She Is A CEO

Eve played the role of a naive mediator. Even though Lauren didn't like it, she still hosted Nia and Kevin for dinner as a gracious host until the city lights slowly lit up, and Nia showed no signs of leaving. Lauren knew that Nia had ulterior motives but chose not to mention it. He chatted with Eve leisurely while Nia and Kevin exchanged countless glances in secret. Unfortunately, they never found an appropriate opportunity to act on their plan.

After the dinner ended, Lauren retired to his room alone. That was when Nia pulled her sister onto the couch and said,

"Eve, I have something to ask you."

"What is it?" Eve sat up straight immediately upon hearing that her sister needed help.

"To deal with Casper, I had no choice but to rely on Lucia's power by transferring ownership of my company to her. We made an agreement that she would return the company once I helped her complete one task. However, today I accidentally found out that she plans on taking over my company instead! Eve, can you help me?"

Nia furrowed her brow tightly as she held onto Eve's hand.

Eve didn't understand all these business matters but understood Lucia was trying to harm her sister. Without hesitation, she asked,

"Nia, what do you need me to do?"

"I relied on Lucia because my company wasn't strong enough at the time," explained Nia anxiously. "But if Mr. Osade could lend us a hand, then we could completely break free from Lucia's control." Upon hearing Lauren's name mentioned again, Eve couldn't help but frown slightly. She had always been grateful for Lauren's care, but deep down, she was also someone who disliked causing trouble for others.

"Why? Don't you want to help your sister?" As soon as Eve fell silent, Nia immediately questioned further without giving any time for thought or consideration.

"Nia, is there no other way? I've already troubled him so many times..." Eve stammered nervously. She felt indebted towards Lauren since he took care of her before, but now, she didn't know how much more debt had piled up over time due his kindness towards her.

"If there were another way, don't you think your sister would have taken it already?" Nia's eyes overflowed with distress, and she furrowed deeper into thought.

"Casper is difficult enough, and Lucia is even stronger. Not only does Lucia have a billionaire boyfriend, but also has roots in Athegate. Her foundation is solid, and in high society circles, she's highly respected. I can't find anyone else here who can help me except Mr. Osade. He has this ability!"

Eve listened quietly without making any immediate promises or commitments; her head hung low as if lost in thought...

At this moment, Nia gave Kevin a look and he immediately spoke up, "Eve, maybe you can't understand your sister's struggles, but I've been by her side all along and I know how hard it's been for her. She just escaped from Casper's clutches and now she's fallen into Lucia's trap. Every night she worries so much that she can't sleep, and she's also worried about your health. Actually, asking Mr. Osade for help was my suggestion. At first she strongly refused because she didn't want to trouble you, but now it seems like this is the only solution we have."

Hearing how worried her sister was, Eve felt very heartbroken and wavered at Nia's furrowed brow.

"I understand now, Nia," said Eve with concern in her voice as she looked at Nia's face.

Nia relaxed her brow slightly upon hearing Eve's words while the demons inside of her celebrated wildly without affecting the gentle expression on her face.

The next morning during breakfast, Eve remained silent with a heavy heart. Lauren noticed this but didn't say anything even though he knew it had something to do with Nia.

"What's wrong? Don't feel like eating?" asked Lauren knowing full well that what was bothering Eve had everything to do with Nia.

Eve raised her head suddenly, surprised by Lauren's insightfulness before quickly lowering it again as if ashamed of herself before finally mustering up the courage to speak out loud, "Lauren... I..."

Although he knew what was coming next regarding Nia, however instead of interrupting or showing any signs of displeasure towards her, his eyes lost their warmth after listening intently to what troubled Eve so deeply about helping out Nia.

Feeling uneasy about how things were going between them, Eve wondered if they were asking too much from him when suddenly Lauren interrupted,

"Eve, do you really know your sister?" asked Lauren coldly without acknowledging anything else that had been said earlier by her.

Taken aback by his question, for a moment, there wasn't an answer until one came flooding back into mind - no actually - not really...

Like a tacit understanding, Lauren spoke out what was in Eve's heart, "but no matter what, you still want to help right?" Even though confused, she nodded slowly in agreement anyway.

"Your sister guessed right. I could help her through this difficult time if I wanted to, but Eve, have you thought about why I would help her?" Lauren decided to push Eve a little. This calm and collected development was not his style.

Eve's eyes showed several emotions - embarrassment, shyness, guilt - that kept alternating within her. If it were any other time, she might have shyly run away. But now she forced herself to look at Lauren and answered confidently,

"I have."

Eve was rarely this brave and Lauren raised an eyebrow in surprise before bursting out laughing uncontrollably.

Eve's eyes instantly turned red as tears welled up in them. She had gathered the courage to respond only for him to laugh? Did he not feel the same way about her?

Lauren stopped laughing when he saw Eve crying and quickly caught the tears that rolled down from the corner of her eye while comforting her, "Why do you cry so easily?"

"You're still laughing..." Eve pouted with a red face and teary eyes while staring at Lauren accusingly.

"I'm not laughing at you..." Lauren didn't know how else to explain himself.NôvelDrama.Org (C) content.

"Then what are you laughing at?" As long as there was something called tenderness in Lauren's eyes, Eve felt emboldened.

"I'm happy," said Lauren as he gently traced his finger over Eve's tender cheek while his gaze softened even more, "I've been with you for so long... and it turns out that you knew all along."