BXBX NOVEL Chapter 94: AFFAIR
Chapter 94: AFFAIR
Afterward, Hailee delivered crabmeat and some other food while Ramon was on the phone.
Luckily, whoever the caller was, he was the one who kept talking, giving reports, while Ramon only responded with \'yes\' and \'hm\' or gave a short explanation in case he did not agree with the decision that was conveyed.
Therefore, it was fine for Ramon to take the phone while eating, but because of that, Hailee had extra work to do with their dinner.
After Ramon finally ended his long phone call, he finally returned his focus onto the woman beside him and caught a glimpse of a waiter picking up empty plates from their table.
It seemed, without realizing it, the two of them had already eaten all of the dishes.
"Do you still want to eat more?" Ramon asked when he saw Hailee sipping her juice. "If you are done, we can go home now."
Hailee pursed her lips. "You should thank me that I fed you during your long chat, otherwise, I am sure we will be home very late because I have to wait for you to eat first."
Ramon laughed at this girl\'s grumbling. It seemed it\'s easy to laugh whenever he was with Hailee. Whatever this girl did or said sounded funny in his ears.
"Thank you," Ramon said, standing up and kissing Hailee on the cheek.
"Ramon!" Hailee held her cheek that Ramon had kissed earlier, trying to suppress a smile, but it was clear that she didn\'t mind the gesture.
"There\'s no need to act mean if you like it." Ramon could easily guess Hailee\'s true feelings, even though she had called out her name earlier in a fierce tone.
This time, Hailee said nothing and just hit the man\'s arm and they walked out of the restaurant.
What they didn\'t realize was that their sweet banter was captured by one of the paparazzi cameras that had long been following the most famous couple lately.
The news about the two of them would be the headlines of a gossip magazine the next day.
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"Bro!" Lexus entered Ramon\'s study in long strides. "You said that yesterday you had a meeting outside, but it turns out you actually went to meet Hailee at Mrs. Lamos\'s boutique."
Lexus couldn\'t accept being lied to and now his childishness was coming out again.
"The meeting was canceled," Ramon replied briefly.
"It\'s a lie," accused Lexus.
"Should I report everything about my schedule to you?" Ramon asked while looking at his younger brother, who was sitting opposite him.
And that sentence proved to be quite effective in silencing Lexus because after that he no longer made a big deal about yesterday\'s events, but instead, he showed him the news he found on the online media, with a beaming face and an excited voice.
"See! You should be even more careful if you want to make out with your bride out there,"Lexus said, giggling with amusement as he showed him the photo the papparazi posted on the online news.
On the flat screen of the tablet that Lexus showed to him, Ramon could see a picture of himself kissing Hailee on the cheek and her shocked expression.
Of course Ramon remembered what happened...
However, what Ramon could not understand was; it felt strange to see himself taking the initiative to take action, because it seemed, Ramon was not the type to easily display affection in public like this.
It wasn\'t until Ramon saw the photo that he realized how strangely he had changed after losing his four-year memory.
Ramon\'s forehead furrowed even more when he saw the caption published over the photo in huge letters. The caption looked very cheesy and made him want to sue the online media.
"I\'ve seen you and Hailee make out at home several times, but I didn\'t expect you guys to do it in public," Lexus said seductively.
"It was just a kiss on the cheek," Ramon said nonchalantly and tried to shift his focus from the strange man who resembled himself in the photo, ignoring Lexus\'s laughter that echoed in his office. "If you don\'t have another job…"
"I\'m going now!" Lexus didn\'t need to hear the rest of Ramon\'s words as he got up from the chair and immediately ran toward the door and disappeared from the room, leaving his brother alone.
Ramon sure knew how to get rid of his annoying brother, because if he didn\'t, he would spend all his time hearing his brother making jokes about the photo.
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Giana slammed the cellphone in her hand when she saw the news that morning.
Actually, Giana was not a woman who spent her time searching for the hottest gossip, it\'s just that, when she saw the name \'Ramon\' in one of the news articles, she unconsciously opened the headline and found several lines of nonsense sentences that were written very exaggeratedly, regarding the closeness of Ramon and his future wife.
Of course Giana didn\'t believe a word from this rubbish news. Where it was stated that the love of Ramon Tordoff finally given to the daughter of a diamond entrepreneur who was recently killed in his own house.
There was even an assumption that; Hailee, who reportedly continued her studies abroad after the heartbreaking incident that happened to her family, was actually with Ramon.
Even the speculation was dramatized in writing; finally Hailee Tatum was the girl who was able to conquer the cold CEO of the Tordoff family and made him show a warmer side, which had not been known to the public.
With every word written there, Giana could feel her anger rising.
"What are these trash words!?" Giana growled and slammed her cellphone down. This was the second cell phone she had destroyed in less than twenty- four hours, and it would be additional work for her assistant to get a new cell phone and take care of sim card replacements.
However, it seemed that Giana didn\'t care. She didn\'t even bother with the two servants who were standing not far from her, and were now hurriedly leaving the dining room.
Giana\'s lunch was left untouched when she finally decided to end it.
It didn\'t take long for Giana to change into something more formal and go to her company.
Arriving at her office, Giana immediately asked Dillon, her best friend and personal assistant to meet her.
Dillon was the only person who knew about the forbidden relationship between Giana and Ramon, as well as her messy household.
"I saw a photo of Ramon and his future wife." Those were the first words Dillon said when he found Giana massaging her temples with her eyes closed.
Hearing this, Giana opened her eyes, but was too lazy to react. Somehow she felt so tired to face all this.
"That\'s what made you look for me here, right?" Dillon asked. "Or because Aidan is back on vacation with his little prostitute, then you get frustrated and came back to work?"
Giana ignored this question too. For now, she couldn\'t even understand what she wanted or hoped for.
"Get me a new cell phone," Giana said in a low voice, nodding at the two sim cards that were just lying on the table.
Dillon glanced at the two sim cards from two cellphones, which, of course, had been destroyed by Giana. "Your habits still haven\'t changed."
"And also find out more information about Hailee Tatum, "Giana continued her words. She did not respond to her friend\'s insinuation. "I want to know how the two of them met, when and where. Everything about that damned girl."
Dillon then slumped himself down on the chair in front of Giana, arms crossed. "I\'ve been looking for information regarding Hailee Tatum because I know you will be like this."
Yes, Dillon knew Giana very well, so when he found out about Ramon\'s amnesia and news of the sudden marriage between the man and Hailee, Dillon also did a background check on her.
"Then what did you get?" Giana lowered the hand that had been massaging her temples which was throbbing painfully and focused her attention on Dillon.
"You know Theodore Gevano?" Dillon asked.
"I\'ve heard his name, but don\'t know him personally," Giana answered straightforwardly. "What\'s with that man?"
"One month before the tragic death of the Tatum couple, Hailee was Theodore Gevano\'s fiancé." Dillon could see that Giana was interested in this information. "But, now Theodore Gevano is in a relationship with Aileen Tatum, who is none other than Hailee Tatum\'s adopted sister."
And Dillon finally shared all the information he had regarding the complicated relationship between Hailee, Aileen and Theodore.
"I can confirm that Ramon and Hailee had never met before the accident happened." Dillon then ended his story.
"Ramon is eyeing the Tatum family company. By marrying that woman, he will automatically get easier access to the company," Giana said bitterly.
"How do you know?" This time it was Dillon who frowned in confusion.
"Ramon himself told me when I met him at his company," Giana answered with a soft sigh.
"Then what are you going to do? You can\'t possibly continue your affair when he doesn\'t even remember about you at all." Dillon stated the undeniable fact.