Charlotte paused in surprise. "Dad, did you say that it was the president of the Business Association who helped out?"
"Yeah. ording to him, someone reached out to him for help, but he''s unwilling to share who that person was. Lottie, could it be one of your pursuers?"
When I heard the word "pursuer", I almost spit my escargot out.
What a joke. I would never pursue Charlotte.
"It was Lucas Bet!" Isabelle shouted out of the blue. She had a confident look on her face.
"It must have been Lucas. Charlotte, have you forgotten that Lucas was thest person you contacted? He must''ve been the one who lent a hand."
I put the escargot down immediately and red at Isabelle.
I was speechless. Was she dumb?
If it were Lucas who helped out, wouldn''t he have contacted Charlotte to im credit?
To my surprise, Charlotte also had a look of sudden realization on her face after she put her cell phone down. "You''re right. It must have been Lucas. It can''t possibly be anyone else other than him."
I was at a loss for words.
Even though I didn''t want to take credit for what I did, I didn''t want someone else to take my credit.
I looked toward Charlotte. Just as I was about to speak up, a man''s voice came from Charlotte''s phone. "Babe? Is your problem settled yet?"
"Lucas, I was just about to ask you about it. Today, the president of the Business Association resolved the matter with Arnoult Group. Were you the one who did that?"
There was clearly a sense of hesitation in Lucas'' voice. "The president of the Business Association? Indeed, my father knows him. They''ve had a meal together before."
Upon hearing that, Charlotte beamed. She was so touched that her eyes glistened with tears. "It must have been you, then! Lucas, I''m dining at Gxie Hotel right now. Would you like to join us?"
Benjamin, who was next to me, whispered to me, "He lent such great help. I reckon that Charlotte is going to give herself to him."
Liam chimed in, "Of course she has to! If it weren''t for Lucas, she would still be sobbing right now."
He sighed and continued, "How great it is to be rich and powerful, unlike the three of us poor losers who weren''t able to do our bit even though we wanted to."
As I stared at that look of anticipation and shyness on Charlotte''s face, a wave of anger suddenly swept across me.
Initially, I really didn''t want to say anything.
But, I couldn''t allow Charlotte to misunderstand and give herself to Lucas no matter what.
As such, I took a deep breath. Despite the risk of being humiliated, I spoke up calmly, "Charlotte, I need to tell you something."
Charlotte looked toward me with a skeptical gaze when she heard me. Following
that, a disdainful expression came across her face.
"What''s up? Don''t tell me you''re wanting to ask me out."
I was enraged. "Why would I ask you out?"
"What do you have to tell me then? Hurry up and spill!"
"I—"
I paused. Just as I was about to continue, the door to the private room was shoved open suddenly. In the next moment, a man, whom I had never seen before, strutted in.
He had a brown jacket and a pair of limited edition sneakers on. He even had a pair of shades hanging from his cor. At one nce, he looked like a trendy man.
"Lucas!"
Charlotte got to her feet immediately after she saw the man who arrived. She was really emotional.
"How did you get here so quickly?"
Lucas smiled. "I was having a meal on the third floor. I came over right after I got your call."
With a few steps, he walked to the table. With ascivious look on his eyes, he looked Charlotte up and down, then gave her a smile of satisfaction.
Following that, he looked toward everyone sitting at the table.
"I see you''re having a get-together here. It looks like there isn''t a ce for me here."
Charlotte was taken aback to hear that. It was only at this moment that she realized that she had forgotten to make space for Lucas after calling him over at thest minute.
She was extremely nervous. She quickly scanned the room, and her gazended
on me.
"William, why are you spacing out right there? Quick, get up and give Lucas your seat!"