Love Together, Be With You Never novel Chapter 41

"Mr. Charles..." My head went blank as I looked at Kieran in shock.

Kieran jerked me into his embrace and darted a glance at me. In that glance, I travelled through hell and heaven. I froze and didn't dare make a sound.

I sensed coldness in his arms, as if I had been in the ice scarred world of winter. But for some reason, the warmth I felt inside overshadowed that sensation.

The employees surrounded us. As if having witnessed the Armageddon, they gaped at us, and some of them even fainted. Before falling to the ground, they muttered to themselves, "Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

In the crowd, Everly glared, her beautiful eyes bursting with hostility and jealousy, and took off glumly.

"You...," Shania said hesitantly with tears welling in her eyes. Before she could finish her words, Marvin pulled her behind himself, fawning over Kieran, "What a surprise to meet you here, Mr. Charles."

"This is my company. A surprise is far-fetched," Kieran said slowly and stroked my long hair.

Although I enjoyed the warmth that Kieran's embrace gave off, I also felt like a bunny clutched by a tiger, ready to be played.

I was stiff as a board but managed to put on a smile. I cooperated with Kieran in every way even though I didn't know what he wanted.

"Yes! Yes!" Marvin was sweating profusely in fear. Shania, who was behind him, looked at me with a complicated gaze, but she did not dare to make any big moves.

"Rachael, I heard a noise just now. What's going on?" Kieran lowered his head and asked me in an unprecedented gentle voice.

"There was no noise. It was merely a harmless joke!" Before I could say anything, Marvin quickly answered.

"But I heard someone say you had kidnapped your brother!"

"Well...." Marvin didn't know how to reply. He winked at me repeatedly, hinting it was my turn to speak, but I acted as if I had missed the signal.

"Mr. Cornell, don't wrongly accuse my Rachael. I invited Davidson to my house!" Kieran squinted and smiled, but his expression was brimming with coldness.

"Davidson is one lucky kid!" Marvin emphasized.

"Mr. Cornell, this is Universal Group. If you're done here, you should leave Rachael to her work!" As Kieran spoke, his lip curled up.

"Right, right. We will leave immediately!" Marvin hastily pulled Shania and the others to leave. After walking some steps away, he looked back at me with a complicated look.

Kieran turned around and his eyes swept the crowd. In an instant, all the onlookers fled in a flutter.

I was impressed by their quick reaction.

Kieran let go of me and turned around to leave. I regained my senses and hastily said, "Mr. Charles, thank you!"

Kieran glanced back at me and said indifferently, "No need to say that now. I'm afraid you'll regret it!" He turned around and left.

I stared at Kieran's back and wrapped my head around the whole thing. I knew he hadn't just bought me, but I was grateful for his timely rescue.

"Did you see that? Mr. Charles touched that woman. And he held her in his arms!" As soon as I entered the building, I heard the female employees who had fled earlier were gossiping about me in the lobby.

"Yes, yes! I thought someone spread rumors in the morning. Mr. Charles is a clean freak and never lets anyone near him, nor has he ever had a girlfriend or plus-one. Although he has enough admirers to circle the globe multiple times, he didn't have eye on any of them. That said, he actually hugged that woman!"

"What's so good about her? Mr. Charles had to spend money to get her. I would settle for one day with him, no strings attached!" It was a heated discussion. It sounded like they wished they could fling themselves upon him. They all shut up when they see me, goggling at me, as if trying to figure out what set me apart.

I sighed and entered the elevator dejectedly. However, the stuff they had just said got me thinking. They were right. It wouldn't cost him a penny to get a beautiful woman, because millions of her kind were lining up to get his attention.

So the question was, why would he pick me from that crowd and pay for it?

I just couldn't put my finger on it. Nonetheless, this episode silenced my peers in the office for an afternoon, who had been hostile and plotting against me. At least, they looked like they were minding their own business, but I felt like they were sizing me up constantly.

I ignored them and just wanted peace.

I was idle all afternoon. When it was finally time to get off work, I packed my things and left the office. To my surprise, I saw Marvin and Shania waiting by the car when I reached the gate. I wanted to take a detour, but Marvin spotted me and greeted me with a smile.

"Rachael, you're finally off work. Are you tired?" Marvin asked softly.

Shania also walked over grinning. She reached out to touch my head, but I coldly dodged. She wasn't embarrassed and smiled, "I instructed the housekeeper to prepare dinner. Let's go home and eat!"

I took a step back and said coldly, "That's your home. Please don't disgust me!"

At that, I was leaving. But Marvin grabbed me, still looking patient. "Rachael, Dad knows he has neglected you over the years, and that's why you nurse a grudge against me. But you should understand I have been busy taking care of the company. Of course, Dad promises from now on, he will never do it again and make up to you hard!"

I watched calmly as Marvin and Shania put on a show.

"Rachael, look, you should get married at this age. Tell Dad if there's anyone you like. Are you dating that Mr. Charles?" Marvin took pains to get to the point.

I smiled. Now I knew why he was doing this. He wanted to make friends with Kieran!

"Sorry, Mr. Cornell, I'm afraid your plan will be nullified. Besides, I have nothing to do with you or the Cornells!" I sneered.

Marvin was enraged but calmed himself down, smiling, "Rachael, I don't blame you. I know you've thought I was bad since you were a child, but this time, I really want to do something nice for you. You're my daughter, so I can't let you just marry some guy. I have to check him out first. How about this? Tell Mr. Charles to come over for dinner, so that we can get to know each other!"

"No way!" I said briefly.

Marvin laughed. "If you are not going to call him, then I am!" As he spoke, he took out his phone and dialed a number.