After the Affair Falling into a Billionaire's Arms novel Chapter 166

Chapter 166

Louisa was stunned again.

For a full minute, she was trapped in a dizzying fear, staring at the bowl and utensils in disbelief.

More terrifying than eating his food was the realization that she had used his personal utensils and bowl. This… was like an indirect kiss?

Would he think she did it on purpose? How could she fix this awkward situation?

Takeout. Yes, order takeout.

Snapping back to reality, she immediately pretended nothing had happened. “I’ll order takeout for you,” she said hurriedly.

She started looking for her phone, but after searching everywhere, she couldn’t find it. That’s when she remembered–her phone was still at home. She hadn’t brought it with her.

She felt like she was about to fall apart.

Julian watched her frantic movements and chuckled softly. “It’s fine. I’m sorry. I apologize.”

Louisa froze. He was apologizing? The high and mighty CEO of the Tudor Group was apologizing to her?

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“It’s okay,” she said automatically. “It was my fault anyway. Let me still order you some takeout.”

“I was referring to what happened earlier,” Julian clarified.

Louisa fell silent. Earlier what?

Julian didn’t elaborate further, and Louisa couldn’t recall what he meant. In her mind, everything he’d said, though it had embarrassed her, had been

accurate.

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After making peace with herself, she’d already moved past it, so she hadn’t been thinking about it at all.

Now that he’d helped ease the awkwardness, she didn’t want to stay any longer.

“If you don’t want takeout, I’ll head back now,” she said, waiting for him to nod and dismiss her.

Instead, he just looked at her.

Honestly, Louisa didn’t really want to make eye contact with Julian. Those excessively beautiful eyes, so deep and bright, always created an impulse to lose herself in them if she wasn’t careful. She was almost at her limit.

Suddenly, he spoke. “In the future, no matter where I am or who’s with me, you don’t need to deliberately avoid me. Do what you want to do. Even if there’s… something between us, you don’t need to worry. I won’t let it become the subject of gossip.”

His voice was low, his tone incredibly serious, with a touch of gentleness.

Louisa finally realized that his apology was for what he’d said in the bedroom an hour ago. So, the sharp–tongued, harsh boss had found his conscience?

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But what did his current words mean?

She analyzed it carefully in her mind and thought she understood.

He had been angry because: as a member of the Tudor Group, she shouldn’t be so timid, overthinking useless matters. Their relationship was completely proper, so there was nothing to fear.

So even if unfavorable rumors spread, it wouldn’t matter–he wouldn’t allow any gossip to take hold.

That made sense. Previously, when Vivian had caused a scene at the Tudor Group Building, many employees had witnessed it. Logically, rumors should have

spread like wildfire.

But she hadn’t heard anything afterward. She’d found it strange at the time.

Now that he’d explained it, everything clicked. Julian was truly the CEO of the Tudor Group–if he said there would be no rumors, then there definitely

wouldn’t be any.

With this realization, she nodded solemnly. “I understand, Mr. Tudor. You’re right. The innocent have nothing to fear. I know what to do now.”

Julian fell silent. She hadn’t understood anything.

The business genius who could read people’s minds in the corporate world was like an undeveloped child when it came to matters of the heart!

When Louisa left his place, her steps felt lighter. Who would have thought it was all a misunderstanding?

Although Julian’s thoughts were hard to read, he could admit his mistakes and humble himself to apologize to an employee. That was pretty decent of him.

Her mood had improved significantly. Despite the time she’d spent with him that evening, she’d be able to sleep well without harboring any resentment.

She slept beautifully that night.

The next day, she arrived at the company early. Now that all the challenges with the ‘Oakridge Commons‘ project had been resolved, progress was smooth.

When Alan’s interior design was revealed, while it might not have been groundbreaking, it aligned perfectly with her sales philosophy and matched her vision of what a ‘home‘ should be–beautiful, cozy, and filled with the warmth of everyday life.

She quickly showed it to Julian, who had no objections. So without further discussion, they began production.

Alan supervised the on–site renovations while Louisa prepared for the next phase: promotion.

Marlee briefed Louisa on the previous promotional systems.

Louisa remained silent, her expression troubled. The Oakridge Commons‘ project had become the number one challenge for both the Investment and Sales departments in recent months.

Previous managers had already exhausted all available funds in an attempt to accelerate sales, with no results to show for it.

Now, with the completely new interior design, the budget overage had been covered using Julian’s card that Louisa had access to.

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If they spent more on promotions now, the project’s profit margin would shrink even further. That approach made no sense.

“Why not ask Mr. Tudor for his input?‘ Marlee suggested.

Louisa immediately rejected the idea, “Absolutely not. Going to him for everything would be overstepping. What would be the point of having employees like

us then?

“What about using Tudor Group’s own promotional resources?” Marlee asked. “But that has a budget too, and requires approval from various departments. Forget other departments–Ms. Hughes alone wouldn’t approve it for us.

“We didn’t inform her when we hired outside help before, and now that things have reached this point, she knows everything. She’s probably looking for ways to make things difficult for you right now.”

“Ignore her,” Louisa said. “You can go now. I’ll think about other possibilities.”

“Yes, ma’am!” Marlee left.

Meanwhile, Teresa had indeed learned about Louisa’s recent actions.

As the Investment Director, she felt that Louisa, a mere team leader, was bypassing her authority on every matter–wasn’t that clearly disrespectful? She couldn’t swallow this insult.

She went directly to the 36th floor to confront Julian, who had just finished several international meetings and returned to his office.

He was discussing his upcoming schedule with Teddy when Teresa knocked on the door, barely containing her anger, and entered.

She got straight to the point, “Mr. Tudor, did you give Louisa special permission to reconstruct ‘Oakridge Commons without prior approval? By doing this and telling me nothing, where does that leave me as Investment Director?”

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