Chapter 435 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

“I wonder how you both manage to run such a successful company,” Aaron said with a tsk.

“So tell me, Benne’s Jewel. What did you see in this punk?” He asked, jerking his head towards Benne, and Celsie smiled.

“He is good-looking,” Celsie said with a shrug, and Benne looked at her with a bewildered look on his face.

“That’s what you saw?” Benne asked, and she bobbed her head, making both Harry and Aaron laugh.

“I agree with you, Lulu. He is just a pretty face,” Harry said with a chuckle.

“He’s not just a pretty face. There’s a lot more to him than that. But his pretty face was what first attracted me to him physically,” Celsie explained, and Benne sighed in relief, making Aaron smile.

“I’m curious about something, though. How did you not know that Benne was your driver regardless of the disguise?”

“I can see Harry already bared his soul to you. He can’t just keep secrets,” Benne said dryly as he scowled at Harry.

“He bitterly complained about how you keep flaunting your relationship. And he said the word you said most today was ‘My Jewel’. He also said even if he wasn’t interested in getting into a relationship, just to get back at you, he was going to get a girlfriend,” Aaron said with a chuckle, and both Benne and Celsie laughed as two waiters arrived with drinks for them.

“At least it’s not hard to see why I can’t keep your secrets. Don’t blame me. It’s a hereditary condition,” Harry said dryly, and Celsie laughed.

Once the waiters had left, Aaron looked at Celsie, “So tell me. How couldn’t you have known that it was the same person? I mean the height, the body build, gait, something should have given him away,” Aaron said, and Celsie grinned.

“Are you honestly asking why I didn’t suspect that the supposed very busy CEO of a successful company as OmniGlobal enterprise had enough time and energy to disguise himself and double as my driver? Of all things to be, my driver?” Celsie asked incredulously, and both Harry and Aaron laughed heartily.

“Perfect response. You have a point,” Aaron said with a nod of approval.

“The things we do for love,” Benne said pathetically.

“Yeah, the foolish things you did,” Harry said with a shake of his head.

“At least I have a girlfriend. You don’t,” Benne said, and Harry smirked.

“I’m going to surprise you soon. Don’t worry, and just wait for it.”

“You are Amy, I suppose?” Lucas asked, thinking that she looked familiar.

“Yes. Your sister’s secretary. We met at her apartment last weekend,” Amy explained as she shut the door behind her.

“Where is Miley?” She asked, looking around the living room, and without waiting for him to respond, she dumped her handbag on the couch and walked past him with her luggage bag, and headed for the bedroom, making it clear that it wasn’t her first time there.

Seeing how she walked past him without waiting for a response, Lucas decided there was no need to respond to her question, so he sat on the couch, waiting for her to return after checking on her friend.

Once Amy walked into the bedroom and saw Miley on the bed, she left her bag beside the door and hurried to sit beside her.

“Miley?” She called softly as she patted Miley’s hair, and Miley’s lids flickered open slowly when she heard the familiar voice.

“Amy? Is that you?” She asked drowsily.

“Yes, Miley!” Amy cried as she lay beside her and embraced her.

“Please don’t cry. I don’t need another headache,” Miley pleaded, her speech slurred as she struggled to keep her eyes open.

For a moment, Amy assumed she was drunk, but since her breath didn’t smell of alcohol, Amy concluded that she was either exhausted or had taken sleeping pills.

“I won’t, I promise. I won’t,” Amy said with a sniffle.

“Where is Lucas? Did he leave already?” Miley asked, and from the sound of her voice, Amy could tell she was battling with sleep.

“Not yet. Why?”

“I don’t want him to leave. Don’t let him leave, okay?” Miley said, and Amy nodded as she patted Miley’s hair.

“Don’t worry. I will keep him here,” Amy promised and held her close until she dozed off again.

Amy stood and adjusted the duvet over her body before returning to the living room to join Lucas. Once she got there, Lucas raised his gaze from his phone to look at her.

“What is wrong with her? Did she take sleeping pills?” Amy asked as she sat on the couch adjacent to where Lucas was seated.

“It’s a side effect of her pain medication. The pain was severe, so she took more than she should ordinarily take,” Lucas explained, and Amy nodded even though her eyes were clouded with worry.

“Now that you are here, I would like to take my leave,” Lucas said as he pocketed his phone and stood up.

“No. She doesn’t want you to leave. Can you please stay?” Amy asked as she also stood to face him.

“No. I don’t want to. You should convince her to inform her parents and receive treatment,” Lucas said as he started to head for the door.

“Please, don’t leave,” Amy said as she rushed to stand in front of him.

Lucas raised a brow, “Why not?”

“I don’t know what your relationship is, but she doesn’t want you to leave. At least wait until she wakes up before leaving,” Amy pleaded.

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