My Four Miraculous Treasures

Chapter 126

Lara beheld a tall, lean, well-built man in a bespoke black suit, radiating an aura of refinement and menace. Powerful legs propelled him across the floor of the lobby.

This fleeting glimpse of him was enough to leave her utterly stunned, rooted to the spot and staring blankly after him.

It was only after Jasper had already disappeared from view that she came back to her senses, and realized that she'd just caught sight of none other than the CEO of the Hughes Corporation himself. She'd encountered him before, back at the village.

Previously, Lara had mistakenly assumed that he was Samantha's boyfriend, but Willow had corrected her: He wasn't Samantha's boyfriend, he was in fact the CEO of Hughes Corporation.

Last night, he was the one who'd sent her daughter home.

Excited, Lara turned back to the receptionist. "That's him! Could you please give him a call, for me?"

The receptionist balked at this. "That's our CEO, Mr. Hughes. I'm afraid I don't have his personal number. At most, I can only page his secretary's office."

Oh, no... perhaps this lady had a screw loose upstairs...?

Willow Nason was a humble cleaning woman. Jasper Hughes was an eminent business tycoon. How could the two possibly be involved with one another?

Ah, it was all those rumors, right? That had to be where this misunderstanding was coming from. Mr Ward had already sent around an internal memo about how Deborah Salt had been behind all that nonsense. There was no grain of truth in any of it. There was nothing going on between Jasper Hughes and Willow Nason.

Lara fumbled about for a moment in confusion, then turned

drove off even as she started after it, leaving her choking on

a moment, fanning away the

a message for Jasper, informing him that she would be back to see

you doing here?" Her daughter caught hold of her arm to support her, bewildered to

inform Willow that someone named Lara

your boyfriend or not," answered Lara,

Willow looked around nervously. They were surrounded by her colleagues, on their way out to get

he's no such thing!" Willow hissed under her breath. "Don't go asking around, either! He's in charge of the entire

rash of rumors

she'd done something slutty y to try and seduce Jasper and had been spreading

disdained,

last thing she needed was for her own mother to start

to pull her

Lara wrenched free of her grip, and began hollering in the middle of the street: "If he's not your boyfriend, then what are you so nervous for?! I know you haven't been telling me the truth, Willow! Why would Mr. Hughes be

over her mother's mouth, before the woman said too

them funny looks. Willow nodded at them and smiled, as though there was nothing but fun and games going on over

coast was

mother. "Mom,