Chapter Nine

A beautiful red Maybach sports car stopped at the underground parking of Chu International Group, eyecatching. A man with a huge pair of sunglasses that blocked half of his face stepped down from the car with a wicked smile.

He had charming eyes. A bright sapphire stud earring twinkled with dazzling light in his ear.

Ariel surely would have asked who this devil as if he would have seen this sight. He was very eyecatching and drove the red colored car. He was just as flirty as Mr. Chu.

If Brielle saw him, she would have exclaimed, "Wow! Where does this devil come from? He is mine." As usual in the lobby of Chu Internation Group, he greeted the beautiful girls all the way. The typical philandering style fascinated a large number of female employees. Scott Hughes, he was the vice CEO of Chu International Group and a well-known playboy.

He went to the top floor swiftly. He was well known for his flamboyant personality. "Hi! Ladies, long time no see, do you miss me? Ava, you are prettier!" CEO office directly, without knocking at the door. Mr. Chu gave him a sharp glance.

"Stephen, I miss you so much!" He ignored Stephen's sharp stare and jumped straight ahead.

Scott was junior to Stephen when he was studying abroad. But they did not like each other, maybe it was because they were both young and brilliant. One day they fought for trifles. As the old saying goes, no discord, no concord. Since then, they became best friends.

It seemed as if Stephen had known his action his hug. Scott almost hit the ground. "Oh, Stephen! You humiliated me again." He accused.

Stephen twitched his mouth. Scott would always behave like a boy. Didn't he feel awkward? Every time he jumped at Stephen in the way. Not a little change at all!

"You have gone to S Country for a long time. Why can't you behave yourself? Believe it or not, I will kick your ass." Ok! This was Mr. Chu's style He was good at threatening the other.

Scott stopped for a while. Stephen was always sharp-tongued. He didn't want to go to S Country himself. he was forced by Stephen! Now, he was sickened by him!

"Boss, you are such a beauty. I believe you won't do that to me." Stephen didn't like to be described as "beauty". But Scott said that on purpose.

"Scott, I would like to send you to Y Country and you could learn etiquette there." These two guys were birds of a feather. everyone knew that Scott was most afraid of going to Y Country. Because Madison Curtis was there in Y Country. If he went there, he would end in tragedy. As expected, Scott's face turned pale at once.

"You must be kidding, boss!" Oops. Poor Scott. He must be out of your mind. He should not have provoked Mr. Chu. The reason why Scott worked for Stephen was that he lost a bet. But it seemed as if he hadn't learned a lesson.

"Madison is not a tiger. Why are you afraid of her?" Stephen looked at him scornfully and asked. Scott had so many women. Why was he only scared of Madison?

"She is Madison! Do you understand?" Scott said loudly. Madison was the daughter of the CEO of S Financial Group. Everyone knew that she was unruly and capricious. But she loved Scott and showed much interest in him. She chased after him all day long and announced that she wanted to be his wife. He was so frightened that he ran away from Y country and never dared to set foot there again.

"Hey, why can't you let it go? She may have fallen in love with someone else."

"It would be best, and I should be glad for it. That poor guy should fix her!" Although Scott said so, he didn't feel relieved. Instead, he felt a little uncomfortable.

MAdison is a good girl. Why don't you like her?" Although she was a little capricious, she was beautiful! She was also very thought at times, but she was lively!

"If you think so highly of her, why don't you marry her?" Scott confronted Stephen. He thought that Stephen was talking bis as it was none of his business.

"She doesn't like me. She only likes you! I can nothing." Stephen said firmly. He was a man of rank and wouldn't waste his time on a little girl who was not interested in him.

"If you want someone to go there, then you go yourself. Or you can send Alex there. Just leave me alone." It was none of Alex's business, either!

Stephen shook his head, feeling helpless. What he said next almost exasperated Scott. "Well, remember it is you who chooses to stay here. Don't come and ask for my help. It is said you choose to stay here. Don't come and ask for my help. It is said that next month the S Financial Group will come to B City for a joint venture and Madison will also come." Poor Scoot, how did you feel now?

Scott was so frightened that he had to support himself by the table. He almost burst out tears. He shot a cold glance at Mr. Chu damn it! How could Stephen do that?

Stephen ignored him. At the moment, the phone rang. He picked up the phone. "Hello, what's up, Thomas?" This cool guy seldom called him.

Thomas looked at Henry Luo helpless. 'Why don't you call Stephen and tell him you miss Ariel? Why do you force me to do that for you?' Thomas thought.

"Emm... Nothing. Is Ariel on summer vacation? Could you please send him here and accompany my father for a few days?"

"I can't promise you. Maybe you can ask Ariel." Stephen answered. The little guy was clingy. He was not sure whether he would like to leave him and go there.

"Well, I will go to your house and ask him myself! If he agrees, I will take him home immediately." If Henry Luo didn't insist on seeing Ariel, Thomas wouldn't do that.

"Well, did Stephen agree?" Once Thomas hung up his phone, Henry Luo asked. Thomas his eyes, picked up the car keys and drove away. Receiving no reply, Henry got furious.

"What is with all this attitude? What's the result? Can you give me a grandson, if you can at all, ha? Don't put on your poker face all day." Unfortunately, Thomas did not say a word. He drove away soon. Henry Luo was too angry to say anything.

Stephen hung up the phone and saw that Scott was still there," Why are you still here?" Scott couldn't control his anger. Why couldn't he be here? Was he so unpopular? He took a deep breath, gnashed his teeth, looked at this inhuman man, and stormed out. Stephen didn't think he had offended Scott. He scratched his head with a puzzled look. Stephen was something not sensible.

Scott came back to her office in a fury and slammed the door violently, which shocked the beautiful secretaries. Their deputy director always grinned cheekily and rarely become so angry. It was amazing that their CEO could turn a tamed white mouse into an angry jaguar.

Actually, Scott was not really angry with Stephen. He panicked thinking about what was going to happen. And the damn subtle change he had just now made him unconsciously upset.

It was clear to Scott what his identity was. He had a family he felt did not belong to because he was such a shame there. After all, he was an illegitimate child in that family. How can a person like him whom nobody cares about have a warm home?

Scott buried himself into the sofa with his head buried to his hands as his fair fingers touched his short hair. Instantly, the sunny man turned into a helpless boy.

Because of inferiority, Scott would smile to cover up his own spiritual weakness. he did not dare to love anyone, so he became a libertine who would not fall in love with anyone or let anyone love him. He didn't dare give a promise because his mother was the best example who only got endless lies for the sake of one man's promise and finally died in depression, leaving him living alone. Did he hate his mother? No, Scott didn't hate her but was sad for her. Did he blame worthwhile for her to sacrifice so much?

For Scott, it was an accident to meet Madison. She is a warm and sunny little princess, who had all the favor granted by God. She was very pure and simple. Although Madison was proud and unpredictable, she was kind and sunny enough to clearly shine on the darkness of his heart, but he took a back step for fearing that he would pollute her with his evil. Also, he was afraid that things won't turn out well if he got used to the warmth.

Scott grasped his hair annoyingly and threw all the old memories away. Anyway, he was very good now. He had left the rich and powerful family, leading a life he wanted with his own freedom.

"What's up? It seems beauties in S Country had trapped your soul there, why do you look so dissatisfied?" Scott heard a familiar, playful voice that touched his heart.

Scott looked up at the uninvited guy. It was from Alex Huang. Alas! It seemed that he didn't know anything about being polite so as to behave so rampantly. "Why do you think? Do you want to be like one of those beauties? I am willing to satisfy you by doing that for you myself." Scott's brute personality presented obviously when he rolled his star-like eyes.

As they were almost at the same age, the two talked more casually with less sense of restraint. "Forget it! How can I dare to compete with the beauties with this kind of look! Don't flatter me." He must be kidding. His family will kill him if he was a transgender as he was the only boy in his generation. And even beauty from S country could not be as beautiful as Scott and Stephen!

"Dear Alex, I heard you were talking bad about the CEO! Do you think it is your turn to go to S country next time?" Alex's face showed his emotions obviously so it was not hard to guess what he was thinking.

"Er... Mr. Hughes, you must have mistaken something. I remember I have something to deal with, you can continue what you were doing." Oh god! Does the man have the magic to read others' minds? He just thought that and Scott guessed it. Oh, S Country later. Scott felt better after Alex visited and had always brought more happiness to him.

Dear Alex! You were not as shrewd as those people. Why didn't you believe that? See? SOld yourself out again.

"Why are you behaving so imprudently again?" Stephen frowned and started at the daredevil who had slammed into his arms. "Hahaha." Scott laughed, not bothering to maintain his image. Dear Alex! You are really so cute. How could you rush to the boss so quickly? Can't you wait?

Alex was embarrassed. Was he between a rock and a hard place now? How could things be so tragic today? Stephen took Alex to the side, walked in quickly, and threw a piece of the file to Scott. "It's the material of S Financial Group. You should be familiar with it in advance." Just a few simple words changed Scott's smiling face.

"Why me? Can't you find anyone else?" There was designated by them, or why do you think I called you back?" Stephen just looked at Scott without giving him the opportunity to escape. he knew what Scott had been escaping and what he was troubling with. But this time, Stephen did not intend to let him escape again for it would only make things more complex.

"I need time to prepare, and this time, I am not going to escape." He knew that Stephen's intention was for his good. He couldn't avoid it for a lifetime. Although he didn't know if MAdison would chase him forever, she still hasn't let him go currently. Then, fine! In this care, he should go through it before knowing it was a blessing or a curse, he should just rise to the challenge!

Stephen patted Scott's shoulder and then walked out. Suddenly, he stopped for a minute and said," Let's go to Sexy World for a drink tonight."

Alex couldn't help but think secretly at the side, 'Drink? Are you sure? Have you got your cute boy taken good care of yet?' Alex didn't know that Stephen had already received a phone call from Thomas who said that Ariel had finally agreed to visit their home. Although Ariel would only stay for one night, Thomas could finally satisfy his father.

The night in each city has its side of the game, and B city is no exception, especially for some casinos.

In an elegant box, the light revealed the subtle darkness. Stephen gently sipped the wine, letting the women titillate him. His mouth slightly raised, and his fingertips unconsciously flicked the glass of wine with a tiny click. And he just squinted at the man and woman in front of him kissing passionately.

Feeling Stephen's losing his own thoughts, the woman in his arms worked harder to tease every inch of his skin. Stephen's shirt had been unbuttoned slightly, revealing a charming collarbone, which made him more intoxicating. The woman's sexy red lips kissed along his body but were pushed away whenever it came to reach his lips. He never let women kiss his lips which were kept as his pure land no matter how passionate the moment he was in.

The woman remembered Stephen's taboo and turned to bite his earlobe. This action made Stephen cover her chest with one hand and squeeze it hard, inciting the woman's low moan. The woman's little hand moved even more unscrupulously and touched all the way down. With the temperature between them getting higher and higher, Stepehn suddenly looked at his mobile phone on the desk and thought 'should it ring as usual at this time?' Why was it so quiet tonight? Had the little guy forgotten his original intention?

Thinking of that, Stephen couldn't help but gently hold and stop the small hands that were teasing his body. Stephen felt that he had almost changed his characteristics. When had he given up half-way having sex with a beauty? However, this kind of thing often happened after Ariel showed up. Would this leave him any psychological impact in the future?

Stephen glanced at the men and women who were becoming increasingly passionate. He knew that Scott was venting his emotions. There was something Stephen didn't want to say clearly to Scott because he knew that Scott would not let himself go, then no one could help him. There was something that Scott had to discover and face himself. What Stephen could do was to drink with him.

Tonight, Scott was really irritating. Without his usual hippy smile, Scott was rude to the beauty in his arms that night, which scared the woman who leaned on him. Scott acted so strange to her and even made her want to escape as if she would fall down into hell with him the next moment.

As if knowing what the woman was thinking, Stepehn finally made a sound hoarsely, which was more enchanting in such a passionate moment. "Okay, stop, Scott. You have frightened the little girl. A beautiful woman needs care not scare." It turned out that this guy was not as harmless as what he looks!

Scott let the woman go and drank the bottle of wine on the table fiercely. He knew he did not behave himself tonight. Stephen waved to ask the beauties to leave, "Scott, if you really don't want to do the partnership deal, don't force yourself. I can ask someone else to take charge of it or give it up at worst." Stephen was not willing to force Scott, and he was more reluctant to see him indulge himself, "Don't worry, I can handle it. As for Madison, I should face her anyway." Who was he? An afraid of a woman? 'Madison, since you are eager to enter my world, then you must be prepared to be destroyed. You have lost the chance to go away, then just fall down with me!' He thought.

"Okay, it's good that you finally figure it out. It's late, let's go back!" Stephen was pulled by Stephen as he was about to leave. "Boss, are you okay? The night is still early! You just came here again, shouldn't you look for one or two girls to have some fun with tonight? Or are you going to find Miss Curtis?" Scott asked so because he didn't know what had happened between Stephen and Rebecca.

"I have broken up with her. Don't mention her again." Stephen's words shocked Scott a lot. Seriously? How long had he left for business? Why had everything changed after he came back? noticing that Stephen had never discarded Rebecca in the past years, Scott had thought she was someone special for Stephen. Now it seemed that she was just one of the many girls! Although Scott himself also didn't like that feigned woman, Stephen's change shocked him. And weren't change shocked him. And weren't there any women other than Rebecca? Why did Stephen want no woman now?

Alas! Mr. Scott, did he know he was working against Ariel? He would get pay if Ariel knew that. "You really broke up with her? Why!" Drom Thomas to Scott, it seemed that the men around Stephen had the potential to be gossipers, who were very interested in poking their noses into his privacy.

"Why do you have so many questions? Are you going to leave or not?" Stephen became angry and was going to leave. ' Must I need a reason for discarding a woman?' Undoubtedly, Stephen was still so ruthless!

"Go! Why not! But there must be a reason for you to break up with her!" Scott said as he caught up with Stephen quickly. Scott got after Stephen all the way out of the Sexy World as if he was going to hang on him, which made Fan twisted his mouth. Now he wondered if the newspaper of tomorrow would report that the reason why CEO Stephen was not involved with women recently was that he fell in love with a man.