He said she belonged to him.
Sophia's heart beat faster when she heard that.
Herring glared at Colin and grabbed the folder from his hand, "Colin, you gotta do what you gotta do. I'll take good care of Sophia."
Hadn't they made a deal that he was here to seduce Sophia? Why was Colin so uncooperative?
Sophia grabbed the folder from Herring, acting as though nothing had happened, "Yes, Mr. Li, you have a video meeting with the American partners. It will begin in six minutes."
Sophia looked at the time, and reminded Colin who was by now, livid.
Colin didn't leave. He moved closer to Sophia, who almost automatically swiveled her chair back as he approached.
Undeterred, Colin lifted her chin with his fingers. Then out of the blue, he lowered his head and kissed on her lips.
Sophia was astounded. She widened her eyes when his face got so close to her. Was he... Was he... Was he kissing.... ...her?
The kiss was warm and short. Sophia was left completely stunned.
It pleased Colin to see her reaction. "Herring, it seems you are the buzzkill here."
Herring was speechless. He had no rebuttal. Damn, so that was what Colin truly felt for Sophia?
Oh! No! His dear little Sophia! He looked back and saw Sophia staring at the door even after Colin had left the room. Her face was flushed, and her lips were half parted. It looked like she was swooning.
Jeez! Hadn't he been asked to seduce Colin's wife? It felt like he was here to witness their sweet love!
It was off hours already, but Sophia was still struggling with her work whereas Herring was sleeping on the sofa beside her.
Suddenly a phone call woke him up. Herring groped for the phone in his pocket, and answered it without having a look, "Who is it?"
The person calling said something that woke Herring. He jumped off the sofa.
Sophia was shocked to see him behave like that.
Then she saw Herring put on his shoes in a hurry, "I'll be the
“Who does she think she is? I won’t marry her even if she is the last woman on earth,” said Hiram Rong.
“Marry into a family with tens of billions of assets? How lucky I am! I won’t be so foolish as to break off the engagement. At worst, I can receive money as part of the divorce settlement,” said Rachel Ruan.
Their great-grandfathers made a pact about their engagement a hundred years ago...
on. It was so disgusting for Sophia Lo to do such a thing!
Dorothy despised her more now.
Colin quenched his smoldering anger, and calmly said, "If you want the contract, you need to apologize to Sophia, both of you."
"What?" Dorothy cried out in disbelief. Had Colin just asked them to apologize to that slut?
Payne was calmer, for he knew it was he who had forced Sophia the other night. He nodded, "Sure, as long as the contract will be signed."
Colin saw his indifferent attitude and felt sure about what happened that night. It must have been Payne who forced Sophia.
Dorothy dragged Payne to a corner, "What are you saying? I won't go. You can apologize to her alone."
Colin was leaving the room when he heard that. He stopped by the door and looked back at Dorothy, "If either of you doesn't apologize to her, there will be no cooperation."
With that, he stepped out of the room.
Dorothy fixed her gaze at Colin's back with hatred. She pinched Payne's arm and complained, "He is only a regional CEO. What the hell? Even Daniel Si dare not to talk to Lien group like that! Bah!"
Payne endured the pain, and reminded her, "Don't say that. Daniel Si had given Colin Li all the shares of these regional companies. Colin Si is now in control. He's really in power now."