Female Novel
Chapter 2109
Nonetheless, Ian didn't release his hold on the man's collar.
The man's knee was in pain. He had wanted to double over to hold onto his injured knee, but with Ianholding him by the collar, he found himself in an awkward position. He wasn't sure what he wassupposed to do.
Meanwhile, the younger man who had popped out of his unit earlier scoffed in contempt as hesnapped, "How disgraceful for a grown man like you to mistreat a young lady that way!" It looked likehe wasn't someone who followed up on the latest entertainment gossip, for he didn't recognize Ian andthe man who had caused a ruckus earlier today.
After holding onto him for a while, Ian decidedly hurled him aside and turned to assess Cindyfrantically. "Are you okay? Did he hurt you?"
Cindy shook her head in response. The man had clutched her wrist a little too hard just now andcaused it to tingle in pain, but she was unscathed otherwise. In truth, she could tell that the man had nointention of hurting her; he only wanted to see Ian and Aurora desperately, and in a fit of anxious rage,he ended up putting too much force into his grip.
Ian caressed her face gently and muttered, "Are you still going to work? Why don't you just stay athome and rest?"
She glanced at her watch and saw that she could still make it to work in time. "I have to go. Do youthink you can handle things here? I have to get going now."
He sighed in resignation and answered, "Fine, go on. I'll take care of things here."
Cindy shot the man a brief look and saw that he was still cupping his knee. She had admittedly packedquite some strength into that kick, and she had a feeling that if she had gone on with her initial plan tokick him in the crotch, he might've very well lost his family jewels.
Presently, she hailed a passing taxi to take her to the company. Along the way, she scrolled through herphone and waited to see if there was any more news that followed up on the man's ruckus earliertoday. Now that Ian had ventured out of the apartment, the man would undoubtedly badger him to talkthings out instead of letting him go back home.
If that came to pass, surely the online tabloids would have a field day.
I guess the audience will be getting bonus gossip. Lucky them, she thought dryly.
Cindy sighed a little despondently. As things were, it would take some time before she could finallyhave a quiet and peaceful life with Ian. After all, it seemed as if drama was intent on sticking to them.
She arrived at the company right on the dot, only to see that most of her colleagues were at their deskssketching and scribbling. She could tell that they were pretty devoted to their work since none of themeven noticed that she had returned.
She had to admit that there was something attractive about her peers' dedication to their work. In fact,she preferred them like this compared to the times when they had gossiped about her behind her back.
Cindy was somewhat unsettled as she sat at her desk; she rolled up her sleeve to check the skin on
her wrist and realized that it was still red. She wasn't in the mood for sketching either, so she perusedher documents as she leaned into her seat. However, as the words jumbled up before her eyes, Cindycame to realize that she couldn't focus on reading at all.
She wanted so badly to text Ian and ask him if everything was alright, but she was worried that hemight still have his hands full while dealing with the aftermath of the commotion just now, so shedecided to sit and wait for news to come to her. novelbin
At some point, Serena came into their workspace to take a look at how the apprentices were doing.She saw that while everyone seemed engrossed in their sketches and drafts, Cindy sat at her deskscanning some documents, and she looked as if she was the most at ease among her peers.
Serena was surprised by the sight of this, so she walked up to Cindy's desk and assessed her. Whenshe saw how serious Cindy looked while reading the documents, she did not say a word and merelyeyed her for a long moment before turning to walk away.
For the rest of the day, Cindy felt listless even though she hardly did any real work at all. There weretimes when she had to force herself to get some actual work done, but inspiration never graced herwith its fickle presence.
She thought it was meaningless to do work without inspiration, so she spent her time trying to readjusther momentum and sort out her feelings.
After glancing through yet another document, she pulled out her phone and tried to search for news onIan that might have popped up during the last few hours.
When she scrolled through the online news platforms and saw nothing, she wondered if the incident
had been covered up or if it had yet to blow up. Since she was feeling uneasy about it, she textedAurora and asked how things were going at home.
Aurora's reply was quick, and all she told Cindy was that everything was fine and there was nothing toworry about.
Cindy thought that she wouldn't be reassured until she went home to take a look at things for herself,though Aurora's text did comfort her for a moment and gave her some peace of mind.