Mr. CEO's Young Mistress novel Chapter 23

"I almost tore my room upside down this morning but still couldn't find it, while he comes home, looks around casually, and finds it?" Sharon thought to herself  incredulously. 

Sharon frowned and looked at Leonard, her face full of suspicion. 

"Why does something smell fishy about this?" she wondered. 

Leonard ignored Sharon's questioning gaze and calmly changed the topic. "Aren't you going to open it?"

Sharon looked at the gift box on the table and shook her head. She looked at Leonard and said in a low voice, "Nope, since I'm going to return it anyway."

"She's going to return it?" Leonard thought.

Shock flashed in Leonard's eyes for a second as he gaped at Sharon. 

Sharon didn't say much. She narrowed her eyes at Leonard and muttered, "Master Leonard, did you really find the gift box in my room?"

"Mm-hmm." Leonard's eyes had widened slightly, but his tone when he replied was straightforward as usual. 

Sharon was puzzled.

"Maybe I did miss a spot." Sharon suspected in her head. 

As Sharon was thinking, she saw Leonard standing up from the sofa out of the corner of her eyes.

Sharon looked at him warily.

Leonard threw Sharon a glance before heading towards the stairs. 

Sharon watched Leonard climbed the stairs to the second floor and disappeared into the study room. She then looked back to the box on the console table and pondered. 

......

In the study room, Leonard sat in a large office chair behind his desk and opened one of the drawers, exposing an intricate gift box.

It was identical to the box downstairs. 

Leonard stared at the box for a few seconds. Then, his cold eyes narrowed as he slammed the drawer shut.

......

Behind the fake rocks that were installed near Bluesky University's basketball court. 

"I'm sorry, Simon, but I can't accept your present." Sharon handed a bag that held the gift box to Simon.

Simon had not expected Sharon to ask to meet up with him just to return his gift, the initial joy in his eyes dimming. 

Simon's heart tightened. His voice was gruff as he said, "I gave it to you as a present, so I can't take it back now." 

Sharon looked at his gloomy expression apologetically "I'm sorry." 

"I shouldn't have accepted it when he gave it to me. Then, we probably wouldn't have to go through all of this. It's all my fault." Sharon thought to herself and felt guilty.