A Crazy One-night Stand novel Chapter 76

Sure enough, being in a good mood helped people to be more passionate at work. 

Alina managed to finish her work that was supposed to be completed in three days within an entire morning. 

In the afternoon, her inspiration was flowing as she drew more than a dozen design plans. 

When it was time to get off work, she left the office with the blueprints in her arms.

The whole day, her mind was occupied with preparing dinner for Scumbag, she didn't even realize Rosie didn't show up to work. After that, Rosie had lectured Alina for a long time and complained that she should value her sisters before misters.

As she stepped out of her office, she walked briskly towards the apartment.

A man blocked her way and asked in a monotonous tone, "Excuse me, are you Miss Alina?"

Alina nodded and replied politely, "Yes, I'm Alina."

"Our boss would like to meet you. Please come with me!" The man's tone was polite and formal as well. 

The sunglasses and black suit made the man look a little standoffish. 

Alina refused. "I'm sorry, I'm very busy!"

She was truly busy. She had promised Scumbag to have dinner at seven o'clock. Although it was not a very important meal, she did not want to break her promise. Furthermore, it was Scumbag who brought her out of her toxic home environment. Scumbag invited her to have dinner together at his apartment, so she could have the chance to repay him with a meal. 

The man's voice became stern. His tone was insistent as he said, "Miss Alina, this way!"

"I'm really busy!" After saying this, Alina tried to escape with the blueprints in her arms. 

The man grabbed her wrist and pulled her aside.

"Let go of me, who are you? Let me go! Who is this boss of yours?" Alina yelled anxiously.

The man did not answer but dragged her into a car.

The blueprints in Alina's arms were scattered all over the floor.

...

In the president's office of Scott Group. 

Wilson was busy looking through documents and signing contracts. 

Simon stood aside. "Mr. Wilson, when would be an appropriate time to announce your wedding?" 

As Wilson signed his name on another contract, he said, "It's almost time. Did you follow my instructions?"

Simon replied immediately, "Yes. All the liquid funds that could be mobilized have been used to buy up Scott Group's shares during the trading session yesterday and today morning. We are fully leveraged with all our cash resources."

Wilson raised the corners of his mouth. "Contact Alina's friend, Rosie. Once she has bought our shares, you can announce the wedding news." 

"Okay." Simon nodded. He appeared calm but inwardly, he was shocked. Mr. Wilson had never cared about trivial matters regarding other people. However, he was suddenly concerned whether an ordinary person bought their company's stock?  

An hour later, the news of Wilson's marriage was announced. In less than five minutes after the announcement, Wilson received notice that the price of Scott Group's stocks had blasted through the cut-off limits. Trading had been suspended.  

There was blood thirst in his cold eyes. "Lucas, Colton, you must be regretting that you did not buy Scott Group's shares now, did you? I will give both of you a chance."

His phone rang at this moment.

Wilson looked at the caller ID and frowned. He picked up the call. "Mom!"

"Wilson, how could you do this? That woman has nothing at all! You can't be seen with her. You are going to destroy all our family's efforts over the years."

"Mom, listen to me..."

"Wilson, set up a press conference to clarify yourself. You've never thought about marrying this woman, Alina. It's the media creating false rumours and gossip. Do it right now!"

"Mom, don't overreact!"

"Wilson, have you forgotten how your brother died? How could you forget? How could you?" At the other end of the phone, Sophie was in tears, sobbing her heart out. 

Wilson‘s brows furrowed deeper and said firmly, "Mom, I've never forgotten this incident. That's why I decided to announce my marriage to Alina. I won't fall in love with any other woman except for Rosalie. Mom, please believe me! I'll explain it to you when I come back. I'm hanging up!"

"Wilson, Wilson!"

Wilson hung up the phone.

As soon as he hung up, another call came in.

It was Walter!

Wilson pressed his lips together coldly. He reached out and took the call. "Mr. Walter!" 

"Mr. Wilson, congratulations!" Walter congratulated him in an ingratiating tone on the phone.  

In fact, inwardly he loathed Wilson. Originally, Walter had hoped that his daughter Clara could seduce Wilson, but he didn't expect that someone like Alina would show up and spoil his plans. 

He wondered who this person named Alina Miller was. He had tried to find out more about her but had never heard of anyone from the upper class of J City who was from the Miller Family. Perhaps she wasn't from J City. However, he was sure that Alina must have a very influential background. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been allowed to join the Scott Family.

"Thank you!" Wilson sneered at his words. He knew that Walter called to ask about the investment. 

Sure enough, Walter hastily asked about the investment, "Mr. Wilson, with your wedding approaching, don't forget about me! I'm still waiting for your investment to save my company!" 

Wilson's eyes were emotionless, but his tone was blissful as if he was really happy because of the approaching wedding. 

He replied, "Mr. Walter, don't worry. I have always kept my word."

"Good, good!" Walter said in a relieved tone, "Your wedding is just around the corner. There must be many things to settle. I won't bother you anymore. Goodbye."

Wilson hung up the phone and was about to call his grandfather when he suddenly received a call from Lincoln.

"Wilson, are you serious about this?" Lincoln asked.

Wilson nodded. "Yes."

Lincoln said, "Alina is a good girl. I'm looking forward to your wedding."  

Wilson said with a relaxed smile, "Grandfather, don't worry. I'll be back soon. I'm a little busy these days so I won't come home in the evening. On your birthday, I'll bring Alina home for a longer stay!"

"Okay!" Lincoln nodded with satisfaction and ended the call casually. "You must be busy. See you!" Then he hung up the phone.

Wilson opened the photo album on his phone and stared at Alina's photo. The corners of his lips curled into a smile. 

He looked at the time. There was still some free time before seven o'clock. He could finish up some urgent tasks at hand. After that, he had a meeting to attend.

Wilson actually hoped that time would pass faster as he was looking forward to dinner at seven. If he remembered correctly, there were two bottles of Cabernet Sauvignon from La Manor in his wine cabinet. Alina should know how to decant wine, right?  

The wine should be decanted for 40 minutes. He seemed to have found a good reason to call her.

He smiled faintly to himself and opened his contacts. He made a phone call to Alina. 

The phone rang several times, but no one answered.

He frowned. Perhaps, she was busy with work at this time. Or maybe her phone was not beside her, so she didn't hear it. 

"I'll remind her after the meeting. Anyway, it's not too late," Wilson thought.

Throughout the afternoon, Wilson had a relaxed air around him. The atmosphere during the meetings was usually serious, but this afternoon, he took it easy. Wilson didn't even realize it himself. He didn't notice the incredulous looks in the eyes of the directors as they left the conference room. 

When he left the conference room, Wilson called Alina again but no one answered. He couldn't help furrowing his brows.

It didn't make sense. Alina didn't have the habit of not answering the phone. Previously, she had always managed to answer her phone whenever he called her.

He looked at the time again. It was after five o'clock. It had been more than an hour since he called her before the meeting. Hadn't she checked her phone once in an hour? If she had seen it, she would have called back. Moreover, she should have gotten off work by this time!

He frowned and felt a little uneasy.

Wilson called her again and again, but still, no one answered. The more he called, the more uneasy he felt.

Finally, he couldn't stand it anymore. Wilson stood up and began pacing around the office.

After he stopped pacing, he called Simon. "Simon, make a trip to the Imperial Landscapes to see if Alina is working overtime?" 

Simon agreed and left.

Ten minutes later, Wilson received a call from Simon. "Mr. Wilson, Miss Alina, no, Mrs. Wilson had left the office on time at five o'clock."

Wilson frowned again and asked, "See if she had left her phone in the office?"

Simon went to look for her phone.

A minute later, Simon replied into the phone, "No, Mrs. Wilson's didn't leave her phone behind."

Wilson's heart suddenly beat faster. He remembered that Michael, who was still lying in the hospital, was injured because of Alina. He also remembered that at the construction site, the incident with the ginkgo tree had narrowly missed her. 

He said coldly in the call, "Find out where she is immediately."

Then, he hung up. Wilson quickly left Scott Mansion and went straight to his apartment.

He truly hoped that Alina had returned to the apartment and was busy in the kitchen, so she didn't hear her phone ringing.

However, when he returned to his apartment, the empty apartment made his heart tighten with fear.

There was still no news from Simon. As Wilson left the apartment, he called Simon for any updates. "Any news or clues?"

Simon informed Wilson of the only clue he had found, "There were some blueprints scattered at the office's entrance. They belong to Mrs. Wilson."

Wilson's blood ran cold. 

Perhaps it was because of an accident that took Rosalie's life, Wilson was traumatized. He was extremely afraid that the same thing could happen to the people around him.  

He said to Simon, "Hurry up! Search for Alina!" His voice was urgent.

Hanging up Simon's call, he immediately called Jayden. "Alina is missing. Mobilize all your resources to locate her." 

Jayden was speechless by the sudden request.

Alina disappeared? Didn't they have drinks together last night? A person needed to be missing for 24 hours before they could lodge a report to the police. What was Wilson so anxious about? They had already announced the wedding, who would be so dumb to harm the wife of Wilson Scott? Were they looking for trouble? 

However, when he heard Wilson's agitated tone on the phone, he agreed and immediately took action.

There were two reasons. First, if he didn't manage to find Alina, Wilson wouldn't spare him. Second, if he couldn't locate her as soon as possible, it would make him look incompetent.

He had been devouring books on detectives since he was five years old. When he was ten, his role model was Sherlock Holmes. He was Jayden Lewis, the most famous private investigator in J City.