She had breakfast with Hugo Quinn and imdiately went to the company. However, at noon, when she went downstairs, she saw redith Sterling outside Grandeur.
redith Sterling’s face was deathly pale, standing in front of her, saying she wanted to et Hugo Quinn.
Eleanor Hollis felt irritated, furrowing her brows.
"If you want to see him, just call him directly. Why are you here?"
redith Sterling seed startled by her attitude, trembling continuously; one might think Eleanor was bullying her.
Eleanor really didn’t want to get entangled with her and just said perfunctorily.
"Hugo and I have a eting soon. If you’re here to see him now, he probably won’t et you."
A hint of disappointnt flashed in redith Sterling’s eyes, and she walked away, looking back three tis with each step.
Eleanor bought what she needed and went upstairs.
"Let’s go, this eting will last until the afternoon. Just keep company, and you can go out for air in the middle, but don’t go far. We’ll go ho together then."
Hugo put his arm around her, smiling as he spoke into her ear.
The two weren’t avoiding anything in the company since the higher-ups knew they were legally married.
They took the dedicated elevator directly to the parking lot, so even if redith Sterling waited outside like a fool, she wouldn’t encounter Hugo Quinn.
redith indeed didn’t leave, staying where she was, but she didn’t see Hugo by three in the afternoon. She had to pull soone coming out of Grandeur to ask.
"Excuse , where is Hugo Quinn? I have sothing to discuss with him. His phone is off. I am his relative."
Since she looked very pitiful, the executive that she stopped quickly believed her and told her where Hugo was attending a social event.
redith turned, a smile flashing in her eyes, imdiately getting a taxi to go there.
The eting had already been going for over an hour by then. Eleanor felt stuffy and quickly went downstairs for so air.
As soon as she ca down, she saw redith Sterling waiting below, and her brow furrowed tightly.
"Miss Hollis, I really have sothing urgent for Hugo. Last night when he ca to see , he left sothing behind, a small tie clip. I want to return it personally and tell him I am leaving."
A tie clip left in a hospital room?
Eleanor knew this person intentionally said those words, hoping she’d misunderstand, and reached out her hand.
"Give the tie clip to . He’s in a eting and can’t see you."
"Miss Hollis!"
redith suddenly knelt down, crying as if raining, gripping the hem of Eleanor’s clothes with one hand.
"I beg you, Miss Hollis, I am already pitiful enough. Could you help ? I just want to say goodbye to him."
Eleanor was well aware of her intentions, knowing that even her acting weak wouldn’t have any effect, and turned around coldly.
"Hugo is my husband. I won’t let soone with ill intentions get close to him. Give up trying to find a breakthrough with ."
She said coldly and went upstairs, leaving redith Sterling screaming heartbreakingly.
"You tell Hugo! If he doesn’t co out, I’ll wait here until he cos to see !"
Eleanor felt a bit vexed and imdiately pressed the elevator door.
When she entered the eting room, she was quiet and just waited for Hugo on the side.
The person sitting opposite Hugo was the head of another company, and they were having a lively discussion, seemingly about to reach a collaboration.
"President Quinn, after this ends, how about I treat you to dinner? Let’s go to a KTV, the girls there are quite nice, and you can find any personality type you like."
The boss, evidently an expert in romance, said while shaking hands with Hugo.
Hugo glanced at Eleanor, noticing she was eavesdropping intently, with a smile tugging at his lips.
"My family keeps a tight reign on , I’d end up kneeling on a washboard if I went."
"Haha, so you’re henpecked, President Quinn. Seems you have a great relationship with your wife, so I won’t disturb you."
Once everyone left, Hugo placed his arm around Eleanor’s waist.
"Let’s go eat sothing."
Eleanor, hearing him say that, imdiately forgot about redith Sterling still waiting outside.
"What should we eat? I want shrimp. Is that okay?"
Just when she went downstairs, she saw an advertisent for crayfish and suddenly craved shrimp.
Hugo indulgently nodded, "You can eat whatever you want. Let’s go, we’ll take the private elevator."
The two sat down at a crayfish place. Eleanor felt a bit embarrassed; Hugo looked so smartly dressed yet was willing to co with her here.
"So people are allergic to seafood, aren’t you allergic, are you?"
She had been shocked previously when Hugo was allergic to cat hair, so now whenever they ate things like this, she’d habitually ask.
"No, you don’t need gloves. I’ll peel for you."
When the shop brought over two boxes of crayfish, Hugo adeptly donned gloves and began peeling them for her.
Watching the peeled shrimp placed in her bowl, Eleanor felt a wave of emotion rising inside her.
Who was Hugo Quinn? The CEO of Grandeur Group, always busy, living intricately in the eyes of others. Yet here he was, sitting with her in a crayfish shop, peeling shrimp for her personally.
"Eleanor, aren’t you eating?"
Hugo noticed he had been peeling for a while, yet Eleanor hadn’t moved her mouth.
"No, I just feel that this doesn’t quite suit you. Everyone here dresses casually, but you, in your business elite attire, seem out of place."
Hugo’s eyes lowered quietly as he continued peeling shrimp.
"You’re my wife; don’t be so surprised. This should be expected."
Hugo put another peeled shrimp into her bowl, his face gentle.
Eleanor stopped dwelling on it and started eating one bite after another right away.
After they finished, it was already seven in the evening.
Leaving the row of stores, Hugo worried she might find the shrimp too spicy, quickly went to buy a cup of milk tea.
With the warm milk tea in hand, they sweetly returned ho.
Having just entered the villa, Eleanor suddenly rembered redith Sterling waiting outside the building, feeling a blockage in her heart. How did she forget, redith said she would wait there indefinitely.
But now that it’s so late, she should have gone ho, right?
Thinking this, she didn’t worry anymore and planned to go upstairs to help Marcus with his howork when Lan Yancy walked in anxiously.
"President, redith Sterling has been kidnapped. We haven’t found her yet. I checked the surveillance, and it seems like so local thugs did it."
Lan Yancy was visibly anxious. The president had instructed them to watch after her, but who knew redith would sneak out of the hospital quietly, and she did it flawlessly. It wasn’t until the afternoon that they realized she was missing.
Eleanor paused on the stairs, redith Sterling was kidnapped?
Her heart shuddered, suddenly rembering sothing redith had said.
"Tell Hugo, if he doesn’t co, I will wait here indefinitely!"
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