Chapter 453

Chapter 453 Picked Me Up From Work

He told me that he wanted to come after me after Michael took me away. Unfortunately, his car was too slow, and the latter left him in the dust. That was why he didn’t know where I was.

Nicholas’ eyes shone with disappointment when he said those words. He dropped by my office that early in the morning to wait for me and have that conversation. To my surprise, he wasn’t there to tell me to keep my professional and personal life apart. Instead, he was there because he had feelings for me.

The way he redirected the conversation and talked about something personal… I shifted my gaze awkwardly to look elsewhere. Thing was, I knew how he felt about me, but there was nothing I could do about it.

I’ve already made things clear in the past, so I didn’t want to dwell on that topic again.

“I understand. I don’t want to talk about personal matters, though. We’re at work, and our jobs are the most important thing right now. I will, however, promise you it wouldn’t matter what happens between Michael and me. My loyalty to the company is absolute, and I won’t do anything to hurt you or the company.”

That was the only promise I could offer. If he wanted me to love him back… Well, that would be impossible.

He knew what I meant, and he frowned. The silver lining was that he didn’t keep that conversation going, so I sighed a long breath of relief.

“Okay, then we won’t talk about this at work. Let’s discuss the matter some other time. Still, I pray you’d keep my previous words in mind because I do not wish for the same thing to happen again.”

He shifted his gaze from me and sounded calm when he said those words, but the fact he was warning me was clear as day.

“Understood.”

I replied nonchalantly, before shutting up entirely.

I couldn’t make that promise firmly because I didn’t know if I could cut all ties with Michael right away. That morning, I agreed to Michael’s terms, and I couldn’t back out of it anymore.

Nicholas left my officer soon after. I sat there all alone and was both confused and irritated. There was no way to focus on work at all.

I basically spent the rest of the day sitting behind my desk and daydreaming. All I could think about was the drama in my life, so not much work was done.

When it was finally time to clock off, I packed my bags. There was no way I’d stay for a second longer. As soon as I finished putting everything away, I left the place.

It was only natural that it was peak hour because many employees were leaving their workstations at the same time.

I had just left the building when a black Ferrari made its way to me and stopped in my path.

Seeing that prompted me to frown in frustration. I wanted to circle around and walk away, but when the windows rolled down, I saw a familiar face looking at me.

My frustration maxed out upon seeing Michael there. His phone call was the reason I still couldn’t clear the misunderstanding with Nicholas, who still had no idea what really happened.

The mere thought of how Michael was deliberately driving a wedge between Nicholas and me had me fuming. This man is the reason I am in such a bad mood today.

Worse still, everyone in the company knew that Michael was our main competitor. Who knows what the others would think if they saw him at the company’s entrance and talking to me?

Nicholas’ misunderstanding was bad enough as it was. If Michael further made things worse… I will never be able to clear my good name.

If anything were to happen to the company’s administration, everyone will surely suspect me. That was definitely something I didn’t want to happen.

Hence, I acted as though I didn’t even know him. I circled around and continued walking down the path, but he pressed the horn at me.

The ear-piercing noise made me feel as though my eardrums would break apart. I turned around and glared angrily at him. The rage within me was burning wildly. What is with this guy? Is he not capable of giving me a moment of peace?

The continuous noise was too irritating, and many employees turned their attention to me. Michael was a renowned man, so naturally, they recognized him.

I was troubled and infuriated when I sensed their gaze on me. I quickly turned around and walked to his car to shout at him.

“Michael Shaw, what the hell do you want?”

“Get in the car. We’ll go home together.”

Michael didn’t mind my howls at all and spoke softly after shooting a look at me.

“I don’t need you to drop me off. Also, we live in different places, so please don’t show up here again. You’ll just cause unnecessary troubles for me.”

Many of the employees were staring at me, and some were already gossiping among themselves. I couldn’t hear what they were saying, but even the dumbest person alive could guess the right answer. They must be wondering how Michael and I know each other.

“What’s wrong with me dropping by to pick up my lover? Was that not allowed? Besides, have you forgotten what you promised me this morning? I made a copy to remind you of it, you know?”

It seemed he was destined to defeat me that day. His lips curved into a calm smile. I didn’t even see him fishing it out, but he was suddenly holding a flash drive and waving it in front of me. At least he kept his voice down when he threatened me, though.

Naturally, I knew all too well what he meant when he said he had a copy. I immediately thought about how he made a recording of the two of us sleeping together. And now, he’s using that recording to blackmail me in public… Gah, I am so angry I can kill!

Despite those thoughts, I had no choice but to comply. I was a rather traditional woman deep down, so I would probably die of shame if he actually published the content of that flash drive.

I took a deep breath and suppressed the anger in me before circling around to the passenger’s side and opening the door. After that, I got in.

The second I entered the car, I sensed everybody’s gaze on me becoming weird. Most were in disbelief. They were probably thinking something along the lines of Oh gee, I can’t believe she got in his car… or something like that in Gen Z slang or whatever.

Michael was satisfied with my compromise. He smiled before firing up the engine and making a U-turn.

I didn’t say a thing after getting into his car because the fury in me was getting difficult to contain.

His phone call that morning had already caused abundant troubles, and showing up at the entrance of my workplace… Yeah, I can grow another mouth, and I still won’t be able to clear the misunderstanding.

“Why are you so quiet? Are you in a bad mood? Are you mad?”

A lot of time had passed before he broke the silence and turned to me to ask me those questions calmly.

“Michael, why are you doing this?”

I turned to him and glared evilly to demand an answer.

“What do you mean?”

“Why did you show up there at the entrance of my workplace? You know that will cause a commotion and give others the wrong idea, so why did you do it?”

He had to have known what I was talking about, but he asked me to clarify, anyway. That annoyed me.

“I’ve already told you. I was there to pick up my lover. Why else would I be there?”

His answer remained the same, but at the time, all I could hear was an excuse. I didn’t think he traveled all the way over to my workplace just for that.