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He saw her delicate shoulders and beautiful collarbones clearly. Every curve on her body was perfect.
A droplet of water slid down her skin. She looked innocent yet seductive.
She was beautiful and pure.
Zachary’s eyes darkened.
The hallway fell silent.
One second…
Two seconds…
Three seconds…
A scream echoed through the house. The birds outside flew away in shock.
Embarrassed, Gladys covered her eyes and hoped the floor would suddenly open up and swallow her.
Zachary was silent.
If an outsider heard her scream, they would assume that he was molesting her.
Anyway…
His gaze fixed on the panicked woman. For some reason, his voice was deep and husky. “How much longer do you want to show me your body? Are you doing this on purpose?”
Hearing Zachary’s words, Gladys suddenly realized that she had covered her own eyes. Talk about self–deceiving.
She became more embarrassed. Blushing, she stomped her foot.
“No. Hurry…turn around.”
The shock and awkwardness on her face didn’t look feigned.
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Zachary swallowed hard and turned around, looking everywhere but Gladys. He licked his dry lips.
Once Zachary turned around, Gladys crouched down and picked up the towel, wanting to cover up her naked body.
Yet, she was holding the phone in one hand while her other arm was in a cast. Her movement was limited. Nervous, she couldn’t wrap the towel around her and strained her broken arm instead.
The silence alerted Zachary. He looked over his shoulder and saw Gladys kneeling on the ground and clumsily trying to wrap the towel around her. He frowned and pulled her up.
The skin in his palm was surprisingly smooth. His dark gaze turned pitch black.
He berated himself for his wandering thoughts.
He swiftly covered Gladys up with the towel and said in a hoarse voice, “You shouldn’t take a shower tonight with your broken arm.”
He walked back to his room.
Gladys froze in place as if she had been struck by lightning.
Did…Zachary just look at her while she was naked and wrap a towel around her?
Screaming, Gladys dashed back into the room and shut the door. She threw herself on the bed and buried her face in the pillow, slamming her fists on the bed repeatedly.
She was so embarrassed that she wanted to vanish into thin air.
She had dropped her towel in front of Zachary and had to rely on her to wrap it around her. How embarrassing.
She wanted to kill herself.
Her phone rang and it was a video call.
Gladys glanced at the screen and saw Vicky’s name again. Worrying that Vicky had an emergency that needed her help, she immediately took a deep breath before answering the phone.
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“Hello, sweetie.”
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Vicky was happy when she saw Gladys. But she frowned when she got a closer
look.
“What’s wrong, Mom? Why are you flushing?”
Gladys paused before replying, “Nothing. It’s probably the light. You’re seeing it wrong as the lights aren’t bright enough at night.
“But you only have a flush on your face. Why?”
Gladys fell silent.
She cursed inwardly for Vicky’s sharp eyes.
She changed the subject by saying, “Don’t overthink it. Have you been a good girl to Daisy while I’m not in the house?”
“Please call her Fairy Daisy.”
It had only been a day and Daisy had become a fairy to Vicky? She hadn’t called Gladys that.
Gladys was jealous.
Daisy poked her head out. “Don’t worry. Vicky has been doing well with me. She just missed you, so we decided to give you a call.”
“That’s good to hear. Thank you for taking care of her.”
“It’s nothing,” Daisy replied. Then she lowered her voice.
“Just between you and me. Did something happen between you and Mr. Bradshaw? Two single people under the same roof… Is that why you’re flushing?”
Gladys choked on her breath.
“What are you thinking? No! Definitely no!” Gladys denied with a blush.
Daisy smirked, “The lady protests too much. I bet it’ll happen soon if not now. I’m so excited.”
Gladys was speechless.
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She suddenly felt Daisy was a bad influence.
Fearing that the topic would dabble into a dangerous zone, Gladys hung up
without hesitation. She lay on the bed and forced herself not to think about what happened earlier.
She thought, “Just fall asleep. Once I fall asleep, I won’t feel embarrassed.”
She tossed and turned all night.
When she got up the next morning, there were dark rings under her eyes.
She didn’t cook breakfast because of her broken arm. Jacob took her place and made pasta.
Zachary and Mars were both sitting at the dining table. The father was elegant while the son was cold and adorable. The harmonious scene looked like a painting of medieval noblemen.
When they heard the sound of Gladys coming over, Zachary looked at her with his bright eyes. They met eyes and the tension in the room rose suddenly.
Once Gladys saw Zachary, she remembered dropping the towel in front of him. Blushing, she averted her gaze.
This was more awkward than she expected.
“Gladys, your face and ears are red. Is it because of the fall?” Worried about Gladys, Mars approached her and asked.
Gladys blushed harder and shook her head timidly. “No. It’s because of the weather. It’s too hot.”
“But the temperature today is only 23 degrees Celsius.”
“Well…”
She cursed inwardly since Mars was as sharp as Vicky.
On the verge of crying, Gladys changed the subject. “Mars, believe me. I’m fine. Go back to your breakfast. I like pasta too. Let’s see who finishes first.“”
She dragged Mars back to his seat before sitting down on hers and picking up the
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fork. She buried her head in the food, not daring to glance at Zachary.
Zachary noticed her shy and evasive gaze, a complex glint in his dark eyes.
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The report said that she had an unrestrained life. She was so shy that she didn’t like a lewd woman at all.
Maybe she was just good at acting.
After breakfast, Jacob came over and handed Zachary the tablet humbly with a serious expression. “Mr. Bradshaw, Ms. Gladys is all over the news for saving Mr. Mars,“”
She was on the news?
Curious, Gladys took a peek. The large screen was all the news about how she saved Mars bravely. But the heroine in the stories was Julie.
She thought, “No. Julie probably saw the news too. She’s going to kill me.“”
Zachary didn’t like it as they were fake news by mistaking Gladys for Julie. He said coldly, “Clear it.”
“But the stock price of the Bradshaw Group had risen today as the news came out last night. Ms. Julie’s entertainment company has been praised by the public. It’s good for the upcoming movies it produced. I don’t think we can stop people talking about the accident.
“More importantly…Mr. Griffith called and asked for a meeting today. He said that you need to bring Ms. Julie too.”
Leslie Griffith was the biggest and most elusive finance giant in the South. It was said that he was young. Yet his accomplishments were beyond everyone else.
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Zachary was the legend in Nova City and Leslie was the myth in the South. They were equally powerful.
Zachary came to Salvon City to initiate a cooperation with the Griffith Group, wanting to create a new miracle in Salvon City. But they only met once and he had never heard from Leslie since. Why would he contact Zachary at that moment?
Was it because of Gladys?
Zachary’s face fell.
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Gladys’s eyes lit up and she thought, “If I let Julie have the credit, maybe she won’t be too mad at me.””
She said, “Let them think I’m Julie. I’m fine with it.”
Both Zachary and Jacob were shocked.
Normally, when a person did such a brave act, the person would want to tell the world about it and take the chance to become famous. Yet, Gladys wanted to give the credit to Julie? Did she not want to be famous?
Was she so generous and kind?
Gladys felt their gazes were weird and blinked. “What’s wrong? I mean it. He must be waiting for your reply. Call Julie and ask her to go to the meeting with you.”
Her attitude was natural and straightforward. She even urged them to return the call. It wasn’t an act.
Jacob felt he couldn’t see through Gladys.
He thought, “She risked her life to save Mr. Mars yesterday and is willing to give her credit to Julie today. Is she really the same lewd woman I read in the report?”
He shot her a meaningful look and returned his thoughts to the work at hand, dialing Julie’s number quickly.
Yet, he only heard the robotic voice. “Sorry. The number you dial is turned off. Please try later.”
Jacob frowned worriedly. “Mr. Bradshaw, Ms. Julie’s phone is off. What should we do? Mr. Griffith is waiting for us in the location he picked.”
Zachary furrowed his brows.
Julie would be swarmed by work every time she started a new project. Was she too busy to answer the phone?
Without hesitation, he looked at Gladys and said, “You’re coming with me.”
“What…” Gladys was so shocked that her voice climbed an octave in the end.
She was going to the meeting?
She needed to go with him and play his fiancé?
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