In the Lap of Luxury by Unsweetened Chestnuts

Chapter 145 Was I a Jerk

“But I was well prepared, thanks to you. You shared the nanotechnology information with me beforehand. Otherwise, I might have been humiliated by Wendy during the meeting.

“Xander, are we still going to collaborate with Nexa on this project?”

Hearing that, Xander reached out and ruffled her hair. His eyes were full of tenderness, as if he were looking at a precious treasure. “What do you think?”

“Well, business is business. We should keep it separate from personal grudges.”

Xander hummed in agreement and continued, “Okay. We’ll need to see Nexa’s sincerity. But Gracie, can I discuss something with you?”

As Grace looked at him, her eyes were extremely innocent, making his heart skip a beat.

Some things needed to be said.

“Can you change the way you address me from now on?”

Grace froze for a moment, followed by a confused expression.

Xander continued, “Just call me Xan

It’s not special at

hint of surprise flashed in

was pleased with that. “Yes,

felt somewhat uncomfortable with

him as Xander had been ingrained in her. It was hard to change that

“But it feels strange.”

time.

go. I’ll take you

and warm, different from

instinctively wanted to pull her hand back, but Xander held it

they walked away, Benjamin, who had been watching from a distance, had a dark expression. A chilly air emanated from his whole

shall we go

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were out of sight, his anger showed no sign of subsiding. In the end, it turned into a faint sense

think I was

took

of being a jerk, particularly when he had an affair during his marriage, it wasn’t something Larry could

desolation he had never seen in all the years they had

knew it was because of