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His slender fingers gripped the steering wheel and the corners of his mouth curved in just the right angle.
I leaned back in the recliner and sneered.
He bowed to me, his voice pleading. “I’m sorry, Mr. Gilmore. I didn’t think carefully about this matter. I will solve it myself. Don’t blame Louisa.”
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I suddenly felt ridiculous.
No.
It turned out that all this time she always felt that we were not a good match.
A majestic roar came from afar and a limited-edition supercar with black and gold paint appeared in front of the villa.
“Lionel, I don’t know how the news about the sports car spread in the company. The staffs are all talking about Marco behind his back. Can you come and help Marco explain it for the sake of signing big orders today?”
“Do you want me to use my authority to force the people below to shut their mouths up?”
How can I be okay with being ugly? What is the bright side?
Ms. Louisa?
The guilt I felt for impulsively agreeing to the blind date last night completely disappeared.
Louisa then pulled me all the way into the bathroom.
I fixed my gaze full of pressure on him.
The way he called her changed to be more intimate.
Followed Marco behind her.
I nodded and responded, “Next week, I’ll transfer the management rights of the company to you and leave.”
She took out a bottle of perfume from her eight-digit Hermes bag and smiled dotingly.
That night, I brought all the top-of-the-line sports cars that I had collected in my garage to her.
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Louisa held my hand and said in a deep voice, “Lionel, why are you so angry?”
“It’s my fault, Mr. Gilmore. I shouldn’t have accepted Ms. Watson’s gift.”
I was sure now.
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Before getting off work, I received two business trip applications for two people and clicked “agree”.
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As soon as I arrived, the airport lobby was crowded with people.
But in the cabinet, a box of men’s underwear was missing.
Louisa Watson, who was showing off her affection to me on X a second ago, quietly took away the limited-edition sports car that I had reserved for a long time in the automotive dealership.
My father even agreed to a blind date with the Scott Family on my behalf overnight.
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“Also, today, I suddenly remembered that you had ordered a supercar, so I picked it up and gave it to him.”
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Leaving me only the refreshing fragrance of gardenia that dissipated into the air.
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At first, I suspected that Marco took the photos secretly behind Louisa out of vanity.
Targeting? He was not worthy.
But she refused decisively and stayed by my side wholeheartedly.
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“With so many supercars you have, you don’t mind, do you?”
Louisa and I had been dating since we were in college until now.
“Notify everyone that there will be a staff meeting this afternoon.” I ordered.
Did she know what it meant to give a man underwear as a gift?
It was her handwriting.
But I did not expect, Louisa brought me breakfast on the table with the sticky note on the bag.
Louisa, after nine years of our relationship, did you have any feelings for me?
It seemed like the superior-subordinate relationship between them was closer than I imagined.
Let her pick and send it away.
My assistant shook the mobile phone in his hand with a look of surprise.
Faced with his provocation, my gaze turned a bit cold and I found it somewhat funny.
An hour later, her male assistant drove the car and posted a message on his social media.
Marco took a step back, lost his composure and apologized several times.
Since we wanted to sever ties, we naturally had to settle everything.
She and Marco would go back to the company to work overtime tonight and would not go home.
Seeing I stopped talking, she sighed.
He looked up, a hint of surprise appearing in his eyes.
My assistant suddenly pushed the door and casually said, “Sir, I saw Ms. Louisa and her assistant went to eat seafood. What do you want to eat? I’ll order it for you.”
“You have a prominent family background, Lionel, unlike ordinary people like me.”
I looked at her deeply and believed her pledge of allegiance for the time being.
“The blind date with the eldest daughter of the Scotts, I’ll go.”
She grabbed her assistant’s hand, pushed the office door and left without looking back.
Love did not become a burden when two people’s hearts were truly together.
Whatever Louisa wanted to do, I accompanied her.
Nine years of giving everything for a girl, but in the end, she still did not appreciate it.
I wanted to rush downstairs and question that girl right away.
Haha … I sounded like a stingy person from his words.
At three o’clock in the afternoon, Louisa pushed the door to my office and stepped in with her high heels.
“Lionel, Marco has returned the car to the dealer, but I need to go over to cancel the account.”
“Marco Tucker, right? It’s just a car. I can still afford it.”
She frowned and pouted.
As early as yesterday, I had entrusted someone to send her a breakup message.
I, who felt heartbroken at first, became numb in the end.
I handed the breakfast to my assistant and asked him to go out and sell me another one.
Everyone was in an uproar, expressing shock hearing this news.
Then, her tone was both coaxing and scolding, brought me back to my senses. “I know you are jealous because you love me, but the others who don’t know will think you’re targeting someone else’s staff.”
In a flash, I remembered the X post Marco posted two days ago.
“Speak! Marco!”
It was obvious that it was not what she was prepared for me.
Marco Tucker walked around the car to the passenger seat and opened the passenger door gently and considerately.
“Lionel, sorry, I didn’t get back from meeting with my business partners at noon. I just had a quick bite outside. Have you eaten yet?”
I threw the document on the table, interrupting the two people who were staring at each other.
My face turned cold and so did my heart.
I did not even glance at them, just brushed past them.
“I’ve been waiting for this car for almost half a year and no one can take it away, not even you, my girlfriend.”
My hand, which was about to sign, paused and I raised my eyes.
I put my hands in my pockets, curled the corners of my mouth and a hint of coldness and anger flashed in my eyes.
I stepped down from the stage and left the conference room.
A nice and friendly reminder to board the plane sounded at the airport.
She really took the car that I had been longing for half a year away from the automotive dealership secretly and gave it to someone else.
I laid in my bed and stayed up the whole night.
If he dared to accept it, he should be able to guess who the original owner of the car was.
I was already angry and hearing these words only added fuel to the fire.
At that moment, all my expectations were dashed.
Getting up early and having breakfast together in the hotel.
I saw admiration and heartache for another man in her eyes.
When we were in love, she once whispered in my ear that she would only love me and only me in her life.
She pulled out a chair in front of the table and sat down, sighing.
“Louisa has been with me for nine years and has seen a lot of things. I don’t think a supercar is a big deal.”
Forget it, it was better for the person who did not belong to me to leave.
She defended him.
Jealousy over a slightly more good-looking male assistant was truly a fall from grace.
Hearing those words, both of them were stunned.
I picked up the documents she brought back and gave a faint response. “Hmm.”
“My words were harsh, but you should know that Marco is the man in the company who can help me share the workload the most. You made him lose face in public today and I can’t just abandon him now.”
Louisa stepped in front of him and pulled my sleeve.
Just as I was trying to calm my emotions and go downstairs, she pushed open the bathroom door with the flip-flop sound of her slippers.
In what capacity was he asking me not to blame my girlfriend?
“But you have to know, as an assistant, what you should and shouldn’t accept.”
“As the marketing director, you have a keen eye, so you shouldn’t miss it.”
“Am I strange?”
A message from Louisa popped up on my mobile phone.
I got in the car and headed to the airport.
She was stunned for a moment, her lips slightly parted, with an incredulous expression.
The next day, I came to the company with hungry stomach from the night.
Louisa did not expect me to speak so bluntly and her face suddenly turned ugly.
“If I want to have a future with you, I have to get stronger. Of course, you can act childish and ask me not to go today, but I don’t want to disappoint my subordinates who fight side by side with me.”
Although I did not want to admit it, I was now so jealous that I was insane.
The next day, the real estate agent came to register the sales information of the villa.
At night, my best friend, Reymond Blunt called me to drink.
“Mr. Gilmore, good evening. Ms. Watson and I just had dinner outside and came back a bit late. Please don’t blame her.”
“Am I thinking of myself?”
I spent the next whole week busy with the transfer.
Louisa was stunned and frowned.
“This is an irrefutable evidence. Do you want me to expose all the dirty things you have done?”
Louisa became anxious. She frowned and said in defense, “How can this be a small matter? You follow me on business trips every day and I don’t want others to criticize you everywhere.”
“You dare to give a supercar worth two million seven hundred dollars to the man who adores you, Louisa ….”
She knew that I loved cars as much as my life, yet she dared to steal it and give it away to someone else.
Five years ago, after graduating from university, my father asked me to return to Brimstone to inherit the family business.
She raised her hand and slammed the table angrily, saying harshly, “We can handle it ourselves. We don’t need you.”
She also said that she liked my innate arrogance and rebelliousness the most.
Even though the gift she gave was to serve herself.
At three o’clock in the afternoon, I walked into the largest conference room of the company with Reymond on time.
I lit a cigarette and blew a puff into the air.
At one o’clock in the afternoon, I finished dealing with all the documents, but there was no sign of Louisa.
Seeing that I had given in, she pushed the door open and left without any hesitation.
I felt a chill in my heart and blurted out. “Go ahead.”
“Are you used to driving?”
“This is your own problem. I shouldn’t have to put on a leadership role and help you solve it.”
Rosie paid extra attention to this and checked it carefully every day.
Marco behind her spoke up, “It’s okay, Mr. Gilmore, a few rumors can’t hurt me.”
Wasn’t it normal for people to criticize a boss who gave his or her assistant a luxury car?
[Having a boss who cares for her subordinates is my happiness.]
“I still have over a dozen supercars in my basement. Choose any one you want and consider it as a gift from me.”
Marco was the partner who could stand shoulder to shoulder with her.
A relationship that had changed in quality was like an unappetizing breakfast. There was no need to force ourself to eat it.
“Got it! Marco and I have nothing, not now and not in the future.”
It was time to end this tangled triangle relationship.
Since the argument that day, Louisa had blocked me on X and WhatsApp.
But now everything had changed.
I took out my mobile phone and called my father who was far away in Brimstone.
I turned my gaze away from the door and let out a long sigh.
Until my assistant nervously handed me Marco’s X account and said, “Sir, I think I should let you know about this.”
“Can’t you go tomorrow? Why do you have to go out so late?” asked me in annoyance.
She did not let my hand go, instead she patiently said, “I know you’re angry, I apologize to you, okay? But Marco and I really have nothing, you’re sold your shares and broke up ….”
“On X, her assistant posted a message thanking Ms. Louisa for treating him to a delicious meal.”
In his post, there was a box of underwear of this brand.
“No, I do.”
Louisa who was wearing a white suit and holding a white crocodile leather bag, stepped out of the car.
Louisa stepped on her high heels to protect the man behind her and hugged my waist.
My head exploded with a loud bang.
“Lionel, you can’t just think about yourself.”
[Wow, after reading your secret stories on your crush for four years, you finally got her love!]
A supercar worth nearly two million seven hundred dollars was not something that a marketing director with no background like Louisa could afford.
In his latest X post, he posted a picture of Louisa lying in his arms and sleeping soundly.
“Didn’t you give him the car and he accepted it? What’s the point of having me, an outsider, wipe his ass?”
My raging anger suddenly died down and what followed was endless coldness and disappointment.
I was stunned for a moment and frowned. “Where did you see them?”
I was too lazy to argue with her, so I just opened X and showed her Marco’s X account.
I walked out and stood in front of the girl.
Spending their time together watching the sunset on the beach after chatting with their bussiness partner.
Marco’s eyes slightly lifted and his cold face turned slightly pale.
I pulled the corners of my mouth and smiled.
When the salesperson sent me a message in the afternoon, I thought Louisa was trying to give me a surprise secretly, so I spent three hours happily in the dressing room choosing an outfit.
Just overnight, he changed the way he called his boss from “Ms. Louisa” being “Louisa”.
I got it.
Marco pursed his lips and said no words.
Until I saw a post on X.
On the contrary, Marco posted photos related to Louisa every day.
I stared at the perfume in her hand and recalled every moment of us for the past nine years.
The perfume in her hand was more of a brand I had long since disliked.
Having been in society for so many years, everyone had gained some insight.
This clothing company was co founded by me and Louisa. She and I both hold half of the equity.
However, I did not want to leave Louisa, so I stayed in Araya.
I waited for her for so long that I was starving. I then opened my mobile phone and saw Marco’s social media.
Not only did he dare to accept it, he also dared to post it openly on his X post and another social media to show off.
I frowned.
I did not need to be too concerned.
And staying up the whole night working on a project together and drinking American coffee at 3 a.m.
“Louisa, do you want to hear what you’re saying right now?”
Louisa, took my underwear and gave it to his assistant?
Her eyes were a bit red and her gaze was full of charm.
“It’s my fault, Mr. Gilmore. Please don’t blame Ms. Louisa.”
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In the past, I admired her rational and clear nature the most.
I dragged my suitcase towards the security checkpoint and ran into Louisa and Marco who were rushing back.
As a man, he should know why I was angry.
“You’re the boss, Lionel, this is a matter of words.”
She said I was her life.
After all, there was no evidence that they were having an affair.
The girl’s cold face showed some dissatisfaction.
In the past five years, I had transformed from a rich second-generation who knew nothing to a first-generation entrepreneur.
No man could bear to see the girl he loved using his own money to buy gifts for other men.
In the evening, I stood on the balcony of the villa and gazed the sunset.
She also wanted me to defend him with her despite feeling disgusted.
I bent down and opened the bottom cabinet.
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I had loved her for so many years, what storms had I not seen.
[Finally, from crush to girlfriend ….]
“She just feels too tired being with you. No matter how hard she tries, she can’t earn even one-tenth of your family’s money and she can’t spend your money with peace of mind.”
“I don’t care if you misjudged his contribution to the company or you feel sorry for him for accompanying you on business trips and driving every day. The company has given him enough salary and if it’s not enough, he can ask for more, instead of you secretly using my supercar to compensate him.”
I did not have any emotions more, I just smiled indifferently and returned the phone to my assistant.
I had money, good looks and a good figure, so why should I waste my time on someone who did not love me!
Seeing her smile and express her emotions towards him.
She said the sports car had been cancelled and sent back to the automotive dealership.
Marco reacted earlier than Louisa.
I stared at it for a long time.
“Mr. Gilmore is already busy with work, so it’s better not to trouble him with these small matters.”
The atmosphere was silent.
“I would like to inform everyone that I will be stepping down as the general manager. The company will be fully handed over to Mr. Blunt and Mr. Vaughan beside me.”
“I feel strange with you like this.”
Now everything had changed.
We had been in relationship for nine years and this was the first time I had gotten so angry over another man.
“It’s too late now. It’s not safe to go out. You can go tomorrow.”
“But the fact is, the value of these orders is far less than that of a supercar.”
“Rosie is taking a day off today. You take a shower first and I’ll go fry you a steak,” she said.
I just wanted my favorite supercar back.
[Driving the car given by my boss to send her home and even the wind was sweet.]
As a cold and aloof beauty, men pursue her and compete to get her.
“I can’t help it. This is the girls nowadays.”
“I’ll cancel and return it to the dealer as soon as possible.”
I squinted as I walked into the villa in a cold voice.
“I haven’t said anything yet, but you’re eager to put the blame on me.”
She was standing in the crowd, looking at me from afar.
She had some impatience on her face, but she still held back her patience to explain to me.
I frowned and responded calmly, “Let go, it’s so dirty.”
I nodded and looked at her leaving back, then opened the cabinet where my underwear was stored.
With an annual revenue of nearly 10 billion, she said we were not a match.
“Alright, Lionel, doesn’t he have to pick me up and drop me off every day for work?”
“Well, my Baby, here … I bought you a new limited-edition perfume, so don’t be angry.”
There was no point to keep a woman who had left my heart.
A series of notifications popped up on my phone and it was an X post that Marco had just posted.
After five years of ups and downs, we opened the largest clothing company in Araya.
A pair of gleaming silver stiletto heels stepped on the ground.
She reacted, quickly stopped me and angrily said to Marco behind her, “What the hell is going on! When did I lie down with you?!”
[Congratulations for becoming a boyfriend and becoming a regular employee officially.]
Her voice came from outside the door. “Oh, by the way, Rosie said that your underwear needs to be replaced, so she threw them all away. You can get new ones from the bottom.”
I took a sip of my mojito without saying a word.
I was really reluctant to leave everything behind and return to Brimstone now.
“The way he looks at you is not the way an ordinary subordinate looks at his superior.”
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He uttered a dull response. “Hmm”.
I was furious instantly and lost my sanity.
Only when we did not love could we make rational judgments.
I saw them exchanging a few words with each other and Louisa smiled particularly happily.
“First of all, a person of integrity has nothing to fear. If you, Louisa, are doing your job impartially, rewarding him for bringing huge profits to the company and giving him a supercar is understandable.”
She took a deep breath and said, her eyes filled with disapproval of me, “You took back the gift I gave him in public and now you’re letting him waste so much time at the dealer.”
Her eyes were fixed on Marco, who opened the car door for her, with a hint of aggressiveness.
The breakfast box she brought in the bag was my least favorite lamb sandwich.
A side photo taken from the perspective of the girlfriend sitting in the passenger seat.
“You can prepare dinner yourself.”
“Don’t you like this car? It’s also for your sake that I canceled it early.”
I ignored her shock, put away my mobile phone and walked past her.
“When is your blind date with the Scott Family arranged? Have you really decided to leave Araya?”
[Marco and I go to meet some clients and have lunch together.]
Shouldn’t we have anticipated such a result?
He joked that I should have changed a long time ago.
Now, he even called her “Louisa”.
“You took the car without my consent. I just wanted to take back what belonged to me.”
Marco took two steps forward with his long legs and blocked me.