After the Affair: Falling into a Billionaire's Arms Chapter 26

George didn't answer right away.

After a moment of contemplation, he nodded. "If you insist, then I can only express my regret."

He'd rather not cooperate than hand Louisa over to them.

Caden and Vivian were stunned.

Caden looked at him in disbelief. "She's just a secretary, and you care about her that much?"

George was silent for a brief moment, but his tone was firm. "She's not just a secretary. She's my woman, and I won't let anyone touch her!"

Caden hadn't expected this and fell silent.

Vivian, on the other hand, was furious.

She couldn't believe that George, who clearly didn't like that old woman anymore, still cared so much.

At that moment, she wanted to tear Louisa apart.

But she didn't want to make George dislike her because of Louisa.

In a brief moment, she weighed the pros and cons and decided to suppress her anger for now.

She calmed down, went to sit beside George, and clung to his arm, acting coquettishly. "Forget it, George. I was just speaking out of anger. I didn't really mean to hit her. Let's just drop it, okay? Don't be mad."

Caden watched her act so submissively and was furious. His precious sister, the eldest daughter of the Price family, had to compete for favor with a woman who had no money, power, or background?

He was so angry that he didn't want to speak.

Vivian, however, didn't notice anything.

She only had eyes for George, resting her head on his shoulder and pouting. "But I was so wronged, George. You have to make it up to me."

George's expression softened a bit, and he said gently, "Alright."

In the end, Vivian asked him to accompany her to a charity auction that afternoon.

To make it up to her, George agreed and promised to buy her anything she liked.

...

Meanwhile, Louisa had been resting at home for half a day and was feeling much better.

She was about to make something to eat when Sadie showed up with lunch.

"That's why best friends are the best. Otherwise, I'd be starving in this isolated place," Louisa joked.

Sadie then remembered why she was there and took out Louisa's phone from her bag, placing it in front of her.

Louisa was puzzled. "How did my phone end up with you?"

"You left it in the car. Not long after you left last night, Teddy contacted me. He said your car was pretty badly damaged and would need a few days for repairs. He was worried you'd need your phone, so he sent it to me. It was late, so I didn't bring it over right away."

Sadie looked at her with a curious and teasing expression. "Teddy is Julian's special assistant. Everything he does is on Julian's orders. So, spill it. How far have you and Julian gotten?"

Louisa, who was starving, was about to eat when Sadie's words made her choke on a piece of beef.

After coughing several times and finally swallowing, she said, "I rear-ended his car. As my future boss, he probably felt bad about holding me responsible."

"Tudor Group has thousands of employees, and he only feels bad for you?" Sadie didn't buy her excuse.

"Maybe he's just kind-hearted?"

"But I heard he never gets close to any woman. Zero scandals since birth."

"What does that prove?"

"It proves you're special to him."

"Impossible!" Louisa said without hesitation. "I'm a married woman, and he's a golden boy. How could I be special to him?"

"Why not? Louisa, don't lose confidence in yourself because of a jerk, okay? He is so much better than George in every way. Don't you want to use him to get back at George?"

"Stop it!" Louisa said firmly, "First, Julian has saved and helped me multiple times. He shouldn't be used as a pawn.

"Second, I don't want to waste my energy on getting back at George. He's not worth it!

"Third, I just want to focus on my career. I don't want to deal with men anymore."

"Okay, okay!" Sadie, a lawyer who could argue her way out of anything, couldn't win against such a principled friend.

After lunch, Sadie had to go back to work and left.

Louisa remembered she had an appointment with Julian today.

She texted him: [Mr. Tudor, thank you for returning my phone. What do you need me to do today?]

He replied quickly: [Are your injuries better?]

She responded: [Yes, thank you for asking.]

Julian: [I'll pick you up in forty minutes. I need your help with something.]

Louisa assumed it was work-related and didn't think much of it. [No need to trouble yourself. I can drive myself.]

Julian: [Confidence is good, but endangering others' lives is reckless.]

Louisa immediately thought of her rear-ending incident last night and was speechless.

She checked the time and saw that ten minutes had already passed.

She didn't say anything else, went upstairs to change, washed her face, and put on light makeup.

As the time approached, she realized she hadn't told him she wasn't at Cozy Community anymore.

Just as she was about to text him, he messaged: [I'm at the door. Come out.]

Louisa was surprised. Did he know she had moved?

She walked to the door and saw Julian's car parked outside.

She was completely taken aback. Getting into the car, she casually said, "I didn't even tell you I moved last night. How did you know? You're like a mind reader."

Julian chuckled, his voice low and pleasant.

Teddy, sitting in the front passenger seat, also laughed. "Ms. Forbes, our Mr. Tudor is a mind reader."

Louisa felt a bit embarrassed and smiled awkwardly.

The car drove to a convention center.

When Louisa and Julian went inside, she realized it was an auction.

She was surprised. "What are we doing here?"