novelraw Chapter 380: They Were Toasted
Chapter 380: They Were Toasted
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"As Miss Anderson and now also Mrs. Jorgansen, I have a proposal for you. Although there is no love in this marriage, we are still partners. Partners respect each other. Only in this way can we run this relationship for a long time."
Margaret said seriously. She deeply felt that she was getting more and more articulate. Her words were very philosophical. She really admired herself.
Thanks to the books she had read and her self-improvement, she was now more sophisticated.
Julian nodded and seemed to agree with her.
He placed the tablet in his hand to the side and looked at Margaret seriously.
"You are right. Since you want longstanding cooperation, we need to reach a consensus and fight for the same strategic goal in the next stage."
Margaret frowned. Was there a next stage?
"What consensus?"
"Partners usually go into deeper and deeper cooperation gradually. Right? So what we need now is a bargaining counter."
Margaret was confused. But she could show this out.
After all, when negotiating with the opponent, the last thing you want to do is to let your opponent have the upper hand.
If she told Julian that she did not understand at all, Julian would mock her. Therefore, she nodded and said, "You are right, I agree."
Julian wore a faint smile. The smile became clearer and clearer as he got closer to Margaret.
Margaret sensed something wrong and subconsciously held the quilt closer to her body.
She said nervously, "Why are you looking at me like this?"
"Now that we have reached an agreement, of course, we will move on to the next stage of cooperation. I can do it here. If you can’t, the guest room..."
"Why can’t I? What a joke. I’m your wife now. What is there to be afraid of?" For the Anderson family, she was going all out.
Julian nodded and said, "Okay, hurry up. I have to go to the company tomorrow. I need to get enough sleep to deal with tomorrow’s work."
Julian turned over and got on top of Margaret. He did all this out of blue. Margaret was stunned and didn’t know what to do. She grabbed the quilt on her body at a loss.
She stared warily at Julian and asked, "Can you tell me what we are supposed to do in the next stage?"
Julian replied kindly, "Make a baby!"
In the underground garage of the Jorgansen Group.
"I’ll go up first. You can come up five minutes later."
As soon as the car stopped, Margaret grabbed her bag hurriedly and rushed into the elevator before Julian could say anything.
Alan glanced at the rearview mirror and said awkwardly, "Mr. Jorgansen, should we wait for a while before going up?"
There was a very important high- level meeting this morning. Julian had spent a lot of time dawdling this morning, so if he waited any longer, he would be late.
Julian closed the computer and spat out two words, "No need."
"Good morning, Madam."
"Good morning, Madam."
Margaret was speechless.
She looked at the people who greeted her respectfully, and her face gradually turned cold. Suddenly, someone grabbed her by her twist.
In the next second, she was dragged into the bathroom.
"Quickly, tell me, did you come to the company together with Mr. Jorgansen?"
Hearing Lily’s question, Summer rolled her eyes.
"What a stupid question. Of course, she came with Mr. Jorgansen. Is Mr. Jorgansen coming up soon? Is he downstairs in the garage?"
Summer acted as if she knew everything and Margaret was shocked. She crossed her arms and whispered, "How do you know?"
Lily smiled sarcastically. "Let me guess. You are that we know that you and Mr. Jorgansen go to work and go back to your home together, so you show up first and ask Mr. Jorgansen to turn up later. Then no one will know the truth."
Actually, this was totally useless. Everyone in the company knew that Margaret was Mrs. Jorgansen.
Margaret’s clumsy denial would only result in self-exposure.
Summer nodded and patted Margaret’s shoulder. "Maggie, do you know how many women want to walk together with such a handsome and rich man? How dare you run away for me?"
As Mr. Jorgansen’s fans, they were deeply hurt.
In their eyes, Mr. Jorgansen was definitely the shiniest star in the Jorgansen Group.
Countless women were eager to crawl into his bed and marry up, but Margaret dared to distance herself from Julian.
Margaret clenched the bag in her hand tightly and whispered reluctantly, "My family is also rich."
Rich men were nothing new to her. In her eyes, Julian was not special at all.
"Your family is rich so you can despise my idol?"
Summer immediately got closer to her and threatened her.
Lily smiled mischievously and said, "You are rich. Fine. This month’s milk tea is on you. You didn’t invite us to your wedding. Take this as compensation. What do you think?"
"I don’t think this is a good idea."
Margaret hugged her head and said in a wronged tone, "How about a week?" She didn’t have much money. A whole month’s milk tea was too expensive.
"What did you say?"
"Alright, alright, alright. One month it is."
Margaret hugged herself in fear. These two ball-basters were really terrifying.
"Maggie, as Mrs. Jorgansen, you must take good care of Mr. Jorgansen. Don’t make him angry and don’t make him upset."
Summer smiled sweetly and gently fixed the hair on Margaret’s shoulders.
She then kindly reminded, "Don’t do this kind of thing in the future. It’s not a big deal to come to the company with Mr. Jorgansen. Anyway, now everyone in the company knows that you are Mrs. Jorgansen. You can’t deny it."
"I’ll get a divorce."
After Margaret finished speaking, she received a vicious glare from Summer.
She wanted to kick Julian away.
"Let me remind you. If Mr. Jorgansen is happy, we will be happy; if we are happy, you will have an easy life. If you make Mr. Jorgansen unhappy..."
Lily clenched her fists and gave a bigger smile.
Margaret looked at Lily with a grievance. "Aren’t we on the same side? Have you forgotten how Julian mistreated the three of us? How can you do this? How can you forget what he has done to us so easily?"
Summer chuckled and said mercilessly, "Quit it. Mr. Jorgansen only mistreated you. It has nothing to do with us."
"In the past, we just took pity on you, but now we know that Mr. Jorgansen has
already taken a fancy to you. Don’t drag us into the romance between you two."
"That’s right. We have nothing to do with it. We are not that close!"
"If we are not so close, I think we can forget about the milk tea thing."
Margaret felt that she finally found a key point to turn the tide.
"Not a chance."
"If you don’t buy us the milk tea, who will? Mr. Jorgansen?"
"I’m fine with it. He is richer than me."
After Margaret finished speaking, she saw a hint of menace in their eyes and smiled obsequiously, "He is richer than me, but his money will be mine in the future. I’ll buy the milk tea for you..."
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In the CEO’s office.
Julian looked down at the document in his hand. Margaret handed him a cup of coffee and said sadly, "Mr. Anderson, this is your coffee."
"Get out!"
Julian commanded without lifting his head. Margaret’s expression changed.
She snorted, tilted her head in annoyance, and walked out of the office.
"Madam..." Just as Alan called her, Margaret shot him a sharp look.
Alan changed immediately, "There is a wine party tonight. Please prepare to go with Mr. Anderson."
"Why do I have to go there? I am off duty." Margaret said angrily, heading towards the door.
Alan looked at her back and rubbed his nose innocently. He whispered, "It’s not I who ask you to go there. It is so hard to deal with a couple."
At the Anderson’s mansion.
Hilla received a call from Halle after lunch.
When Hilla rushed over, she saw Halle standing at the door of the studio with a food box in her hand.
"Halle, where are you going?"
Hilla was a little surprised because she found Halle had sparkling makeup today.
Although Halle wore makeup usually and looked elegant and attractive, she was different today.
Halle had a faint smile, her cheeks slightly red. It was an expression that usually showed on the girls who were in a relationship.
Halle’s big change surprised Hilla.
When Halle saw Hilla’s surprising expression, she became nervous. "Hilla, what do you think of? Am I okay? Do I put too much makeup?"
Halle was so nervous that she grabbed tightly the food box in her hand.
She had planned to go there by herself, but after thinking about it, she finally decided to call Hilla over.
Hilla studied Halle closely and said with a smile, "Very beautiful."
After saying that, she mischievously leaned toward Halle, "Halle, are you going out with Horton?"
They had just returned from Japan.
Hilla looked at Halle’s rosy face and teased, "Halle, you and Horton have been married for so long and have two children. Why are you so nervous?"
"He just asked me to go over to have dinner with him. There are so many people in the hospital, so I’m afraid I will embarrass him if I dress up inappropriately."
Halle explained in a low voice.
Hilla couldn’t help but laugh, "You dress up like this, let alone sending food to the hospital, you can even go to the beauty contest."
She had never seen Halle as lively as she was now, more vivid than she was before.
Her appearance would grab everyone’s eyes easily.
Halle was pregnant not long, so her stomach was still flat.
Halle’s face turned redder when she heard Hilla’s flattering words.
"I don’t want to do too much. Just pay attention to it today."
Hilla knew Halle was thin-skinned, so she said, "Okay. You are a great beauty even without makeup."
"It is his good fortune to marry you. He will not say anything dissatisfactory."
"I am just afraid of losing face for him. Am I really okay?"
Halle was so cautious that Hilla felt her sister was like a teenage girl who had her first love.
A girl would be nervous and shy easily in her first relationship.
"Yes, you look gorgeous. Do not worry. I’m afraid he doesn’t want to show you to others."
Before Halle said anything more, Hilla urged her to get in the car.
"Alright, hurry up. If you don’t go now, Horton’s lunch break will be over. Do you want him to work hungry?"
"A client will come over to take a look at the clothes later. Help me greet him." Halle made an instruction before rushing to drive.
Hilla waved at Halle and said, smiling, "Alright, leave everything here to me. Hurry up and have lunch with Horton."
Hilla knew that Horton as the director was very busy.
He had little time to have a rest. He deliberately makes the lunchtime with Halle.
Hilla watched Halle drive away and then turned back to the studio.
In the hospital.
During the lunch break, the hospital looked bustled.
The hall was full of patients and family members. Halle held the food box in her hand and walked towards the elevator.
She rarely came to the hospital because she did not want to cause trouble for Horton and she felt that the hospital was not a good place before.
But now, Halle felt that the hospital could be a good place.
Because there was a person whom she cared about and wanted to see.
"Have you heard? Horton has married to a woman who was divorced."
Lunchtime was always a time for some girls to gossip.
In the break room of nurses, a few people were gathered together, eating lunch and talking about the news that they had gotten.
"It can’t be. Horton is so handsome, a perfect gentleman. He is a perfect match for Dr. Mariana."
"It’s true. That woman has given birth at this hospital. It’s said she was sent by Horton personally at that time and he was extremely worried. I think maybe they have had..."
"The child is Horton’s?"
Wild rumors were circulating around the crowd.
"Isn’t Horton the third wheel?"
The nurses chatted, their eyes shining with excitement and brilliance.
They feel excited about getting such big news.
"No way. How can Horton like a married woman? That child..."
"The child is Horton’s!"
Halle stood straight at the door. She clenched the box in her hand tightly and wore a gentle smile.
"When I met Horton, I was already divorced. The child is his, and he did not break up my marriage."
Halle’s voice was soft, so soft that it sounded unreal.
The room fell dead silent. The nurses turned their eyes towards Halle. They opened their mouths but made no sound.
Halle smiled and said with embarrassment, "Sorry for disturbing your rest. The director’s office is on this floor, right?"
The nurses nodded!
Then Halle left the room and walked straight to the office.
A few moments later, the people in the room came to their senses and gazed at each other.
"Is that ... Horton’s wife?"
The person opposite nodded and said in a low voice, "She is pretty."
"Did she hear what we said?"
Suddenly, they felt they were toasted.