Female Novel
Chapter 1156
Yvonne wasn't afraid to face Heinz. She smiled in return and responded, "Thank you, Mr. Jones,long time no see. You look as charming as ever."
"Thanks to you, I meet up with Zachary more often now. In comparison with his gloomy aura, myradiant aura certainly makes me appear to be more outstanding," Heinz smiled as he answered. Healso took the opportunity to jokingly mock Zachary.
Of course, he was also hinting to Yvonne as to how Zachary hadn't been doing well for the pastyear.
Although Yvonne didn't wish to admit that she was affected, she still had to admit that what Heinzsaid truly highlighted the pain that Zachary had to go through.
If she was the one who had caused him all those pain, she would feel even more guilty about it.
She pursed her lips and looked down as she didn't know how to answer Heinz.
Zachary shot a glance at her.
From the corner of Yvonne's eyes, she could easily sense his sharp gaze landing on her.
She took a deep breath and continued to lower her eyes without saying anything.
Zachary responded, "Am I really that bad?"
"You?" Heinz smiled and answered sarcastically, "Of course not, you just happen to be moregloomy than I described. Who was it who often suffered from insomnia due to lovesickness, as wellas the fact that he had no one to share his feelings with?"
Zachary's eyes became sharp in an instant. He glanced at Heinz with a warning gaze, "Thatcertainly would not be me."
Naturally, Heinz understood that some jokes simply could not be taken too far. Otherwise, it wouldonly make things awkward.
He smiled and said, "Well, let's stop here. Let me ask you then, Zachary, where are you heading? Isit safe for me to assume that you did this intentionally, considering how you planned to leave withYvonne immediately after receiving my call just now?"
"Weren't you only going to come in half an hour?" Zachary responded nonchalantly without lookingembarrassed at all, "I was just planning to run some errands before you were supposedly due tocome over."
"Haha," Heinz laughed as he understood Zachary's actual intent.
They knew each other too well. He looked at Zachary with a mischievous smile, "How should we goabout it then? Zachary, now that I'm here, are you planning to make me wait while you run yourerrands?"
Zachary also gave a half-smile while gazing at Heinz sharply as a silent warning.
Heinz met his gaze and still found nothing wrong with his own behavior. Hence, he smiled atZachary in return, "Zachary, are you really planning to leave me here and work on your errandsnow?" "Of course not," Zachary answered while gritting his teeth, "Let's go, I'll get them done later."
"Haha, I know you are a good man who wouldn't forget the principles of being a good host, Zachary.The teaching of the Lowe family is indeed exceptional," Heinz didn't forget to praise Zachary.
Zachary also smiled and said, "Let's go. You talk too much, have you become a chatterbox afterhaving more children?"
"Not really." Heinz belittled himself, "Grace said that I'm loquacious, but at least you make it soundbetter than it actually is."novelbin
Wasn't it still the same?
Zachary glanced at him and turned around.
Yvonne followed closely behind him.
She was still in a trance and couldn't help but ask Zachary, "President, if you're busy, I can help youwith your errands instead."
Hearing this, both Zachary and Heinz looked at her at the same time.
Yvonne felt even more confused.
Zachary's gaze changed as it landed on Yvonne's face as if there was a deeper meaning behind it.
Heinz, on the other hand, laughed out loud and said to Yvonne, "Miss Attwood, there are no errandsto run, let's go up together."
Yvonne was very persistent. She looked at Zachary as if she was waiting for him to answer.
"No need," Zachary said in a deep voice.
Only then did Yvonne stop asking.
Zachary then led Heinz and Yvonne upstairs.
The three of them stood in the elevator. Zachary stood straight with no expression on his face as hecontinued to maintain his reputation as a cold, distant man.
There was a meaningful smile on Heinz's face as he looked at Zachary and Yvonne. His gaze feltweird as if he was doing that on purpose.
Yvonne felt awkward being stared at by him like that. So she just pretended as if she didn't notice itat all.
Zachary also felt annoyed by his gaze, so he looked at Heinz directly.
Heinz smiled and said, "What's wrong, Zachary?"
"How are your children?" Zachary brought up a new topic as he wished to divert Heinz's attention.He understood that Heinz's purpose of visiting was to mock him.
Of course, it was undeniable that he had done this out of care towards him as well.
However, Zachary did not like being treated that way. He preferred to be able to control situations sothat he could handle things better.
Now that he was being watched, he felt as if his rhythm was messed up.
Heinz came here to watch the show. In fact, that wasn't enough for him as he planned to add moreicing onto the cake as well.
Zachary felt very helpless, but he also knew that some things were best unspoken, so he allowedHeinz to do whatever he wished to.
As soon as his children were brought up, Heinz's attention was instantly diverted as he proceededto ramble about them.
"Sebastian and Sylvia are so cute, you have no clue how they have managed to melt my heart.Really, Zachary, my heart has melted completely."
"You're exaggerating," Zachary mocked him.
"Zachary, you only have one child, so you won't be able to understand the joy of having four. That'swhy you should get married quickly and have more children so that Maria will have someone to playwith. Look at how lonely she is now."
As soon as Maria's name was mentioned, Yvonne's whole body went stiff.
She stood still against the wall of the elevator, with sadness and guilt in her eyes.
Zachary also glanced at Yvonne subconsciously, but he did not say anything.
Heinz glanced at Yvonne deliberately and asked, "Miss Attwood, what do you think? Don't youagree that Maria is pretty lonely as well?"
If she refused to speak, he would just ask for her to speak.
However, Yvonne didn't dare to answer nor did she know how to answer. No matter what sheanswered, it wasn't going to be suitable. As such, she smiled embarrassedly as a response to hisquestion.
Upon noticing how she remained silent, Zachary's eyes turned colder.
Yvonne noticed Zachary's expression, which made her feel disoriented as her heart tightened.
Soon, the elevator reached its destination.
The three of them exited the elevator together.
Heinz said to Yvonne, "Miss Attwood, you're dressed really professionally today. Is this your officelook?"
Yvonne pursed her lips and answered, "I am currently President Lowe's personal assistant."
"Personal assistant?" Heinz was shocked and pondered over those words before saying, "Oh, thatsounds cool. Looks like I should ask Grace to become my personal assistant as well so that I cansee her 24/7."