Lola stared at her in disbelief. What on earth gave her the guts to hit her? Who did she think she was? How dare she bully her like this? She would not let her get away with this!
"Yolanda!" Harry became serious as he quickly grabbed Lola closer to his side and pushed Yolanda away.
With eyes wide open, Yolanda stared at Harry in dismay. Why was Harry protecting Lola? What kind of spell did this wrench cast on him?
Harry gently stroked Lola"s pretty face and frowned when he saw the reddish marks left by Yolanda"s slap. "I will ask Joey to send you some ice cubes. You return to work first."
Lola nodded in agreement, obviously glad of Harry"s unexpected concern.
Harry cast a cold glance on Yolanda and uttered in a cold voice, "Meet me in my office. I need to have a word with you."
The office went quiet again when both of them left. Lola held onto her cheek as it was quite painful.
She thought about her slap on Harry"s face. It must be quite painful for him as well.
She calmed down and decided to plan her actions. She did not want Yolanda around, trying to sabotage her plans. She really needed to take advantage of every opportunity she had with Harry. She has to totally sway Harry into choosing her.
In no time, Joey entered the room and gave the ice cubes to her. "Here Miss Li, please put some on your right cheek. I need to share a secret with you. I overheard her arguing with boss in the office. It was quite fierce and loud. But I am standing firmly by your side. You need to cheer up!" Joey encouragingly showed his support and dashed towards Lola"s desk. He acted swiftly and with purpose, just like a true a.s.sistant.
Lola laughed and replied, "Fair enough! Thank you for your support. If an opportunity presents itself, I will make sure to speak good things about you in front of the CEO."
Joey nodded in great appreciation. As far as he knew, the CEO always took Lola"s words very seriously. If only Yolanda did not get involved, Mr. Si would definitely listen to Lola all the time.
Joey returned to the CEO"s office and saw Yolanda walk out of the room. She was wearing a pair of sungla.s.ses.
Inside the room, Harry was standing still, seeming looking out the window and deeply lost in thoughts.
Joey silently closed the door left open by Yolanda and returned to his seat at the secretary division to continue his work.
After a heated argument with his fiance, Yolanda returned to Crescent Spring Villa and started packing her stuff.
Rose heard the noise and curiously went out to see what was happening. She caught Yolanda packing her clothes into the suitcase as she was wiping away her tears in great sadness.
She walked up to her and asked her in a calming tone, "What"s wrong, Yolanda?"
Yolanda momentarily glanced away from her to wipe her eyes, then turned around and forced a smile. "I am okay, Auntie. Now that my job is done here, I need to leave for D City anyway."
Rose looked at Yolanda and noticed that most of her rashes had disappeared. "Then why are you crying? Was it because of Harry?"
Yolanda paused and hesitatingly nodded "Auntie, I am scared that my relationship with Harry is over." The thought almost killed her and she broke down into tears.
Rose quickly pulled her into her arms and said, "Please tell me everything. What happened? I will try my best to help you out!"
She knew it had something to do with that wrench!
Yolanda used some tissues to wipe her teary eyes and carried on, "Auntie, I am really in love with Harry. I have never felt these kind of emotions in my life. I do not what to do if I can"t be with him."
"I know. Haven"t I told you already... That you must be my daughter-in-law!" Rose brought more tissues to her.
Yolanda tried to calm herself down and was thinking hard on how to explain herself better. "Harry once said that he only agreed to be engaged to me because of you. He also said that I should step away from Lola and avoid having conflicts with her."
She gritted her teeth in great anger as she remembered how cold Harry was treating her lately. With all these harsh remarks, he treated her almost like a stranger!
He was behaving like this all because of that girl!
Rose looked at Yolanda"s sad face and felt her pain. However, she did not know what to say to her. She could only threaten her son with her life. But wasn"t that too extreme? She had no other solutions.
"The most horrifying thing is that Lola always tries to push me to the corner. She is always testing my limits. I am trying my best to stay away from her. But she would always try to hurt me in any way possible. What else can I do?" With this, Yolanda felt incredibly pressured and wept even harder.
Rose thought about her words and replied, "My dear child, don"t cry anymore. If I say you are the daughter-in-law of the Si family, then you are! If you are leaving, then I shall be leaving with you. I will go home and tell my husband to arrange a wedding date for you two!"
Yolanda felt relieved inside as she wiped her eyes dry. "Thank you auntie. You are truly nice to me!" She hugged Rose tightly like a little girl.
Rose lovingly patted her on the back while being consumed with mixed emotions.
When she was about to finish her work for the day, Lola dialed Zoe Lu"s number.
"Ahem, Boss Lu, how are you?" She tried to sound serious in the phone as it was always fun to tease him.
When Zoe received Lola"s call, he was just sitting anxiously in his office staring at the doc.u.ments that needed his approval.
On hearing Lola"s voice, he felt delighted and quickly forgot about all his worries.
"What boss? Stop it! I am not a real boss. Can"t you see that I"m not even busy at the moment. Anyway, why did you call me? You know how rare I receive a call from you." Zoe added.
Lola broke into a smile, "Don"t be mad. I was busy myself. How about a drink tonight? It"s on me! You know I"m always up for it. Any drink you want!" She patted on her thigh in excitement. "Ouch..." That hurts a lot! She gently rubbed her thigh to ease the pain.
Andrew stepped into the office and happened to see a rare and genuine smile spread over Zoe"s face.
He raised his eyebrows in surprise and had a vague idea who he might be talking to. But he said nothing and sat down on the sofa to wait for Zoe to finish the call.
"No problem. Just let me know the time and the place." Zoe said with an obvious tone of excitement. Zoe noticed that his father went in and his smile disappeared. He quickly changed his tone into a whisper.
Lola thought for a moment and replied, "How about Lux Bar? I will be off from work around six and will be there at half past six. Will that be okay?"
"No problem. Deal! I need to go now. Talk to you later." Zoe agreed without hesitation. Anything that Lola wanted, he would comply.
Zoe hung up the phone and stared at his father. The anxieties and the worries came back all of a sudden.
"What can I do for you?" His tone sounded stiff.
Andrew sensed a discouraged tone but he was not offended. He knew Zoe too well. Instead, he smiled gently. "Lola called?" He had a strong hunch.
Zoe put away the doc.u.ments from the desk and ignored him.
This irritated Andrew greatly as he shouted at him in anger, "I am your father. What kind of att.i.tude you have here!"
Such a rebellious child! I should have abandoned him when he was still young!
And his vile mother, too! She seduced him. That was the only reason why he had a child. He never wanted this!
"Well, I did ask how would I be of help to you. You did not answer me and now you blame me for my att.i.tude?" Zoe agitatedly threw the doc.u.ments aside. He was not in a good mood whenever he saw anyone from the Lu family.
Andrew slammed his fist hard on the desk and pointed at him in great anger. "Zoe! The only reason that you are now sitting in this luxury CEO chair is because of me!"
Zoe stood and gazed deeply at his so-called father and scornfully replied, "I don"t care. If you want to take it back, be my guest!"
"You don"t care?" "If only the other two sons of mine are useful, I would never let you take charge of the company!" Andrew sarcastically added. He had his reasons. He would hate to see the company fall into other people"s hands. He had to acknowledge Zoe as his son. He just had no other choice.
"Oh father, thank you so much for appreciating me for who I am. A CEO who did not even do anything to deserve what he got." He put his hands into the pockets of his grey suit trousers and leaned against the desk.
Andrew was utterly shocked that he could not say anything back. He pointed at the indifferent Zoe in dismay. What a b.a.s.t.a.r.d!