Chapter 16
 
Tina’s eyes widened as his alluring voice echoed beside her ears. 

 

 

Was Samuel going to do it… right here?

 

That was when a phone started to ring abruptly.

 

Tina turned towards Samuel and saw the terrible look on his face then, and quickly explained, “N-No! It’s not my phone!”

 

Samuel’s expression only darkened further, and he turned to leave and answered the call, which turned out to be from Sandy.

 

“Mr. Langford,” Sandy greeted him respectfully, unaware that his call had cut short their hanky-panky. “We’ve just received a reply from Mr. Carter—he said that he would like to visit you to discuss some of the specifics regarding our joint project…”

 

“John Carter?” Samuel’s tone was quite unfriendly. “Now?”

 

Sandy seemed to detect something right then, and asked tentatively, “What would be a good time for you, Mr. Langford?”

 

Samuel took a deep breath and rubbed his forehead. John Carter was the most eccentric partner they had ever had, and if they missed this chance, there was no telling where the man would run off to next…

 

“Forget it. Let him come,” Samuel said, hanging up and turning towards Tina. “Stay right there.”

 

Just as he was about to turn to leave, she panicked and quickly tugged at his sleeve.

 

“What?” Samuel frowned, his whole body projecting a king’s imposing presence.

 

Nonetheless, Tina asked softly, “Are you leaving already? W-What about me?”

 

Most importantly, the one million and fifteen grand…

 

“Heh.” Samuel snorted, seeing through her thoughts with a single look. “I’m not leaving—I’m having a business discussion downstairs.”

 

Relieved, Tina nodded repeatedly.

 

“Okay. I’ll be waiting.”

 

The sight of her tamely holding his sleeve left Samuel with a tender feeling in his heart, though he soon firmly shook her off.

 

“Don’t touch me so casually. Know your place, Tina Lynd.”

 

was almost bewitched by that woman’s acting,

 

frustration,

 

got changed and

 

that she missed several calls from Sylvia, and promptly returned her

 

was on silent,

 

answered, only for Pearl to answer from the other end.

 

you?” Tina’s face fell. “Why are

 

visitation logs and borrowed it from

 

clenched a fist tensely.

 

just want to know

 

it

 

time to come have dinner with us? Bring Mr. Langford’s assistant, too—we’re family after all, so we

 

Pearl was absolutely jealous to see Tina getting into a luxury car, and was bent

 

busy. He won’t be

 

that the Lynds wouldn’t do anything to Sylvia,

 

frustrated from such treatment by Tina, and slammed the phone on the floor and stamped

 

 

being all

 

 

other hand, Tina

 

money as soon as possible, or Sylvia would definitely

 

still, she left the room, intending to sneak a

 

down stairs, she peeked at

 

king on the couch, while Sandy stood near him, waiting upon him like

 

Samuel was unaffected by his imposing presence, however—in fact, he was holding

 

a double take, realizing that she had seen that young man

 

wasn’t he the same person who had appeared outside Loving Heart Orphanage?

 

now it seems that Samuel must

 

man turned towards the stairs

 

to run away, and accidentally knocked a vase in the

 

Clang!

 

vase dropped and shattered

 

Tina’s heart sank immediately.

 

no, she

 

“Who’s there?!”

 

living room was promptly on alert, and the bodyguard even

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