Chapter 851: Chapter 851: Did She Drunkenly Force a Kiss on Lawyer Jones Last Night?
Benjamin Jones knew that this woman looked gentle, but she was actually prone to playing dirty, yet he didn’t get angry, and lazily leaned back to look at Catherine Ford, “Last night you stord up to the rooftop, nearly fell from the third floor, and I saved you. Not only are you ungrateful, but you also violated , and now you bla for courageously saving your life?”
“I…” Catherine Ford had prepared to respond to the man, but after hearing his words, she was so taken aback that she couldn’t say anything beyond the word “I”. How did she inadvertently beco the ungrateful one, and what did this man just say? Violated? He must be mistaken!
Catherine Ford couldn’t help but tsukkomi in her mind, thinking lawyers are really sothing!
“You what?” Benjamin Jones looked at the woman’s embarrassed and annoyed expression, and felt inexplicably pleased.
Catherine Ford wasn’t foolish; this man must have had a purpose in saying all this. As long as he wasn’t competing with her for Alice, she could consider anything. She took a deep breath, “Lawyer Jones, what exactly are you trying to say?”
Finally getting to the point after talking for so long, Benjamin Jones’s expression didn’t relax in the slightest as he looked at the young woman’s pure and pretty face, “Hmm, do you want to take responsibility for last night’s actions?”
Catherine Ford’s body tensed up sharply, it took her a while to comprehend the man’s words, no, it wasn’t that she didn’t understand, she just didn’t know if his words ant what she thought they ant.
After holding it in for a while, Catherine Ford finally managed to ask, “How should I take responsibility?”
“We already kissed, how do you think you should take responsibility?” Benjamin Jones said this with an emotionless face as usual, but a light pink on the tips of his ears revealed his true feelings at the mont.
Despite Catherine Ford’s years of various experiences that had toughened her up, she still couldn’t accept the man’s casual tone, as if he were talking about buying cabbage, and after a while, she shook her head.
It wasn’t that she was playing dumb; she genuinely didn’t understand.
“Are you genuinely clueless or pretending to be?” Benjamin Jones was dissatisfied.
Catherine Ford shook her head then frantically nodded, ending up unsure herself what she should do or say. Just as they were about to reach the company, Benjamin Jones knew if they dragged this on any longer, she wouldn’t be able to give him an answer. Suddenly, he leaned towards Catherine Ford and pressed down.
Already overwheld by the situation, seeing Benjamin Jones’s handso face suddenly loom larger before her eyes utterly threw her off. Her eyes went wide, then her lips softened, unbelievably staring at Benjamin Jones as he whispered in her ear, “Is it soft as you described it?”
Catherine Ford was completely paralyzed, as if frozen. Whether it was kissing or more passionate actions, those were just in dreams. She was bashful but would never lose control. However, at this mont, she was stupefied, not knowing how to react, and what made it even worse was the man’s move stimulating her brain, recalling last night’s details—touching his firm chest, and his lips… so soft.
Overwheld with imnse embarrassnt and stimulated by Benjamin Jones’s actions, Catherine Ford had no idea how to react, when she heard him again asking in her ear, “Do you understand now?”
Catherine Ford didn’t speak, but the scene was interrupted by Reed from the car behind honking the horn for the fourth ti, cautiously reminding them, “We’re here.”
The voice was very low, but in the car, where Catherine Ford’s heartbeat was the only sound, it was still quite abrupt.
As if blessed by the gods, Catherine Ford suddenly pushed Benjamin Jones away, then opened the car door, but her legs went weak and she nearly fell. It was only Benjamin Jones’s quick reflexes that caught her.
Feeling the warmth from the man’s hand, Catherine Ford felt like she was handling a hot potato, her whole body trembling uncontrollably as she tried to shake him off, but Benjamin Jones handed her the thermal lunch box smoothly, “Don’t panic.”
Catherine Ford hurriedly took it, without replying turned, and ran off. She bumped into people along the way, apologizing as she continued to sprint as if being chased.
Watching Catherine Ford’s reaction, Benjamin Jones felt both annoyed and amused, looking up at Reed, “Did I scare her?”
Reed internally comnted, “You scared too.”
But he dared not say it aloud.
Could only cautiously respond, “Miss Ford might just be montarily unaccustod, she should be happy once she snaps out of it.”
That’s actually the truth, after all, her boss, regardless of background, appearance, or wealth, is top-notch, however, Catherine Ford is a divorcee with a child, it’s unclear how the boss ca to fancy her.
But talented people always have peculiar tastes; perhaps after being single for many years, the boss has a special liking for such young divorcees, it’s just unknown how many won would be heartbroken and feel injustice once this news gets out!
After hearing what Reed said, Benjamin Jones nodded; considering Catherine’s attitude towards him last night, she probably liked him too, so as long as he gives her so more ti, there wouldn’t be any problems between them.
Thinking of this made Benjamin Jones’s mood much better.
But Catherine Ford, who went back to the office flusteredly, didn’t feel the sa; she rushed back, not knowing whether she was blushing from heat or nervousness, as soon as she entered the office and heard Grace Clarke exclaim, she got scared thinking her secret got exposed and nervously looked at Grace Clarke, “What…what’s wrong?”
“I should be asking you what happened!” Grace Clarke stepped forward.
Catherine panicked, could it be that soone saw Benjamin carrying her to his car after work yesterday, she instantly got nervous, and beads of sweat ford on her forehead, “What…what happened to ?”
“Why is your face so red? We still have twenty minutes before work starts, why were you running? Were you being chased by wolves?” said Grace Clarke as she handed Catherine a wet wipe.
Already startled, Catherine was already on edge, upon hearing Grace Clarke’s action, her eyes twitched, “Just this?”
“What else could there be?” Grace Clarke looked puzzled.
“Nothing, I just misread the ti.” Catherine waved her hands hastily, wiping her face as she walked to her own workstation; the mont she sat down, the handso face of the man popped into her mind again, along with the kiss he suddenly dropped earlier.
What did he an, what did he an…
So was it really what she thought it ant?
“Catherine.”
“Ah!” While Catherine was lost in her chaotic thoughts, Grace Clarke called out to her and ca closer, startling Catherine into a scream; her body even trembled.
Her reaction also startled Grace Clarke, “Catherine, are you really alright?”
“No, nothings wrong, what did you call for?”
Catherine covered it up with a laugh, her cheeks still red, her eyes too, which made Grace Clarke pause in confusion, “Catherine, has anyone ever told you how beautiful you are?”
After saying that, she took a good look at Catherine, “The more I look, the more delicate and beautiful you seem.”
“Stop ssing around, be serious.” Catherine felt a bit flustered being praised like this; she definitely wasn’t ugly, but she also didn’t think she was very beautiful.
“Hehe, I’m telling the truth.” Grace Clarke chuckled and then leaned close to Catherine’s ear, “You know what, May Coffey is hospitalized now, supposedly she went with Anna Ford to trouble Lawyer Jones’s girlfriend and got taught a lesson.”
“Wha… what? Cough cough cough.” Catherine had just taken a sip of water and choked on it, coughing violently.
“Anna Ford has a crush on Lawyer Jones and everyone knows it, but for so reason last night she snapped, actually took May Coffey to intercept his girlfriend, tsk tsk, really foolish, doesn’t she know her own place,” Grace Clarke said disdainfully with a humph.
Catherine was completely baffled, “Who did you guys hear it from that she is Lawyer Jones’s girlfriend?”
“It seems like it’s from the sales departnt, who knows, but it’s a fact that May Coffey was hospitalized, and Lawyer Jones’s driver took her there.” Grace Clarke finished gossiping and saw Catherine Ford’s face turning even redder, “Why are you so hot? Do you want to take off your coat?”
“Got warm from running, I’ll take it off later.” Catherine Ford tried to make her voice sound normal.
Grace Clarke didn’t pay much attention, “But Anna Ford suffered a setback, who knows what she might do, we are going to the design departnt today, you be careful.”
“Okay.” Catherine Ford responded absent-mindedly, her mind full of thoughts about May Coffey bullying Lawyer Jones’s girlfriend. Seeing Grace Clarke about to leave, she hurriedly asked, “Who is Lawyer Jones’s girlfriend?”
“You don’t know?” Grace Clarke looked down on her a bit.
Catherine Ford gave an awkward smile, feeling anxious and chaotic inside, then saw Grace Clarke pointing towards Lewis’s workstation, where Catherine Ford noticed a photo of the current pop star, Ellis Raindream, “Her?”
“What did you think? Impressive, right? It’s said that the female star chased after Lawyer Jones.” Grace Clarke exclaid impressively.
From the side, Lewis heard and let out a painful cry, “My goddess!”
Catherine Ford, “…”
Took a deep breath, feeling relieved.
Seeing Catherine Ford not reacting for a long ti, Grace Clarke asked softly, “Aren’t you sad?”
Having been on edge all morning, Catherine Ford was a bit stunned by this question, “Sad about what?”
Her question made Grace Clarke sowhat awkward, murmuring uncomfortably, “Well, don’t you like Lawyer Jones? But then again, the fact that Lawyer Jones has a girlfriend, a lot of people in the company are sad, even I feel quite sad, no sha in that.”
Only then did Catherine Ford realize that because of Anna Ford, everyone at the company knew she liked Benjamin Jones, which left her extrely embarrassed, but then suddenly realized sothing – what was her current relationship with Benjamin Jones?
The image of the man kissing her just before getting out of the car popped into her head, making her cheeks, which had started to fade, turn red again.
“Cough cough, I’m fine, I’m not sad, you don’t need to comfort .” Catherine Ford hurriedly explained with her head down, but this reaction, in Grace Clarke’s eyes, seed like a cover-up.
But Grace Clarke wasn’t insensitive, realizing she’d touched on a sore point for Catherine Ford and regretfully returned to her seat.
Yet Catherine Ford was sowhat absent-minded all morning.
During lunch, Grace Clarke didn’t miss posting about Catherine Ford’s al before heading to the cafeteria.
Catherine Ford sat alone, head down, eating lunch while lost in her thoughts, occasionally glancing at her phone, even she didn’t know what she was waiting for.
In the afternoon, the logistics departnt was to communicate with the design and sales departnts about the annual eting, a task Catherine Ford had always been responsible for, but now everyone found it a bit problematic.
“Umm… maybe you shouldn’t go to the design departnt,” Grace Clarke suggested.
“It’s okay.” Now the company’s specific notice had not yet been released, so she was still an LG employee, a staff in logistics, it was her job, and she should do it. Moreover, Anna Ford’s behavior yesterday had very much upset her; if she kept avoiding her, the other might think she was really easy to bully.
“Really, it’s okay?” Director Hopkin also asked worriedly.
Catherine Ford shook her head, “I can’t keep avoiding her for half a month.”
“Fair enough.” Director Hopkin nodded, “Then the three of you go together.”
“Don’t worry, Lewis and I are also here, we guarantee you co back unscathed.” Lewis patted his chest.
Grace Clarke raised her hand, “ too!”
Catherine Ford smiled lightly, “Okay, let’s go.”
Unexpectedly, upon reaching the design departnt, instead of the people in the design departnt making it difficult for them, Anna Ford just snorted coldly upon seeing Catherine Ford and made no other moves.
The trio, who had been ready for a tough battle, were thrown off by Anna Ford’s non-aggressive stance, and left the design departnt sowhat confused after finishing their work.
Unable to hold back, Grace Clarke pointed at Anna Ford working inside, “Why is she suddenly so quiet?”
“Maybe she’s plotting sothing big!” Lewis said vigilantly.
Catherine Ford looked at the person inside and speculated but couldn’t tell the other two, smiled and said, “Regardless, it’s good she didn’t make it difficult because of . Let’s go to the sales departnt now.”
Compared to their wary approach to the design departnt, only Grace Clarke was very nervous going to the sales departnt, repeatedly pulling out her small mirror to touch up her makeup, continually asking Catherine Ford to check her appearance, until even Lewis couldn’t help but Tsukkomi, “Beautiful, very beautiful, sure to bewitch those guys in sales.”
Only then did Grace Clarke stop.
Upon arrival at the sales departnt, Grace Clarke received a personal greeting from Assistant Manager Helin, whose attitude was starkly different from how he treated the logistics departnt before.
However, it was only towards Grace Clarke.
This made Catherine Ford and Lewis more convinced that Supervisor Clents was interested in Grace Clarke.
After work, Supervisor Clents enthusiastically saw them off, just as Grace Clarke guessed; his interest in her was indeed because of Catherine Ford’s lunch.
Along the way, Supervisor Clents frequently inquired about the lunch she made, and Grace Clarke, maintaining her persona, dared not admit the lunch wasn’t hers, stuck to her lie and found him becoming even more enthusiastic.
After the trio left, Grace Clarke covered her heart, “Oh my, too nervous, can’t take it, Catherine, tonight I’m going to start learning cooking, can’t get exposed, I never knew being able to cook could attract n like that.”
“Why do I feel Paul Carter’s enthusiasm is a bit over the top?” Lewis raised his own suspicions based on his understanding of n.
Catherine Ford also had a vague feeling, “Could it be he had a crush on Grace before? Have you guys interacted before?”
Grace Clarke shook her head, “Just occasionally interacted for work, but damn, today’s enthusiasm made quite uncomfortable too.”
The three of them looked at each other, none could figure out the situation.
But once back in the logistics departnt, suddenly a rumor spread through the company that Benjamin Jones’s girlfriend was not Ellis Raindream, but a female staff mber from LG.
The news started spreading in small circles and by evening it had fernted into a company-wide conversation.
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