Chapter 174: The Weird Nervousness


    What is in his mind now is only the scene that ine was smiling happily in Emmett’s arms just now.


    And his major concern is still Emmett’s hand on ine’s waist!


    Oliver suddenly stands up making a loud sound, which startles all the attendants. They all look over at


    this young, handsome director following the sound.


    “Sorry, I have to leave now. You guys please continue the meeting.”


    Oliver says hurriedly and then rushes towards outside.


    He stops at a ce with great venttion and pants heavily.


    He’s at a loss with a heavy heart and so restless and confused.


    He wants to cry.


    He used to be a yboy, but falling in love with ine has brought her sufferings and causes him to


    have the urge to cry.


    It turns out that when you’re truly into a girl, you would feel your heart aching so much if being rejected.


    …


    ine and Hazel walk hand in hand and arrive at the small, unimpressive café.


    “Hazel, I don’t dare to step in. Why is my hard beating so fast? I’m afraid that I would faint before


    meeting Mark. I’m so nervous!”


    ine wrinkles her face and grabs Hazel’s hand tightly, hesitating about whether to go in or not at the


    door of the café.


    “Useless! How can you woo Mark with such a pluck?”


    Hazel swings her hair and tries to frighten ine, “ine, if you don’t go in now, then don’t cry if Mark


    bes my boyfriend one day.”


    “How can you chase after your friend’s crush? Oh my, wicked girl, you are even nning to get my


    dear senior!”


    ine pulls Hazel into the café with her chest out.


    As ine steps into the café rashly, she’s walking fast without even lifting up her head. Therefore, she


    almost bumps into a person when she walks in.


    Luckily, Hazel grabs her in time and she hasn’t bumped onto that person’s chest.


    “Haha, what a coincidence! I wasing out to wee you, and you walked in.”


    A man’s gentle voice rumbles over ine’s head.


    ine freezes at the spot.


    She doesn’t lift her head. She feels her body softening up when hearing his soft voice.


    Oh, it’s her dear senior!


    “Mark, were you missing us two so much that you even went out to wee us?”


    Hazel is always a joker. She chuckles and teases Mark.


    Mark blushes all over his face, feeling a bit shy. He quickly nces at ine and awkwardly reaches


    out his hand to lead the way, “Come, seat yourself.”


    ine finally lifts up her head and bites her lower lip while stealing a nce at Mark’s back with


    sweatiness written all over on her face.


    “Hey, ine, Mark nced at you just now.” Hazel whispers into ine’s ear.


    ine res at Hazel and replies in a low voice, “Keep your voice down. It would be so embarrassing


    if he hears it.”


    The three of them seat themselves. ine looks at Mark with excitement in her chest, feeling she’s still


    in a beautiful dream.


    Geez! She has had a crush on Mark since senior high school, and this was the first time that Mark had


    treated her coffee!


    They hadn’t talked too much before!


    Their conversation could be summarized as below:


    “Senior, is this yours? It fell down.”


    “Oh, thank you.”


    “You’re wee.”


    “Goodbye.”


    …


    ine pinches her palm, trying to remind herself with such a sharp pain, that this’s not a dream, but


    reality!


    Just as she’s about to say something, her phone rings. The ringtone is a popr Korean song.


    ine doesn’t realize that it’s the ringtone of her phone.


    She thinks it’s a piece of light music yed by the café.


    Hazel and Mark shift their gazes onto her. Hazel nudges her and reminds, “ine, you phone is


    ringing. Answer the call!”


    “Oh, my phone? Mine?” ine is stunned. She rummages through her back before finally find the


    vibrating phone.


    Cold sweats fall down her cheeks.


    It turns out that it’s her phone ringing. She hasn’t get ustomed to the ringtone of her new phone yet.


    ine takes out her phone to answer the call.


    “Hello, who’s it?”


    “What do you think?” Emmett’s calm voice rumbles from the other end of the phone.


    “Oh, oh, it’s you. President Smith.” ine is a bit nervous at the moment.


    As for the exact reason for why she would feel nervous upon hearing Emmett’s words, she herself also


    has no idea.


    It’s the nervousness that one would feel when she’s dating the other man behind her husband’s back…


    Emmett just finished a multinational talk. He takes the tea handed by his secretary Sophia and nods at


    her. Of course Sophia understands what he means immediately. She hastily and quietly leaves the


    lounge and closes the door. Emmett takes a breath and asks, “ine dear, where’re you now?”


    ine rolls her eyes nervously and stammers, “I… I’m hanging out with Hazel. What’s the matter?”


    Emmett slightly frowns.


    This simple-minded girl is trying to tell a lie?


    He has gotten the information from his subordinates, that she’s meeting her senior in a café which is


    located on the corner of the street near her home.


    But she doesn’t dare to admit it!


    Emmett is not annoyed, instead, he feels somehow delighted.


    So, is this girl afraid of this being found out by him?


    This means she subconsciously regards herself as his woman.


    “Nothing, I just want to hear your voice so as to relieve the fatigue after the long meeting.” Emmett says


    tly while taking a sip of the tea.


    ine wrinkles her face.


    Are you kidding? Howes Bad-bear Smith, a person who’s even busier than the machines in


    factories, have time to think of her?


    But… His words ‘hear your voice’ make her heartbeat faster.


    “Oh, take a good rest. Don’t get yourself too tired.” ine’s heart softens at the moment and she blurts


    out the sentence.


    Emmett can’t help but smile brightly and handsomely, “Heh, heh, heh, all right. It’s up to you. If I have


    time in the evening, I’lle to the alley to visit you.”


    “Ah, what?” ine is astonished and inhales a cold breath with her eyes widened.


    “That’s it. I’ll call youtter.” Emmett hangs up the phone and takes a sip of the tea. Sophia knocks at


    the door and pops her head out from behind the door while reminding Emmett in a low voice,


    “President Smith, the halftime is over and the meeting is going to resume.”


    “Okay, let’s go.” Emmett puts the phone into his pocket, stands up, and then walks towards the door.


    To be honest, he’s really busy and tired today as he has so many affairs to deal with. Plus that he didn’t


    come to thepany in the morning, he thinks he has to work overtime until the dinner time.


    Inexplicably, he called ine just now. It was subconscious action. There was no reason behind this,


    other than he wanted to hear her voice.


    ine and her senior… Emmett, who is sitting in the meeting room, can’t help but distract upon


    thinking of this.


    He subconsciously furrows his eyebrows.


    His senior will not be a threat to their rtionship.


    ine hangs up the phone and finds that both Hazel and Mark are looking at her with astonishment


    written all over their faces.


    “Why… Why are you looking at me in this way? Is there something on my face?” ine feels


    something must have been wrong.


    She blinks her crystal, big eyes, looking adorable.


    Mark chuckles, “Nothing. Heh, heh, it’s just that… ine, do you have a boyfriend?”


    “What?” Startled, ine gapes, “Boyfriend? What are you talking about?”


    Mark bits his lower lip, “Is the one who called you just now your boyfriend?”


    “He? Hahaha, no, he’s my boss. He’s not my boyfriend.”


    ine smiles and waves her hands in an exaggerated manner and screams in her heart, “Oh my,


    senior, please, don’t doubt me!”


    Emmett… and her rtionship… It’s a kind of rtionship that will be med by the public once being


    exposed.


    It’s not a kosher rtionship. She can’t tell it to others or expose it!


    A secretary and her boss… Geez! She’s really the kind of women who sleeps with her own boss.


    Hazel also feels award and anxious for ine. She tries to exin, “Yeah. I haven’t seen him too. He’s


    ine’s employer and he’s good.”


    “ine, is your phone newly bought? It’s expensive.”


    Mark has always been circumspective. Just now, when he took a nce at ine’s phone, he had


    found out that this was of a limited edition. If there wasn’t a discount, it should be bought at a price of


    more than 10,000 yuan.


    He knows something about ine’s family. Her father is a bus driver and has to raise two daughters


    and pay their tuition fees with his low wage. Therefore, he won’t have spare cash.


    Mark’s question is also something that Hazel wants to ask. So Hazel chimes in hastily, “Yep, your


    phone is really ssy. Who bought it for you?”


    As soon as the words are uttered, Hazel realizes it’s so inappropriate to ask such a question and


    hastily covers her mouth with her hands.


    ine gapes with her eyes widened.


    She nces at her ssy phone and feels a loss of words. She’s not a good liar after all, plus that


    Mark, whom she has had a crush on for a long time, is sitting across her, she stammers even more,


    “I… I… I… My boss idently broke my phone… And shepensated me whit this… I… I… have no


    idea of its price…”


    The back of her neck breaks out in cold sweats.


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    Mark feels a bit relieved. After all, he’s quite clear about ine’s quality. She’s really pure and innocent.


    He nods and curls his lips into a light smile, “Oh, that’s the case. Your boss is really generous.”


    Hazel immediately chimes in, “Yeah, yep, her boss is really generous. And pompous. Heh, heh, it’s


    quite understandable. Rich people rarely care about this.”


    ine puckers up her lips secretly.


    Look at how Hazel described Emmett. Is Emmett a silly, generous rich?


    Luckily, this topic ends with such a lie.