Chapter 1465

At that moment, Elaine was busy working on the software.

After receiving the message, she flipped through her phone in her spare time half an hour later.

[Isn’t this your fiance?]

[Do you know the woman your fiance is meeting behind your back?]

A photo was attached.

She tapped on the photo to view it—it was indeed Ian.

He looked at the woman who had a gentle smile and was sitting across from him.

She did not look as gentle as any ordinary woman.

There was a hint of affection and tenderness that existed only between a couple mixed within her
gentleness.

Others might not recognize her, but Elaine could with only one glance.

It was exactly as she had guessed.

Elaine did not reply after reading it and turned off the screen of her phone.She thought she was a little
ridiculous.

It was made clear that they would not interfere with each other’s private life or do anything for each
other, but she was still a little downcast when she saw this scene.

She thought that the marriage she wanted could still exist even without the presence of love, but in fact,
it also depended on who the other party was.



If the other party were too perfect, she would still fall for him as long as she was a woman.

She turned off her phone, ignoring everything that was happening in the outside world.

Elaine worked until 9:00 p.m.before leaving the company.She walked out of the building, turned on her
cell phone, and realized that she had three missed calls.

One was from her father, and the other two came from Ian.

Ian’s calls were made about an hour and a half ago.

The sound of a car horn pulled her back to her senses.

When she turned her head around, she noticed Ian’s white Land Rover was parked not far away.

She was astonished and walked toward the car in a hurry.

She opened the car door, got in the car, and explained awkwardly, "Sorry, I forgot to turn on my phone
and didn’t receive your calls."

She turned to look at him.

"Please tell me that you haven't been waiting for a long time."

"I haven’t been here for as long as you think.It’s just been an hour."

The neon sign boards outside the window cloaked the outline of his face, so she could not read his
emotions from his hazy expression.

Elaine was stunned for a while, and her emotions were suddenly overwhelmed.



‘He waited for an hour but claimed he hadn’t been here for long.Not many men can afford to wait for
that long, not to mention that we’re not a couple, so why would he waste time on me?’ She retracted
her gaze and said with a dry throat,

"You don’t have to wait so long in the future."

Ian looked at her.

"Have you eaten yet?"

She was flustered.

"No."

He smiled.

"What do you want to eat?"

"Anything will do."

Ian started the engine and drove away.

They arrived at a high-end restaurant, and he asked her to go in first and went to park the car.

Elaine walked into the restaurant.

Ian had reserved a table by the window, and they could see the lively scene of the streets from the
table.

Ian came over, said something to the waiter, stood across from her, took off his jacket, draped it on the
back of the chair, and slowly sat down.



"I’m going to Hewston in two days."

Elaine looked up.

"You’re going to Hewston?"

"Yeah, it’s a business trip."

Elaine did not ask what his mission was, but she could guess it accurately.

"It’s because of Synergy, isn’t it?"

Ian poured a cup of tea and smiled.

"You’re still so smart, Ms.Xavier."

"Are you complimenting me?"

He raised his gaze to look at her.

"Can’t I do so?"

Elaine felt that his compliment had an implicit meaning to it.

‘Dad doesn’t like it when women are too smart.Mom i s the best example.She’s someone that won’t
hide her emotions and speak frankly about everything.

That’s why Dad always says that Mom doesn’t have what it takes to be someone’s wife.

‘However, the funny thing is, men don’t like smart women, but they like smart women who know how to
play dumb"



She asked, "Are you telling me that you’re not praising me with an ulterior motive?"

Ian paused for a split second, and his eyes were fixed o n her face.

"What do you think that [’ll get from complimenting you?"

She opened her mouth but said nothing.


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