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11.06.2025 08:36
In the evening, I stood on the balcony of the villa and gazed the sunset.
She said the sports car had been cancelled and sent back to the automotive dealership.
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“You took the car without my consent. I just wanted to take back what belonged to me.”
I, who felt heartbroken at first, became numb in the end.
Marco took two steps forward with his long legs and blocked me.
Louisa who was wearing a white suit and holding a white crocodile leather bag, stepped out of the car.
She raised her hand and slammed the table angrily, saying harshly, “We can handle it ourselves. We don’t need you.”
“First of all, a person of integrity has nothing to fear. If you, Louisa, are doing your job impartially, rewarding him for bringing huge profits to the company and giving him a supercar is understandable.”
In what capacity was he asking me not to blame my girlfriend?
As a man, he should know why I was angry.
“Louisa has been with me for nine years and has seen a lot of things. I don’t think a supercar is a big deal.”
Rosie paid extra attention to this and checked it carefully every day.
Wasn’t it normal for people to criticize a boss who gave his or her assistant a luxury car?
Marco was the partner who could stand shoulder to shoulder with her.
A nice and friendly reminder to board the plane sounded at the airport.
“Also, today, I suddenly remembered that you had ordered a supercar, so I picked it up and gave it to him.”
My head exploded with a loud bang.
“Are you used to driving?”
There was no point to keep a woman who had left my heart.
I nodded and looked at her leaving back, then opened the cabinet where my underwear was stored.
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“You can prepare dinner yourself.”
I was already angry and hearing these words only added fuel to the fire.
“You dare to give a supercar worth two million seven hundred dollars to the man who adores you, Louisa ….”
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“Lionel, I don’t know how the news about the sports car spread in the company. The staffs are all talking about Marco behind his back. Can you come and help Marco explain it for the sake of signing big orders today?”
She was stunned for a moment, her lips slightly parted, with an incredulous expression.
At first, I suspected that Marco took the photos secretly behind Louisa out of vanity.
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No.
Targeting? He was not worthy.
Louisa, after nine years of our relationship, did you have any feelings for me?
Seeing her smile and express her emotions towards him.
Her eyes were a bit red and her gaze was full of charm.
At three o’clock in the afternoon, Louisa pushed the door to my office and stepped in with her high heels.
I lit a cigarette and blew a puff into the air.
Her voice came from outside the door. “Oh, by the way, Rosie said that your underwear needs to be replaced, so she threw them all away. You can get new ones from the bottom.”
Before getting off work, I received two business trip applications for two people and clicked “agree”.
I took out my mobile phone and called my father who was far away in Brimstone.
Marco reacted earlier than Louisa.
Louisa did not expect me to speak so bluntly and her face suddenly turned ugly.
She said I was her life.
“I haven’t said anything yet, but you’re eager to put the blame on me.”
He joked that I should have changed a long time ago.
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Louisa held my hand and said in a deep voice, “Lionel, why are you so angry?”
Having been in society for so many years, everyone had gained some insight.
She reacted, quickly stopped me and angrily said to Marco behind her, “What the hell is going on! When did I lie down with you?!”
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Louisa stepped in front of him and pulled my sleeve.
It turned out that all this time she always felt that we were not a good match.
It seemed like the superior-subordinate relationship between them was closer than I imagined.
If he dared to accept it, he should be able to guess who the original owner of the car was.
[Having a boss who cares for her subordinates is my happiness.]
Nine years of giving everything for a girl, but in the end, she still did not appreciate it.
His slender fingers gripped the steering wheel and the corners of his mouth curved in just the right angle.
I stepped down from the stage and left the conference room.
The way he called her changed to be more intimate.
“When is your blind date with the Scott Family arranged? Have you really decided to leave Araya?”
As early as yesterday, I had entrusted someone to send her a breakup message.
I was too lazy to argue with her, so I just opened X and showed her Marco’s X account.
She and Marco would go back to the company to work overtime tonight and would not go home.
Now everything had changed.
I ignored her shock, put away my mobile phone and walked past her.
Now, he even called her “Louisa”.
The next day, the real estate agent came to register the sales information of the villa.
My assistant suddenly pushed the door and casually said, “Sir, I saw Ms. Louisa and her assistant went to eat seafood. What do you want to eat? I’ll order it for you.”
Louisa was stunned and frowned.
In the past five years, I had transformed from a rich second-generation who knew nothing to a first-generation entrepreneur.
Everyone was in an uproar, expressing shock hearing this news.
Shouldn’t we have anticipated such a result?
Only when we did not love could we make rational judgments.
We had been in relationship for nine years and this was the first time I had gotten so angry over another man.
I did not need to be too concerned.
I handed the breakfast to my assistant and asked him to go out and sell me another one.
A majestic roar came from afar and a limited-edition supercar with black and gold paint appeared in front of the villa.
“This is an irrefutable evidence. Do you want me to expose all the dirty things you have done?”
Louisa, took my underwear and gave it to his assistant?
I suddenly felt ridiculous.
Until I saw a post on X.
I wanted to rush downstairs and question that girl right away.
“Mr. Gilmore is already busy with work, so it’s better not to trouble him with these small matters.”
She also said that she liked my innate arrogance and rebelliousness the most.
“You have a prominent family background, Lionel, unlike ordinary people like me.”
He uttered a dull response. “Hmm”.
I was stunned for a moment and frowned. “Where did you see them?”
“Can’t you go tomorrow? Why do you have to go out so late?” asked me in annoyance.
I looked at her deeply and believed her pledge of allegiance for the time being.
She really took the car that I had been longing for half a year away from the automotive dealership secretly and gave it to someone else.
Marco took a step back, lost his composure and apologized several times.
Faced with his provocation, my gaze turned a bit cold and I found it somewhat funny.
[Finally, from crush to girlfriend ….]
But now everything had changed.
“Marco Tucker, right? It’s just a car. I can still afford it.”
The atmosphere was silent.
“No, I do.”
I got it.
A series of notifications popped up on my phone and it was an X post that Marco had just posted.
I took a sip of my mojito without saying a word.
I saw them exchanging a few words with each other and Louisa smiled particularly happily.
But in the cabinet, a box of men’s underwear was missing.
I pulled the corners of my mouth and smiled.
I nodded and responded, “Next week, I’ll transfer the management rights of the company to you and leave.”
The perfume in her hand was more of a brand I had long since disliked.
Seeing that I had given in, she pushed the door open and left without any hesitation.
Then, her tone was both coaxing and scolding, brought me back to my senses. “I know you are jealous because you love me, but the others who don’t know will think you’re targeting someone else’s staff.”
“Speak! Marco!”
But she refused decisively and stayed by my side wholeheartedly.
I was sure now.
He looked up, a hint of surprise appearing in his eyes.
“Am I strange?”
This clothing company was co founded by me and Louisa. She and I both hold half of the equity.
In his latest X post, he posted a picture of Louisa lying in his arms and sleeping soundly.
She defended him.
I walked out and stood in front of the girl.
She frowned and pouted.
I felt a chill in my heart and blurted out. “Go ahead.”
A message from Louisa popped up on my mobile phone.
“But you have to know, as an assistant, what you should and shouldn’t accept.”
My face turned cold and so did my heart.
As soon as I arrived, the airport lobby was crowded with people.
“The blind date with the eldest daughter of the Scotts, I’ll go.”
[Congratulations for becoming a boyfriend and becoming a regular employee officially.]
[Marco and I go to meet some clients and have lunch together.]
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She also wanted me to defend him with her despite feeling disgusted.
Until my assistant nervously handed me Marco’s X account and said, “Sir, I think I should let you know about this.”
Let her pick and send it away.
Since we wanted to sever ties, we naturally had to settle everything.
“Rosie is taking a day off today. You take a shower first and I’ll go fry you a steak,” she said.
I bent down and opened the bottom cabinet.
I had loved her for so many years, what storms had I not seen.
I did not have any emotions more, I just smiled indifferently and returned the phone to my assistant.
I was furious instantly and lost my sanity.
Followed Marco behind her.
No man could bear to see the girl he loved using his own money to buy gifts for other men.
[Wow, after reading your secret stories on your crush for four years, you finally got her love!]
It was time to end this tangled triangle relationship.
At night, my best friend, Reymond Blunt called me to drink.
“You’re the boss, Lionel, this is a matter of words.”
“As the marketing director, you have a keen eye, so you shouldn’t miss it.”
That night, I brought all the top-of-the-line sports cars that I had collected in my garage to her.
“It’s my fault, Mr. Gilmore. Please don’t blame Ms. Louisa.”
At one o’clock in the afternoon, I finished dealing with all the documents, but there was no sign of Louisa.
In his post, there was a box of underwear of this brand.
I waited for her for so long that I was starving. I then opened my mobile phone and saw Marco’s social media.
Seeing I stopped talking, she sighed.
She had some impatience on her face, but she still held back her patience to explain to me.
“But the fact is, the value of these orders is far less than that of a supercar.”
“Lionel, Marco has returned the car to the dealer, but I need to go over to cancel the account.”
[Driving the car given by my boss to send her home and even the wind was sweet.]
Whatever Louisa wanted to do, I accompanied her.
“I’ll cancel and return it to the dealer as soon as possible.”
I laid in my bed and stayed up the whole night.
It was her handwriting.
My raging anger suddenly died down and what followed was endless coldness and disappointment.
I fixed my gaze full of pressure on him.
I leaned back in the recliner and sneered.
She knew that I loved cars as much as my life, yet she dared to steal it and give it away to someone else.
“Lionel, sorry, I didn’t get back from meeting with my business partners at noon. I just had a quick bite outside. Have you eaten yet?”
I had Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, so everything had to be neatly laid out.
“Lionel, you can’t just think about yourself.”
“If I want to have a future with you, I have to get stronger. Of course, you can act childish and ask me not to go today, but I don’t want to disappoint my subordinates who fight side by side with me.”
“Don’t you like this car? It’s also for your sake that I canceled it early.”
Even though the gift she gave was to serve herself.
“She just feels too tired being with you. No matter how hard she tries, she can’t earn even one-tenth of your family’s money and she can’t spend your money with peace of mind.”
“Alright, Lionel, doesn’t he have to pick me up and drop me off every day for work?”
The next day, I came to the company with hungry stomach from the night.
I frowned.
“I’ve been waiting for this car for almost half a year and no one can take it away, not even you, my girlfriend.”
“It’s my fault, Mr. Gilmore. I shouldn’t have accepted Ms. Watson’s gift.”
At three o’clock in the afternoon, I walked into the largest conference room of the company with Reymond on time.
“I can’t help it. This is the girls nowadays.”
I dragged my suitcase towards the security checkpoint and ran into Louisa and Marco who were rushing back.
Louisa Watson, who was showing off her affection to me on X a second ago, quietly took away the limited-edition sports car that I had reserved for a long time in the automotive dealership.
“Didn’t you give him the car and he accepted it? What’s the point of having me, an outsider, wipe his ass?”
Haha … I sounded like a stingy person from his words.
I was really reluctant to leave everything behind and return to Brimstone now.
Five years ago, after graduating from university, my father asked me to return to Brimstone to inherit the family business.
I frowned and responded calmly, “Let go, it’s so dirty.”
“This is your own problem. I shouldn’t have to put on a leadership role and help you solve it.”
“Do you want me to use my authority to force the people below to shut their mouths up?”
Marco’s eyes slightly lifted and his cold face turned slightly pale.
The breakfast box she brought in the bag was my least favorite lamb sandwich.
A relationship that had changed in quality was like an unappetizing breakfast. There was no need to force ourself to eat it.
I stared at the perfume in her hand and recalled every moment of us for the past nine years.
When we were in love, she once whispered in my ear that she would only love me and only me in her life.
“The way he looks at you is not the way an ordinary subordinate looks at his superior.”
I got in the car and headed to the airport.
Spending their time together watching the sunset on the beach after chatting with their bussiness partner.
“Got it! Marco and I have nothing, not now and not in the future.”
“I still have over a dozen supercars in my basement. Choose any one you want and consider it as a gift from me.”
On the contrary, Marco posted photos related to Louisa every day.
He bowed to me, his voice pleading. “I’m sorry, Mr. Gilmore. I didn’t think carefully about this matter. I will solve it myself. Don’t blame Louisa.”
After all, there was no evidence that they were having an affair.
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A side photo taken from the perspective of the girlfriend sitting in the passenger seat.
The guilt I felt for impulsively agreeing to the blind date last night completely disappeared.
“Louisa, do you want to hear what you’re saying right now?”
She was standing in the crowd, looking at me from afar.
After five years of ups and downs, we opened the largest clothing company in Araya.
But I did not expect, Louisa brought me breakfast on the table with the sticky note on the bag.
Not only did he dare to accept it, he also dared to post it openly on his X post and another social media to show off.
I stared at it for a long time.
At that moment, all my expectations were dashed.
Louisa and I had been dating since we were in college until now.
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Louisa then pulled me all the way into the bathroom.
I spent the next whole week busy with the transfer.
My father even agreed to a blind date with the Scott Family on my behalf overnight.
She grabbed her assistant’s hand, pushed the office door and left without looking back.
Louisa became anxious. She frowned and said in defense, “How can this be a small matter? You follow me on business trips every day and I don’t want others to criticize you everywhere.”
When the salesperson sent me a message in the afternoon, I thought Louisa was trying to give me a surprise secretly, so I spent three hours happily in the dressing room choosing an outfit.
An hour later, her male assistant drove the car and posted a message on his social media.
“On X, her assistant posted a message thanking Ms. Louisa for treating him to a delicious meal.”
I saw admiration and heartache for another man in her eyes.
She did not let my hand go, instead she patiently said, “I know you’re angry, I apologize to you, okay? But Marco and I really have nothing, you’re sold your shares and broke up ….”
Marco Tucker walked around the car to the passenger seat and opened the passenger door gently and considerately.
Louisa stepped on her high heels to protect the man behind her and hugged my waist.
My assistant shook the mobile phone in his hand with a look of surprise.
Marco pursed his lips and said no words.
Hearing those words, both of them were stunned.
I had money, good looks and a good figure, so why should I waste my time on someone who did not love me!
Her eyes were fixed on Marco, who opened the car door for her, with a hint of aggressiveness.
“With so many supercars you have, you don’t mind, do you?”
Since the argument that day, Louisa had blocked me on X and WhatsApp.
I squinted as I walked into the villa in a cold voice.
She took a deep breath and said, her eyes filled with disapproval of me, “You took back the gift I gave him in public and now you’re letting him waste so much time at the dealer.”
Did she know what it meant to give a man underwear as a gift?
“Mr. Gilmore, good evening. Ms. Watson and I just had dinner outside and came back a bit late. Please don’t blame her.”
I threw the document on the table, interrupting the two people who were staring at each other.
She pulled out a chair in front of the table and sat down, sighing.
Although I did not want to admit it, I was now so jealous that I was insane.
I just wanted my favorite supercar back.
Marco behind her spoke up, “It’s okay, Mr. Gilmore, a few rumors can’t hurt me.”
With an annual revenue of nearly 10 billion, she said we were not a match.
“My words were harsh, but you should know that Marco is the man in the company who can help me share the workload the most. You made him lose face in public today and I can’t just abandon him now.”
She took out a bottle of perfume from her eight-digit Hermes bag and smiled dotingly.
Ms. Louisa?
“Am I thinking of myself?”
However, I did not want to leave Louisa, so I stayed in Araya.
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A supercar worth nearly two million seven hundred dollars was not something that a marketing director with no background like Louisa could afford.
“I feel strange with you like this.”
“Notify everyone that there will be a staff meeting this afternoon.” I ordered.
In the past, I admired her rational and clear nature the most.
I picked up the documents she brought back and gave a faint response. “Hmm.”
I put my hands in my pockets, curled the corners of my mouth and a hint of coldness and anger flashed in my eyes.
Leaving me only the refreshing fragrance of gardenia that dissipated into the air.
I turned my gaze away from the door and let out a long sigh.
Love did not become a burden when two people’s hearts were truly together.
And staying up the whole night working on a project together and drinking American coffee at 3 a.m.
“It’s too late now. It’s not safe to go out. You can go tomorrow.”
“I don’t care if you misjudged his contribution to the company or you feel sorry for him for accompanying you on business trips and driving every day. The company has given him enough salary and if it’s not enough, he can ask for more, instead of you secretly using my supercar to compensate him.”
Forget it, it was better for the person who did not belong to me to leave.
Just overnight, he changed the way he called his boss from “Ms. Louisa” being “Louisa”.
Jealousy over a slightly more good-looking male assistant was truly a fall from grace.
Getting up early and having breakfast together in the hotel.
In a flash, I remembered the X post Marco posted two days ago.
“I would like to inform everyone that I will be stepping down as the general manager. The company will be fully handed over to Mr. Blunt and Mr. Vaughan beside me.”
Just as I was trying to calm my emotions and go downstairs, she pushed open the bathroom door with the flip-flop sound of her slippers.
My hand, which was about to sign, paused and I raised my eyes.
A pair of gleaming silver stiletto heels stepped on the ground.
I did not even glance at them, just brushed past them.
“Well, my Baby, here … I bought you a new limited-edition perfume, so don’t be angry.”
The girl’s cold face showed some dissatisfaction.
It was obvious that it was not what she was prepared for me.
As a cold and aloof beauty, men pursue her and compete to get her.