Flash Marriage: She becomes Mrs. CEO after the Failed Dowry Talk

Chapter 498: Attending the Tasting Event

When Nora Northwood saw he was awake, she said directly, "I have a tasting event to attend today, so I can’t entertain you. Thank you for taking care of me last night."

Her lukewarm attitude made Jasper Sinclair swallow the words he was about to say and change his question: "Has the fever completely gone?"

"There’s still a slight fever, but it’s nothing serious."

She could tough out a more severe viral cold than a fever, so what did this amount to?

Nora didn’t take it seriously.

She went to the kitchen to make a cup of instant coffee, and seeing her pale face, Jasper couldn’t help but remind her, "Drink some hot milk, avoid coffee when your immune system is weak."

"Okay."

She agreed with her words, but didn’t make any other move.

Watching her bustle around under his nose for half the day, Jasper finally couldn’t hold back, blocking her with an arm, "Can’t you stop and seriously listen to me for a moment?"

Nora clenched the corner of her Chanle handbag, trying to respond in a calm and composed manner.

"Whatever you have to say, we can discuss it after my work is done. Today’s tasting event is very important and I can’t be absent or late."

The alarm in her pocket buzzed, reminding her she had less than an hour remaining.

Jasper was relentless, "I’ll attend with you."

"You didn’t receive an invitation."

"I’ll come as your plus one."

For the first time, Nora thought, why is this man acting like a three-year-old?

In the end, the battle concluded with the two going their separate ways.

However, Jasper hadn’t forgotten that phrase "we’ll discuss it after work."

As they brushed past each other, he caught a whiff of the subtle fragrance on Nora.

VK’s designers had a magic that always made people unknowingly want to get close to the one scented.

By the time the fragrance completely dissipated from his senses, Nora had already driven quite a distance away.

She hurriedly arrived at the company, preparing the necessary materials and products for the tasting event.

Yvonne Winslow kept pace with her, quickly running through the events scheduled for the day.

"Yvonne, come with me."

Nora worried she couldn’t handle it on her own, so she decided to take her secretary along.

Jasper, completely unaware: Wasn’t there no more room?

The tasting event didn’t conclude until one in the afternoon; she had been so busy all morning that she hadn’t even had time to eat.

A brand representative suggested, "Let’s all have some afternoon tea together."

Everyone chimed in, and Nora couldn’t escape it.

Moving from the main venue to outdoors, she felt the chilly breeze and instinctively shrunk her neck.

Nora felt her body temperature was a few degrees higher than when she left home in the morning, but she braved it silently, not wanting to dampen everyone’s spirits.

Thankfully, the afternoon tea venue was nearby and didn’t require a long walk.

Once everyone ordered their snacks, they began chatting about various topics.

Nora felt like an outsider among them, uninterested in the fragrance trends for the next season, her eyes only on the desserts in front of her. If it weren’t for maintaining her image, she would’ve ordered another chocolate mille-feuille.

The silver fork gleamed as she inserted it between two cherries, bringing a small bite of cream to her mouth.

Desserts are always so comforting.

She took one bite after another, finishing off a cherry cake in under fifteen minutes.

When Nora returned to her car, she brought the aroma of the afternoon tea with her.

The rich scent of cream sparked new inspiration in her; perhaps the Qixi Festival edition could be further expanded.