She is a CEO by George Chapman novel Chapter 174

"Please, do not be so reasonable." Eduard complained, "You make me think there's no better woman in the world than you ..."

"You do?" Lucia said amusedly, "I heard that you were hitting on Miss Allen lately. I guess you’ll get together soon."

"She is not a good choice... She acts like a spoiled girl and gossips all day round... Lucia, why don’t you be my girlfriend? It would save me a lot of trouble." Eduard took the opportunity to confess his love jokingly.

Lucia held up her hand in refusal and said with disgust, "That's not going to work. I can't make a playboy like you stop fooling around."

"Lucia ..." Eduard made an aggrieved face and begged, "Can’t you?"

"No." Lucia shook her head.

"All right then, I should better date Miss Allen tonight." Hiding the feeling of loss, Eduard stood up and said, "Let me know when you're leaving and I'll go with you."

"You're going too?" Lucia asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Drison is not far from us. It will worry me if you go alone. Besides, I'm better at talking to women than you are." Eduard smiled mischievously and showed his manly charm.

"She is fifty-six! Eduard, you are not picky about women, are you?” Hearing Eduard’s words, Lucia couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Eduard winked at Lucia before exiting her office. After he left, the room was quiet again, and Lucia stopped smiling face and showed a depressed expression.

A month had passed. She and Arthur really did not contact each other. Lucia had an inner struggle of two speculations on her mind after calming down. One was Arthur was set up; Lucia doubted it because Juliana and Poppy were involved. The other was Arthur just wanna fool her instead of taking their relationship seriously.

But one thing was sure. Arthur and Juliana had sex. Every time Lucia had an internal struggle of whether or not to contact Arthur, the images of Jacob and Poppy making out would appear in her mind and she would remember Juliana calling Arthur's name intimately.

Lucia was scared. Such kind of memories was heart-wrenching and could even tear her heart apart, so she could only try to do something else to distract herself and force herself not to think of Arthur.

But it was not that easy. Athegate was a big city, but Arthur seemed to be everywhere. Almost all the economic reports reported news about him. Entertainment magazines occasionally published pictures of him and Juliana, and even speculated about the relationship between the two. Lucia, however, no longer had any connection with Arthur.

Lucia didn't know whether she felt frustrated or lucky.

The days passed quickly, and more than half a month passed. The spring came and it drizzled in Athegate every day, washing the whole city. Lucia just returned from visiting Theodore in Chicago. As soon as she left the airport, she met an unexpected person.

Lucia had informed Eduard to pick her up when she was about to arrive, but now the person waiting at the exit was not him, but Sophie.

In brown traditional clothing, Sophie stood elegantly and looked conspicuous among the crowd. Lucia noticed her at once.

"Sophie, what are you doing here?" Lucia thought it was a chance encounter and went up to greet Sophie joyfully. They hadn't seen each other for a long time and Lucia liked Sophie who made Lucia feel like she was loved by a mother.

"Lucia ..." Sophie answered softly. Her knitted brows betrayed her sadness. Lucia could see it at once.

"Sophie, are you waiting for me?" Lucia asked.

"Let's get you home first and we'll talk about it." Sophie let out a sigh and took Lucia's hand and headed for Jan who was waiting there. Sophie’s car was right next to them.

Lucia naturally would not refuse Sophie's kindness. Sophie seemed to be in a bad mood, which made Lucia have a bad premonition, but she would not rashly ask Sophie before Sophie opened her mouth.

After a small talk, the two returned to Lucia's home.

After the door was closed, the lights were turned on to light up the room, and Sophie still looked worried.

Lucia put the suitcase in the room and walked back to the living room to sit with Sophie before asking her, "Sophie, did you come back to see me specifically?"

"Maybe," Sophie said. "I returned to Athegate the day before yesterday, and I couldn't reach you so I went to look for Nia. She told me you had gone to Chicago and you were coming back today, so I went to the airport to wait for you."

Lucia frowned at the words. The reason Sophie rushed back to the country must be about Arthur!

Lucia didn't answer, waiting for Sophie to speak.

Sophie admired Lucia’s calmness within herself, and at the same time, she was in dilemma.

After a while, she asked, "Lucia, what's going on with you and Arthur?"

"It's better for him to speak about it," Lucia replied.

"I've asked him. I just want to know what you think of it," Sophie said.

"Arthur and I have been over." Lucia's heart ached when she said that, but her pride didn’t allow her to forgive Arthur.

Sophie shuddered at her words. She didn't expect Lucia to be so resolute. Did it mean there was no chance for Lucia and Arthur to turn back?

"Sophie, I hesitated for a long time before I started a relationship with Arthur. You knew I was betrayed once. This was the second time I had been betrayed. I won’t allow history to repeat itself!" Lucia could know Sophie felt bad, but she could not say something against her will to comfort Sophie.

"It’s all Arthur’s fault ..." Sophie shook her head, feeling discouraged. She held Lucia's hand and apologized, "Lucia, I am sorry ..."

"It's okay. That’s my fate." Lucia had been over it.