“What is it? You dismantled the bikes and vented your anger, didn’t you? Why are you still so mad at me?”
Adeline kept quiet.
Then, Christopher turned her around, stepping even closer to her.
Her face was fair and delicate, and she looked beautiful. Then, his gaze landed on her pale neck, looking at her gorgeous collarbones.
“Why aren’t you wearing your necklace?
Adeline knew that he was referring to the purple diamond necklace. She initially wanted to wear it, but the incident that morning dispelled that thought.
She leaned against the counter and found herself trapped between Christopher’s arms. Raising her head, she looked into Christopher’s amber eyes.
“I don’t want to wear it”
“You don’t like it? Christopher laughed. “Just throw it away, then ”
His tone was light, as if the necdace was nothing more than a useless toy.
Adeline simply replied, “I’ll only wear it if you break things off with Dorothy.”
She didn’t expect him to say, “Alright.”
She was at a loss. Looking up, she sported amusement in Christopher’s eyes. He didn’t seem to be joking
What was he doing? When did he become so agreeable?
Chapter Do You
Want to inhet This Compry
Au the dining table, Adeline starellar Chelstopher hundrome face as he cut intohipsteak.
She asked, “What’s going on with the collaboration between doe Mation and Lambert Group?
Without raising his head, Chisper merely tiled as he replied. “Maybe Uncle Carlos think you have much time on hands now
Howly sich a thing? She was showed!
ling at him, Adeline asked, “Are you sure you do not them behind this?“–
Christopher other, ceplying casually, “What would I gain from this? I have no interest in a company than small.“
Although he was being arrogant, there was truth behind hiswend
Lambert Group wat both Gill City’s and the contry’s top company. They handled the country’s
care, lince, petroleum,cars, and airplanes. The
mahučkaty companies under them were involved in architecture, medicine, sealestate development, mereristics, anal jewerly.
Each bakary company was a leading ecmpla in thali respective lock
“Why does rondle want to dabble in fashion now?” Adeline was contavet.
Christopher replied, “Maybe he’s the one with too much time on hishark”
Naweng the commeation to combine my longer, dalelinessdbeller epesat him and continued to cut into let steak
Seeing her cut intoher foods ferociously, Cheloopter asked, “Hannah one to
Adeline took the levitation out of hai bag and therwit over to him. “She invited to your grandfather’s birthday.”
she could hardly believe that she had received the birthday hesitation frase who won’t part of the family. What a joke!
Christopher glanced at the invitation, mockery appruning in his eyes, He held a piece of steak and fedit into his mouth, chrising an in slowly. “Having too much free time really isn’t good
Adeline was unable to decipher the meaning behindhis words
Allerde, they beadediquahs to sho
Add the bedroom after cleaning up. Chchiopher was loading on the couch in his pajama, pleing het aaniningninner–over-
Then he handed square box ta het with a smile on his Eenmind mood today. You can choose wher you want to use it.”
Knowing the contres of the bos, Adeline three the bed in annonce. “I’m too dived today I don’t have the ringy to mess around with you. “
Then, the got ready to sleep
Taking a soforward Chelopher passed
onto the bed. Then, he ripped be collarbo mit psing her any time tomat, ingred mack there
In a low voice, besaid, “Adeline, you might heated your
row, but 1 hen’t had the chance to do the same.”
His hair fell over his darebead, and Adeline looked into his dark eyes as the asked. “Why would you even needia serr!“.
She had nothing going on with Matthew–there was no need for him on be madacher.
Lowing his head, Chistopher rubbed his moer against her. “Alter you destroyed Sean’s shop, I gave him 35 million dollars compensation. Can’t I settle this debt with you?
Thety–wmilion dollars ten ari exotikatti ammount!
Adeline sucked in a deep breath. How could those shitty motorcycles be an expensive?
Adeline kedar him, feeling pulty, “I’m so sorry for making you spend so much money, Mr. Lambert”
Her curly back hair cascaded into the bed, and her fair skin was dightly flusheddons her shower. As she sanded, she looked particularly alluring.
Christopher lowered his head, ropping her lipi. Ha man acting lika suvedman strn hich ́t knoom food bor days. It seemed that he wouldn’t go way on her tatnight.
Surrendering, Adeline cloudber. She knew that she wouldn’t get a good night’s sleep.
On Wednesday, Sean and Bole Mere at a pastry shop
Rose took a sip from her jaire, looking curiously at Sean, who was on the phone.
He said into phone, “Are we really going to handle Dorothy is this?”
The person on the other end of the line hummed in affirmation
Them, he hang up. Losing up, he was surprised upon meeting Poor’s shiny apei. “What are you doing?”
Cukounasked, “Wha’s Dorothy?”
en kept his phone and repled, “You toldme that you wanted to man meidhing. Do you just want me to keep you company while vau have some uke! You‘
Hebat Roce up to Aher the disto: Hindidate, they bother aspecto families that they weren’t a good match. He figured that the matter was a dene deal.
Usesprosedly, koše gave himavati out of the bhan, saying that she wanted meet him to discuss something, lanials, he thought than a vecious matter was imesheed, yet all they were doing was sitting here and drinking some jakte
Sering that she was almost done with her juice, Jeran said, von dan’t have anything important todos, leave the other matters to take care of.”
Hoe helder in her hands, Hoking at him. “Who’s Darothy? Is she pretty!”
Seeing that Sean was keeping sport, the immediately pouted and federal tear up “bean canı Tamm ask you a simplexquestion?”
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– “And the fence your or being subotes, Fil let you gatos “Wwing a lunt, dhe venda d’ as she ablest, Tll see you around”
Chaplet ar Do You 5THI Want to rern This Company
Sean felt goosebumps rise on his skin ponering her smile, and he quickly made his escape.
Resting her chin on her hand, Rose watched his buried departure and laughed. Things were starting to get fan for her
In the private coom, Christopher was clad in a suit the lazily leaned into the couch and made a phone call.
Carlos frowned as he asked, “Christopher, why are you working with Adeline’s company?”
It was noisy on the other end of the line
Smiling, Christopher capped his fingers shythmically on the couch. Ele said in a light ros, “Wouldn’t it be good to keep her busy? That way, she won’t loom over me all the time.”
Carlos solemnly said, “Adeline has shares in Lambert Group, Aren’t you worried that she divorce you?”
Christopher metelly chuckled. “Wouldn’t that be great? After all, I never wanted to marry bor. Do you really think that some shares are enough to keep me tied down?”
He had a hand on the back of an escort’s neck, pulling her toward him. As he had used quite a lot of force, the woman couldn’t help but whine.
Carlos could pick up the moan from the other end of the line. Frowning, he asked, “Are you messing around with women again? Do you still want to inherit this company?
The woman moaned again.
Unable to take it any longer, Carlos finally snapped, “Just keep fucking around and you’ll see!”
He hung up
The back of the woman’s neck was pinched so harshly that her face was flushed red. Then, Christopher let go of her without any preamble, malding her fall to the ground
She gasped for air and trembled as she looked at the handsome yet devious man sitting on the couch. He was a man that every girl in diktone City wanted to sleep with
“Mr.L–Lambert, did 1 do something wrong?
Christopher looked down at her and smiled manically. “That’s a nice way of addressing me.”
Then,ba stood up and left the private room,
The woman stayed roated to her spot on the ground. Looking at the untouched liquor and the money he left on the table, she was a little confused.
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