Chapter 116

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I approached the bed, stopping a meter away.“CEO, how’s your injury?” I used the formal “CEO,” showing respect. But he ignored me. I froze, waiting for him to speak.

Evan was reading, his eyelashes lowered. He hadn’t even glanced up since I knocked. After a minute, his long, slender fingers turned a page, the movement elegant.“Secretary Wen, don’t you think your concern is a little late?” His voice, cool and detached, filled the quiet room.

so many people were at the hospital. I

raised his deep eyes. “What makes you so confident

that there was a vast gulf between our statuses, that I wasn’t worthy. It was the same condescending attitude he’d shown on the golf course when he’d rebuked me for wearing a revealing outfit, telling me not to attempt to seduce him with my beauty. An awkward silence hung in the air. My cheeks burned.“I… I’m sorry. I overthought it. I won’t think that way again,”

into the doorframe. Evan watched the door coldly. After a moment, he closed his book, tossed it aside, leaned

rushed from the living room, surprised. “The CEO was reading. I didn’t want to disturb him, Gary,” I said hastily, trying to smile, but it looked worse

just saying to come by again. I left quickly. Gary sighed. When Evan came out for

chopsticks.“Are you

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