Chapter Twenty Eight

Brielle was deflated! Well! She shouldn't have expected so much from Stephen, nor should she have asked the question. Brielle finally took a look at the dazzling Audi. She finally understood. This was the only car that was suitable for her. No wonder Stephen was willing to loan her this car.

"Could you please drive me there?" It was better for him to drive the car and drop her off at the base. It would look better that way. Stephen was stunned for a second, and then he got it and smiled. So it was hard for Brielle to decide on a car because she cared about how much they cost.

"Why not" Of course! Let me serve you today, my darling!" Stephen looked at her with a cheeky grin. Brielle got into the car, dragged the long skirt, and scolded him in her heart. 'How could this guy be so ostentatious? Everything he has is a luxury. Doesn't he feel embarrassed attracting so much attention every day?'

Stephen drove like lightning, so it took them less than an hour to get there. Brielle was busy taking various reports on the phone on the way. Stephen did not disturb her and focused on driving.

"Colonel! You're finally here! Please go to the conference room at once. The commander and the others are all waiting for you there." Oliver came to meet Brielle as soon as he saw her getting out of the car. her dress stunned him momentarily.

"Well! Let's go! I'm going to change my clothes first." She walked over to Oliver's Humvee. She did not even say goodbye to Stephen, as if she had completely forgotten he existed. Oliver took a look at the shiny Audi. Stephen didn't get out, so Oliver couldn't figure out who was in the car. he shook his head in bewilderment and got into the Humvee too.

Stephen was very unhappy. She had ignored him, hadn't she? She got out of the car before he could even put it in the park, and left without a single word. Stephen felt so wronged. he was always popular with women and had never been treated like this.

He pushed those thoughts away. he didn't have time for them. He punched the accelerator, turned sharply, and drove away at full speed. Brielle didn't realize that she didn't say goodbye to Stephen until Oliver started the car. She was in such a hurry and she was used to taking Oliver's car, so she had forgotten about it. When she turned her head to look for him, only then did she see his car flying away. Her thoughts were totally focused on whether Stephen was angry or not.

When Brielle appeared in the conference room wearing a normal uniform, everyone's eyes were fixed on her. she was unused to the attention and was like a deer in headlights. "Brielle, Come on in. I'm sorry your vacation was ruined." The commander said in embarrassment.

"It's all right. A soldier's duty is to obey orders. I understand." Brielle said coldly, Stoney-faced. Adam looked out of sorts today. he seemed lonely, with his deep, cold eyes. He was not happy, even though he had just been promoted to major general. He didn't even turn his head to look at Brielle. he looked attentively at the papers on his desk and ignored her.

Okay... So he wanted nothing to do with her. He had been worried that she would feel unwell after drinking so much, so he had driven out at night to buy her the chaser. When he came back, she was with another guy, so he left. He really couldn't tell much from a distance, but he could tell that the guy was pretty fit, and that car must have cost a pretty penny. Clearly no ordinary man.

Adam shook his head to rid himself of such thoughts. He didn't want to think about what happened that night. he didn't want to feel the sharp pain in both his heart and soul again in both his heart and soul again. After all, it was destiny. One man had already been ahead of him.

Brielle walked up to the seat next to Adam's and nodded in greeting. He did not even look at her, which confused her. What happened to Adam, and why was he acting so strangely? The meeting was a top-secret and high priority. The leader of an arms smuggling ring showed up in the city. He was considered armed and dangerous. They had orders to arrest him without causing a scene and without collateral damage.

After much discussion, they worked out a plan. The criminal had a weakness for lovely ladies. So they would use Brielle, an outstanding aloof beauty, as bait. Not only was she beautiful, but she could also flirt like a boss. Poor Stephen! He couldn't know his sweet wife was being used to trap a lewd criminal.

With a plan in place, they would spring the trap tomorrow night. They would monitor his whereabouts during the day. Oliver would team up with Brielle and protect. It was almost the wee hours when Brielle left the meeting room. She looked at her phone and wondered if she should call Stephen. It was rude for her to leave without a word. She wouldn't blame him for being angry.

"Colonel Yang, are you going back downtown or to the dorm now?" Oliver asked as he saw her coming out. "Back to the dorm. There's work to be done tomorrow." 'Forget it. I'm not going to call. I'll explain to him when the mission is over.' Brielle thought.

Stephen sat at his desk, going through paperwork. He frowned from time to time, and his eyes strayed to the phone on the desk. He hoped Brielle would call, but no dice. Anger suddenly rose in him. He threw his pen across the room. 'How could that woman treat me like this? Why doesn't she call me? Who on earth does she take me for?' he thought angrily. Well! Stephen finally knew what it was like to be ignored. Now he knew how Brielle felt. She had been ignored by him for so many years.

Even then, Claire admired that she had a really strange but powerful predictive skill. As was expected, Brielle stood her up again! Claire couldn't be more upset after reading the message from Brielle which said she had to call off their shopping plans. Everything seemed so wrong to her at that moment.

"Miss CEO, the contract with Chu International Group has been drafted. Should it be sent to them now?" The secretary asked cautiously while carrying a pile of files in her hands. She noticed her boss looked very horrible today and it seemed that she was about to explode in anger.

"Just let them come and take it. We have no obligation to send it by ourselves." Claire felt she treated Brielle far too nicely so that she was stood up again and again. Now that she couldn't do anything on Brielle, she thought she might take it out on the people she was in love with.

"But would that be all right?" Her boss didn't even care about the Chu International Group! "It's not a big deal. Just do it as I said so!" Then Claire waved off the secretary out of the office. Actually, there was another person as mad as her this summer morning and that was just the person whom Claire was going to start a war with, it was Stephen. Besides, their madness was because of the same person our great Colonel Brielle.

"Mr. Huang, is this the new deal you're offering me? Do you think it is worth the money I'll pay for you?" Stephen said with disdain as his cold fierce eyes could kill every executive in this room with just one glance. All the executives were chilled and scared of his anger and were too frightened to say anything.

"Boss, we will fix it immediately!" Said the director of the Planning Department as he wiped his forehead and smiled nervously. Everybody knew how horrible it was when the CEO got angry. "I want to see a proposal that will satisfy me before the end of the day. You can now," Stephen said, then stood up and walked away without any eye contact with the people left the room all relieved and thought that they'd better avoid getting near to the CEO's office.

Stephen touched the screen of his phone for like thousands of times, locking his eyes on just one number. But he didn't dial just yet. He was thinking 'Does she even care about me?' Ever since he got attracted to her, he thought of her all the time. He felt so upset that he put his phone aside and decided to ignore her. Lately, he had paid more attention to her and this fact made him felt depressed.

"Stephen, what are you thinking? You cannot just get lost in it." As soon as the words full of tease and fearlessness came through the door, Scott showed up, with a bright smile on his face. Stephen frowned and glanced at him impatiently, then opened the files and continued with his work. He totally ignored him.

Scott touched his head with confusion, wondering what was wrong with him in such a good morning time. Now, this could explain why the whole building seemed at low spirits. That was because their CEO was releasing the cold energy.

Scott walked straight to the couch and sat on it. Actually, he didn't care about whether Stephen ignored him or not. He was just sitting there and watching Stephen with his amorous eyes as if he could find the answers he wanted from Stephen.

"Do you have nothing to do?" Stephen asked without looking at him and went on with his work. "I am busy! But I've still got time to care about you." He knew that Stephen would not ignore his presence as long as he kept staring at him.

"You don't need to worry about me. Just think more about Madison! There are only a few days left until next month come." They liked to talk in this sarcastic tone against each other until such a moment they see the other side getting embarrassed.

"As you said, there are still a few days left. It would be a bit too early if I went there now. Your work is far more important." Scott responded in a bored manner rather than with a high spirit. "What is my problem?" Stephen looked up at him finally. He was so confused.

"I can tell from your worried eyes that you are not well. The low mood inside the building can even scare the sunshine away." What's happening with Stephen? He saw the miserable expressions of all the senior executives when they walked out of the meeting room.

"It seems you have plenty of time. Should I consider asking S Financial group to come into B City in advance?" Stephen talked in a calm and casual way. He always knew how to take advantage of others' weaknesses and make them give in.

"No way. Stephen, how can you tease me so?" Damn! Why does this cold-hearted man always take Madison as the weapon to beat me down? He would win every single time! "Am I teasing you? I just tried to make your mind busy so as not to mind other people's business." There were times that Stephen couldn't bear with Scott's personality of gossiping. To be honest, all of Scott's problems were because he had nothing to do. It was time to make him as busy as a bee.

Scott would rather never come here of he has known what Stephen was thinking. All the things that happened afterward in his life were because of today's curse. "Uh... well... I have something else to do, and I don't want to trouble you to get me a job." Scott stood up immediately and ran away in a heap of panic from this creepy guy as he knew Stephen would be sure to do this for him.

With a beautiful grin curving on his face, Stephen watched Scott move out in a funny way and this helped him to release the emotions stored in him for a long while. Actually, he kind of understood why Scott was afraid of meeting Madison. If he was Scott, he would choose to run away, too. After all, Madison was such a nice girl with a pure heart that Scott feared that his dark personality would intimidate her. What he wanted was just to appreciate her beauty from afar.

Then he picked up his phone again and finally dialed a familiar number. "Hey! Thomas, are you available tonight?" It was not the one he really wanted to call. "Yes, I am! Why?" Thomas paused from his work, sitting back leisurely.

"Let's grab a drink tonight!" Stephen thought he needed the alcohol to make the pain temporarily go away. Otherwise, he could not explain to himself why he could not get that woman out of his mind. He was becoming crazy about her.

"What? Why don't you stay at home and be a good man?" Thomas made fun of him, knowing that there must be something that bothered him. It was always like that when Stephen asked to accompany him to have a drink.

"None of your nonsense. Are you going or not?" Stephen was getting a little annoyed. "How could I say no since you have said so? Just name it. The old place?" Thomas didn't make fun of him anymore. stephen's tone was kind of serious.

"Let's go to the XS Nightclub. It's boring to go to just one place over and over again." He said so because he wanted to relax and realize his emotions there. The music and the effects there were perfect. "All right. See you tonight." AlthoughThomas did not like the noise in the XS NightClub, as long as Stephen liked to be there, he was good with it. "All right. See you tonight." Stephen hung up the phone slowly. He was not getting any better.