When it was finally time to rest, Armond called me. “Sienna, the representative of the third party is here. Come to the hotel tonight for dinner and to meet up with them.”
I was planning to rest at the hotel. However, since I was the person in charge of the project this time, I had to make an appearance.
With that in mind, I replied, “Alright. Tell me the room number, and I’ll head there once I finish up the work at the base.”
The man hummed a reply and hung up.
Handling the work alone was a taxing task, and I was exhausted when it was time to get off work. Right at that moment, my phone was buzzing in my bag incessantly.
I left the base and checked my phone. To my surprise, I actually received over ten notifications.
They weren’t messages, but in fact, bank transfer notifications from Anthony. Numbers were all over the conversation page without a single text message.
I pursed my lips and chose not to bother. The money would be returned after twenty-four hours if I didn’t accept the transaction, so I would let the system do its work.
After that, I decided to ride Leedon’s car back to the hotel. Yet, my plans got interrupted when Anthony showed up at the entrance of the base in a black suit with a bouquet in his hand.
How romantic! Bringing flowers to ask for forgiveness.
I ignored him and turned to Leedon when he was exiting the base. “Leedon, can you take me to the hotel?”
The latter saw Anthony and chuckled. “Are you guys fighting?”
“Is it okay?” I felt awkward and forced a grin while the man smiled faintly. “Yeah.”
Soon after, I followed him to his car. Anthony immediately blocked my path and handed the flowers to me. “I’m here to fetch you off work.”
I didn’t take it over and said indifferently, “Thanks, but no thanks. I’ll hitch a ride with Leedon. There’s no need to trouble you, Mr. Featherstone.”
With that, I stepped aside and walked past him while he followed behind me, sounding helpless. “I’m sorry for what happened today. Let’s go back to the hotel and settle this. I’m willing to accept any sort of punishment.”
I halted in my tracks and glanced at him. “Okay.” Then, I took the flowers and looked at him. “That’s enough. Go back.”
The man was at a loss for words, as he didn’t expect me to receive the flowers. Seeing how he was rooted to his spot, I got into Leedon’s car with no hesitation.
Leedon started the car engine and looked at Anthony before turning to me. “My wife always throws a fit at me, but after giving her gifts and flowers as an apology, she would forgive me and prepare food that I like to eat.”
He was grinning widely when he spoke of his wife. Thus, I couldn’t help but say, “Your wife must’ve been living a blissful life.”
Looking at me, he replied, “Aren’t you too? Mr. Featherstone is willing to humble himself and come fetch you off work. He didn’t get mad even when you left him there.”
I smiled. “He did something wrong.”
The man replied, “That’s how couples interact when living together. My wife always got mad at me back then. She even got jealous when I didn’t greet her the first thing I went home. I didn’t know what to do when she threw tantrums. However, now that we’re getting older, her temper has improved. If I’m away from her for long, she will be so anxious that she is on the verge of crying.”
At that, I unlocked my phone and received the money Anthony transferred before sending him an emoticon.
Instantly, the latter texted: What would you like to eat tonight? I’ll make the orders first.
I replied to his message: I’ll have to meet up with the third party tonight. Let’s eat another day.
The man replied: I’ll wait for you at the hotel. Reading his reply, I knitted my brows and didn’t give a response.
When we reached the hotel, Anthony looked charming yet poised as he stood in the hotel lobby in his black suit.
Anthony came towards me and looked at me with a smile on his face. “What would you like to eat?”
I couldn’t help but frown at his question. “I have an appointment.”
Nonetheless, he smiled and explained, “It’s for dinner. After all, I’m one of the collaborators, so we’ll be having our meals together as well.”
Oh, that’s right!
I almost forgot that the project at Lavelian Village belonged to the Featherstone Corporation. To cover up my embarrassment, I shrugged and went into the hotel without saying anything back to him.
Checking the room number Armond sent me, I searched for the private room while Anthony followed behind me quietly.
When we entered the private room, Armond, Joseph, Rachel, and a few other people involved were seated at the table.
When Armond saw me, he gestured at me to sit down. But as soon as they saw Anthony trailing in behind me, they were stunned. Meanwhile, Joseph and Rachel immediately got up and greeted, “Mr. Featherstone.”
Anthony waved his hand at them, motioning them to sit down before smiling. “Don’t mind me. I’m only here to accompany my family.”
Joseph sat down in his seat and scratched his nose mindlessly. It was obvious that he was feeling awkward.
However, the one involved was completely unbothered and sat down beside me. “What would you like to eat?”
I glanced sideways at him while furrowing my brows. “Anthony, aren’t you busy?”
For someone his status, he didn’t have to meet up with the third party. Setting that aside, he should behave more like the president of the company now that he had attended.
“Yeah.” He nodded and added, “My mission today is to make you happy.”
Upon hearing his reply, I heaved a helpless sigh and was reluctant to talk to him.
Seeing this, Armond started a conversation with Anthony. “I’ve heard that the representative of the third party is their president. Mr. Featherstone’s so well-informed.”
Unexpectedly, Anthony poured a glass of water for me and chuckled. “Not really. I’m really here to accompany my wife.”
I…
A beautiful piano melody filled the silent room, and it turned out to be Anthony’s ringing tone. He answered the call and said, “I’m eating at the hotel. Are you coming?”
Listening to the voice from the other end of the phone, I figured it was Joe. This reminded me of what Anthony said before – Joe would reach Lavelian Village tonight. So that’s why Rylee wasn’t with Anthony.
Anthony said, “Alright. I’ll send you the address.”
Then, he hung up and sent him the location of the private room.
Armond froze for a while and asked in confusion. “Mr. Featherstone, is your friend coming?
Anthony nodded. “Yeah. Joe is coming here from K City. Mr. Murphy, you don’t mind it, do you?”
Armond smiled and replied, “Of course not. We welcome Mr. Quinn here.”
A few minutes later, three rhythmic knocks on the door could be heard.
Joseph stood up and opened the door. As expected, it was Joe and Rylee. After exchanging pleasantries with Armond, they sat down at the table.
Almost everyone was here, but the representative of the third party wasn’t here yet, and Anthony didn’t intend to wait any longer. He then called out to the waiter and ordered the dishes.
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