Female Novel
Chapter 59 Bennett Is Pleased
Chapter 59 Bennett Is Pleased
"Well... "
Catalina's hand in her pocket nervously scratched the tie box.
When she was hesitating whether to give Bennett the gift or not, she suddenly caught a glimpse of him
wearing a dark gray tie around his neck.
Catalina was stunned.
She thought the tie looked familiar.
Catalina noticed that the edge of the tie was dotted with tiny diamonds.
Her mind suddenly went blank.
She thought, "Isn't it the tie Claire customized for her boyfriend this afternoon?
Designed by a famous Dodgewich master and globally limited, the tie is worth 600 thousand dollars.
Why is it now around Bennett's neck?"
Catalina's mind was instantly in turmoil.
"Catalina?"
Bennett saw the strange expression on her face and frowned slightly. "What's wrong with you? Why did
you stop me?"
"Nothing. I just happened to pass by and wanted to say hi. I'm on my way to the living room..."
As she spoke, Catalina was about to leave.
However, Bennett didn't allow her to go.
He took Catalina's arm in his strong hand and drew her back. "What's the matter?"
Catalina was forced to return to her original position. "I told you. Nothing."
"What on earth is going on?" Bennett asked again.
"Nothing! Didn't you hear me?"
Catalina repeated her answer in a slightly raised voice, but she did not dare to look up at him.
The space between Bennett's eyebrows twitched suddenly. "If so, then why did you throw a tantrum at
me?"
Bennett was a little angry.
"I didn't!"
Catalina denied it.
"Say that again?"
Catalina felt silent.
She wussed out.
Not daring to speak again, she lowered her head and sulked.
Bennett was also irritated by her unprovoked anger.
Seeing that she did not speak with her head down, he stretched out his long fingers and caught her
chin, forcing her to look up. "What did I do to infuriate you? Huh?"
His cold, long fingers clasped on Catalina's chin, but it gave her the illusion of burning.
Her cheeks were suddenly flushed.
She withdrew her chin from his hand, glanced over the tie around his neck, and casually said, "Your tie
looks pretty good. How did you get it? Did someone buy it for you?"
"My tie?"
Bennett glanced down at the tie on his chest and then looked at Catalina in confusion. "I don't know.
My stylist team picked it out for me. Why do you care about this?"
"What? Nothing! I just thought it looked good. I was just asking."
Catalina's eyes blinked guiltily.
Bennett's answer, however, suddenly put her in a better mood.
She thought, "I've really thought too much.
This tie has nothing to do with Claire."
Bennett looked down at her inquiringly. "Are you changing the topic by talking about my tie with me?"
"What? No, I'm not!"
Catalina shook her head innocently.
Seeing Bennett's incredulity, she raised her little hand and laid it on her forehead with an earnest
expression. "I promise, I just sincerely praised your tie and asked about it casually."
Upon hearing this, Bennett lowered his head and looked again at the tie on his chest. Then he
narrowed his eyes slightly and asked, "Do you think it looks good?"
"Yes!"
Catalina nodded.
Meanwhile, she thought, "Come on, it's worth 600 thousand dollars, so how would I dare to say it
doesn't look good?"
Bennett's frown relaxed a little at Catalina's compliment.
His mood suddenly improved a lot.
The unpleasure that Catalina's unprovoked anger against him had just caused also vanished in an
instant.
"Is there anything else you want to say?" Bennett asked her.
His tone was significantly kinder than it had been just now.
Catalina hesitated for a moment and shook her head in the end.
She decided not to give Bennett the tie she had bought.
"Then go to bed early."
After Bennett had finished speaking, he turned and walked to the Lake Compound, followed by a
number of servants.
"...Okay," answered Catalina in a dull voice.
When the lights of the Lake Compound were turned on, Catalina finally dared to take out the gift from
her pocket.
She compressed her lips and thought, "He's wearing a tie worth 600 thousand dollars, so how could I
give him the tie I bought, which cost only 30 thousand?
Forget it."
Catalina knocked on her head and said to herself, "It's just a waste of money. I'll go and refund it
tomorrow."
Holding the gift in her hand, she went unhappily back to her bedroom.
Meanwhile, she thought, "Well, my first try to give him the gift failed!"
Bennett returned to the Lake Compound and prepared to bathe.
He stood barefoot on the white Melstead carpet, loosened the tie around his neck, took it off, and
subconsciously handed it to the maid behind him, Hailee.
Suddenly, he thought of something and then turned to tell Hailee, "Just hang the tie here."
Hailee was surprised. "Mr. Shaffer, are you sure that it doesn't need to be cleaned and put in the
cabinet?"
"No, I'll wear it again tomorrow."
Hailee fell silent.
Her mouth widened in disbelief.
She thought, "Impossible!!
Mr. Shaffer, who has always been a serious cleanliness addict, is actually willing to wear the same tie
for two consecutive days?
Is he bewitched?"
Half an hour later, Hailee withdrew from Bennett's room, but she still couldn't recover from the shock.
She exclaimed in her heart, "Unbelievable!
It's really unbelievable!"
...
The next day.
While eating breakfast, Catalina unexpectedly noticed that Bennett was wearing the same tie again.
It was still the 600-thousand one he wore yesterday.novelbin
Catalina thought Bennett liked the tie quite much.
In fact, she also felt that the tiny diamonds were really dazzling.
At the same time, Catalina thought of her cheap tie.
She said in her heart self-mockingly, "Now it seems that I should never give that tie to him.
I should be glad that I gave up yesterday. Otherwise, I would have been really embarrassed."
In the afternoon, after lunch, Catalina was called into the office by Felix Tate, the chief editor.
"Lina, there is a new case in the interview department, which is a bit tricky. Take a look."
As he spoke, Felix handed her a document. "You should have paid attention to this news before, right?"
Catalina took the document and read it through quickly.
She knew something about the case.
The news reported on the poverty alleviation work in a poor mountainous region.
The government had been hoping to lift the mountainous region out of poverty as soon as possible.
Unexpectedly, several years had passed, and the allocation had been devolved, but the poverty
alleviation effect had not improved yet. Therefore, many reporters had gone deep into the mountainous
region for visits and learned from the people there that the poverty alleviation work had never been
carried out.
Reporters flew into a rage. They wrote the reprimand news and made it public.
The news was so boisterous, but the government was tight-lipped. Eventually, the news subsided, and
nothing had changed.
"Mr. Tate, what do you mean?"
"I mean, we need to follow up on this news again. Jerry, the deputy editor, will bring two experienced
employees, together with you and Emery, to form a team and visit this mountainous region again."
"Okay. When do we leave then?"
"Tomorrow!"
"That soon?"
"We have to. It's a temporary arrangement. Get the preparations done today. In addition, the conditions
in that mountainous region are limited, so you girls may suffer a little."
"I'm okay with it."
"Good, then inform Emery of this!"
Catalina came back from Felix's office, put down the document, and was about to tell Emery about the
following half-month business trip. Unexpectedly, Emery in the next compartment suddenly pulled her
hand and exclaimed excitedly, "Lina, I know who the woman is!"