Vivian's body suddenly stiffened. She clenched the doorknob in her hand and tried hiding behind the door.
No wonder Chow had left Ethan behind in the office today.
He had been out on a date. It hadn't been for work.
"I still have a lot of work to do today," Chow said, his voice a lot less cold than Vivian remembered. "I'll send someone to pick you up tonight."
It was just that Chow's voice sounded void of all emotions just like a robot.
"Fine. In that case, let me wait in your office while the chauffeur arrives, okay?"
Whenever she was with Chow, Celine always behaved rather coquettishly.
They really weren't any different from the other couples out there.
This time, even if Chow didn't verbally agree to it, he still hadn't rejected her anyway.
The door to the chairman's office next door opened with a click. The two figures eventually disappeared behind the thick steel door.
Vivian staggered in her footsteps. She gripped onto the doorknob even harder, as if her entire life depended on it.
If she didn't do that, she really didn't know if she could walk out of the door unscathed today.
Ethan hadn't called the driver yet. Of course, he saw everything with his own two eyes.
He put his phone away with a worried look. "Miss, are you—"
Ethan wanted to ask if she was okay.
But it seemed that asking this question now would be rather inappropriate.
Vivian forced herself to smile, but her smile looked even sadder than when she was crying.
"I-I think that the driver won't be available after all. I'll just go home by myself," Vivian said.
If it was just a moment ago, Ethan might not have agreed to her request. How could he feel at ease, especially after what he'd just witnessed?
"Wait, I can give you a ride," Ethan said. He was still a gentleman after all.
Still, he couldn't help feeling a little awkward since the situation had come to this.
Vivian turned her face away and shook her head. "Let me go back by myself, please. I'm begging you," she said in a choked voice.
She didn't want anyone to see her in such a sorry state right now.
Ethan's hand paused mid-air for a long time before he finally put it down with a sigh. "Alright. Be careful on the way home, Miss. Call me if you need anything."
Vivian nodded and said nothing else.
She was afraid that she'd start sobbing as soon as she opened her mouth.
For now, the only thing she wanted to do was to leave this suffocating place and go as far away as possible.
Who would have thought that the b*tch, Vivian would also be here?
Even if she still sounded like she was smiling, Celine's smile had long disappeared as she held on to Chow's arm.
For the past few days, Chow had been avoiding her because he had been busy with work.
She never thought that she would bump into Vivian on the only day she managed to convince him to go out on a lunch date with her.
Even if Vivian tried to hide, she had still seen her.
Had that sly little b*tch been waiting for Celine to leave so that she could do whatever she wanted with Chow?
Celine clenched her fists tightly, her nails digging painfully into her palms.
Nonetheless, Chow didn't seem to notice any changes in her behaviour.
It could also be due to the fact that he never cared about her feelings anyway.
Chow withdrew his arm from her hold and walked over to his desk before taking a seat. He waved at the sofa a few metres away. "Sit there and be quiet."
When she heard his voice void of emotion, she gritted her teeth in anger.
As soon as he entered the office, Chow would always be like this.
He always treated her like a hindrance, wanting to put a huge distance between them both as much as possible.
It wasn't just because he'd told her to sit a few metres away, but also because he'd told her to keep quiet.
To him, she was probably less important than a fraction of the files in his hands.
Celine never dared to rebel in the past, since she had been content just being the Chairman's girlfriend.
She used to be worried about losing her position, so she had always done as Chow wished.
But now, when she thought of the scene she saw through the crack in the door the other day, she could feel her heart being engulfed in flames. It made her feel extremely jealous.
Why?
Why was the sl*t allowed to kiss him and hug him in his office, but she had to obediently shut up and stay far away from him?
How ridiculous!
Celine looked at the crack in the door that she had deliberately left open and sauntered over to Chow's desk with a determined look on her face.
"Chow, let's forget about work for a while and just chat, shall we?" she said. "Didn't you miss me at all?"
As she spoke, Celine reached Chow's side. She stroked Chow's broad shoulders with her long fingers suggestively.
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