“Oh..” she nodded, waved him goodbye and walked in.
Pius stayed behind for a long time. Once Ariel disappeared from their sight, he opened the car door and jumped to the back seat. He hesitated for a minute and said, “Young Master, the time I will be staying by young madam’s side, what about you and who will over see the affairs of starlight? Young Master, I think we should get rid of Timothy Ann first. To get enough money from your uncle, he actually teams up with Fidelis Anderson to kill you after the first attempt. Why should you let him live? And now you are married to his daughter whom you promised her mother to take care of!” Pius could not understand what his boss was thinking. They already had a fool-proof plan, but it seemed to be changing now because of Ariel.
“Just do as I say, I naturally have my own plans. If I ruined Timothy Ann now, it would be meaningless! Wouldn’t it be more interesting for him to see his wife and beloved daughter living on the street while the unwanted one living a good life. I’ll continue working behind the scenes in starlight?
He wanted to make Ariel fall in love with him and then help her to realize how much hate she had for Timothy Ann, and that Timothy Ann’s most important daughter, the self-acclaimed heir to the Ann family, he wouldn’t let her go either.
Seeing his boss being adamant, Pius could only take a deep breath and follow Ariel inside.