Chapter 16 A Guest from Far Away
"Come on, if so, do you think that they will get on a crowded bus instead of their cozy limousines? Can you believe that?" Verena then continued to mock, "What a childish girl!"
When hearing that, those girls hesitated. Of course, her words sounded quite reasonable. Those celebrities would never take a crowded bus.
Seeing that they hesitated, Verena continued, "Let me tell you. Both of my brothers are a bit insane. Now I am taking them to the hospital. If you take pictures then and you get them agitated, I will definitely sue all of you!"
"Ma'am, are you serious?"
"Of course, look at my little brother..." While speaking, Verena kicked Cole hard, who was hiding himself under the seat.
"He is so afraid that he even covers his own face with my coat. If you scare him, don't blame me for not noticing you earlier!"
'What? Insane?' When hearing that, Cole was so mad that he really wanted to strangle her alive. However, he had to put up with it for the time being.
'Just wait and see!' Cole was pissed off.
Those girls looked at each other and then huffed, "Huh, two idiots? I don't think we should take the pictures."
'Two idiots?' when hearing that, Verena couldn't help snickering. But she still held it back.
Cole was irritated upon hearing that.
Meanwhile, Lemuel still remained silent. When he fixed his eyes on Verena, he said, "It sounds hilarious?"
Verena gave a shiver and refuted with her back on him, "No!"
"But your shoulders kept shaking." Lemuel squinted at her. He seemed to have seen her through.
Suddenly, she was frightened, "That's because...I have a stomachache."
"Do you deem your stammering words credible?"
"I...I didn't stammer..." Verena said sincerely, "I...feel...pain...down my stomach."
Suddenly, he changed the topic, "Why are you sitting on my lap?"
She hurried to reply, "I am here to protect you!"
Lemuel seemed to be a bit surprised. But he still remained silent and looked mocking.
She was the first one who ever claimed to protect him. However, as proud as he was, he would never allow to be protected. Not to mention that the one who protected him was a woman.
His heart was overwhelmed by the feelings of disdain and disgust. He was getting more and more annoyed.
Verena couldn't help swallowing and tried to stand up.
However, Lemuel pressed on her shoulder with his big hands. Then he said coldly, "You said you were protecting me, right? Since then, just protect me till we reach the destination. I hate those who give up halfway!"
In order to keep Lemuel's face unnoticed, she almost leaned herself onto his chest while her hairs were clinging to his face.
He could smell the fresh and light fragrance of her hairs, which seemed to dissipate a bit of his burning annoyance. And he even felt a bit sleepy.
As her hairs happened to fan around his face softly, he gradually closed his eyes.
As expected, the bus fell into silence again. Those girls didn't keep yelling to take pictures. But they still looked at them from time to time.
However, Verena felt quite uneasy as if she got fleas on her body all over.
She could even feel that Lemuel's face was clinging to her back. They were getting so close to each other that her heart couldn't help beating fiercely. She wanted to struggle to nudge a bit. However, Lemuel grabbed her waist hard.
He was too close to her!
She could even smell the light scent of cologne and tobacco from his body.
Luckily, the bus soon reached the stop.
All of them got off the bus. Cole threw the coat back to Verena. And then he hailed a taxi.
Both Verena and Lemuel were walking to the company while he was in the front and she was following behind. They kept a distance away from others.
Verena kept her head down and crossed her hands, looking nervous.
"Go to the 37th floor to report to my secretary Anna!"
Lemuel looked indifferent as usual. However, his eyes seemed to be less cold than before.
Verena was a bit stunned while looking at him, 'Did he just talk to me?'
"What kind of shampoo do you use?" he suddenly asked.
She paused and said, "All kinds!"
Lemuel huffed and then turned aside his face. He looked at the stain on his shirt and ignored her. Then he walked through a golden revolving door. She could see through the huge window that all those staffs walking in and out of the hall suddenly stood still and bowed to Lemuel with great respect.
Though his shirt was stained, he still looked elegant and refined among them.
The Lawson Group was world-famous. All staffs were proud of themselves for working here.
The whole building was constructed with transparent windows up to the ceiling. It looked so glorious and grand just like how well-known its reputation was at this moment.
Soon, she reached the 37th floor. As the door was opened, Verena walked out of the elevator. She felt quite nervous all the way through.
The ground was totally clad with thick carpet. As she walked, her footsteps didn't even sound. As soon as she walked out of the elevator, Anna came over, "Hello, Miss Moore!"
"Hello!" Verena nodded as well.
"Please come with me! I will introduce your work to you."
Anna took her to an office, "Miss Moore, here is your office from now on. And you will work as the assistant of Mr. Lemuel. Besides, you need to deal with all tasks given by Mr. Lemuel including making coffee for him."
While listening, she kept nodding, "Thank you. I got it."
"You are welcomed. Besides, Mr. Lemuel will finish the meeting in ten minutes. Miss Moore, you can go to make coffee first. When he comes back to the office, you can serve him the coffee. Oh, by the way, Mr. Lemuel hates instant coffee."
After saying that, Anna left.
Verena looked at her watch and then walked to grind coffee beans.
After making two cups of coffee, she took them to walk towards the office.
As she pushed the door opened to enter, she saw that Lemuel had changed into a dark blue shirt. He sat down with his legs crossed while holding the files in his front.
The one sitting opposite him was Mr. Louis, who had blond hairs and small blue eyes. He looked a bit chubby.
"Mr. Lemuel, here is your coffee." Verena bent over to put the cup of coffee in front of Lemuel.
He just nodded and glanced at her. Then he fixed his eyes on the files again. It seemed that Verena had got herself used to her work in a short time.
"Mr. Louis, here is your coffee..." she placed the coffee on the table. When Verena was about to take back her hands, Louis suddenly pressed on her hands with his. She was stunned and raised her head.
Then she saw Louis's smiling face.☐☐☐☐☐