"Who is the 'loser' you're talking about?" just as Sylvie was about to say something more to Andrew's assistant, there came a gentle voice behind her.
The voice was familiar and charming.
As soon as she turned around, Sylvie saw Lucian standing behind her and was dumbfounded.
Wasn't he in Riverside City? Why was he suddenly here?
As if knowing what she was thinking, Lucien took a step forward and stood beside her, held her shoulder and asked patiently again, "I just heard you calling someone 'loser'. Who is it?"
His eyes were so beautiful that Sylvie felt she was about drown in them. Then she murmured, "I'm talking about someone who's so ordinary, yet so overly confident."
Hearing that, Lucien nodded, smiled, and looked at Andrew's assistant. "This word fits this mister very much."
Hearing this, Andrew's assistant was furious.
Lucien was implying that he was indeed a loser.
It was not until then that Sylvie came back to her senses. Feeling the warmth from Lucien's palm on her shoulder, she felt a bit uncomfortable, shrugged her shoulder and tried to break free from his arm around her shoulder. However, Lucien tightened his hand and exchanged a glance with her.
Sylvie understood at once Andrew's assistant was watching them. Since he was here for her now, it meant that he had acquiesced in their relationship as a couple, which meant it was normal that they should look intimate. Therefore, Sylvie relaxed.
She looked up at Lucien and asked, "Why are you here?"
Lucien said with a doting smile, "I heard you were bullied, of course I had to come check you up."
It was pretty obvious who he was referring to that were bullying Sylvie. Although Andrew was still at work, his assistant would convey every word Lucien had said to Andrew.
However, for Lucien, although he said these words on purpose for Andrew's assistant to hear, he meant every word he said. He did catch an early flight here because he knew that Sylvie was being bullied.
He had thought about it. Although he had told Andrew that he was in a relationship with Sylvie, Andrew might not believe it. So, Lucien decided to prove it with action by showing up here. Moreover, he wanted to see Sylvie.
They had just parted, but he had been missing her like crazy.
Andrew's assistant didn't say anything more and it happened that Andrew and Nina finished working. From a distance, Nina saw Lucien and a playful smile appeared on her face. As She walked over to them, she said to Andrew, who was beside her, "Poor Sylvie, she's been trying to keep her relationship with Lucien a secret, and now everyone knows it."
She was implying something. Nina knew that Andrew must think that Sylvie was a snob, so she said this on purpose to show him that if Sylvie was really the kind of person Andrew thought she was, she would have told everyone about it a long time ago.
Andrew's face changed and he replied, "She's really low-key."
Nina sighed and said, "I know. If she was high-profile as me, she wouldn't have been bullied in the first place."
After saying that, Nina quickened her pace and left while Andrew stood there, feeling embarrassed.
There people were really good, they didn't even need to use dirty words to humiliate someone.
Nina walked to Sylvie and Lucien and took a glance at Andrew's assistant. From the look on Andrew's assistant's livid face, she could tell that he had been taught a nice lesson just now.
She was delighted and greeted Lucien, "Mr. Fowler, what brings you here?"
Lucien had been famous in Riverside City as a businessman, the staff here had long noticed his appearance here and his holding Sylvie's shoulder.
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