The CEO’s Billion Dollar Bride

Chapter 19: 20、A step away from you Chapter 19: 20、A step away from you “Miss Sanders, don’t take it to heart. After all, Mr. Gordon is used to attending such events with all kinds of messy women, so it’s only natural for you to make a mistake and misunderstand!”

Ivy Aretha smiled slightly, her tone as natural as can be, as if Michael Gordon was just an ignorant child in her eyes.

Michael Gordon’s eyes twitched, and his face darkened. When did he get used to attending such events with all kinds of messy women?

Damn woman, her sarcasm was getting smoother by the day, so much so that she didn’t even care about the occasion. Fine, very fine, extremely fine!

“Mr. Gordon, Miss Aretha, I’ll go over there for a moment. You guys go ahead!”

Seeing Michael Gordon’s face darkened and being blocked by Ivy Aretha’s words, Kyla Sanders thought it wouldn’t make much sense to stay any longer.

Watching Kyla Sanders walk away, Ivy Aretha chuckled and raised her eyes to look at Michael Gordon with a raised eyebrow, “So this is your bad romance?”

“Ivy Aretha!!”

Michael Gordon’s teeth gritted and his words almost popped out of the gaps in his teeth. He couldn’t stand her flamboyant and bright smile. It was so arrogant, yet it looked so bright, as if it had no impurities.

“Mr. Gordon, why get angry? After all, this is my important task on the first day of taking over Anna’s job. Shouldn’t Mr. Gordon affirm my work capabilities?”

Ivy Aretha saw his face darken, her mood improved. For some reason, she just couldn’t stand this man.

She had told herself time and time again that since it’s in the past, she should just focus on making money under his watch at Allure International. But every time she saw his peach-blossom-like face, which seemed to be always ready to lure women into bed, she couldn’t help but feel annoyed, very annoyed, just like now.

Hearing this, Michael Gordon gritted his teeth and nodded, “Secretary Aretha is indeed competent, but such a thing is not enough to prove whether Secretary Aretha is competent!”

Competent? Ivy Aretha chewed on these two words in her head

“You can’t tell me all these are your bad romances?” Ivy Aretha looked at Michael Gordon in disbelief, then blurted out, “With so many women, can your kidneys handle it?”

Michael Gordon: “…”

“A girl shouldn’t say such things!” Michael Gordon turned his head to stare at her eyes, with a wicked smile, “Otherwise, I would think you want to try my kidney function!”

A girl? With a child already born to him and her still called a girl? Or a damn girl? The moment she heard that address, Ivy Aretha wanted to kill him on the spot.

“Aiya, I’ve long stopped being a girl. Mr. Gordon, have you ever seen a twenty-five or six-year-old woman who’s still a girl? Nowadays, girls are much more open. If Mr. Gordon wants to find someone to test kidney function, he should look for an eighteen or nineteen-year-old. That might still be a girl!”

Remembering that she was only nineteen when her precious first time was ruined, Ivy Aretha wanted to mock him in minutes.

Not a girl anymore…

As if he hadn’t heard the sarcasm in her words, Michael Gordon focused on her repeated phrase in his mind. He had read her resume, she was only twenty-five, not married, and had no boyfriend.

How come she’s not a girl anymore? Thinking of the man responsible for her not being a girl, Michael Gordon felt as if a stone was weighing down on him, and then a sour taste welled up in his stomach.

“Mr. Gordon, long time no see. Your companion this time is not bad!”

A light laughter cut in, and before Ivy Aretha had time to look up, she heard Michael Gordon speak first.

“The same goes for Young Master Jensen. With someone like Lina Miller as a companion, I’m afraid only Young Master Jensen could have invited an actress of her caliber!” Michael Gordon casually picked up a glass of red wine and clinked it with hers.

Lina Miller was the spokesperson for Jensen Group and the winner of the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress. Though she was known for her aloof and arrogant temperament, and preferring to keep to herself, she had never appeared in public with any man except for the CEO of Jensen Group, Mario Jensen.

Originally thinking it was only a rumor, today’s encounter assured Michael Gordon that this Mario Jensen indeed had some skill, having managed to sign the only actress that Allure International couldn’t.

“Ivy?”

Mario Jensen had been staring at Michael Gordon’s companion when he saw Ivy Aretha look up and was stunned. In disbelief, he looked at her, his pupils dilating to the extreme.

“Classmate?”

When called by the person across from her, Ivy Aretha saw who it was with equal surprise. She never expected to reunite with her long-lost classmate under these circumstances.

Pleasant surprises were definitely found everywhere in life.

“Really you, when did you come back to the country? Where have you been hiding all these years? Why did you just vanish back then without a word?”

Compared to Ivy Aretha’s surprise, Mario Jensen was overcome with excitement, firing off three questions in a row. If not for Lina Miller’s hand in his, he would have eagerly gone over to shake Ivy’s hand.

Faced with these three consecutive questions, Ivy Aretha was unsure of how to answer. When it came to going abroad, it had been a sudden decision. She was just nineteen, still a student when she found out she was pregnant. Initially terrified, she decided to keep the baby and leave the country secretly.

“Well, classmate, back then…”

“You two know each other?”

Just as Ivy Aretha was stammering and unsure of how to answer, Michael Gordon glanced at her and then asked Mario Jensen.

“We’ve been classmates since childhood!”

As Mario Jensen answered him, his eyes never left Ivy Aretha’s delicate face. His gaze was deep and shallow, like it was tinged with the pain of time.

Since childhood?

Michael Gordon had always thought Ivy Aretha might know him, but really couldn’t remember when they had interacted. If Ivy and Mario were childhood classmates, and he knew Mario too,
Then it wouldn’t be surprising if they knew each other. Thinking of this, he looked at Ivy Aretha, who was avoiding Mario’s eyes with her head down.

Her evasive eyes seemed to be running away from something. Michael Gordon felt like he suddenly understood something— they…

“It’s great that Young Master Jensen is Ivy’s classmate. After all, Ivy is now my girlfriend. There will be plenty of opportunities to meet in the future!” Michael Gordon glanced at Ivy Aretha’s lips, which had a wicked smile, and said.

Ivy Aretha: “…”

When did she agree to be this rapist’s girlfriend?