Entangled: Crisscross - Chapter 66

Sera could already feel his gaze boring towards her. She avoided his gaze and tried to focus. Now that Sera thought about it, most people haven’t really met Mr. Quinn. Most don’t even know what he looked like.

This means that… he wouldn’t show his face in the company. “Ah, I will go with Mr. Lan Xing. During the meeting.” Sera said. At least Lan Xing is not as attractive as Mr. Quinn. Going with Lan Xing wouldn’t attract that much attention.

“I will go with you!” Chris almost immediately said.

“I thought Mr. Lan would handle this?”

“He will,” Chris nodded. “I will be your… secretary.”

“Huh?”

“You would need one.”

“Mr. Quinn… ”

“Call me husband.” He gave her a cheeky smile.

“…” Really? She deadpanned. But ended up saying, “Husband… I don’t think this is necessary. You have a billion-dollar company to attend to. There’s no need to come with me.” She faked a smile. “Why don’t you spend some time in your office and look at the prices of your investments in the stock market?”

“I can do that on my phone.”

“Hehe…” she faked a peal of laughter. “You can’t come with me.”

“Why is that?”

“You are too attractive.” And your face screamed pheromones that could make anyone horny.

WAIT!

What was she thinking?

“Oh? So you think I am handsome.”

Seeing the two start to banter, Lawyer Liu turned on the music on his phone that was connected to the Bluetooth earphones in his ears. Listening to some classical could ease the embarrassment that he felt inside.

“I need to be there… in case some random people would approach you.”

“Random people?” she frowned.

“Like a previous crush.”

“You mean…” she blinked in surprise.

“Exactly,” he nodded and winked at her. “He is slowly buying some shares from other people. Of course, that would be useless since I already have twelve under my company name. My twelve and your forty is already fifty-two. We already won before the competition began.” A smug smile appeared on his face.

“That—Why would Mr. Fu involve himself in— ”

“He is your cousin’s fiancé.”

“Still, you can’t come with me.”

“Why?”

Again, the conversation ended with a tie. No one was willing to give way this time.

“Alright, I think that is all for today.” Lawyer Liu interrupted them. “I need to leave. I have to take care of the marriage certificate and everything that you guys agreed to in front of me.”

“Thank you so much, Lawyer Liu.” Sera smiled at the older man. By now, all the embarrassment that she felt when she met this man earlier totally vanished. Her banter with Chris seemed to make her a bit more relaxed.

She didn’t know if he was purposely arguing with her because he wanted her to forget and just show her true nature. Either way, she was a bit thankful.

She watched as the lawyer gave them a cordial smile before leaving the private teahouse that was actually owned by Chris.

“So, about that lingerie…”

She immediately turned towards him. She was about to start another round of argument when her phone vibrated. She immediately opened it, thinking it was one of Xu Je’er texts asking her if she already slept with a stranger on this vacation.

To her surprise, it was an unknown number.

“Huh?”

“Who is it?”

Sera didn’t answer as she read the full text. It was actually an introduction from a certain Mon Go. He said he was Mr. Fu’s secretary and is asking her if she would be available for a phone conversation. “I think you are right. Mr. Fu is indeed starting to act.” Sera gave him his phone.

To her surprise, Chris suddenly started typing something. “Hey, what are you doing?” This man… This man is really acting so comfortable with her. He would even use her phone when she was just intending to let him read the text.

After a few seconds, Chris gave her the phone. “I just said… no. You are not available.”

“I— ”

“Are you going to say that you were available?” he asked.

“No. Of course not.”

“Then, I just saved you the time and effort to reply.” He stood, revealing his casual sky blue polo shirt and light brown chinos. His simplicity was really something that she found amusing.

“We should shop lingerie,” he said. “That is a high priority. Especially that we are officially newlyweds.”

“Can you stop saying embarrassing stuff like that?”

“What’s so embarrassing about telling the truth?” he asked.

Yep, she would never win an argument with this guy. “You are not really acting like what you are.” She mumbled in a low voice that only Chris could hear. Right now, they are already walking in the streets, hand in hand like – newlyweds.

“How am I supposed to act? Please don’t tell me you watch those movies about CEOs and stuff,” he chuckled.

She didn’t answer him. Maybe her perception about CEOs was indeed wrong. She always thought of a cool-looking CEO like Edward Fu. Cold and calculating. A man whose brains could rival that of an encyclopedia. A man of few words.

Alright, her perception was clearly wrong. She just wasn’t expecting him to be more vocal. To be more human.

“Hmmm?” Sera’s attention shifted towards her phone when she suddenly received another text. This time it was from her grandfather. “He wanted to see me.” Relief flashed in Sera’s eyes when she finally found an excuse not to go through with this lingerie shopping. “The old man.”

“Then I am coming with you.” Before she could even say no, he already added. “Isn’t it time that you introduce me to the old relative who seemed to care about you?”

She turned silent before she nodded.

At this point, Sera wasn’t aware that taking Chris with him is actually something that would save her from her apparent demise.

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