Chapter 22: Chapter 22

“The government does not pay attention to many provinces, as a result of which people have lost their education and continue to live as they have. They had the idea that if you’re born poor, you’ll die poor. What can we do to keep this from happening?“ As I slid the projector, I glanced at them one by one. Now I’m going to show them the “project” that Adonis and I worked on in Guangdong province. They focus on me, and the attention appears to be interesting.

Cole glanced at me as he drew the pen across his lips. On the following slide on the projector, I’ll erase the grins on his lips. I didn’t make a mistake when I moved it, since he read the words highlighted on the screen. He get up and then darkly gazed at me. “Eco-Fri Construction aids the young, attractive woman who has sympathy for individuals who need support.” Okay, Cole, just vent your resentment. Possessiveness will drag you down.

“When I went to Guandong province to visit a friend who requested me to take action on the problem in their area, I saw the lack of facilities there. Neither Hospital nor a small center does not exist. So I decided to give them some help.” I moved the projector to show the information on the wall again. “I asked for the help of Eco-Fri Construction to take action on the problem in Guandong province. I am so thankful that they did not hesitate to provide help. While my post on Facebook is to have volunteers who are willing to teach children who want to have a dream. I am very grateful that so many have given help.”

I showed the last slide and listed there the names of the provinces that the government is not paying attention to. “These are the provinces that I want to be given help with in the next project I will do.”

After turning off the laptop and projector, I concentrated on them. As I gave the words Adonis uttered to me, I heaved a sigh of relief. Cole’s blazing eyes were fixed on me. When he stares at me, he gets a strange expression on his face. He looked enamored with me only because I mentioned another firm instead of asking for his assistance.

Business CEOs expressed their willingness to assist. Since the provinces that have been left behind will have a significant budget to use, it is not a joke. It’s conscientious of me to take advantage of their predicament for my interests, but thankfully, that was of great assistance to them. They won’t be groping in the dark, wondering why the life they love is so tough. The persons with whom I was conversing had left the conference. I accepted since they stated they would just send me an email. Mark, hopefully, is finished with what he’s doing.

I looked at the time in my hand and saw that I had also consumed two hours of talking to them. When I was about to pick up my bag, a man grabbed my arm. I no longer wonder who this violent man is. I raised an eyebrow at him, pretending to be hurt, so he immediately loosened his grip on me. With just these gestures, you will know immediately that someone is obsessed with you. I pushed him to go straight outside and suddenly he pulled me back. Why do men tend to pull? Did they think it didn’t hurt?

“What is your problem?” I grabbed the part where he was holding and squeezed it to make it more convincing that I was hurting with each hold he does. I act like this, not because I’m angry. I act like this because Adonis didn’t tell me what I would do next after I explained in my meetings what to talk about.

“Why didn’t you ask me for help?” His gaze was sharp and his every word was emphatic. I want to run to Adonis today and hug him because our plan was successful! I want to jump for joy. I took a deep breath, then pretended. What was the last thing we talked about? During my long time in the province, I forgot. He didn’t even message me, so Adonis and I didn’t have an update on him.

Ah! I remember that was the one at the restaurant! We didn’t open the topic about his grandmother because we were quite arguing about the Everdeen’s. This is the chance for me to know everything about him. I have already joined his company. All I need to do is gain his trust.

“You are busy so I thought I couldn’t talk to you.” I looked at him as if sad because he had been busy. Disgusting! No matter what else you do all year in your life, I don’t care about you! If only you could bury yourself in the ground while feeding on red ants, I would have done it! The only thing you show is your face, yet I’m already so disgusted with you. What if you show your true nature! Just showing my soft side to him is like I want to nauseate.

He wrapped his hand around my waist. I heavily breathe. I’m starting to get weak again because I’m so anxious. He should not act like this lightly! The way he holds me, they would think he knew me very well. I’ll stab you, Cole! Remember that!

“When you are the person asking, I won’t be busy.” My hair stood on end as he pressed his mouth to my ear and whispered. No matter how fragrant his mouth was, I would never let him come near me. I pushed him hard, so we were both surprised. His eyes widened as I laughed awkwardly as I recovered from what I had done to him.

“S-sorry. I’m just not used to someone whispering in my ear.” Despite the difficulty, I tried to calm myself down to give him a secure smile that he should have nothing to worry about what I did. When the chip rang in my ear, his phone also rang. Fortunately, the ear where he whispered earlier was not the ear with the chip. That’s where I’m likely to get bogged down because I don’t know what to say, just in case. I just watched him answer the call on his phone while I, in turn, answered Mark’s call to me.

“Miss Luna, you can come out. Sir Adonis has done what he asked me to do.” Even though Cole was still talking on the phone, I left immediately. Mark was immediately waiting for me on my way so that we would not be suspected. I quickly pressed the number button onto the ground floor where we parked the vehicle. When that sounded, I was able to breathe easily. I looked at Mark, whose expression hadn’t even changed and was still straightforward.

“What did you do inside?” As we walked, I asked him. I want to know why I have to do another two hours of talking there just for Mark to do that. I don’t know what. When he was about to open the door for me, he frowned.

“I’m sorry, Miss Luna, but that can’t be said here. I am pleased to tell you when we get to Sir Adonis’ mansion.” After he said that, I got into the car. Because it was only noon, it was just lunchtime when I finished what I was doing in Cole’s meeting room.

I’m sure Adonis isn’t home yet. When I entered the house, I saw the noisy servants again. Now they were accompanied by a woman. The woman turned her back on me, but her complexion was clear. When I returned to the province, the helpers were gone again, so I just assumed that they were on vacation again.

When the woman turned to me, she directly became intense, and I felt that ...

She is not an amiable woman.