Chapter 56
Alexander immediately shot back. "When did I say I was scared?"
"Right, you didn't say it. Anyway, I think if a husband can't make his wife like him and care about him, then he's pretty useless as a man. What do you think?"
"I need to get back to work. Hanging up."
With that, he put away his phone.
After returning to his desk and sitting down, Alexander lit a cigarette, placed it between his lips, and took a hard drag. As the smoke escaped from his thin lips, his cool, indifferent gaze turned toward the lounge.
Lila sat at the desk, holding a white tissue in her hand, wiping away tears and blowing her nose.
He narrowed his eyes slightly. Was she still crying?
Over one kiss. Did it really upset her that much?
As he watched her, the image of her resisting and pushing him away during the kiss suddenly flashed through his mind, and Alexander felt irritated.
The first time he kissed a woman, and she actually rejected him?
Grandma had a point. If a husband can't make his wife like him, then he's pretty useless as a man!
He was undefeated on the business battlefield, and he would absolutely conquer the romantic battlefield too.
He wouldn't be that kind of useless man, and he had enough confidence to make Lila willingly bear his child.
It was all just a matter of time.
With this thought, Alexander's gaze at Lila grew much deeper and more complex.
A little after 3 PM.
Lila sat in the lounge, looking exhausted.
She needed to use the bathroom.
She'd needed to go for half an hour already.
But because things had gotten so ugly with Alexander today, she didn't want to leave the lounge and face him.
However, she couldn't hold it anymore.
Lila glanced at Alexander outside with her peripheral vision, saw that he was looking down at documents, got up, pushed open the lounge door, and walked out, deliberately turning her face toward the floor-to-ceiling window, not giving him even a single glance.
However, before she'd taken two steps, a cold, superior voice reached her ears. "Where are you going?"
Lila didn't look at him either, dropping three words in an equally indifferent tone, "The bathroom."
Alexander didn't look up, just made a sound of acknowledgment.
Seeing from the corner of her eye that Alexander was still looking down at his documents, Lila finally shot him a fierce glare and quickened her pace into the lounge behind Alexander.
After pushing the door open, she discovered that this lounge was really big.
And fully equipped.
It felt exactly like a presidential suite.
Being rich really meant you could do whatever you wanted.
Since she couldn't hold it any longer, Lila didn't look around carefully. She found the bathroom and quickly took care of business.
Coming out, she stood at the sink, looking at her rather pale face in the mirror, and patted her cheeks.
She had to admit, a bad marriage really exhausted you physically and mentally.
She used to be such an optimistic person, but after just a few days of being married to Alexander, she'd already been worn down to looking pale?
After this moment of regret, Lila let out a breath.
Coming out from inside, she walked straight toward the driver's lounge, not even glancing at Alexander sitting at his desk, as if he didn't exist at all.
Lila ignored Alexander completely, but his gaze unconsciously followed her retreating figure. Watching her walk with such quick steps, it wasn't hard to guess that she was still angry.
Alexander let out a light snort. Quite the temper.
After Lila returned to the driver's lounge, she saw the notification light flashing on her phone.
She opened it to see a message from Elara.
[Lila, I just discovered that Chris looked at my content on the video app and even liked the comment you left me. Check if he sent you a private message!]
Without thinking, Lila opened the video app.