The Headline Queen: President Hawthorne is Her Die-Hard Fan! Chapter 53: Not Choosing Him

She felt that Paige Sterling was smiling a lot today, and she didn’t know why she suddenly seed to be in a good mood.

When these young n thought the matter was over after taking a few beatings and losing a hand, the police caught them.

Because soone posted evidence online directly linking them to the death of that actress, causing an uproar.

This ti, their connections couldn’t save them, especially since their family’s company was also having issues, making it impossible to protect them.

Damn, got beaten for no reason again and again, and now we’re getting arrested. How did we get so unlucky?

When Paige returned to Silverstream Bay, Julian Hawthorne was also at ho.

His hair was a bit ssy, and he was wearing a light gray V-neck lounge outfit. Paige took a quick glance and noticed his slightly toned abs.

Paige swallowed discreetly; she’s been restrained since birth, and maybe it’s ti to indulge a little.

However, Julian, seemingly oblivious to his allure, said, "I ran a hot bath for you, go take a bath."

Paige responded with an ’oh,’ and while soaking in the tub, she was still thinking about Julian’s ascetic face.

At that mont, Julian knocked on the bathroom door and said, "You forgot to bring your pajamas in. I left them at the bathroom door."

Paige acknowledged with a ’hmm.’

Julian, standing outside, was montarily taken aback.

He wondered if she was feeling very comfortable in there because that ’hmm’ sounded different from her usual cold tone, almost... seductive?

Julian shook his head, daring not to overthink it.

When Paige ca out of the bathroom, her face was rosy from the steam.

She asked Julian, "What did you put in the bathtub?"

"dicine from an old Chinese doctor; it helps relieve fatigue when you soak in it."

Paige responded with an ’oh,’ "Did you soak in it too?"

Julian nodded, and Paige moved closer, sniffing his shoulder.

"After I soaked, I slled like herbs all over. How co you don’t?"

Indeed, the herbal scent now filled Julian’s nostrils, causing his breathing to nearly stop, his body frozen and motionless.

Julian’s voice turned hoarse, "I soaked in it yesterday."

"Oh," Paige backed off, yawning, "I’m going to sleep."

It was only after Paige had entered her bedroom that Julian’s body finally relaxed.

God knows how much self-control he needed just now to suppress his impulsive thoughts.

At that mont, his phone gently vibrated. Julian picked it up and saw a ssage in the WeChat chat box.

"Sumr Xavier, do you have a man?"

Julian, "... No."

Paige, "Oh, I’ll take you to find a man tomorrow night and let you indulge a bit."

Julian...

Because of Paige’s WeChat ssage, Julian couldn’t sleep the whole night and faced Paige the next day with dark circles under his eyes.

Paige tossed a box of eye masks to him, "Use this to apply. I made them myself, they work well."

Julian took it, and before he could say anything, Paige said, "I’m going back to the Sterling Family tonight, so I won’t be coming back."

Julian, "...!!"

Back to the Sterling Family?

Obviously just wanting to go out and fool around with n! Even the excuses are so unconvincing!

Julian was seething with anger inside, unable to vent, and after a while, he clenched his teeth and spat out one word.

"Okay."

Julian seed to be in a good mood lately and was very agreeable with his employees.

The employees greeted Julian as usual, only to find him walking into the elevator with a gloomy expression.

How scary! President Hawthorne has returned to his icy deanor.

The most challenging job was for Shaun Jones, the secretary, who felt that entering Julian’s office was akin to walking into a pit of fire.

But as a secretary, there were so tasks that couldn’t be ignored.

Shaun sighed, braced himself, and walked into the office with the docunts.

"President Hawthorne, please review these docunts."

Julian lifted his eyes to look at Shaun, and Shaun felt an urge to turn and leave.

Julian stared at him for a while, then suddenly asked, "What do you think of my looks?"

Shaun, "...??"

Has he suffered so blow from Miss Sterling that he’s starting to doubt his own stunning looks?

Not thinking, Shaun blabbered so flattery: "President Hawthorne, your looks are beyond words, perfect in every way."

Julian said nothing, seeing through Shaun’s flattery.

Shaun, "... But the dark circles are a bit too heavy."

Julian slightly frowned and motioned Shaun to leave.

Shaun, feeling pardoned, quickly grabbed the docunts and rushed out.

Once the office door was closed, Julian opened a drawer and took out the eye masks Paige had given him that morning.

When Simon Hawthorne dropped by Julian’s office, he opened the door to see Julian with two black eye masks on his face...

Simon, "..."

For a second, he thought he had entered the wrong office.

He shut the door and walked in, "Brother, your eye masks sll nice. I also stayed up late last night. Could you spare two?"

Before his hand could touch the box, Julian quickly grabbed it and threw it back into the drawer.

Simon, "...", When did my brother beco so stingy?

Simon soon realized Julian was in a bad mood today. He only said a couple of words, and Julian already looked like he wanted to cut off his tongue.

Simon started to regret it.

Isn’t the scenery outside charming or the bar beauties attractive?

Why did he insist on coming to see Julian?

Simon started to retreat silently, planning to leave without a sound, but Julian suddenly spoke.

"Co over here, I have a question for you."

Simon gave a forced laugh, "Brother, I’ll just stand here. You can ask, I can hear you."

Julian didn’t speak, just stared at him.

Simon’s scalp felt like it was going to explode, "Brother, do you have so unspeakable issue?"

Julian’s lips moved, as if wanting to speak but stopping.

Simon looked shocked, did his brother really have an unspeakable issue?

This was no trivial matter, no wonder he looked so gloomy.

Simon quickly moved closer, "Brother, you shouldn’t delay this illness. We need to see a doctor early. Don’t avoid it. Co on, let’s go see a doctor now."

He didn’t dare touch Julian; he just grabbed Julian’s sleeve to pull him outside.

Julian shook him off, "What nonsense are you spouting?"

"Brother, we’re blood brothers. I won’t laugh at you; don’t be stubborn!"

Julian’s temples throbbed a few tis, "Shut up!"

Simon imdiately shut up.

Julian asked, "Let ask you, how to..."

Simon, "...?"

Julian, "... Attract won."

Simon was dumbfounded for a long ti, a bit unresponsive, "Brother, with your conditions, do you even need to attract them? Just standing there, won would flock to you!"

But the problem is, despite waving himself around for so long in front of Paige, she’d rather go out to find a man than pick him!