Attracted By My Ex-wife novel Chapter 182

"What does it have to do with you?" Thinking that Anne was only joking around, Kevin flashed an amused smile.

"I designed the main work of the M Group this time," she said matter-of-factly.

All of a sudden, the smile from his face had completely disappeared. 'This... she can't be serious, can she?'

Seeing that he was about to get angry at her, Anne bit on her lower lip. "That was my first design draft," she explained. "When I submitted it to M Group, our relationship was still in a bad place. Besides, I didn't have much confident in my work."

There was still a gloomy look on Kevin's face. Even though the M Group wasn't as well-known as the AN Group, it was still a reputable company, which was why it didn't make sense to him how she could go running to M Group when she claimed that she had little confidence in her work.

"Well, I'll have my assistant stop finding out the designer." Kevin stated with an exasperated sigh.

Daniel spent the whole afternoon looking up all of the designers at the M Group but still didn't find any clue. Kevin never expected that the one that they wanted to find was actually around him.

"I'm sorry, Kevin," Anne said apologetically. "I know I've hurt you with what I've done. It was all just a misunderstanding. You know I didn't mean to cause any damages to your company."

Smiling lightly, he walked towards her. However, since she still wasn't so sure how to read the expression on his face, she couldn't help but slowly step back away from him.

Rolling his eyes, he quickly closed the distance between them and held her arm. "What are you so afraid of?"

"I..." For a while, she hesitated. But when she looked carefully, there was a hint of playfulness in his eyes.

"Aren't you angry?" she asked warily.

"What use is there to get angry now?" With a shrug, he flashed a helpless but gentle grin at her.

She furrowed her delicate brows in confusion. It still didn't make sense to Anne why he wasn't mad at her. Seeing this, Kevin let out a small chuckle. "Since you were the one who designed this, I'm not really that worried anymore. I know that you weren't intending to harm the business. Plus, this is a good reminder that our ability in design needs to improve."

"Don't say that. Maybe it was just beginner's luck. It was my first design, after all." In truth, it was just a quick sketch she made out of a whim. When she was drafting it, she thought that it would be great if she would be able to sell it at least. It never crossed her mind that it would be such a big success.

"I know that this is the first time you've designed something and you still aren't that sure of yourself, but don't you think that this might be a good sign for you? You can do whatever you want, Anne. Don't worry about me or the company. I can see what a talented designer you are, and I'm here to help you in whatever way I can. If AN Group is not enough to get your career going, I can get you in touch with a better company." Kevin paused, lightly rubbing his chin as he looked at her thoughtfully. "Or better yet, we can create your very own personal brand," he added.

The solemnness in his voice finally made her feel relieved.

"I really thought you'd blame me for the decline in company's performance," Anne muttered sheepishly.

Now, she felt bad that she was so mean and defensive earlier.

"Do you really think I'm that unreasonable?" he asked in a low voice. Before she could reply, he bent down and gently kissed her lips.

The next day, everyone in the AN Group was jittery.

Autumn had just arrived, which brought upon a fresh, cool breeze that was rather pleasant to most. However, even though the weather was great and the sun was brightly shining in the sky, everyone at the AN Group was as restless as ever.

They knew that Kevin was angry yesterday because of how the company got severely outperformed by the M Group. Everyone wanted to make sure that they were on Kevin's good side, or, at the very least, got out of his way.

"Hello, Mr. Kevin." Daniel greeted with a smile as Kevin got out of the car.

"Get back to work and focus on the design you're making. Don't worry about that incident with M Group," Kevin said calmly, seeing through Daniel's unnaturally positive attitude.

"Mr. Kevin?" Daniel asked worriedly, his eyes filled with surprise and confusion.

"What? Is there something wrong?" Kevin asked, not bothering to look back at his assistant. Walking up to his desk, he sat down and opened today's newspaper to read the financial news.

"No, no, No. Everything's fine, Mr. Kevin. I'll go make sure everyone's doing their job." After saying that, Daniel walked out of the door and breathed a long, deep sigh of relief.

'That's so weird. Yesterday, he looked like he was ready to lash out at anyone he caught sight of. Now he's actually looking... okay.'

Even though it didn't make sense, Daniel thought that it was normal. After all, Kevin was known for being unpredictable most of the time. No one was really able to guess what went through in his head. At least it looked like he was in a good mood, which meant that everyone in the company could take a breather.

As Kevin leafed through the newspaper, he suddenly remembered that Anne would be coming over later.

With a small smile, he put the newspaper down and made a quick call using the landline phone on his desk. All it took was one button for him to instantly get in touch with any department at the company. "Make me a summary of all the latest trends during Paris fashion week. And all the other popular trend in other countries while you're at it," he said over the phone.

"Also, if a woman named Anne Luo comes over to see me, send her in at once. Be polite to her," Kevin quickly added before ending the call. After that, the news about this 'Anne Luo' spread all over the company like wildfire.

People began to gossip at once. There were some who already knew that Anne was Kevin's ex-wife. Everyone began to speculate that they might have been reconciled.

It didn't take long before everyone at the company looked forward to her arrival.

At around ten o'clock in the morning, the woman they had been waiting for arrived.