Female Novel
Chapter 226
After lifting the blankets, Pierre then got out of bed. “Hey, this is ridiculous. Weren’t you alright with itlast night?”novelbin
“Shut up! You’re not allowed to mention what happened last night! You’ve ruined me!”
“But we’ve already done it, so what else can I do, milady?”
“Marry me.”
“Okay!” he blurted out without thinking.
As soon as he said so, Selena stopped crying. Instead, she was gazing at him with a cheeky lookon her face. “You said it yourself, so there’s no going back.”
For a few seconds, he was startled, realizing belatedly that he had been tricked by her. “How dareyou deceive me!”
“Why can’t I? Anyway, I already recorded everything you said!” Holding her phone up while shakingit, she then left the ward in light and bouncing steps.
On the other hand, Pierre was observing her retreating figure while feeling both frustrated andheartbroken. It was blatantly obvious how afraid of abandonment she was, as she wouldn’t havepulled such a trick to get him to propose to her otherwise.
Despite being the president of a company as well as having a net worth of over a hundred millionthat attracted a lot of suitors, she had lost all of her self confidence due to how hurt she was afterher first relationship. In short, she didn’t feel secure in her relationships at all.
Breakfast was ready when Selena was back, so they ate together. Looking at the bouquet offlowers, Pierre said, “The flowers have wilted, so let’s throw them away.”
Upon checking the flowers, she noticed that a few had wilted indeed. Considering how much of aperfectionist he was, he would find even such minor defects intolerable, so she replied, “Okay. I’llthrow them away later.”
Meanwhile, he observed Selena while she ate. Judging from how engrossed she was in her food,the flowers didn’t seem to affect her. “Where did you find your assistant?”
“Assistant? Do you mean Linda? I hired her through the company’s recruitment process. What’swrong?” She stared at him in confusion.
“It’s nothing. She seems to come in quite handy, so I would like to borrow her from you.”
“Ha, in your dreams! Now that you’re trying to take my assistant from me, are you planning onacquiring my company as well someday?”
“I already claimed you, so nothing is getting away from my clutches!” He arched his brow. “Haveyou forgotten that we just became one last night?”
A blush crept onto Selena’s face once more. “Get the f*ck away from me!” With that, she sat downon the sofa, all the while keeping a safe distance from Pierre.
On the other hand, Pierre didn’t note any inconsistencies in her behavior, so she was probablyunaware of what happened. As a woman, she should have reacted more obviously the moment hementioned Linda if Selena was the one who had come up with the scheme to bait him into sleepingwith her, but that didn’t seem to be the case. Therefore, he determined that there was somethingfishy with Linda instead.
When Selena was out of the room, he made a call. “Start an investigation on Linda. I need all of herinfo.”
Niall, who was on the other end of the phone, had yet to catch on to what he meant.
“What’s with the silence? Did you hear me?” Noting the prolonged silence on his end, Pierrepressed for an answer.
“Oh, Mr. Fowler, I... Are we really going to investigate her background?” Knowing Pierre, Niall wascertain that he would never investigate anyone without reason, so the fact that he decided toinvestigate Linda meant that she was a somewhat suspicious character.
“Of course! Do it immediately! Make sure that you don’t miss out on anything! You’ll be heldaccountable if you mess this up!” After that, he hung up the phone without even pausing for asecond.
I need to know more about Linda. Just when Pierre was pondering on Linda’s role in the incident,his phone rang. His brows furrowed together as soon as he saw the number, but he picked upnonetheless after giving it some thought.