Chapter 27: That Was Close

Chapter 27: That Was Close
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“You seem to be on good terms with President Jones… I am very sorry about tonight’s accident, but may I trouble you to apologize to him on my behalf?”
Serenity was not dumb. Linda was probably here to find Gabriel, but it seemed that she had faced some trouble.
Gabriel was probably still angry, so if she were to talk to him now, she would definitely get implicated in this mess.
She raised her eyebrows and said, “I only got to know President Jones today so I am not very close to him. Besides, it would be more sincere if you directly apologized to him.”
Linda’s eyes were red by then and she pitifully pursed her lips. “President Jones… doesn’t want to see me. If you can…”
Her voice was cut off by a ringing sound. Serenity fished out her phone and took a look. Gabriel was the caller.
She did not answer the call in front of Linda, allowing it to continue ringing. “Sorry, Ms. Sawyer. I still have other matters to attend to. I will take my leave first.”
In the hotel room, Gabriel took a set of clothes from the bag and went into the dressing room. Within a second, he had already walked out of the room while being neatly dressed.
He was wearing a black blouse that made his skin look especially fair. His handsome face looked colder and more indifferent than usual.
Serenity took the tie over and made a few gestures at his neck as she did not how she should go about tying the tie for him. In the end, she gave up and passed the tie to him.
“I think it’s better if you do it yourself.”
Gabriel looked into the mirror and skillfully tied his tie. “Is the banquet ending?”
“Soon.” When she went to the car park, she did not walk past the banquet hall, but judging from the time, it should be ending soon.
Gabriel tried to singlehandedly button his surgeon’s cuffs, but after a few tries, he still could not button it. He extended his hand and Serenity naturally helped him to button it.
They were leaning very closely to each other, and Serenity could smell a fresh scent from Gabriel’s body.
She slightly raised her head and could see him gently licking his perfectly sculptured lips. She could also see that strong yet cold chin of his.
She took the exquisitely designed watch from the bedside table and helped him put it on. “Are you going to rest or proceed downstairs?”
Gabriel took a look at his watch and realized that it was almost 11:00 pm. “I should leave soon.”
A knock could be heard on their door, and Serenity instinctively went forward to open it. However, she’d walked for only two steps when she suddenly seemed to have thought of something. She then quickly ran to hide in the washroom.
Gabriel furrowed his eyebrows and went to open the door, which revealed John at his doorstep.
He was carrying a shopping bag, and a faint smile appeared on his face. “President Jones, sorry to have kept you waiting.”
His smile slightly froze as he looked at the set of clean clothes Gabriel was wearing. “It seems that you don’t need it anymore.”
In the washroom, Serenity heard John’s voice and her heart skipped a beat.
Luckily, she went to hide in the washroom. If John saw her in Gabriel’s room, what would he think of her?
“In that case, I will not disturb you further.” John took a look at the room and his gaze landed on a certain place.
Gabriel gave a faint “Hmm” and closed the door. He turned around to take a look at the place where John’s gaze had landed.
There was a white phone placed along with the room card on the coffee table.
The phone looked foreign to him, but there were only two people who entered this room.
Linda had stayed for less than three minutes and was even carrying an exquisite jewelry bag. Hence, the phone was clearly not hers.
Upon hearing that the door had closed, Serenity heaved a long sigh of relief before coming out of the washroom.
Gabriel put on his blazer in front of the mirror before buttoning the middle button and preparing to leave.
When he walked past her, he stopped and glanced at her. “That was close..”