Chapter 124

With no makeup on, it could be easily seen that she was very young, no older than Joey, about twenty-one or twenty-two years old.

The woman smiled and extended her right hand to Joey, as if she had never met Joey before. She was neither surprised nor embarrassed, “Hey, I’m Martha. I hope we can get along well in the future work.”

Confused by her composure and ease, Joey forced a smile and said, “Nice to meet you. I’m Joey.”

But she didn’t reach out to shake hands with Martha.

Recalling Martha’s advances at the club, Joey was reluctant to make any physical contact with her.

Martha wasn’t annoyed at all. She calmly withdrew her hand and lightly smiled.

In the next few days, Joey had to deal with both Martha and Philip at the same time, which was painful for her.

Fortunately, their work finally came to a close and now it was the last day.

At noon Martha invited Joey and Philip to lunch at a fancy restaurant.

Joey had intended to decline the invitation at first. Martha had been very polite and generous around her in these days, so Joey didn’t want to come across as a petty and hypocritical person.

The three of them met each other at the restaurant on time. Joey ate her lunch with poor appetite.

Martha left for the lady’s room halfway through their lunch.

All of a sudden, there were only Joey and Philip left at the table.

After much hesitation, Philip finally asked, “Is he...treating you well?”

Joey’s heart trembled a little. She knew Philip was referring to Allen. She nodded and said, “He treats me very well.”

Philip’s knife and fork suddenly stopped in mid-air. He paused and asked, “When are you two going to get married?”

“Well...I don’t know.” Joey lowered her head.

Seemingly irritated by the answer, Philip raised his voice, “Has he never brought it up with you?”

“Philip...”

Joey looked up at him innocently, wondering why he would concern himself with her marriage.

Suddenly Philip grabbed her hand and said with earnest and affectionate eyes, “In the past two months abroad, I’ve realized that I really like you and I simply couldn’t give you up without a fight. I decided to come back, because I've made up my mind to start asking you out on a formal date as long as you're not married.”

Joey was so shocked that she didn’t withdraw her hand from his at the moment.

Just then, Martha came back and bumped into them.

“Eh-hem!”

Martha frowned and gently coughed to declare her presence.

Startled, Joey immediately jerked her hand away. Philip smiled awkwardly.

Finally when the lunch was over, it was about time to go back to work for Joey.

Philip drove Joey to the office. But when she was about to go off work, she was stopped by Martha who whispered something in her ear.

Martha’s voice was quiet yet fierce and determined, “Don’t betray Allen, or I’ll make your life a living hell!”

Joey shuddered at the threat.

Philip drove the car away, and Joey froze in her stance.

She was even more curious about who Martha was now.

Moreover, what was the relationship between Martha and Lawrence or Allen? Didn’t she like women? Then why did she get involved with Allen and Lawrence?

Joey believed it was more complicated than she had ever thought.

The minute she walked into the company, she found that the atmosphere was quite different today. They were discussing about something with excitement.

Joey asked one of her colleagues and discovered that it was the company’s annual anniversary tonight. There would be lucky draws with many expensive gifts, such as cash-filled red envelopes, business laptops, fashionable mobile phones, etc. The first prize would be four sets of travel tickets for couples in Thailand for seven days, which meant that the winner could bring a companion during the travel.

The Lord Mayor Falls in Love with Me Chapter 123 More shocking news Joey wasn’t very interested in these celebrations. But she decided to take part in the celebrations to show her support for the company. Much to her surprise, she was lucky enough to win the first prize.