The Unexpected Marriage novel Chapter 37

"Joan, don't you think I was too cruel?"

It sounded like a common sentence, but in his eyes, it meant a lot.

There was expectation, even trepidation in his eyes.

"Of course not." She replied: "What you do is the most common thing in the business world. When my father was alive, he also told me that mercy to your opponents is cruelty to yourself. That's all. It's normal means. There's nothing to feel bad about."

"You know what I mean," said Darren with a serious look.

Do you think I'm a horrible person when I deal with Scott like this?

As the food became less, the straw on which Tabitha was holding was left with teeth marks.

Both of them were pure and had a subtle spiritual sense.

It seemed that the burden on Joan's work had been piled up overnight. Selina had skimmed through the piles of copies of various companies. At last, she had to work for at least a month before she could finish them.

She had no complaint. Exhaustion was better than wasting time. She had experienced much more hardship in prison than this. The box cover job in the daytime and the labor at night were hard. This was merely mental work. She didn't suffer at all.

However, Darren Lu didn't want to make her tired at all. When he saw Joan busy working, he made some adjustment. Selina Zhang gave her a new worktable in the afternoon. Although it was full, it was divided by breaks.

"Mr. Lu, you don't have to take care of me. I'm not tired at all. When I was in prison..."

"Don't say anything more about that. I don't want to know." Darren commanded sternly.

His anger made Joan feel warm. Was it because the room was too warm? She felt like walking on air.

"Remember your identity. You are in the Lu Company and your are the chief designer here. You are still my girlfriend in front of other people. You'd better forget all the dark past. There is no such thing in your world in the future!"

He waved his hand and said, "Go ahead with your work. Remember what I said."

He was protecting her from physical or mental trauma in his own way.

It was quiet in Gu family's flat. The sound of playing mahjong upstairs didn't decrease at all, but Celia's voice was less noisy downstairs.