Chapter 40 Fair Competition

Before she could hold the doorknob, she fell into a familiar embrace.

She had smelt it before. It smelled light, mixed with cigarette and lemon.

Darren didn't buy a cigarette from the street stall easily, so the smell of his cigarette was completely
different from that of others. It didn't make her feel disgusted, and there was even a hint of warm love,
which made her want to stay in his arms for a longer time.

"I know what you're thinking about, so you should also know mine."

In the quiet and empty office building, there were only the two of them. Joan seemed to be surprised.
When she looked back at him, she looked back so fierce that she almost hit his chin.

Opening her mouth, she suddenly felt that she had lost the ability to speak and didn't know what to say.

After a long time, she felt her feet a little sore.

"I have confessed my love to you. Would you please respond to me?"

Joan rubbed her thighs and said, "I don't know what to say. I just want to say that I feel safe with you
around."

She felt a sense of relief from the bottom of her heart. As long as he was by her side, she could feel
that no matter what happened today, she was safe.

She had never had this strange feeling when she was with Scott.

"For your safety, I will still stand by your side, and no one can hurt you!" He turned Joan's face to him
and asked with a playful smile, "So, Miss Gu, are we still dating in name only?"

"What do you think?"



"I'll show you."

His kiss was so gentle that even Joan stood on tiptoe to kiss back. A trace of shyness appeared on his
face. But he suddenly stopped. She could see fear in his eyes. He didn't know if it was just her illusion.

Mr. Lu had never been like this before, at least she had never seen it before. Somehow she felt the
alienation in the air, which was not in accordance with the atmosphere. Her fingers tickled in his palm.

"Darren, what are you thinking about?"

He rested his head on Joan's shoulder. After so many years, he had the same feeling as he had
before.

"Joan, do you still like him? Answer me honestly. "

He was referring to Shawn. Joan shook her head firmly, hoping to give him confidence and strength.

His face composed again, Darren raised his head and wrapped his arms around her waist. "I'm glad to
be your new boyfriend and defeat your old love."

What was he doing? Was he comforting himself or expressing his love? Before she sorted out her dull
thoughts, she was overwhelmed with kisses. This time, she kissed Joan's lips and covered her own
taste completely, without any hesitation.

He ignored the phone in his pocket and turned it off.

Tonight, nobody could disturb them.

Leaning against his shoulder, Joan said jokingly, "Boss, I haven't finished the task you assigned to me
yet." She made a pitiful face and huddled herself up, like a steamed bun which was about to be broken.



"I assigned you the task because you won the game! Next time when you play games with a man, don't
act like a hero! "

Aha, what a narrow-minded man! She poked his cheek, "No, I won't let you win any of our next
rounds."

Mr. Lu hooked his arm around Joan's chin. The two of them, who had just established their relationship,
were now quarreling like they used to be.

"Okay. But you have to know, if you win me again, will I punish you with something else?"

"Are you kidding me?" Pretending to be frightened, Joan stroked her chest and said, "You can punish
me as you like. I'm not afraid of you."

"How about this? Aren't you afraid?" He moved closer and closer to her, pinching her waist and
preparing to take further action.

"Yes, yes, yes."

'Admit defeat whenever it is necessary.' There was no one else around now. She looked at the lonely
cellphone on the table and pinched the back of his hand, which held her hands tightly.

"Darren, the phone had been ringing for a long time before it was turned off. Turn it on and have a
look."

Well, he had to face it anyway. He dialed the number which had called him for the whole night.

As expected, the moment he answered the phone, his mother chattered, "Darren, why don't you
answer mom's phone? Where are you now? Go home!"



"Go home? Mom, are you preparing another blind date for me? It was not Zoey this time, but who? "
He knew the answer but he didn't give the her any chance to explain. "It seems that I need to hold a
press conference again and get married directly. I don't need to waste time on engagement so that you
don't have to worry about it."

"Mr. Lu, do you think you have grown stronger?" Anna was furious. All she wanted was to get a higher
social status through the marriage, or a more objective and practical benefit. Now her son was
intentionally pouring water on her rising little flame. How could she not be angry.

Moreover, she had a quiet and adorable son, who was totally different from a cold and aloof Darren. It's
hard not to get angry.

"I respect you as an elder, and I respect you for bringing me up. But you have become more greedy
since my father was alive. I know how much money you have received secretly, and I don't want you to
get involved in the company because of your greed. I don't want the whole Lu Company to be
implicated because of it one day."

"I will give you a large sum of money regularly. That's enough for you to lose when you play mahjong,"
he said casually.

Then he hung up the phone coldly.

Laura was joyful and waiting for Mrs. Lu's reply. It was not good news but bad news.

The master of the Lu family didn't agree!

His current girlfriend is Joan? It was her again. Laura blinked and had a plan in her mind.

She knocked on the door of her daughter's room. Celia was sitting on the bed watching TV series. She
frowned involuntarily at the sight of Laura coming in.



The perfume and smoke on her body was too strong, making her feel dizzy.

'Was that how I was in the past? Now I even dislike myself a little.'

When Laura was thinking about how to deal with Joan. Joan seemed to be preparing for the date.

The sweetness of love couldn't ruin her fighting will! As an independent woman, she had learned that
from her last marriage.

Joan, who was preparing her presentation, hadn't slept well the whole night. She didn't want to trouble
Darren to pick her up, and planned to drive herself to Party A, but when she got up this morning, she
felt a little dizzy.

She lay on her stomach on the bed and called that man to make her feel at ease. "I can't drive. Hmm,
can you come and pick me up?"

She adapted to the her role quickly without any hesitation.

"Go downstairs in ten minutes." Darren simply answered.

Ten minutes means ten minutes. Mr. Lu had a concept of time.

"Oh, so far away!" Joan knocked on the car cabinet and took out a can of coffee. She pulled it open
and was about to have a sip. "Would you like a drink?" She gave the can near his lips.

Darren was a cautious man. He always felt uneasy while driving. He knew that business was like
battlefield. If someone was evil enough to let his opponent know the loophole, he could even die from
it.

He had heard about a lot of car accidents in the business circle, so he had to be more careful. It was
normal for a driver to drive to pick up him, and he seldom had time to think about other things besides



driving.

It happened that the driver had asked for leave today, so he had become the special driver for Joan.

"Hey, Mr. Lu, I'm talking to you. I have been holding my hand up for a long time, but you haven't
answered me." She pouted and muttered unhappily.

She didn't want to spoil his bad habit. If she was not satisfied, she wouldn't spare him.

There was smile in his eyes. After he expressed his love to her last night, he felt that everything was
different. Occasionally, she would put on a disappointed face, which made him very happy.

"I don't want this kind of instant coffee." What he said was true. The coffee was put here by Selina.
Because she was often tired and she needed coffee to refresh herself, he had allowed Selina to put
several jars of coffee in his car.

Joan poured herself a cup of coffee and grumbled, "Selina spoils you too much. If it were me, I will just
scald you to death with hot coffee! Teach you a lesson. "

Was this also a way of expressing love?

When the two of them arrived at the office building of Party A, Joan saw the huge logo as soon as she
got out of the car. "This impressive partner taking my design is my dream all the time."

She couldn't help but give a sigh. It seemed like she was talking to herself, or others.

Then, he locked the car and said, "I have tried my best to win the bidding of that company. It's worth
the money that I spent. I didn't expect that it would realize your long-standing dream."

"Tell me. How much did you spend on it?"

"Invaluable amount of money!" His eyes lit up.



A flame was lit up in Joan's eyes. "I'll remember it. When I become a famous designer in the future, I'll
do everything I can to repay your kindness."

"Everything?" Darren, who was approaching the gate, stopped when he heard her. He turned around
and said with a smile, "That's not a problem for me. I need a wife as well as a hostess. If our family has
a harmonious relationship, perhaps we will have some good luck."

He would rather let her focus on him other than her work.

"You wish." Joan entered the elevator first. "No," she said with a playful smile

They made a joke and arrived at the front desk. They saw that Jean and Scott were arguing over
something at the front desk. Jean held a thin laptop and a design sketch was displayed on it.


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