Chapter 8 We'll Be Getting Married Soon

Caspar eyed Leona whose eyebrows were furrowed together as her eyes gleamed of despair. A mocking smile tugged at the corners of his mouth.

"Did I sleep with you the day before yesterday? And you want me to be responsible for you?" he mocked.

"Sorry, that was what I needed to say to get your attention," Leona answered apologetically. The she continued, without wasting another second, "Caspar, please save my grandpa. I'll give you anything you want. Anything!"

Caspar looked down at Leona. "Do you think there's something you could offer that would be of any interest to me?"

Leona stepped forward in an attempt to kiss Caspar but he quickly shoved her aside. "I'm not interested in you. Do you really think I want to touch you?"

"Caspar..." Leona suddenly smiled. "With the way you're looking at me right now, I can't help but think that you hate me."

Caspar frowned, seemingly confused.

'Hate you?

Of course I hate you!'

"There can only be hate when there's love," Leona said with a smile.

Caspar was instantly provoked. He grabbed Leona by the collar and violently threw her to the corner of the wall. He raised his hand and wrapped his fingers around her neck as he spat, "Are you still stuck in that stupid illusion of yours after this?"

Leona panicked as she had difficulty breathing with how tightly Caspar's fingers were clasped around her neck.

For the first time, Leona felt that Caspar really wanted to kill her.

'If this is the only way to save Grandpa, then do it!'

Caspar continued to tighten his grip around her neck as he gazed at Leona who had slowly closed her eyes in seeming resignation. Not one to miss any clues, he immediately understood what Leona was trying to do.

"This is what you want? You're asking for death?"

Caspar suddenly loosened his grip on Leona's neck and frowned as he watched Leona gasp for breath.

"You don't deserve to die in my hands! It's not worth for me to pay for your life!"

"What if I commit suicide? If I commit suicide, will you save grandpa?" she asked.

Thrown off, Caspar protested, "How dare you!"

Leona was a little surprised. 'If I'm not mistaken, I think I noticed something in Caspar's eyes. Was that care? Concern?'

Just as Leona was nursing this idea in her mind, Caspar suddenly blurted out, "Even if you commit suicide, I won't save him. Because he's your grandpa!"

"What if I leave Grandpa?"

In reality, Caspar was already feeling a little flustered on the inside. He just did a good job of hiding it on the outside. "But you can't change the fact that you're his granddaughter!"

All of a sudden, Leona pounced on Caspar.

At this moment, she really wanted to kill him.

Caspar felt Leona's soft hands wrap around his throat which she quickly withdrew in horror. She took a step back, blushing and remaining silent for what seemed to be a long time.

As silence filled the air, a knock came on the door.

The black wooden door slowly opened and revealed a beautiful woman.

Leona recognized the woman to be the same woman who was standing next to Caspar at the press conference earlier.

'When I arrived, I remember glancing at the poster. I think her name is... Flora Su. Flora the flower goddess!

It means as beautiful as a flower.

What a lovely name.'

As Leona eyed Flora Su, the latter did the same to her.

'She seems pure and smart as she exudes a naturally noble aura. Her skin is delicate like porcelain and one would be hard-pressed to detect any flaws in her beautiful face,' Flora Su thought inwardly and suddenly seemed visibly annoyed. 'No wonder she would want to take advantage of Caspar.

But does that matter?

It still doesn't excuse her behavior!'

"Why did you do that to Mr. Qiao? Didn't you even consider about what that would do to your reputation? As a woman, you should know how to love yourself. Don't even dream of being with someone like Mr. Qiao. A woman like you isn't fit for someone like him."

Flora Su seemed proud of herself after she spoke.

To her, what she said was not a hysterical accusation but rather words of wisdom for a seemingly misguided woman like Leona.

Her soft and gentle voice was effective in delivering her message.

"Miss Su, do you know what happened between me and Caspar? Since you don't, what right do you have to recklessly comment like that on my affairs? What a pity. Your name sounds lovely, Miss Su, but it's much better to be wise and sensible than have a beautiful face and an empty mind."

'Huh?

What is she doing? Is she trying to say that I'm superficial and shallow?' Feeling embarrassed, Flora Su clenched her fists.

Just as she was about to retort, Leona turned her head and threatened Caspar, "You slept with me. If you don't hold yourself accountable for what you did, I'm announcing to the public that we'll be getting married soon."

"Really?"

Caspar looked at Leona with a faint smile as he walked towards Flora Su who was frozen in place by the door.

He gently pulled Flora Su into his arms as he lowered his head and said to her softly, "Let's go."

Flora's heart immediately fluttered in joy. She knew that this feeling could only be called love.

She had hinted to Caspar many times before that she liked him.

He never responded to her hints. In a way, he had indirectly refused her more than once already. As expected, Flora was hurt by this.

'I was getting desperate when he suddenly promised to make me the spokesperson for the new project of QT International Group.

I was slowly losing any hope that I could still win him over.

With a man like Caspar, it would already be a blessing just to admire him from a distance, what more stand by his side.

But now this happened.

What does this mean?'

Flora lowered her head and giddily eyed Caspar's hand that was wrapped around her waist. 'Suddenly, all my long-lost hopes and desires for him come flooding back to me.

My true love is by my side and I can feel my happiness within reach.

At this moment, I'm genuinely happy.'

How Flora Su wished time could stop at this moment. The elevator doors, however, opened, and they were now on the ground floor.

"Caspar..."

Flora called him softly.

"Please call me Mr. Qiao," Caspar said coldly as he roughly shook off Flora's hand. "Oh and strangers aren't allowed in my office."

Flora stood there in shock.

In the monitoring room

Watching the woman leaning against the sofa in the CEO's office from the video surveillance, Johan He was shocked. "Eh, Mr. Qiao, I'm going to wake her up now."

Caspar glanced at Johan He,

and the latter stopped in his tracks.

'What does he mean? Does he not want me to wake the woman up?' "Get out!"

Caspar suddenly bellowed.

With that, Johan He quickly left.

'He asked me to get out which means the answer is no. Mr. Qiao made that very clear!' He was scared that he would get in trouble.

When he left, he was still a bit panicked as he looked at the rest of the surveillance managers who were also driven out. All of them looked back at the closed door of the monitoring room and touched the back of their heads in confusion.

Everyone was thinking the same thing—Caspar, their boss, wasn't acting normal.

In the monitoring room, Caspar silently stared at the sleeping woman on the monitor. He couldn't help but reach out and touch the screen, gazing at the woman longingly. He sighed softly as he did.