Averie felt some regret.
She was only coming to see Elyette, so why did she go through the trouble of specially changing her outfit?
They had just met the day before, and it was not like they could not see each other every day.
What would people think of her showing up at his workplace dressed up like this?
“I…” Averie wanted to explain herself.
“It’s hot out here, Miss Tate. Let’s hurry inside! Mr. Foster has been waiting for you.”
Chad led the way with a grin.
Averie followed his lead straight to the company president’s office on the top floor of the building.
“Go on in! I’ll leave you two to it.” Chad led Averie right to Elyette’s office doors, then cleverly dismissed himself.
Averie knocked on the door, then pushed it open.
When her eyes met with Elyette’s, sparks flew as different types of shock appeared on each of their faces.
Averie saw Elyette sitting on the couch, and he was peeling grapes.
The plate on the table in front of him was piled up with peeled grapes.
He stared at her in surprise as his Adam’s apple bobbed in his throat.
“Aren’t you cold dressed like that?”
Averie forced herself to come up with an excuse and said, “Pregnant women get hot easily.”
Elyette wiped his hands down with a wet napkin, then walked over to her and led her into the room.
“I remember you liked grapes, so I peeled some for you,” he said as he sat her down on the couch.
The air was filled with an alluring mixture of his cologne and the fragrance of the grapes.
Averie uneasily picked up a grape and popped it into her mouth.
“How is it?” Elyette’s deep set eyes ogled at her demure face in anticipation.
His gaze made Averie blush, and a sudden surge of courage rose inside her.
She reached up to wrap her hand around the back of his neck, and planted her red lips on his cold, thin lips…
Half an hour later, the vice president of Sterling Group burst into Ben’s office.
“I’ve looked everywhere for you, Chad. I knew you’d be here!”
The vice president slumped down next to Chad.
Noticing the vice president dripping in sweat, Chad asked, “What happened? You’re making me think the company’s in some kind of trouble.”
The vice president poured himself a glass of water, then said, “Did the two of you know that Averie Tate was here? Why didn’t you tell me?” He drank the entire glass of water in one gulp.” Let me tell me, when I went to Mr. Foster’s office just now… Ah! Just the thought of it makes me want to bury myself in a hole! What the hell was that? I have a feeling I’m about to get fired.”
Ben and Chad were shocked.
“Don’t tell me they were…” Ben began to say, but did not finish the rest of his sentence.
The vice president nodded furiously and said, “The worst thing about it was that I wasn’t the only one who saw it. I was with a whole team of people… All of them saw it, too… Honestly, I might as well just pack up my things and leave…”
He buried his face in his hands in agony.
Everyone knew that the president of Sterling Group, Elyette Foster kept his distance from87
women.
He had never brought a woman to the company before, let alone do anything with a woman in his own office.
However, everything changed today!
Never in his dreams did the vice president think that he would walk into something like this.
Elyette cared very much about his privacy, and was probably pondering on how to make him disappear into thin air.
Ben and Chad gazed at the vice president with sympathetic eyes. They wanted to share their opinions, but ended up unintentionally bursting into laughter instead.
“Stop laughing! I’m devastated right now! You shouldn’t kick a man while he’s down!” The vice president said dejectedly as he checked his phone to see if he had received any new calls or messages.
He had a feeling that Elyette was not going to go easy on him.
“Don’t be so pessimistic. I think you’ll be fine.” Ben took a sip of water to calm himself down.” If I were you, I’d go back to his office half an hour later and congratulate him.”
“Mr. Foster won’t be mad,” Chad said. “He’s in a good mood today. Even if you made a big mistake, he might be able to forgive you.”
“Are you sure?” mumbled the vice president. “When he noticed that I’d walked in earlier, his expression was really stern! He was furious!”
“Ahem… At the time… What were they doing?”
“Let me think… When I walked in, all I saw was something white… Oh, I think that was Miss Tate’s back…” The vice president tried his best to recall what he saw, then took a sharp breath and said, “Miss Tate was on top…”
Ben looked like he had choked on something.
“I can’t help you there.” He shook his head, then said, “I honestly didn’t expect that that was what you saw.”
Chad was also mortified. He could barely wrap his head around things.
“Since neither of you can help me, then I’ll just go and face my doom!”
The vice president stood up in misery and planned to go and beg Elyette for forgiveness.
“Hey! You should go later! What if they’re not done yet?” Ben said as he held him back
“Huh?” The vice president looked perplexed as he said, “How could they continue after I walked in on them? No way. Miss Tate actually screamed!”
Ben released his grip on him.
It was over!
“I suggest you beg for forgiveness from Averie Tate,” he said.
“That’s right,” Chad agreed. “As long as she forgives you, Mr. Foster would, too.” “Okay! I’ll go find Miss Tate right now!”
The vice president clenched his fists and walked out of the room.
The doors to the president’s office were wide open.
The vice president pretended to walk by and “accidentally” peeped into the room.
All he saw was Elyette working away behind his desk with a serious expression on his face.
There was no trace of Averie in the office.
“No way,” the vice president thought to himself. “Did Averie Tate leave?”
He took a deep breath, then knocked on the open door to Elyette’s office.
Elyette looked up, saw who it was, then immediately said, “Come in and shut the door.”
The vice president was terrified!
Elyette’s tone was no different than usual, but there was something scary about the way he said the words “come in and shut the door”.
The vice president timidly walked into the door and closed the door behind him.
“Where’s Miss Tate, Sir?”
Elyette pushed the file he was working on aside, then said coldly, “Do you need to talk to her about something?” He paused, then continued ominously, “You scared her off.”
The vice president’s back broke into a cold sweat.
“I’m so sorry, Sir! I’ll go and apologize to Miss Tate right away!”
Elyette’s brows furrowed tightly as he asked, “Don’t you think you’ve embarrassed her enough?
The vice president humbly hung his head. His face said, “Do what you want with me.”
“I don’t want a word of this going out!” Elyette snapped.
The vice president nodded furiously and said, “Don’t worry! I won’t say a word!”
“I’ve still got some work to do. Bring the others to come see me in thirty minutes.” Elyette’s tone returned to its usual calm.
The vice president let out an internal sigh of relief.
“It looks like the boss really is in a great mood today!” he thought.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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