Love Contract

Chapter 82 A Lovely Girl

The golden sun turned the sky into bright blue as birds sang their melody. The whole surrounding was filled with the fragrance of flowers as fresh wind blew softly. The morning in the suburb was pleasant and calming, far from the usual hustle and bustle of the city.

Mary woke up to the morning light streaming through the window, dancing across her face. She could hear the birds' beautiful call.

"Ah..." She rubbed her eyes gently. As she convinced herself to get out of bed, Mary sat up and stretched with her eyes still shut. "I'm so tired..." All of a sudden, she felt the warm, soft sheet around her. "Huh?" she uttered, confused.

When she opened her eyes, she knew something was wrong. Mary tried hard to recall what happened last night. When did she come to bed? And where was William? Why was she lying on his bed? There were so many questions on her baffled mind.

Knock, knock, knock.

In the middle of her thoughts, she was startled by gentle knocks on the door.

Mary immediately got out of bed and opened it.

Standing in front of her was a young maid. "Madam, breakfast is ready. Young master asks you to go downstairs."

"Oh. William is already there?" Mary frowned and scratched her head.

"Yes." The maid nodded.

"Okay, I'll be right there." She quickly washed her face and brushed her teeth. She ran downstairs after fixing herself.

William was sitting at his huge dining table while eating breakfast leisurely. He was reading the morning newspaper and coughing from time to time.

'He looks like a pedant who has lived for decades. Boring!' Mary thought to herself. 'What a pity!' She stared at him with despise as she walked towards him.

"Hello. Ahem..." William raised his head. He saw Mary standing in front of him. She kind of looked pretty. Although a bit ruffled, her hair perfectly cascaded down her shoulders.

"Take your seat." William pointed to the chair opposite him. Mary nodded. As she gazed at him, she instantly regretted her previous judgment. He had a flawless face. 'A pedant wouldn't be so handsome.'

"Ahem." William covered his mouth with a napkin and coughed again.

"Why are you still coughing?" Mary asked. "Is your fever gone?" "Yes, I just have a cold."

"By the way," Mary murmured. She looked around and moved closer to William. "Why was I on the bed? Did you... "

"I don't know," said William, raising his eyebrows. A smirk was playing on his lips.

Mary took a bite of bread in annoyance. "If you don't know, then who does? You are taking advantage of me. Don't you dare touch me again, do you understand? "

"Taking advantage of you?" William glanced at Mary from head to toe. "You? Ahem... Maybe?"

"Well." After thinking for a while, she felt unable to refute. "Next time just wake me up directly. If you want me to get out of your bedroom, I don't mind!" she blurted out.

"Oh. But I couldn't wake you up."

"What... " Mary paused. She was puzzled by what he said.

"If I could, ahem... Do you think I would struggle to carry you to the bed? It took me some time to do it."

" How could it be possible?" Mary's face flushed in embarrassment.

"You know," William said, while standing up and putting down the newspaper, "Ahem, you are so heavy!" "...." She unconsciously raised her voice. "I'm

not heavy!" Mary shouted furiously. "I am about the right weight, okay? Can't you see that? !"

Her voice echoed in the room, catching everyone's attention and making them turn around. Some young maids had covered their mouths to suppress their laughter.

"Damn it!" Mary was so embarrassed. She lowered her head and kept cutting the bacon on the plate with a fork while cursing as if she could vent her hatred on the food in front of her.

"Ahem..." William coughed with his hand covering his mouth. Mary thought that he was laughing at her, so she scowled at him.

"By the way," William said. He slowly walked towards the stairs with his hands in his pockets. "I think you should hurry up and finish your breakfast. After all, it's late now."

"Humph." Mary stuffed half of the fried egg into her mouth. "Don't scare me. I don't..." But before she could swallow the egg and finished speaking, she realized he was right. Everyone in the house heard her loud cry, "What?! ! Half past eight? !"

At the corner of the stairs, William couldn't help laughing, "Hahaha..."

Sitting in the car to the company, Mary was still mad. She glared at William who was sitting on the driver's seat wearing a playful smile. "Do you think it's funny?" "Yes."

Mary snorted, "Then why didn't you call me earlier? I can't believe you! I just lost my full attendance award!"

"It's okay."

Okay... Okay...

Mary thought he would follow his statement with, 'For the sake of taking care of me last night, you won't be recorded as late.' Or maybe he would say, 'You're my wife. How could I dock your full attendance award?' Those thoughts made her so happy.

Shyly and expectantly, she waited for William's next sentence. She started to prepare her grateful smile.

"Anyway, you were late for work yesterday. Ahem... Your full attendance award has long been lost."

"Crack."

It took Mary a long time to recover from the shock. She didn't expect him to be that cold after she took care of him last night.

"William!" Mary gritted her teeth. "You really... get on my nerves. Wait until I get my hands on you. You'll really be in trouble!"

"Ahem..." William sneered, "Then I'm looking forward to it." "Humph!" Furious, Mary turned her head away and ignored him.

Coincidentally, the two arrived at the company at ten o'clock in the morning.

People came in and out of the hall in succession. Some were chatting, others taking a rest, and drinking tea.

As soon as they entered the hall of the company together, they felt people staring at them. Some even paused what they were doing. This made Mary very uncomfortable, but William didn't seem to mind.

"What? What happened?" Mary asked warily.

"Ahem, maybe it's because they've never seen a person who is late and comes in so openly," William replied with his smug expression.

"I...” Mary tried to hide her bag hurriedly as they continued walking.

"Mary!"

When they were about to take the elevator, they saw Jane running in from the outside and waving at them. She was smiling from ear to ear.

"Hello, boss!" Jane greeted William joyfully, and then looked at Mary with an ambiguous look. "Mary, why do you come to work so late?"

"I got up late..." Mary rubbed her nose. "Haha, Mary," Jane whispered with a silly smile. "We all know. Mary, you don't need to pretend anymore."

"What are you talking about? Pretend what?" Mary was bemused.

"Well," Jane kept smiling and said, "were you busy with making a baby with the CEO? Is that why you are late?"

"Making a baby? !" Mary yelled in disbelief. The people in the hall fixed their eyes on them. Based from their expressions, it looked like everyone knew about the rumor.

"Are you insane?" Mary quickly lowered her voice and looked at William. "Boss was sick yesterday, so we came late! "

"Really?"

"Do I look like I'm lying to you?"

"Ah? " Jane seemed upset. "No..."

"Who told you that?" William, who was silent the whole time, suddenly asked.

"Amelia."

"No wonder!" Mary felt her blood boiled. William, on the other hand, just shrugged his shoulders helplessly.

Amelia, the chief stylist of the AJ Group, was the designated makeup artist of many popular stars, but she also had a more well-known title, "Gossip Amelia".

"It looks like the entire company have been reached by Amelia's gossip." Mary looked up and sighed.

Jane bit her nails awkwardly and acted as if nothing had happened. "I'm going back to work.

"Are you going to run away?" Mary fiercely grabbed Jane. "You're going to tell me about yourself instead. You haven't told me what's going on with you and Kevin yet!"

"Oh, nothing is going on between us."

They walked farther and farther away from William. He smiled as he watched them. When he was about to leave, the phone in his pocket rang.

He took out the phone and checked who was calling. William frowned before answering, "Hello?"

"Are you in the company?" It was his father's voice.

"Yes."

"I'm going to your company with Amy."

"To the company? Right now? You have returned?" William asked. "Yes."

"Okay. Then I'll pick you up."

"No need. We'll be there soon." Timothy asked in low voice, "Is Mary in the company?"

"Yes. What's wrong?"

"Amy wants to see Mary."

"Okay." As soon as William finished his words, a familiar black car came from the gate of the building. It was Timothy's favorite Rolls-Royce.

After hanging up the phone, William walked towards the car.

The old man was getting more and more cunning.

A car in front of the Rolls-Royce led the way. There were also two cars behind escorting it. His father loved a grand entrance.

When the car door opened, Timothy got off first, followed by a gorgeous woman wearing a fancy dress and expensive shoes. It was Amy, William's stepmother.

"Father." William stood in front of Timothy and bowed. This belongs © NôvelDra/ma.Org.

"Yep." Timothy lightly nodded.

"William," Amy greeted him in her sweetest voice, "how are you doing recently?" "Not bad." She felt a little embarrassment and disappointment after hearing his indifferent words.

"Take us to Mary!" Timothy said to break the tension between the two. Then he held Amy's hand and gently patted it to comfort her.

"Okay."

Timothy's bodyguards surrounded them dutifully. As soon as they entered the hall, they attracted a bunch of onlookers. Everyone stared at the family in awe. They could hear different comments as they walked past the crowd.

"Wow, who is him?"

"So classy!"

"Oh my God! He is the CEO's father!"

"It's true. The CEO just looks like his father!"

"His mother is also very beautiful and elegant!"

"The CEO's family is so rich!"

"Are they here to see Mrs. Lan because she is pregnant?"

"That's possible!"

"Absolutely! "

"I'm sure Mary will get a big reward!" "Yeah, yeah. I'm so envious of her!"

William was displeased hearing the employees' remarks. "Can you keep a lower profile in my company next time?"

"Do you still expect me to be here next time?" Timothy answered sarcastically.

"You'd better not come. Ahem..."

"Why are you coughing William? Did you catch a cold? Are you okay?" Amy asked in a worried voice.

"It's nothing." William waved his hand coldly.

The three of them went to the CEO's office. As soon as the elevator opened, they heard Mary's loud laughter. They witnessed how carefree and bubbly she was.

"Haha, he got you just like this? Haha... "

William felt speechless when he heard Mary's loud voice. He rubbed his forehead impatiently.

"Haha." Amy covered her mouth. "Mary is such a lovely young woman. She is not as dull as you two."

"You're right." Timothy smiled as he watched his son's wife.