Every Breath You Take

"Zoe? You... you are at home?" The sudden appearance of Zoe gave Yale a fright. Wasn't he supposed to be at the municipal government at this time? Why was he at home? Madrigal was also dumbfounded when she saw Zoe. "Dad, why are you back?"

"You just said that you were deceived by someone for hundreds of thousands?" Zoe came over and stared at Yale. He went to see Monica again today, and only then did he know that she was almost bullied. Zoe was so angry that his heart ached. It was really a blessing. If Quarmy hadn't noticed that Evan was a bad person, he didn't know what would have happened.

Monica had a tough personality. If things really happened, she definitely wouldn't continue to live. Zoe was both distressed and angry. It was all because of him. If he hadn't married Yale, Monica wouldn't have run away from home, nor would she have been kicked out by the Huo family. Zoe was extremely remorseful and self-blameful.

He was not in the mood to stay in the office, so he made up an excuse that he was not comfortable and went home to rest. When he returned home, there was no one. He felt uncomfortable and sat in the study to blame himself. When he heard the sound of cars coming from outside, he walked out of the study, only to accidentally hear what Yale and Madrigal said. Yale was startled, but she reacted quickly. "Zoe, I'm sorry!"

"Sorry for what?" Zoe's voice was very cold. It had never been his intention to be with Yale. Yale and Hannah were friends, and he had treated Yale as a friend. He had never thought that he would get drunk and have sex with her.

After that, Yale did not pursue the matter, and he also forgot about it. He did not expect that after more than ten years, Yale would appear again with a child. Hannah firmly believed that he had cheated on her and hadn't forgiven him until she died.

Zoe didn't want to have anything to do with Yale at all. His original intention was to put Yale and her daughter in another place, but someone leaked the news and reported it to his superior. Fortunately, the superior was familiar with him and kept this matter quiet for protecting him. Therefore, he unwillingly married Yale, which was why he lost his daughter.

During the ten years, he lived with Yale, she had been gentle and caring. Although she was born in a bad family, she did everything well and treated him as the center of this family. The most important thing was that she often reminded him of Hannah.

Because of this, he gradually had some affection for her. However, he did not expect to see such a vulgar side of Yale by accident.

Zoe was strange and disgusted with her like this. Yale, of course, also felt his disgust. She immediately explained, "Isn't your birthday around the corner? Since you like antiques, I was planning to buy you a vase. But I was cheated by that bad middleman, who had taken my money and ran away."

"What did you say?" Zoe raised his voice.

"I'm sorry, Zoe! I didn't mean it." Yale lowered her head and looked pitiful.

"Dad, Mom didn't mean it. She just wanted to give you a surprise." Madrigal came up in time to lighten the mood.

Zoe stared at Yale for a long time, and then he walked to the sofa and sat down disappointedly. "Things have been really bad lately!"

"What happened?" Yale quickly asked thoughtfully.

"Something happened to Moni. Fortunately, Quarmy saved her. Otherwise, I don't know what would happen." Zoe sighed and told them that Monica was almost raped.

Yale's heart was filled with hatred. She had never imagined that the person who ruined her plan was Quarmy. However, she still pretended to be shocked and distressed on the surface. "How's Moni?" "She's a little frightened. She's fine now." Zoe's face darkened. "If I catch that Evan, I'll skin him alive!"

"Yes, he is too vicious. We must punish him when we catch him." Yale echoed, but her heart was beating fast. If Evan was caught and Nine was exposed, would the police suspect her by following the clues?

"I don't know what's the use of those policemen. Three days have passed, but there's still no news about that Evan. I'm so angry." Zoe rubbed his forehead.

Yale felt a little relieved. Nine said that Evan was smart with several ID cards. She hoped that he could run away so that he would not be caught for his whole life.

Monica was discharged from the hospital after three days. Although there was nothing wrong with her health, her heart was left with a shadow. Originally, she was hurt and did not believe in men. Now she increasingly felt that men were unreliable.

In the past, she really wanted to find a father for Coco, but now she changed her mindo She wanted to work hard and make money so that she can raise the child on her own. Man is a pig. Roland did not know what had happened. Seeing the unhappiness on Monica's face for a few days, he thought that she was sad for the breakup. He felt very unbalanced in his heart. "Aren't I better off than that Evan? Why can't this woman see me?" Thinking of Evan's gently smiling face, he began to reflect. "Is it because I am so fierce that she doesn't like me?"

Roland decided to be gentler to win Monica's favor. He no longer yelled at her and his voice became gentle. Monica was not in the mood to find his sudden change, but Beck began to think nonsense again. "Is Mr. Wang ill again?"

Leon learned that Monica was hospitalized. He called her to ask what had happened. Monica was very wronged, and she had no precautions against Leon. So she told him what had happened to her. Leon was shocked and angry. He was about to fly back, but Monica stopped him.

Coco, who was still young, naturally didn't know what his mother had gone through. Hearing that his mother was sick, he felt sorry for her. He comforted Monica on the phone in a childish voice. "Mom, are you sick because you can't find a dad for me? I don't want Dad anymore. Take care of yourself. I'll come back to see you with Uncle Gu when he's free."

With Leon and her son's comfort, Monica felt much more comfortable, and the unhappiness on her face disappeared a lot. Roland thought it was because of his change, so he was secretly happy in his heart. This time, after getting the project, the head office of Queen rewarded everyone who took part in the bid at the branch in Jiang City. The bonus was quite a lot. In addition, the TV station paid Monica a lot. Monica told Xanjer about this and said that she wanted to use this bonus to buy a two-bedroom house.

Xanjer was also very happy. With this bonus and compensation money for demolition, the matter of the house could be solved. "Moni, after you buy a house, you can take Coco back."

"I think so. Uncle, let's do it tomorrow. As long as the house is bought, I'll bring Coco back!"

The next day, she and Xanjer went to buy a house together. After careful selection, they finally chose a second-hand house with two rooms. It was well decorated, and Monica's money was just enough to pay the down payment.

After submitting the contract and paying the down payment, Monica was very looking forward to the sweet life of her family in the future. She was in a good mood all day. After dinner at night, she surfed the Internet in her room. Xanjer was watching TV in his own room. At ten o'clock, she was ready to sleep and her phone rang. She answered the phone and heard Roland's vague voice, "Monica... Monica..." "Mr. Wang?"

"Don't call me Mr. Wang. Why are you always turning a deaf ear to my words?" Roland's voice was full of anger, but his words were particularly clear.

"Roland, it's so late. What's up?" She asked patiently.

"Can't I talk to you?"

"Fine! I'm all ears."

"Why don't you talk and I'll listen?"

"I don't know what to say," Monica answered.

"Say something to make me happy!" Roland said in a rude and unreasonable tone.

"What's wrong with you? Did you drink it?"

"I... drank a lot of wine in the nightclub!" Roland said with a hiccup. "Monica, I like it... I like you, do you know?"

Monica did not speak. This guy was crazy because he drank too much. "I'm very sad... I've never been so sad. Monica, do you like me even a little bit?"

When Monica was still silent, Roland laughed at himself and said, "I knew you didn't like me at all... Actually, I don't care you're a divorcee if you like me even a little bit.."

"Roland, you've drunk too much. You need to go home!" "No... I'll wait for you here until you like me..." During the conversation, Monica heard a cry coming from the other end. "Sir... Sir, what's wrong?" Then there was no sound on the phone. Monica was shocked. "Will anything happen to Roland?" She immediately called Beck, but his phone was turned off. She was very worried about Roland. After thinking for a while, she decided to rush over there. She hurried out the door.

She stopped a taxi on the road and went straight to the nightclub.

After she got in the taxi, she urged the driver to drive faster. She didn't notice a luxury car with smooth and beautiful lines behind her. Quarmy's eyes were closely fixed on the taxi in front of him. That woman trotted all the way out of the alley, looking flustered. She ran so fast that she didn't even see him standing at the entrance of the alley.

"As long as you're within three miles of me, I can feel you." This was what she said to him before. This day, he was standing there and staring at her with shining eyes, but she ran past him without noticing him. It had to be said that women's lies were more deceitful and addictive than men's.

Monica hurriedly entered the nightclub and found the private room where Roland was. He was leaning against the sofa with his eyes closed. There were a few beautiful women sitting next to him.

Seeing Monica open the door, those women showed a vigilant look on their faces. Monica went straight to Roland without caring too much. "Roland, how are you?" Roland opened his eyes and smiled after seeing her. "You're here?"

"Are you all right?" Monica looked worried.

"I'm fine, just a little dizzy. If you hadn't come, these women would have bullied me." He could still joke. Monica found that she had been fooled. She turned and was about to leave. Roland said behind her, "Monica, come on. Help me up and take me home!"

Monica helped Roland get into the car. He really drank too much. After getting into the car, he didn't move at all. Monica helped him fasten the seat belt and started the car to leave the nightclub. Roland had an apartment in a popular area. Monica had once been to the apartment to get documents, so she knew where the apartment was. When Quarmy noticed it, his eyes became colder. "Monica, I didn't expect you to come." Roland, who had been keeping his eyes closed, suddenly said.

"How can I not come?" Monica was not happy. He was her boss. How dare she offend him?

"Monica, you like me a little bit, right?"

These words startled Monica, who subconsciously slowed down. Roland closed his eyes and murmured, "I am so handsome, so rich and so capable. Few women can resist my temptation. Monica, when did you fall in love with me?"

"Roland, are you dreaming?" Monica was a little amused. This man was unusually arrogant.

"Monica! I'm sure you like me. You just don't know it."

"I don't like you. I don't like you at all." She emphasized her tone.

"Women are all hypocrites! Do you think it's so embarrassing to like me?" Roland seemed to be addicted. Monica ignored him and speeded up. Soon the car stopped under his apartment.

Quarmy also stopped his car with his eyes fixed on the car in front of him. Before the car door opened, he saw that woman unbuckling the seat belt for Roland. He had been the one to buckle and unbuckle her seat belt, and now she was doing it for another man.

It seemed that she really liked Roland, and Roland must also like her very much. Otherwise, he would not have flirted with her after knowing she was a divorced woman.

Quarmy was a little jealous of Roland when he remembered that there were no gossips about Roland during this period of time. This woman was really charming. He had been so obsessed with her in the past. and now even the playboy fell for her.

But why didn't they get out of the car? The next scene was even more unacceptable to Quarmy. He saw it clearly that when Monica was unbuckling Roland's seat belt, Roland suddenly held her in his arms. They started kissing face to face! How could they be so impatient? Quarmy felt his eyebrows twitch.

This was definitely not the first time they had been like this. What else had they done? Had they slept together before?

The answer was obvious. The thought of Monica's beautiful eyes half-closed as she moaned beneath Roland made a fire burn inside him.

Unable to bear it any longer, he started the car and drove away.

Monica did not expect Roland to suddenly do it. When she reacted, he had taken control of her, and he quickly kissed her lips.

He was so fierce that he didn't look like a drunk man at all. Monica was struggling helplessly. Roland was really a good kisser.

She was soon led by him. After a long time, she heard his repressed breath and regained some mental clarity. Roland also loosened his grip on her a little, and she took the opportunity to push him away. "I... Moni, I..." He was slapped by her before he could finish his words. She opened the door and ran away.

Roland touched his hot face, and he was not angry at all. It was worth a slap for a kiss!

Quarmy drove the car aimlessly, with Monica and Roland's passionate kiss in his mind. There was a fire burning in his chest. Things couldn't go on like this! He must stop Monica and Roland from being together.

Roland was a famous playboy. His only weakness was his lechery. Quarmy thought for a while and finally came up with a solution. He called Noah. "Tell that Lily to fly to Jiang City and shoot a commercial.!" Monica slapped Roland so hard that the red mark on his face had not completely disappeared after a night. When he saw Monica coming in, he deliberately showed her his face, but she lowered her head and did not look at him.

Roland was helpless. It happened that Beck came in to send documents. He asked with concern, "Mr. Wang, what's wrong with your face?"

"Allergy! It's an allergy!" Roland said with a smile.

"Allergy? It's strange. Why is only one side of your face allergic? Do allergies only work in certain places?"

Monica added, "I had an allergy that caused a rash on one wrist."

Beck went out with doubt. Roland coughed and said, "Moni, did you hit me with your allergic hand?"

Monica ignored him and said with her notebook in her arms, "Mr. Wang, I'll give you an update on today's schedule."

Roland saw that she was serious, and he also returned to seriousness. Except at working time, joking was not a big deal.

"You'll be interviewed by the magazine at 10:00 a.m. At 2:00 p.m. you'll be at the Urban Development Authority to sign the contract." Monica said in a businesslike tone.

There were two things that Roland had to do today. He would remember it even if she hadn't told him. "Is there anything else?"

"There's another very important thing," Monica said as if she suddenly remembered it. "Miss Lily will arrive at the airport at four o'clock in the evening."

Hearing that, Roland raised his eyebrows and looked at Monica with a faint smile. Monica paused for a moment. "I have arranged a hotel for her and booked dinner for you. After signing the contract, you can directly go to the airport to pick up Miss Lily to welcome her."

"Who asked you to decide?" Roland asked slowly.

"I didn't make the decision on my own. I did everything according to your orders." Monica looked aggrieved.

"My orders?" Why didn't he remember that he had said that before?

"Yes, last time Miss Lily only stayed in Jiang City for one day. At that time, you told me to treat her according to the standard of that day in the future. I just said the same thing as the last arrangement." Roland naturally did not expect Monica to say this. He'd forgotten if he'd ever said such a thing. Even if he denied it, Monica would certainly not buy it. He couldn't argue with that, so he stared at Monica for a long time and smiled gloomily. "Well, you're starting to surprise me!"

"It's all thanks to Mr. Wang's teaching!" Monica answered obediently. Her answer made him furious. Monica was in a good mood when she saw how angry he was.

Roland, he'd ever said such a thing about Lily at all. It was all made up by her because she was pissed off after he kissed her in a drunken act last night.

With his shamelessness, he would definitely say he couldn't remember the kiss thing. She had already slapped him, so there was nothing she could do. But the more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She couldn't let him go so easily. After returning home and lying on the bed, she suddenly received a call from Lily. "Special assistant Mo, I'm Lily. Why can't I get through to Mr. Wang?"

"I don't know," Monica answered.

"I will fly to Jiang City tomorrow afternoon at four o'clock. Please tell him." Lily's voice was full of superiority. In the past, Roland had always been very passionate about Lily, which led her to be always arrogant. Although Monica didn't like women in the entertainment industry, the appearance of Lily was undoubtedly a good thing.

If she remembered it correctly, Roland had not mentioned Lily for a long time. Roland was a playboy. If he was interested in someone, he would continue to talk about them. If not, he would have long forgotten about them. Monica became excited when a woman who he was no longer interested in suddenly appeared. She was sure that there would be a blow to him, so she decided to book a room for Lily and did not forget to remind him of picking her up.

Monica was secretly happy to see Roland's unwillingness, but her happiness did not last long. A few minutes later, Roland suddenly said slowly, "You accompany me to have dinner with her!"

Monica did not expect that he would say this. "Mr. Wang, is this appropriate?"

"What's wrong with it? That's it, it's settled." Roland was completely a tyrant.

She had to be their third wheel at dinner? Wasn't it horrible? Monica suddenly froze there. Seeing her stunned expression, Roland was in a good mood. "It takes constant vigilance to stave off evil. You're too young too naive."

At four o'clock in the evening, Roland personally drove Monica to the airport. At the VIP entrance of the airport, Lily came over with her assistant.

Monica enthusiastically opened the door for her. Because it was Roland driving, she naturally opened the co- pilot's door. Lily was very happy to see Roland, and she smiled softly. "Dear, do you miss me?" Monica, who was sitting in the back seat, felt goosebumps on her skin. She was really unrestrained. Roland smiled evilly and glanced at Monica, who was sitting in the back seat. "How can I not miss you? I miss you every day!"

The two of them flirted all the way, and Monica turned a deaf ear to their nauseating conversations. Roland had been noticing her reactions. Seeing her indifferent look, he felt a little uncomfortable.

The car stopped at the entrance of the restaurant. Monica got out of the car hurriedly and opened the door for Lily. Lily thought that it was time for Monica to leave. She stepped onto the steps of the restaurant with the hand holding Roland's. Roland turned back and sneered at Monica, who was standing still beside the car. "Why are you standing there? Hurry up and follow us."

What did this mean? Monica would have dinner with them? Lily was instantly unhappy, but she had no reason to be angry. However, her attitude towards Monica went from gentle to cold. Monica naturally felt it. Lily was blaming her for being an eyesore, but she was also helpless. Roland was so insidious that he wanted to torment her like this. She would never have made a decision like this if she'd known the result would be like this.

The three of them sat down in the private room, and the waiter served the dishes soon after. Whether it was intentional or not, Roland didn't even forget to give Monica food while he was catching up with Lily cordially. He said casually, "Special Assistant Mo, this seems to be your favorite."

Roland said it casually, but Monica immediately sensed hostility from Lily. She smiled unnaturally and said, "Mr. Wang, you're wrong. I don't like it. It's Miss Tina's favorite..."

After saying that, she covered her mouth with her hands and looked regretful as if she had said something wrong, which made Lily look even unhappier.

It was not a happy meal., at least to Monica seemed.

She didn't dare to stay anymore. She excused herself and went out of the room while Roland followed her out. He blocked Monica in the corridor. "Are you happy being the third wheel?"

"Mr. Wang, I beg you. Please allow me to leave. If I stay here, I will die!" Roland blew a flirtatious breath at Monica. "I can let you go, but you have to promise me one thing."

"What is it?"

"Kiss me, and I'll let you go!"

"Boring!" Monica pushed him away, and he shouted from behind, "Think it over. Don't regret it!" Lily's voice rang out, "Honey, what are you doing outside?"

Roland blinked at Monica and said, "I'll wait for you!" Then he entered the private room again.

Monica felt a chill, but when she turned around, she bumped into someone. Quarmy's eyes were cold and his lips curled into a sneer. "Monica, you don't even want your dignity now?"

It seemed that he had heard the conversation between her and Roland. She sneered and said, "Mr. Huo, can you tell me how to spell the word dignity?"

"You..." Monica was talking about his cheating. Quarmy's face was ashen. "Monica, you don't have the right to accuse me. Ask yourself, how much better were you than me back then? If you hadn't..." Monica interrupted him. "Mr. Huo, I'm never someone who likes to talk about the past. The so-called 'back then' is a thing of the past. What's the point of mentioning it now?"

She said it casually, but Quarmy felt like his heart was being cut by a knife. This woman didn't care about him at all. She had already forgotten their past. She was trying to erase him from her life. How could

she be so cruel?

"Monica, don't think that you'll be carefree just because you have Roland with you. Let me remind you, Roland is just a playboy. Don't be tempted by his sweet words. He's just having a fling with you."

Monica's lips curled into a smile as she looked at Quarmy with an indifferent expression. "At least, in my opinion, Roland is much better than some cheaters!" With that, she turned her high heels and left. Quarmy watched her back and tightened his hands.

Monica did not return to the private room but left directly. She called Roland in the taxi and said that she had something to do at home.

Roland gnashed his teeth and said, "Monica, your bonus this month is cut in half!"

Lily was delighted to hear this. This special assistant was really clever. Without a third wheel, she felt so happy. She leaned closer to Roland and asked, "Dear, where are we going?"

Roland smiled gently and said, "I'll take you back to the hotel first."

The word "first" meant that he still had something to do. Lily was a little disappointed. Was it really because she had been too arrogant?

After she left here after a day's stay last time, she thought that Roland would call her many times every day as before, but the result made her disappointed.

Roland didn't even have to call her. She felt that things were not going well, so she took the initiative to call him. It was in the evening, but he told her gently that he was very busy.

Later, he no longer answered her phone, so she noticed the seriousness of this matter. But her schedule was so full that she couldn't go back to Jiang City for Roland.

Her return had been delayed. Finally, VSUS invited her to shoot an advertisement in Jiang City. She called Roland happily, but she could not get through. So she called Monica. Unexpectedly, Monica readily booked a hotel for her. At the airport, when she saw Roland, she was happy and reminded herself in her heart that she couldn't behave arrogantly this time. However, Roland was still not interested in her at all. After sending Lily back to the hotel, Roland left without stopping. Lily sat on the sofa alone with annoyance.

Roland drove out of the hotel and directly went to Monica's apartment. He parked the car at the alley entrance and took out his cell phone to call her.

Monica was very unhappy to get a call from him shortly after she arrived home. She controlled herself and asked. "Boss, what's the matter?"

"I'm at the alley entrance. Come out here for a second!" Ordered Roland.

Monica ran to the alley entrance angrily. "What's the matter?"

"Nothing. I just came to tell you that I didn't go to the hotel."

Seeing Monica looking at him inexplicably, he explained, "I just want you to know that I am no longer a playboy."

"Lunatic!" With that, she turned and ran. Although it was night time, Roland still saw the redness her face, which made him really happy. Seeing Monica's figure disappear, he whistled and started the car to

leave.

When Monica returned home, she felt that her face was still a little hot. Roland was really crazy. Why did he deliberately come here to tell her this? She didn't care whether he was a playboy or not!

No! He must have mistaken her for a crush on him. She had to make it clear to him that she was not interested in him at all. Monica picked up the phone and was about to call Roland.

Her phone rang first, and Leon said in a low voice, "Monica, I bought tickets for me and Coco for. Remember to pick us up tomorrow!"

"So fast?" Monica was stunned.

"I have other things to deal with, so I want to go back earlier!" Leon explained. Because of Leon's call, Monica became excited and had no mood to care about Roland. Her baby was coming back, so she had to get prepared. She walked around the room and found that there was nothing to prepare, so she sat down disappointedly. After getting used to a life of luxury at Leon's house, would Coco dislike her poor and small house?

Monica spent the night with worry and joy. The next day, she rushed to the airport with Xanjer at noon. Seeing Monica, Coco was so happy that he threw himself into her arms. Xanjer was also happy and said, "This is Coco, right? Come on, I'm your great-uncle."

Coco squirmed out of Monica's arms and greeted Xanjer, who then hugged him and kissed him hard. Coco was tickled by his beard

"Leon, thank you!" Monica stepped forward and held Leon's hand gratefully.

Leon invited them to have dinner at the best private club in Jiang City. After eating for a while, Coco felt curious about everything and opened the door to look around. Xanjer followed Coco out. There were beautiful lights on the corridor wall. Coco pointed at the lights and carefully counted. Xanjer followed him closely, afraid that he would get lost.

Several screens appeared in front of the long corridor. When Coco saw the portrait of ladies on the screens, he curiously reached out to touch it. Then he and Xanjer started playing hide-and-seek between the

screens.

Quarmy, accompanied by Noah, walked over with large strides. Without any warning, Coco came out from behind the screens and bumped into him. Coco fell to the ground and cried loudly. Quarmy stretched out his hand to help him up. Xanjer rushed out in front of him and held Coco in his arms. Quarmy was surprised to see Xanjer. "Why are you here?"

Xanjer ignored him. Holding Coco in his arms, he turned around and left. Seeing that, Quarmy knew that Monica must be here. He was curious as to who she had brought Xanjer here to dine with.

Xanjer rushed into the private room with Coco in his arms. Coco was still sobbing. Monica felt strange and asked, "What happened?"

"We met someone we shouldn't have met," Xanjer replied.

Naturally, Monica understood who this person was. Her expression changed instantly. "Did he see Coco?"

"He didn't see him clearly."

"Don't worry, boys are like mothers. Coco looks more like you, so he won't suspect." Leon comforted her.

Monica nodded and let out a sigh of relief. She had to be careful in the future. Although Quarmy was having dinner with his guest, he had been thinking about Monica. Who was she eating with here? This club was the highest-grade club in Jiang City. It was a symbol of identity and wealth. How could Monica bring Xanjer here? Who did they come with?

"Is it Roland?" Roland was the only one around Monica who could afford to this place. He must have invited Monica and Xanjer here to have dinner in order to please them. But who was the child? Quarmy was absent-minded. His guest wasn't a fool, so he tactfully said goodbye to Quarmy. As Quarmy walked the guest out, he saw a familiar figure outside the club. Monica was standing at the entrance with a flowery dress. At her side stood a tall, upright figure. Quarmy recognized that the person standing next to her was Leon.

With a gentle and charming smile on the face, Monica looked at Leon intently with her big eyes. Leon also had a gentle and indulgent expression. They looked like a lovely couple. The waiters of the club were talking by the side, "Wow, this is the first time I've seen such a perfect match!"

Quarmy was in unbearable pain when he heard that. He walked away without looking sideways. Noah followed behind him to open the door for him. Quarmy said expressionlessly after getting into the car,

"When did he come back?"

"He came back today," Noah answered. "Do you know why he's back?"

"I don't know."

"Are you an idiot?" Quarmy's voice was filled with anger. Noah didn't say anything. After following Quarmy for so many years, he knew very well why he was angry. He could understand Quarmy's feelings. After all, Monica was his deeply loved woman and Leon was

a rival in his eyes.

When Noah was starting the car, Quarmy glanced at the entrance of the club. Seeing Monica waving goodbye to Leon, he felt a little more comfortable.

After Monica left, Leon returned to the hotel. After a short while, someone knocked on the door. He opened the door and saw Roland, who stood at the door with his hands on his waist. "Leon, why didn't you

tell me you were coming back? That's not cool."

"I wanted to tell you, but you have always valued sex over friendship. I don't want to disturb you and your girlfriends."

"Girlfriends?" Roland leaned on the sofa and said, "I'm single now."

"Come on. What about Lily?" Leon was very direct. "I heard that she flew to Jiang City yesterday and you didn't even go to the company."

"Who said that?"

"It doesn't matter. Just tell me, have you been with Lily all day?"

"Yes!"

"That's right." Leon snorted softly. "You can never say no to beauties. It's hard to change one's nature, isn't it?"

"Leon, speaking of which I have something to settle with you." Roland said in an aggressive tone, "Let me ask you, why did you make a beautiful woman look like this and send her to me?"

"It's none of my business that you have a problem with your eyes!" Leon casually retorted.

"If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been so upset." Roland let out a long sigh.

"What's wrong? Is Miss Lily still refusing you?"

"She'd love to, but I'm not interested in her now. This woman is really strange. In the past, when I had a crush on her, she was arrogant. Now she's trying her best to stay with me, but unfortunately, I'm out!"

"Who do you like now?"

"Is there a need to ask?"

"Roland, let me be frank with you. Monica is out of your league!"

"Why?" Roland glared at Leon. "I know what you are thinking. We compete fairly now."

"Roland, you are not qualified to compete fairly with me." Leon did not care about him at all. "Will the Wang family allow their young master to marry a divorced woman?"

"Will the Gu family allow that?" Roland mocked. Leon's expression changed. "This matter has nothing to do with you. I will handle it myself."

"Leon, I'm different from you. You're the eldest son of your family and everyone has high hopes for you. If you insist on doing this, your elders will die of anger. But I'm different. I'm just the most useless person

in the Wang family. No one will stop me."

"I can hold out until they agree." Leon's eyes darkened.

"But Monica can't." Wang Feng smiled ruffianly. "You're a gentleman. I'm a villain, so I have a dirty way of doing things. Do you think my elders would be happy to see me have a son?"

"How can you be so despicable?" Leon glared at him. "Roland, don't play tricks. If you dare to bully Moni, I'll let you know the consequences!"

"Leon, you don't have to scare me. If Monica likes you, you wouldn't have waited for such a long time. As far as I'm concerned, you've already been eliminated!" Roland was very confident in himself.

"Come on, playboy. You're not her cup of tea at all. She hates playboys." Leon was not polite at all.

Hearing what Leon said, Roland did not get angry but brought up another topic. "Leon, who's Monica's ex-husband?"

"Ask her yourself."

"If she wanted to tell me, why would I ask you?" Roland glared at him. "Tell me, I beg you."

"Why do you ask this?"

"I'm going to teach him a lesson and let him know how serious his crime is!"

This made Leon laugh. "I can't tell you about this. I promised Monica."

"Tell me, is that guy in Jiang City?" Leon nodded. With a look of excitement on his face, Roland asked, "Does he do business?"

Leon nodded, and Roland asked again, "Is it big or not?"

"It's very big!" Leon replied.

"Quarmy's the only divorced man I've ever seen with big business. Could it be that he's Monica's ex-husband?" Roland thought for a moment before shaking his head. "No way. Otherwise, why would Zoe let

his second daughter be with him?"

Leon was shocked by his guess at first, but when he saw him deny it, he felt relieved. "Well, it's getting late. You may leave now. I'm going to rest!"

The next day, Leon went to Queen. He saw Monica standing outside the president's office. She pointed at the office with a smirk.

"What happened?" Leon was confused.

"Miss Lily is here." Monica lowered her voice.

Leon broke into laughter. Monica was no longer in the mood to watch the show since he arrived. "Come to my office!"

As soon as she finished her words, the door was pulled open. Roland stared at them viciously and asked, "What's wrong with you, Assistant Mo? Why didn't you report to me about the arrival of an important

client?"

Looking at his wrinkled clothes and the lipstick marks on his neck and face, Monica almost laughed out loud. How intense was the sex to make him look like this?

But wasn't it too short? It hadn't been just a few minutes since Lily entered the office. Could it be that Roland had premature ejaculation? Roland didn't care about what she was thinking. He reached out his hand and pulled Leon to another office. While walking, he ordered Monica, "Clean up my office."

Monica stood outside for a long time before she opened the door. There was nothing to clean up in the office, and it was still as neat as before. Seeing her come in, Lily, who was sitting on the sofa with her

clothes in disarray, looked very unhappy.

Monica causally took away Roland's cup and left. Lily didn't feel like staying any longer, so she gathered herself and left.

In the office, Leon pointed at Roland and grinned from ear to ear. "Roland, see what you look like now."

"What are you laughing at? I refused her, can you do that?"

"You refused her? I don't think so." Leon stopped laughing. "You're not neatly dressed and you have lipstick marks on your face. How intense was the sex?"

"I didn't."

"Who would believe it?" While speaking, Monica pushed the door open and came in. With two cups of tea in her hand, she walked to them and put down the tea in front of them.

Roland carefully looked at Monica. Seeing her lowering her head, he felt a little flustered. Just now, Lily entered the door and gave him a kiss. At that time, Monica was standing on one side. He didn't know

whether she would be angry or not.

No, he had to show his attitude. "Call the receptionist right now and tell them not to just let anyone into the company!"

Monica obediently made a phone call. "Linda, Mr. Wang asks you not to just let anyone into the company!" Linda's relationship with Monica was not bad. "Monica, I didn't. Mr. Wang said before that Miss Lily was special."

Monica looked at Roland, who looked a little embarrassed. "Tell her, don't let her in from now on." Monica repeated what Roland had said to her. "Mr. Wang doesn't allow her to get in the company from now on."

"I know!" Linda replied.

After Monica hung up, her cell phone gave by Roland rang. She saw the name and then looked at Roland. "Mr. Wang, it's from Miss Lily."

"Answer the phone!"

After turned it on speakerphone mode, Lily's voice sounded. "Miss Mo, I have a question."

"What's it?"

"Is there anything wrong with Mr. Wang's condition?"

"No. Mr. Wang is in good health!"

"I mean, did the last car accident affect some of his bodily functions? For example, his male function?"

Monica was serious. "I'm just an assistant. I'm not very clear about the president's private affairs."

Lily was a little disappointed and hung up the phone. After Monica hung up the phone, Leon laughed his head off. Roland, on the other hand, was speechless.

Quarmy was in a bad mood after Leon returned. Noah's investigation showed that Leon was not here for something important. Quarmy knew very well that he came back for Monica. Quarmy's eyes darkened. He was well aware of the relationship between Leon and Monica. If it weren't for the fact that Old Mrs. Gu threatened Monica with Leon's inheritance, she wouldn't have broken up

with Leon.

This had always been a sore spot in his heart. Monica had chosen him not because she loved him, but because she wanted to help Leon. Although their relationship after the marriage had been very close, he knew very well that Leon was someone she could never forget.

He has been carefully taking care of this hard-won relationship, but the result was not something he could control. Monica's heart never belonged to him. Quarmy sighed. His phone suddenly rang. It was from Zoe, who invited him to his house for seafood and drinks. Quarmy could refuse Madrigal, but he could not refuse Zoe, so he agreed.

He couldn't go empty-handed, so he told Noah to buy gifts for the Jane family after work. He spent more than an hour on the road and finally arrived at the Jane family home at 7 p.m. Madrigal had been

looking at the door. When she saw Quarmy's car, she ran to him happily and said, "Dad thought you were not coming."

"I promised Uncle Zoe to come." With that said, Quarmy took out gifts from the trunk. Madrigal's face was full of joy, as she thought that Quarmy was late because he had gone to buy gifts. "We still haven't finished the supplements you bought for Mom last time."

As she spoke, Yale also came out. "It's enough that you're here. Why do you have to buy gifts?"

Quarmy smiled politely. "That's what I should do!"

The servant had dinner ready. Zoe told her, "Bring me my fine wine collection. I'll have a few drinks with Quarmy today!"

"Dad, Quarmy has a bad stomach." Madrigal reminded him. Quarmy's stomach had gone bad because of Monica's leave. At that time, he got drunk every day. He now often suffered from stomachaches.

"Girl, do you think your father is a drunkard? I just want to drink a little to liven things up." Zoe laughed and said, "It's true that a grown girl can't be kept at home. Are you going to be on his side before you get

married?"

"Dad!" Madrigal stared at Zoe with shyness and glanced at Quarmy, who smiled and said nothing. She had been with him for so long, but she had never seen any other expression on his face. He always had such a gentle smile, as if he never had a temper.

Although his gentleness gave off a sense of intimacy, it did not seem real. It was as if he was wearing a mask that made her unable to see through him. Everyone said that Quarmy was good and gentle to her, but she knew that this was not a good sign. He kept hiding his emotions in front of her, which meant that he was resisting her approach.

She suddenly felt a little bitter in her heart. Compared with Monica, she was nothing! Although Monica was kicked out of the Huo family, Quarmy still cared about her.

After dinner, Quarmy and Zoe went to the study. For the sake of his daughter's future happiness, Zoe needed to give Quarmy an explanation for the project thing.

This was the first time Quarmy had entered Zoe's study. He sat down on the sofa. Yale personally brought two cups of tea into the room and then left. After Zoe explained, he mentioned that there would be a sports meeting in Jiang City, and he would help Quarmy to be the owner of the project. Quarmy originally did not think too much about the city construction project. Now that Zoe had given him such a big compensation, he felt that things might not be that simple.

Roland must have used some kind of method to get this project. He suddenly remembered the meeting between Zoe and Monica. Could this have something to do with Monica?

No way. How could Monica affect Zoe's decision?

When they were talking, Zoe's phone rang. He interrupted the conversation and answered the phone. It seemed to be something about work, so Zoe hadn't hung up for a long time. Feeling a little bored,

Quarmy picked up a book from Zoe's desk and flipped through it.

Unexpectedly, a photo fell out of it. He picked up the photo and was about to put it back in the book. When he caught a glimpse of the person in the photo, he was dumbfounded as if he had been struck by an

electric shock.