With a sudden "bang", Charlotte was enveloped by a feeling of weightlessness. She tightly shut her eyes, bracing herself for the intense pain that was sure to co.
Falling from a height of two ters, she thought she would surely break an arm or leg.
Michael was taken aback. He hadn’t expected his words to scare her like this. Seeing her figure falling quickly, he frantically rushed over.
But before he could reach her, another figure, dressed in a black suit that accentuated his near-perfect physique, beat him to it. Just as Charlotte, eyes tightly shut, was about to hit the ground, she was gently caught and cradled in his arms.
"Are you alright?" he asked.
"Justin Battleson?" Recognising the deep, magnetic voice in her ear, Charlotte opened her eyes. Coming face to face with the magnified handso face, she couldn’t help but blush and shake her head a bit to regain her composure.
"I wasn’t aware that our design departnt could no longer afford soone to change the light bulbs, hmm?" Justin’s lips curled into a slight cold smile, his icy gaze sweeping over the crowd in the design departnt.
"Mr. Battleson." Minister Clarkson appeared, with a bitter expression on his face, and walked shakily out from behind the crowd. When his eyes t Justin’s cold gaze, he couldn’t help but shudder.
"If we can’t afford it, doesn’t our company have security or others who could do it?" Justin’s voice, colder than before, queried him.
"I...I..." Minister Clarkson stamred, unable to form a coherent response.
The company indeed had dedicated personnel for regular checking and tily maintenance, but Minister Clarkson had made Charlotte perform the risky task just to put her in a difficult position.
"No need to co in tomorrow!" Justin pronounced her sentence and, with that said, left the room with Charlotte, walking towards to the CEO’s office.
The design departnt staff were left behind, grinding their teeth angrily as they stared at Charlotte being led away by Mr. Battleson.
Minister Clarkson too, left the area with a gray cloud above his head, resentnt burning in his chest.
"Wow!" Michael was amazed as he looked at Justin’s dominant figure departing. He couldn’t help but clap for him.
"Mr. Battleson, you certainly know how to defend a lady’s honor. Utterly impressive!"
Inside the CEO’s office.
"You’re not injured, are you?" Seated on the soft sofa, Justin looked at her with a soft gaze, and upon seeing her shake her head, he said firmly,"How about we make our relationship public?"
"No!" Charlotte was surprised and glanced at her hand still being held firmly in his. Her face flushed, she then placed her incredulous gaze on his handso face.
She had never contemplated what kind of uproar would ensue in the company or online if they were to disclose their relationship.
Perhaps by the ti, even their child would be unwittingly embroiled in the ss.
That was a scene Charlotte was desperate to avoid.
"Justin, let’s postpone this decision for now." Charlotte slightly pursed her lips and shook her head gently.
"Why?" Justin asked, a hard look in his eyes. "Don’t you want to?"
"Don’t forget. We’re still on trial period." Charlotte shook her head and expressed her thoughts.
She continued, "Let’s just give it a try and we don’t necessarily have to disclose imdiately."
"...." The crease between Justin’s eyebrows grew deeper. His gaze, resembling a vortex of the universe, was fixed on her resolute face. After a long silence, he finally nodded.
Charlotte gave a nearly inaudible cough and turned her head away, refusing to say anything else.
Silence once again lood in the office.
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