Hello Love, Goodbye Billionaire

In fact, when he heard Stephanie Ruan’s response, a ‘sweet and sour’ feeling overwhelmed his heart.

Yes, he is very happy that she had taken the initiative to accompany him to the Zhong’s Residence. This way, he has some company and would not be too lonely…

Yet at the same time, he knows about her hidden agenda and that she is not going there because of him…

“…”

After ending the short call with Grandma Zhong, Stephanie Ruan returned the phone to him. “I’ll go take a shower first and we can leave the house after that.”

Nodding his head in agreement, Javier Zhong replied, “Mmm okay, I’ll wait for you.”

Thankfully, he always prepares a set of personal care products with at least two sets of spare clothing in his car.

While she was still asleep in the early morning, Javier Zhong had already completed a full-body workout at the apartment’s gym before washing up at Stephanie Ruan’s place.

This is his usual daily morning routine and he has never once disrupted it before!

Over on the other side, Stephanie Ruan had just finished her quick shower. She took a clean bath towel from the rack and dried herself with it.

Just when she was about to be done, she suddenly froze…

“Wait… My clothes???!!…” She screamed aloud in her head.

Since Stephanie Ruan stays by herself in this room, she does not have the habit of bringing her clothes into the bathroom.

To her, this was not an issue because no one would be looking at her anyway…

But as for today, she has completely forgotten that Javier Zhong is here with her!!

Wrapping the medium-sized towel around her body – just barely enough to cover the important parts, Stephanie Ruan opened the door slightly and took a peep outside.

“Hmm??… Where is he??…” She is greeted with an empty bedroom and caught no sight of Javier Zhong.

Thinking that he might have already left her room, Stephanie Ruan strolled over to the dressing area to pick out her clothes.

…

Meanwhile, Javier Zhong is on the balcony answering a phone call from his secretary.

“Chairman Zhong, about the shareholder’s meeting next week, we will be going through the financial report for last year and also review our goals for this year…”

Isaac Wen added, “Do you want me to add this meeting to your schedule?”

Initially back-facing the bedroom, Javier Zhong finally turned around and leaned against the balcony’s railing.

After which, he decisively ordered, “Postpone this meeting. Next week I’ll be flying over to…”

Javier Zhong widened his eyes in shock as he saw Stephanie Ruan through the glass window, in the process of removing her towel right in front of his eyes!

“!!!…”

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Hearing that his boss is suddenly coughing badly, Isaac Wen became worried, “Chairman Zhong, are you not feeling well?? Should I bring some medicine over to you?”

“…”

Well, maybe it is more like Javier Zhong is choking on his saliva than coughing!

Is there a medication for this too? He suddenly feels as though… he is not that well anymore…

Angered by Stephanie Ruan, he truly believes that he might die of a heart attack very soon!

Does she not bother to check who is around in the room before changing so openly?!

Or does she just trust people so easily and naively believe that no one would want to take advantage of her??

And the main point is… what if the man standing on the balcony today is not him?? Is she planning to do the same thing too?!

“This woman is really!!…” Hitting his chest in incredulity, Javier Zhong immediately looked away from her.

“No need. Talk later.” With this, he quickly ended the call with Isaac Wen.

Over on the other side, Stephanie Ruan has already dressed up and is ready to leave.

However, she turned around and saw that Javier Zhong has been on the balcony all this while!

“??!!…”

Unbelievable!!… She had totally forgotten to check the balcony earlier!

With squinted eyes, she stared at his back view for a few seconds and thought to herself, “He probably didn’t see anything right??…”

Pretending that nothing had happened, Stephanie Ruan walked toward the balcony and opened the glass door, “Javier, I’m ready. We can…”

But before she could even finish her sentence, Javier Zhong had already gone past her in large strides and left the bedroom, as though she is completely non-existent to him.

“…”

What’s the matter with this guy again??… Wasn’t he okay earlier??

Hais… She really cannot stand this man’s hot and cold attitude that changes as and when he likes.

Shaking her head helplessly, Stephanie Ruan thought to herself, “Thankfully I’m not his real fiancée! And I really have to salute to his future wife who has to tolerate his horrible temper…”

…

Silence filled the entire car as no one spoke a word at all in the first half of the car ride to the Zhong’s Residence.

That’s good as well! It simply means that Stephanie Ruan did not have to entertain him and could get some rest at the same time!

But the awkward silence between them has soon become a disturbing issue that Stephanie Ruan has found difficult to ignore.

“…”

“Are you angry?”

Stealing a glance at his long face, she asked him casually, with the intention of breaking the deafening silence in the car.

Who knows what he is unhappy about??…

“Could it be about work? Or maybe the thought of going back to the Zhong’s Residence scares him??” Stephanie Ruan began to make a few reasonable guesses in her head.

Accompanied by another wave of silence, she had no choice but to speak her mind.

“Well, you know… how should I say this…”

Since Stephanie Ruan is wearing a wine red halter-neck jumpsuit today, she removed her pair of high heels and sat comfortably in a cross-legged position.

“Don’t be too hard on yourself… I feel that in life, we should all be more open-minded…”

“??!!…”

However, her smile quickly froze as soon as she noticed Javier Zhong’s fierce glare at her.

“… in our work?…” With widened eyes, she hurriedly finished off her sentence with a much softer voice.

Seems like… it isn’t about his work then??…

With a slightly confused expression, Stephanie Ruan boldly made another attempt. “That… if you are feeling too nervous or scared to return to your old home…”

“Let me tell you, don’t be afraid! Chin up, and just be a man!” She motivated him with a happier tone.

“Don’t worry, I’ll be there to protect you as well!” After adding that, she gave him two encouraging pats on his back shoulder.

But never would she have expected Javier Zhong to instantly make an abrupt car brake in the middle of the road!

“!!!…”

“What?… Why are we stopping over here??”

Looking at him in bewilderment, Stephanie Ruan noticed that there is no traffic light in front. In fact, the cars around them are driving past at high speeds!

Hold on…

Did this guy seriously just stop his car in the middle of the busiest expressway in the city??!!