Arielle Moore and Vinson Nightshire

Obsessed CEO Throws Himself at Me Chapter 20

Inside Arielle‘s room.

Arielle felt neither unhappy nor unsettled in any way as she surveyed the modestly decorated interior of the hotel room.

Never mind that she had temporarily fallen out of favor with Henrick, her very presence had already thrown this family into disarray, and amidst the ensuing chaos, she reckoned that she would surely find the truth which she sought!

The ceremony would begin in half–an–hour.

Before leaving the room behind, Arielle went before the mirror to straighten out her disheveled hair.

The girl staring back at her in the reflection looked unbelievably fetching, coltish and acquiescent, but only she herself knew this to be a mere facade.

A wolf masquerading in sheep skin bit faster, more incisively and viciously, and left no chances for its enemies.

The venue for the ceremony was extravagantly luxurious, with the aroma of coffee from the sampling stations of the various sponsoring roasters saturating the air inside.

Shandie picked up a cuppa the moment she entered and took a whiff from it before tilting

her head toward Henrick. “This is pretty good, smells full–bodied. And judging from its form, reckon that it should be from… Corleon.”

The sponsor at the side approached appreciatively when he incidentally overheard her. “You‘ve a good eye, Miss. Our beans are indeed sourced from Corleon.”

The man‘s effusive praise for Shandie made Henrick‘s heart swell with joy as he looked proudly at her.

While Shandie was basking in her moment of glory, she lifted her head to see that sponsor looking absolutely mesmerized by Arielle.

Shandie had no doubt that the man would start drooling were he to carry on ogling, and that irked her to no end.

Although Shandie was a little over twenty just as Arielle was, the former still came across as a young lass who had yet to shake off her own girlishness.

In a few more years, there would be no telling whether Shandie herself would even be fit enough to be a complementary leaf to the ravishing rose that Arielle could become.

The very thought of that had Shandie gnashing her teeth and wishing for Arielle to disappear.

She thought that a country girl like Arielle

should not show up and mess up her life like this!

Shandie took two steps to her left to block off the man‘s line of sight, and harbored deviousness in her eyes when she picked up a cup of coffee in the same motion.

“Have a taste

Arielle could respond, Shandie pressed a hand to her own mouth as if she had hit upon a realization. “I forgot that you‘ve always stayed in the countryside… so you must not have taken coffee before, haven‘t

sponsor‘s eyes behind her. He was looking for an ambassador for his company

not occur to him that she was from the countryside and had not even drank coffee

as the girl was, he deemed her unsuitable, or even undesirable, as a brand ambassador since such an appointment

toward Shandie‘s comments and only wished

sampling drew a frown from

taste buds and apart from the bitterness, there was little complexity to the aftertaste – The quality was not all that Shandie made

cup back from Arielle, adamant in the view that it was Arielle

country bumpkin like her know about

exactly as Shandie anticipated, and that greatly pleased her. The latter then turned to the sponsor apologetically. “I‘m sorry, mister. It‘s not that your coffee

that Arielle, who did not understand his product at all, should not

okay, since not everyone is a coffee lover. In that case, I‘ll be taking my leave.

nodded at Shandie before turning

as he watched the man depart, believing his younger daughter to

be upset, Cindy purposefully chided, “Really, Shannie. Why did you have to

“It just slipped

you tell the sponsor in his face that his coffee was bitter? You‘ve

bowed, Arielle lowered her gaze apologetically. “I‘m sorry, Dad.

annoyance before he regarded Shandie. “It‘s almost time, so you should go prepare yourself backstage. Dad and Mom would be waiting out there for you to

Cindy before she took her pass backstage, while Arielle followed

who looked like he was trying to keep his distance

A good father who would happily toss her aside once she no longer proved

kept her own emotions in

commenced shortly after they

the day was more than usual, primarily because of the presence of Vinson Nightshire as one of the guest–of

and nail to secure a slot at the event just for the opportunity to get

emerged after the introduction by the host; starting with one of the founders of Crown Coffee Academy, followed by

the host welcomed in the final guest. “Please

reception at the mention of his name ignited went far to illustrate that more than half

toward the door leading backstage. At the end of the ceremony, the technicians would edit the footage and

would receive

unhurriedly to the front of the stage to greet the audience, he suddenly

Is that... Arielle?

gaze lingered upon her for awhile before pulling away. He then extended a bow to the people gathered in the seats. “Hello everyone, I‘m

from the audience