Andrew put Ashley's cell phone on the mute mode and watched her sleep for a while. He left only after Johnny called him the third time.
At the international airport, he naturally attracted a lot of attention due to his looks and his dashing black suit.
Johnny followed him closely, dragging a suitcase and, at the same time, updating him about the itinerary for the day.
"Mr. Lu, you will arrive in A country by four o'clock this afternoon. And then you will have dinner with the CEO of the Flourish Group..."
Johnny stopped mid-sentence, because there was a woman standing in front of them. And it was none other than Lesley, who came to see Andrew in his office yesterday.
She greeted them as soon as she saw them. "Hi, Andrew. Hi, Johnny."
She was carrying a small suitcase. Obviously she, too, was going abroad.
Johnny glanced briefly at Andrew and then turned to Lesley. "Miss Feng, where are you going?"
"Oh, I am going to A country with Andrew, because now I'm in charge of our family's business there," she explained.
Johnny's heart lurched. 'So she is going with us?'
"Miss Feng is a truly remarkable businesswoman," he complimented.
Lesley responded with a catty smile.
What she didn't tell them was that when she found out that Andrew was going to A country yesterday, she checked which flight he had booked and booked the same one. She even succeeded in getting the seat next to his.
At Golden Palace
Ashley sat up on the bed, rubbing her sore waist. Bright sunlight flooded the room. She raised her arm to cover her eyes. Then she took the cell phone from the night stand and saw that there were a few missed calls from Ellie.
Ashley was about to return her calls when a new text came in. It was from Andrew.
"I'm boarding."
She had just woken up and he was already boarding. They slept at the same time and how could he be so energetic?
She quickly texted back, "Take care. Waiting for you to come back soon."
She lay back on the bed and stared at the ceiling. Then suddenly she thought of something and sat up abruptly. The muscles in her body ached with the sudden motion and she cried out in pain.
Andrew wasn't here, which meant that she was free. He could no longer control her and she could do whatever she wanted.
He kept a close eye on her lately and didn't allow her to do many things. She was taken home by him immediately after work every day.
At the airport
Lesley stole a glance at Andrew's hand from time to time in order to find out if she had made a mistake yesterday about the ring. However, his hands were in his pockets all the time and she couldn't see.
Suddenly his cell phone beeped. Lesley caught a glimpse of a faint smile on his lips.
She was taken aback. Since the time she had known Andrew, there was only one expression on his face. She had never seen this kind of a soft smile.
She started to wonder who had sent the text to Andrew.
Aware of Lesley's eyes on him, Andrew gave her a brief glance and then resumed his usual stoic expression.
Johnny was observing all this and muttering to himself, 'Now Mr. Lu's heart is totally occupied by Miss Mu. Whatever you do, however hard you try, you can't get Mr. Lu's attention.
Besides, Mr. Lu is always so sullen.
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