Chapter 1119


    Ian hadn''t expected Judith to suddenly embrace him. He''d just been about to push her away when she


    let go, tilting her head back to talk to him.


    His mind was somewhat foggy, his fingertips still absent-mindedly touching the piece of fabric from


    before.


    After a while, he lowered his hand, hearing Judith ask, “Ian, do you want to grab dinner with me


    tonight?”


    Ian averted his gaze, an image of Maja shed in his mind, but he quickly discarded it.


    “Sure.”


    Judith''s gaze passed over him,nding on Maja in the distance, her expression full of challenge.


    “Sounds good. You can choose the restaurant. Just let me know where.”


    Maja knew Judith was just trying to provoke her, and it was working, she was genuinely irritated.


    She turned around, retreating back to the elevator.


    As the elevator doors closed, she leaned against the back wall, feeling exhausted.


    When she reached the lobby on the first floor, she ran into Jeff.


    Jeff was holding a bouquet of flowers, looking somewhat awkward when he saw her.


    “Ms. Pennyfeather.”


    Maja knew the flowers weren''t for her. They must be for Judith.


    She managed a small smile, nodding, and then walked away.


    Jeff held the flowers, unsure of what to say.


    When he reached the hospital floor, he gave the flowers to another woman in a different room, the wife


    of a close business associate. The flowers were actually from the associate, Jeff had just brought them


    along, not expecting to run into Maja.


    He went to Judith''s room, and when he saw Ian, he said, “I ran into Ms. Pennyfeather.”


    Ian thought he had run into her at the Raymond Corporation building, he just nodded, his face


    expressionless.


    “Jeff, find a good restaurant nearby.”


    “Are you taking Ms. Sanders out for dinner?”


    “Yes.”


    Ian''s lips were pressed into a thin line, his gazending on the piece of fabric from before.


    Jeff didn''t dare to question him, he immediately started looking for a restaurant.


    Ian returned to the Raymond Corporation to continue working, but he couldn''t seem to concentrate.


    After a while, he went to the Raymond Corporation''s surveince room, pulled up the footage of Maja


    entering the Raymond Corporation building.


    From the moment she entered the lobby, she was calm, not showing a hint of guilt, just like her.


    He lit a cigarette, even though the surveince video was only a few minutes long, he reyed it


    hundreds of times.


    When the surveince room staff returned, they were startled to see him, quickly closing the door and


    leaving.


    After Ian finished a cigarette, his eyes were a bit red. He just stared at the video, watching it over and


    over again.


    By the time he lit his fifth cigarette, he finally coughed a few times, waving away the smoke in front of


    him.


    Then he stood up and left the room.


    The surveince room staff was still standing in the corridor, not daring to disturb him.


    It wasn''t until they were sure he had left that they entered the room.


    The room was filled with the smell of smoke, there were several cigarette butts in the ashtray. No one


    was supposed to smoke in this room, but the staff didn''t dare to say anything.


    They just thought that the man they saw when they opened the door just now wasn''t the vibrant and


    energetic boss they knew.


    It was as if he''d been pulled down from his pedestal and brought back to reality.


    But even in his mncholy, Ian seemed unattainable.


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    The staff didn''t dare to tell anyone else about seeing the boss in the surveince room, and they


    recognized the woman on the screen as the designer who used to be around the boss.


    When chasing after love, these rich people sometimes seemed as foolish as ordinary people.


    The staff sighed, pouring the cigarette butts from the ashtray into the trash, and turned off the


    surveince feed.


    When Ian returned to his office, he stared nkly at the documents in front of him.


    The words on the documents seemed like distorted tadpoles, he couldn''t concentrate on them.


    When Jeff came in, he wanted to ask about Maja.


    “Ms. Pennyfeather, she...”


    Before he could finish his sentence, Ian picked up a file from the side, forcing himself to open it.


    “There''s a meetingter.”


    In other words, he didn''t want to discuss anything unrted to work.


    Jeff closed his mouth, sighing slightly.


    Ian workedte into the evening, receiving information about the restaurant on his phone.


    He personally went to pick up Judith, feeling somewhat dazed on the drive over, he even rear-ended


    the car in front of him.


    When the driver of the car got out, he realized it was Samuel.


    Samuel looked at him, raising an eyebrow.


    “Hey, Mr. Raymond.”


    Ian ignored him, instead dialing the insurancepany.


    Samuel wasn''t about to let this opportunity pass, he approached with a smug grin.


    “I heard you are nning to court Miss Sanders of the Sanders family. I envy you, Mr. Raymond. Even


    though you divorced your previous wife, you still have a backup. Unlike me, I only have eyes for one


    woman. Speaking of which, I heard she''s single now, I''m nning to pursue her. Wish me luck, Mr.


    Raymond.”