Sophia was scared by Victor's words!
What did he want to do?
Sophia's eyes widened as she tightly gripped the steering wheel with her small, trembling hands. She swallowed saliva and said, "Mr. Hastings, what do you want from me?"
Victor chuckled lightly, his pleasant and soothing voice was very charming, but Sophia felt a sense of fear. She momentarily wanted to run away, but Victor looked at her with icy eyes that seemed to say, "You can run if you want."
Sophia, who was timid at heart, suddenly dared not move. She followed Victor into the mall with a pitiful expression. He bought a lot of things and made Sophia carry them all. Soon, Sophia was covered in shopping bags and people passing by couldn't help but take a few more glances at her.
"Oh my, this man has no charm at all."
"He actually made his girlfriend carry so many things, how rude."
"But he looks so handsome, if my boyfriend looked this good, I would gladly kneel down and call him master, let alone carry things for him."
A few girls were infatuated with Victor.
Unhappily, Sophia pouted and walked slowly behind Victor. There were simply too many things, she couldn't carry them all by herself!
"Move faster." Victor was dissatisfied with Sophia.
The girl said, "Oh my, his voice is so nice too! How can there be such a perfect man in the world? Wow, I really like him! He's just like the CEO in the comics! I love him!"
While being urged by Victor, Sophia listened to the words of the girls. She didn't know if their eyes were blind, how could they be attracted to Victor, such a deceitful and despicable man!
She endured the fullness of anger as she followed Victor out of the mall, stuffing the stack of shopping bags into the trunk.
"Where are we going?" she asked unhappily.
Victor said, "To Morison Villa."
Sophia opened the map and drove according to the navigation, taking a winding route until they finally stopped outside a very luxurious mansion. She followed Victor inside.
Bella Morison, the daughter of the Morison family, spotted Victor at a glance and smiled, "Mr. Hastings, you've come so early today."
Victor's usually cold expression finally softened a bit, "I brought you some gifts."
Bella's gaze fell on Sophia and she smiled sweetly, "Thank you for so many gifts. Mr. Hastings, why didn't you bring Ms. Jessica with you? And who is this lady?"
"My assistant," Victor replied with just two words.
Bella, who had been curious before, didn't ask any more questions and warmly invited Victor to take a seat.
The Morison family was highly regarded and well-known philanthropists in Woerek, with a great reputation in the industry. They often held charity galas to raise funds to help the underprivileged. Many wealthy people who desired fame liked to attend the Morison family's charity galas in order to gain a good reputation.
There was no doubt that many people came today.
Including Victor, almost half of Woerek's elite class attended, and they had all taken their seats by now.
Bella smiled as she led Victor to his designated seat and said, "Mr. Hastings, this is your seat. Ms. Johnson, you can sit here."
Sophia, who was called by name, nodded and said, "Thank you," before sitting down. Bella said to Victor, "Mr. Hastings, my father wants to talk to you about something. Do you have the time to come with me?"
"Wait for me here," Victor said, elegantly getting up and giving Sophia a command before walking with Bella.
They entered the main building of Morison Villa and went up to the second-floor terrace. From the terrace, they could see the guests and the various business leaders who had come to Morison Villa for the auction.
"Paul is here too." With no one else around, Bella pointed to a middle-aged man smoking in the designated smoking area and said, "He just returned to Woerek yesterday. I heard he plans to compete with Aadelha Group for the Grianwich project. Before taking action, he will definitely try to gather information through your assistants and secretaries."
Meanwhile, Sophia was sitting alone in the guest seating area.
As she had come in with Victor earlier, everyone knew she was with him.
Anyone who had ideas about Victor would definitely take the opportunity while he was away to inquire about the situation from her, except for one person – Paul. He had offended Victor before, so if he saw Victor's assistant, he would either run away or avoid her.
"Do you think Paul will come forward and chat with your little assistant at a time like this?" Bella asked with interest, looking around at everything nearby and laughing.
Against the light, Victor casually leaned against the low railing with his hands, his mildly sexy lips slightly pursed. "What do you want to say?" he asked.
"You have a mole by your side," Bella said very seriously.
Victor wasn't surprised by her words. With a half-smile, he asked, "Hmm, anything else?"
"No, I just wanted to test who this mole might be one by one," Bella said, playing with the wine glass in her hand. Through the glass, she looked at the blurry but familiar figures downstairs and said, "Your company had its bottom line exposed last month, causing the bidding to fail. I think it must have been leaked from within."
"You don't need to worry about my affairs," Victor reprimanded, his face growing cold.
Bella pouted, "Nobody wants to deal with your business!"
She was annoyed by Victor and turned around to leave. But her peripheral vision caught sight of Paul, who had been smoking in the corner, suddenly extinguishing his cigarette butt and walking towards Sophia. Bella pointed at her, "He went over there, just as I said!"
Most couples came to the charity gala together, and Paul, being a lecherous man, certainly noticed the beautiful woman standing alone at a glance.
Moreover, Sophia looked so stunning!
Her figure, highlighted by the black and white dress, showcased her delicate curves. Even though she was fully clothed, Paul could still sense her sexiness.
Paul approached with a greedy smirk and asked, "Hi, girl, why are you alone here?"
Sophia glanced around, confirming that he was talking to her, and asked, "Are you talking to me?"
"Yeah, who did you come here with?" Paul deduced that Sophia was someone else's assistant. He leered at her body shamelessly and couldn't help but swallow.
With a slight frown of disgust, Sophia raised an eyebrow but remained polite. She asked, "Do you need something?"
"No, I just think you look all by yourself, so I thought we could chat about life." Paul spoke while sauntering to the seat belonging to Victor and sitting down.
Sophia reached out to stop him and said, "That's our CEO's seat, please move."
Taking the opportunity, Paul grabbed her fair hand and frivolously said, "Who's your CEO? He has excellent taste to find such a smart and capable assistant like you. How much does he pay you? How about working at my company?"
As he spoke, Paul reached out and caressed Sophia's fair hand, even giving it a light pinch. Her skin felt so soft, he liked the smoothness of her body and didn't try to conceal his greed from his eyes.
Victor, watching from upstairs, suddenly underwent a change in atmosphere. His gaze turned fierce.
Bella laughed and teased, "Looks like they're getting acquainted. Mr. Hastings, you should quickly go downstairs so that none of your company's secrets get leaked."