She was indeed overthinking things.
There was no way Elliot would do something like this just to keep her around, not with his stubborn and arrogant personality.
At this moment, Rose couldn't quite describe her emotions. The discomfort and frustration in her heart only lasted for a moment before she pushed it aside. She suddenly shook off Elliot's hand, luckily he still seemed dazed from the surpise earlier and let go easily. After freeing herself from him, Rose took two steps back and glared at him in anger. "Who's playing games with you? I don't have time for that!"
"It was you who bothered me at the airport, Mr. Harper! Not the other way around!"
He must be out of his mind.
Elliot's expression darkened as he looked at Rose's face filled with sarcasm, but before he could say anything, Lawrence interrupted him.
"Mr. Harper, considering your sincere attitude towards us, I think we can talk more about our cooperation." Lawrence walked up a few steps to stand next to Rose while discreetly blocking Elliot from trying to grab her again.
Rose glanced sideways at Lawrence but didn't speak a word.
Lawrence continued speaking, "Since Mr. Harper personally came all the way here to chase after us, it shows how sincere he is about working together."
For a moment both Rose and Elliot remained silent.
They both knew what was really going on here.
"Not to mention the public apology video shown on such a large screen..." Lawrence smiled slyly, which made Elliot feel even more frustrated inside, but managed to control himself from lashing out physically against him.
It was clear to Elliot that Lawrence had intentionally provoked him with his words. However, as he looked at Lawrence's smiling face, he was filled with so much anger that he almost couldn't resist the urge to throw a punch. He managed to control his temper, but it wasn't easy.
Elliot's assistant had arrived at the airport long before the animated display on the big screen. When he saw the cartoon character that unmistakably resembled Mr. Harper, he was so shocked that he froze in place, wide-eyed and open-mouthed, struggling to catch his breath in disbelief.
This is simply too horrifying!
The assistant took a while to snap out of it before rushing to find Elliot's location. Before he could even process what was happening, Lawrence spoke those words and all his confusion vanished in an instant. He came to his senses and approached with a smile, "Mr. Harper, so it's true! You're amazing, you managed to negotiate this kind of cooperation. Impressive..."
Elliot's face turned grim as he looked at the assistant's expression and immediately understood that he had seen everything. He also guessed why the assistant thought that way and glared at him fiercely while speaking in a cold voice, "Quickly go and remove the video from the airport! Tell everyone who filmed it around here to delete it too!"
The assistant was startled by this sudden outburst but quickly looked at Elliot's expression which had become cold with eyes suppressing endless anger. His whole body shuddered with fear as he didn't dare say anything else before running off to handle things.
Despite his anger, Elliot gave Lawrence a cold, disdainful glance and then turned his gaze away from him. He reached out to touch Rose but she tried to dodge him.
Facing her angry glare, Elliot smirked coldly,"What? Do you still want to run away?"
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