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Chapter 45
Chapter 45
Tina stood up awkwardly from the ground. She passed by John and thanked him in a low whisper.
“Thank you.”
Drenched from head to toe, she looked just like a helpless kitten. John’s heart went out to her almost instantly
“Wait,” he reached out his arm and blocked her path.
Tina could feel something heavy on her shoulders. She looked up, and noticed that John was covering her wet body with his suit. It was still warm.
“Your clothes are all wet. Let’s head to the resting lounge. I’ll have my assistant bring you new ones.”
Tina felt warm inside. When they first met this morning, Mr. Carter offered her his napkin. He was such a gentleman!
However, Tina refused his gesture.
“It’s alright, Mr. Carter. I can take care of myself. Besides, I’m not your employee, so you don’t have to look out for me.”
John replied, “I’m actually doing this for myself. You remind me of someone I love.”
For some reason, the woman in front of him kept reminding him of his long-lost sister, Coco
Carter.
Perhaps he was just trying to alleviate the pain of losing his sister by helping Tina.
‘What does he mean by that? I wonder who I remind him of,’ Tina thought.
All of a sudden, she remembered what she had heard from the orphanage. Apparently, John had a sister who had been separated from him a long time ago. All these years, his family had never abandoned the hope of finding her.
“I guess he’s helping me because I look like his sister,’ Tina concluded.
Words spilled out from Tina’s mouth when she saw John’s depressed look, “Is this related to your sister?”
Shocked, John asked, “How do you know that?”
Tina covered her mouth when she realized that she had accidentally spilled her thoughts.
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“I, 1, umm…” Tina struggled to give him an answer.
Suddenly, a man from behind dragged her forcefully into an embrace. Samuel’s domineering voice sounded from above Tina, startling her. “Mr. Carter, thank you for looking out for my employee. Since we’re done discussing details about our partnership contract , I’ll be taking my leave with her.”
Judging by how Samuel was hugging Tina, suspicions arose in John. He asked Samuel, “She’s not just an employee to you, is she?”
‘Don’t tell me she’s the woman at Samuel’s residence last night? That can’t be right. If that’s the case, why’s he treating her so poorly at work? He didn’t even do anything when Tina was getting bullied,’ John thought
For some reason, it ticked Samuel off to see John and Tina talking together.
Samuel snapped coldly, “That’s none of your business. Let’s talk next time.”
The moment Samuel said that, he tugged at Tina’s wrist and strode towards the lift, dragging her all the way.
After the door of the lift was closed, Tina mustered up all her strength to shove away Samuel’s hand.
Red marks appeared on her thin wrist. “Stop that!”
Samuel narrowed his eyes and threatened in an intimidating tone, “How dare you seduce John in front of me!”
“When did I do that?!” Tina was infuriated. “Why are you always blaming me for things I didn’t do? Stop making assumptions!”
“Can you blame me for that? Remember what you did to force me to sleep with you.” When he saw the suit draping on her shoulders, he ordered domineeringly, “Take off that suit right now.”
“I don’t want to,” Tina refused, adamant. Samuel, infuriated, grabbed the suit and threw it on the ground.