In fact, when he heard Stephanie Ruan's response, a 'sweet and sour' feeling overwhelmed his heart.
Yes, he is very happy that she had taken the initiative to accompany him to the Zhong's Residence. This way, he has some company and would not be too lonely...
Yet at the same time, he knows about her hidden agenda and that she is not going there because of him...
"..."
After ending the short call with Grandma Zhong, Stephanie Ruan returned the phone to him. "I'll go take a shower first and we can leave the house after that."
Nodding his head in agreement, Javier Zhong replied, "Mmm okay, I'll wait for you."
Thankfully, he always prepares a set of personal care products with at least two sets of spare clothing in his car.
While she was still asleep in the early morning, Javier Zhong had already completed a full-body workout at the apartment's gym before washing up at Stephanie Ruan's place.
This is his usual daily morning
Pressured by the many 'honking' sounds from different cars, Stephanie Ruan kept tapping on his arm nervously, "Hey... what are you doing?? Stop joking around...""Just keep driving, can you??""Come on, Javier, please... this is really too embarrassing!""..."A few seconds have passed and Javier Zhong still sees that she is darting her eyes around in an anxious manner.Well, it is not his intention to 'bully' her with such an act, but she had been poking at the wrong spots repeatedly that it has begun to bother him so much!To be honest, nothing else matters more to him right now and he just could not wait to clear this big misunderstanding.However, a part of him is also hesitating if he should be telling her how he feels...I mean, talking to her about this would naturally mean that he is admitting to seeing what he shouldn't have.But it was also not like he had done it on purpose right??...And just when he had decided to speak to her briefly about the incident at her house, Javi
"!!..."The two women stared at each other for a very brief second before Stephanie Ruan heard a familiar voice that quickly came to her rescue! "Darling, you must have been mistaken! My bedroom is over here. That room is my father's."Javier Zhong called out to her from behind, at the exact same time that Victoria Zhong came face to face with Stephanie Ruan.The timing was perfect and the situation appeared to be purely coincidental that was leaving absolutely no room for doubts - at least to Victoria Zhong.Turning around to face Javier Zhong, Stephanie Ruan spoke in a sarcastic tone, "Oh, how forgetful am I!! I think the next time I should just follow you instead so I will not bump into people whom I'm not interested to see."Though she was speaking to him, anyone could tell that the words were directed at Victoria Zhong.Well, she has clearly not forgotten how Victoria Zhong had treated her when she first stepped into this house.With that, Stephanie Ruan casually walked over to
Well, what he said may have worked on other women but definitely not on Stephanie Ruan. She is no ordinary woman.He has to understand the simple rule that if he wants to win her heart, he first got to win her mind.And by the way, there is a reason why Stephanie Ruan is still single until now despite her endless number of suitors...She is not an easy target!But if Javier Zhong ever manages to get her over to his side, he can be assured that she would remain fiercely loyal to him and would be his strongest pillar of strength and support.The keyword here is 'if' he manages to. Right now, sadly, he could only dream about this....Still unconvinced by his words, Stephanie Ruan spoke to him coldly. "Move away.""...""I want to get out. Please move aside." She stared at him and reiterated her message with a slightly stronger tone of voice.Unwilling to make her angrier, Javier Zhong had no choice but to do exactly what she asked. After which, he could only helplessly follow her from b
Stephanie Ruan proceeded to walk to the servant's side and squatted down beside her in the most elegant position.Following that, she gently held on to her injured hand and spoke in a soft voice, "Leave it first. Come with me.""What are you trying to do?!" Unhappy with the situation, Victoria Zhong instantaneously questioned her in an unfriendly tone.Standing up, Stephanie Ruan faced her with a cold smile, "Madam Victoria, this girl here has injured her hand. She will come back after bandaging her wound.""No! I said she will clean up the place right now!" Victoria Zhong immediately lost her cool and raised her voice at her.Retracting her 'friendly' look, Stephanie Ruan now stared at Victoria Zhong indifferently, "That's not a question.""!!..."Well, Victoria Zhong has always been the first lady in the house - after Grandma Zhong of course, and is used to ordering all the servants around.Right now, with the sudden appearance of Stephanie Ruan, anyone could tell that Victoria Zhon
What??!!Did they hear her wrongly??!!It is already one difficult task to let her go up, and they still have to ask their big boss to come down??Not only that!... He also has to personally help her carry this heavy box up to his office??!!No way!!...It is with no doubt that whoever makes this scary phone call would be fired by Isaac Wen immediately!"..."Meanwhile, Stephanie Ruan sat leisurely on one of the sofas nearby and looked through some documents on her tablet while waiting for them to get hold of Javier Zhong.It has been about three days since Stephanie Ruan has met Javier Zhong, and neither has she responded to any of his texts.To be frank, she did not like that his messages were kind of intrusive??By the way, his chain of messages went exactly like this over the past few days...[What are you doing now?][I'll pick you up for dinner?][Busy with your work?][Reply when you see this.]I mean, who is he to her? She really does not see the need to report to him about he
The first thing Stephanie Ruan did when she stepped inside is to close the door shut. And then she simply stood there and watched him from afar.Without raising his head from the document in his hands, Javier Zhong ordered in a loud voice, "Hand over your document!"However, all that he heard in response is the familiar 'clicking' sounds from a pair of high heels."??!!..."Unable to hide his stunned expression, Javier Zhong immediately looked up and saw Stephanie Ruan standing right in front of his desk."Not in a good mood?" She asked him with a slight smile.Refusing to answer her question, he asked her instead, "Why did you come?"With a soft chuckle, Stephanie Ruan turned away and took a good look at the design of his office. She is quickly attracted to a large bookshelf filled with business-related books.Casually sliding her fingers across the books at eye level, she double-tapped on one of the books that had caught her eyes and pulled it out."About your offer the other day, I
Seeing that he had actually left the room to pick her items up at Isaac Wen's desk, Stephanie Ruan secretly let out a smile and her anger is instantly dissolved.Humph! Lucky for him who knows exactly how to coax a woman!In no time, Stephanie Ruan's desk is seated nicely on the empty space in front of the bookshelf, adjacent to his table.She also forgot to mention the extra extension of the office space, featuring a mini kitchen and a considerably large dining area.There is even an enclosed large bedroom at the end of the office with an attached bathroom.With the interior design very compatible with any high-end international 5-star hotel, Stephanie Ruan could definitely foresee herself settling down comfortably in this place very soon."Such a horrible man but at least he has good taste..." She casually strolled around the room and checked out the city view from the large full-length windows.As she returned to the main working area, Javier Zhong is already back at his desk, full
Since they are in a public area, Stephanie Ruan did not want to raise her voice and argue with him over such a trivial issue.She could foresee that it would be too embarrassing if others were to hear them.Forget it... just let him be for now...As such, Stephanie Ruan has no choice but to tolerate this bothersome man and unwillingly remain in his arms.On the other hand, the man standing behind her has subconsciously raised the corners of his lips. No one told him that he could be this happy when taking a bus ride!Despite noticing her gloomy expression, Javier Zhong did not seem to let this affect his fantastic mood at all!If only she could obediently lay in his arms like this, he would definitely not mind taking bus rides with her every day, from now onwards.However, this surreal moment is unfortunately short-lived for Javier Zhong as they soon alighted at a crowded bus stop.The minute he took the last step down from the bus, the people around looked at him with perplexity, as