Romance with the Bossy CEO

ore our engagement, and I was frantic, se

elite heir of a wealthy family and h

troom, I shook off the people around me and followed him, only

" I said stubbornly, asserting th

lashes, a hint of gloom i

your

, are yo

tense and awkward silenc

and what hurt more w

bout making any noise that might arouse

ing, I'll

replied, his voice lo

e his hand from my lips. He glanced at the red on his ha

I would deliberately ma

, lean back, trying to

dn't

ious, raising his long eyebrows an

wou

mouth, deliberately ignoring the pa

tics," Preston glanced at me, his lo

lity, his back telling me cl

or a long time before

door open, I b

. Lambert d

t women, raised an eyebrow and smirked

e legitimate heir was found, and I had intended to see Rhet

eone when they were d

rmanent enemies

him win Tatiana's heart, and replace

looked up at him with a natu

my nature well. He closed the restroom door

help me reconcile with him, and I'll help you win over Tatiana,

. "Oh, I remember now. The little canary you were

n has such

re dripping

d, brushing off imagina

ped me. "But I don't like Tatian

le who pushe

is collar with a hint of an

the Marsh Fam

the Morrison Fa

tempered individuals who would turn h

es with a mocking smile. "Jennifer, get it st

the pain. "It's cooperation. I asked you to cons

in the future. You're so young, always

hed my cheek, and walked into a

g men use the restroom, so I

r of the hall, I couldn't help

like a per

wine glasses lined my table. Even

d over to Preston and looked up

've had too much to drink, please wait a mome

you to t

I found another reason. "I have somethi

esitated, then bent down to gently explain some

dn't h

t, there w

had eyes for

ept in, and I couldn

t's

passed by me, but hi

heels. Though they looked elega

idn't care, heading straight for h

ed his seatbelt, Preston hit the gas, and we drove in s

s gate that he turned off the engin

ea

u these past two years, a

a long time, then s

damage was a

eriously enough back then, but I

d my seatbelt, leaned over, half-kneeling on his la

or a moment, then abr

he pain intense, but what h

like a madwoman," P

but my eyes were red, my hair disheveled from the

ng at him with determination and si

hurt me more th

ook out the window, even tak

but his silence was more

imagine he was just angry with me; s

known from a young age that I was the heir to t

never

ears wouldn't

I was a jerk back then. I wronged you. I ca

ng Preston back to reality. His voice was h

t o

w how persiste

persistence and determination back t

the car, he started th

ow distant and dim, my hea

even if it's someone's

ssures, was a lady of leisure

in City A, the Sky City Pavil

y had time to breathe. I wanted to toss the delicate white

uple rings symbolizin

ho reunited with his first love after

really manag

ll my documents, accepted the invitation, and c

cozy, replied lazily, "W

till on a business trip to

in over Tatiana. Are you

d, clearly u

c

nerous. Send me the loc

articularly gentlemanly, eve

bowed polit

d my eyes, ignoring the person beside me who

you really do

e not too ba

nd changed the subject. "Why are you so det

rs, just a bunch of people from

g it out of the goo

o

st, I'm no

are and valuable piece of jewelry,

on it as a gif

you get extravagant,

ar stopped at the entrance of Sky City that

standing beside Tatiana, listening t

mfort and sat in the

rms of family background, you're the only daughter of the Lambert Family;

here you lose com

il the end, the outcome is undecide

n't say anything nice:

demeanor, that repulsive ch

augh, not taking h

I symbolically raised

ck, bid on anything he like

down a bit. When the price reached eighty

I thought I could secure Memory,

ss the room, lookin

ng it to me, so Mem

d only get t

ton stopped, and I secured Memory at a price far beyond my

e who set me u

but since he wasn't giving it to

tting below and smiled gently. "Since Mr. Morrison likes M

rupted in a

ay the two hundred and sevent

rmurs and speculation

paired with Tatiana's far to

ss, Miss Lambert. You shou

it," Preston replied, politely decli

at me before leaving the exhibition c

underground parking lot, where I happened to block the path of a M

e window, and looked at me as I approached th

was a b

got in, handing him the men's

t it, let alone take it. "St

and his first love reunited after thirty years. W

into his hand. "If you don't

d for a moment, then opened the windo

topped for

hundred and seventy million but also something else-

ty was false and vain, a distort

my voice already hoarse. "It's o

you. I'm just too tired to get enta

my chin, preventing me from lo

rs-are they worth anyt

, yet his gaze held no mockery. Perhaps

resilience, or rather, my t

meet his gaze any longer, and

again. Even after I left Sky City, Preston di

I dropped the glass I was holding, postponed the

rrison Family and Tatiana wer

es, his face pale-a delicate a

rison," I greeted Prest

the news so quickly, let alone rush

ded had long circulated in the circle, especially after sh

ed to befri

Thank you for coming, Jennifer. Preston

ders left the room, l

when competing with me for proje

nd, quietly watching Tatiana pe

too glarin

ted Tatiana. If I didn't use some drastic

ould we have a

ston, who hadn't looked at me dir

nni

ok made my heart burn wi

ing for Tatiana to get

out my phone and showed her a photo o

moment to find her voice. "But from the lo

en up, just had

will compete fairly, each r

d up at me, h

no such thing as fa

wealthy families, there's only one

ny children, but the La

stand on equal footing with me

aps my uncle in Bostrecor cou

spoke, Tatiana's fac

she was naive

mily and the Morrison Family are on good terms. Although Rhett is adopt

ting along with

among the wealthy, why not choose so

put it this way, I naturally won't make things difficult for

problem was solved, whether Rhett was a

wouldn't force her. It's just a pity for the m

Rhett sensibly following her, still t

d you sa

you u

the half-peeled apple Tatiana had left

handed him the peeled ap

od there,

t tired, I tossed the a

aten it if Tatian

sed his eye

could fit between us, and whispered, "Preston, you're being stubborn now. In this world, some people

an you cho

planted a kiss on h

m the hospital, I asked Rhett t

u think I'm your

elp, with that land in

ite Tatiana; you

cheming, aren't

ilent for a moment before I r

of your fiancé? When he comes back, have him explain t

't tha

m to kno

you say s

ke some mon

pathetic

de me

uments. Once Colby returned and explained

doesn't speak carelessly. Besides, our relationship has become

lly, I be

g it was to show off my figure, sugg

rior motives, partly because I wa

n used to be quit

on as I boarded the yacht, it s

open-air pool was and saw ever

d closer to Rhett, as if to distance hers

his brows furrowing involun

still

d, brighter than

ed to the side alone, picked up a g

eras, and feeling too relaxed, I let my guard down

ed into the sea

, probably unno

oment, I still

fter me, the last perso

urbulent beneath the surface, an

handsome man was sitt

, probably from not speaking

have a bad temper, respondin

e too

seemingly displeased with my skept

really

preparing myself before lower

but look up. He had clearly come to hi

d gi

ted my

explicabl

our marbles an

kno

ing he was i

ay in the hospital for one more day fo

Dad, what's

s my

e's

, and your mom abandoned us for anoth

to an old, shabby apartment in a rundown

t quite right now, so stay home o

to be tricked

e off his shoes, clea

my memory, but

tely, we'

e are you g

ood at the door

work, to earn

d smiled, his mischievous

he house, I kept a

ent situation, stranded in a foreign land

a few times wouldn

eals that were utterly unpalatable, which he never ate himsel

please someone wasn

iding a hint of concern. "Dad, you could buy some groceries every day. I have nothing t

t home is

ght, Jennifer is becoming sens

cooking, I managed t

ould have killed me, scol

very ski

fully, helping

day, I burne

stern face, to

d I would

ade something that lo

ely edible, but Rhett, being

ay, Rhett starte

e pretty quick at

mm

is impressive; the

iously every day from now o

, though my eye

Rhett's daily needs and moods, waiting o

gaze towards me g

g my foot. My face turned pale as I endured the pain and treated th

didn't see me waiting as usu

ad

my voice sound weak,

thing was wrong. He walked over to me, star

wrong, J

t away, pretending nothin

own, grabbed my ankle, and removed my shoe.

hid

t. "But you're already working so

shes. He was quite striki

voice unusually soft. "Let

aven't ea

n't st

at the hospital, Rhe

ediately if any

ly looked at him. "Aren't

nough to outsmar

sh. There are a thousand ways for you to

ghed nonc

g him running around for me at the hospital, I su

and returning late. Meanwhile, I figured ou

y, the eldest son of

n rivals, and in every enc

e in this middle of

tocks of Lambert Group, I co

had allowed him to recoup

eone pushed me into th

such a ki

hink I'm heartl

is daughter, reaching out to

we going b

mor

y. "Aren't you curious

police

family

my fiancé i

n't it my Morrison Family that r

a with me, so it was only right for

many people were at t

ecognize a

out one by one: my

ents, I felt a bit los

s said to be heartbroken instantly had tears in their

o home