NOVPUBChapter 1044: Chapter 1044: Will it Bring You Trouble?_1 Chapter 1044 -1044: Will it Bring You Trouble?_1 Peggy Lewis was wondering when suddenly she heard a familiar voice: “Finished with your work?”
This surprised Peggy so much that she gasped, instinctively covering her mouth with her hand.
She looked up to see Lyke Zhekova standing in front of her.
Peggy’s eyes widened and it took a few seconds before she could open them again.
Was it possible that she was imagining things?
When she opened her eyes again, Lyke Zhekova was still there.
He lowered his head to look at her, asking with a smile, “Why are you daydreaming?”
Peggy swallowed before she managed to find her voice.
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“Why are you here?” she asked.
“Didn’t I tell you this morning?
I said I’d come to see you at noon,” Lyke Zhekova responded with a light smile.
The office crowd were all ears.
This was juicy gossip!
So, these two had planned to have lunch together?
Peggy blinked — didn’t Lyke say he would continue their conversation at noon?
Did he mean he would come to see her at noon?
Noticing that several people in the office were eavesdropping on their saucy titbit, Peggy quickly ushered Lyke Zhekova towards the exit.
“Let’s go, then.
What do you feel like eating?”
Not that Lyke Zhekova needed to be pushed out of the room, but he humored Peggy, turning around to gaze at her with a tender smile full of indulgence.
“Have you finished your work?” Lyke Zhekova repeated his question.
Everyone stiffened where they stood.
Lyke’s voice was so doting!
Was this how Lyke usually spoke to Peggy?
If Peggy had claimed that she and Lyke Zhekova were just good friends, nobody in the office would have believed her.
No one would accept such a tender voice being merely friendship, let alone for the sake of a female friend.
“Yes.” Peggy quickly nodded,
and then practically pushed Lyke Zhekova out of the Business Department.
She didn’t dare to look back.
At the moment, she could not bear to see her colleagues’ curious faces.
Besides, she didn’t know how to explain their relationship anymore.
Having finally escaped the Business Department, Peggy quickly apologized, “I’m sorry.
I really didn’t know how to explain our relationship to them.”
“It’s okay.
It’s my fault for showing up unexpectedly,” Lyke replied.
It didn’t matter that he had been pushed out of the Business Department since there were more people outside.
Peggy seemed to have forgotten this detail.
The soft touch of Peggy’s hand on his back, was rather comforting.
Viewing the situation from a different perspective,
she had indeed closed the distance between them, no longer appearing as distant, allowing her to directly push him out of the office.
In the past, Peggy wouldn’t have dared to do this.
This physical closeness made their relationship appear more intimate than ever.
“But when you said you would talk to me at noon, I thought you would just give me a call,” Peggy commented.
“Our offices are not far from each other.
I thought I’d just drop by and also take a chance to see your workplace,” Lyke said.
“I was worried about you after the photo incident this morning.”
“I’m fine,” she said, mentioning that everyone now thought she and Lyke Zhekova were dating, who would dare to mess with her?
Peggy, a little embarrassed, added, “The thing is! everyone misunderstood our relationship!”
Peggy sighed, “I now truly appreciate how hard it is to explain something indescribable.”
“I’ve also put you in such a difficult situation because of all this.” Peggy thought she had never realized before how daring Jacob Zahn could be.
Sending the photo to Rui Shi to mess with her was one thing,
but what on earth was he thinking when he sent the photo to Majestic?
Torturing herself with thoughts back and forth, she couldn’t understand why he would want to mess with Lyke Zhekova.
Or perhaps, Jacob Zahn overestimated himself and thought he could meddle with Lyke Zhekova?
With such petty tricks, did he think he could mess with Love Motivation?
Lyke Zhekova chuckled, “If anything, this situation isn’t hurting me.
I’m more worried about your position at the office.”
“Did your colleagues say anything unpleasant because of the photo?” he asked.
“No.” Finally, Peggy could only brace herself and say, “They just! they just misunderstood that!that you are my boyfriend!”
As she mumbled the last part, Peggy’s voice became barely audible.
Keeping her head down, she failed to notice that they were surrounded by many of their colleagues.
Lyke Zhekova heard it loud and clear.
Although Peggy’s voice was soft, Lyke had good hearing.
But he pretended not to hear and intentionally leaned closer, putting his ear near Peggy’s face, “What did you say?”
His face was so close that it blocked Peggy’s field of vision.
Due to Lyke’s proximity, Peggy’s face turned noticeably warm, as if it were exuding steam.
The smell of cypress wood wafted over from his collar.
Peggy, with her face flushed red, reiterated, “The colleagues in the company, they all thought that you are my boyfriend.”
Upon hearing this, the corners of Lyke’s lips lifted up.
He turned towards her.
His face, which was already very close to hers, now was even closer.
This sudden action startled Peggy, causing her to take a step backward in surprise. 𝘯𝑜𝘷𝘱𝘶𝘣.𝘤𝘰𝑚
Lyke Zhekova moved quickly, placing his hand at her back to steady her.
“Careful,” he said smiling.
“What’s wrong?”
Could Peggy tell him that his sudden movement had caught her off guard?
Lyke Zhekova straightened up and walked normally beside her, no longer pressing his face uncomfortably close to hers.
After all, many of their colleagues had already seen his playful act.
He had achieved his goal.
This time, he didn’t remove his hand from her back.
He maintained his protective posture.
But from that perspective, they looked even more intimate.
“Does this rumor bother you?” Lyke Zhekova asked Peggy.
If she were truthful, Peggy would admit that the rumor hadn’t really been bothering her.
If anything, thanks to the rumor, no one dared to mess with her at the office.
As for the collateral damage caused by the misunderstanding that prevented possible suitors,
She realized that she hadn’t considered this at all.
After getting to know Lyke Zhekova better and becoming close to him,
she lost interest in dating others.
Who could be as gentlemanly, attentive, and considerate as Lyke Zhekova was?
That’s why she didn’t regret it, even if it meant that no one else pursued her.
In fact, there was a small part of her that was secretly pleased.
Even if she and Lyke Zhekova were impossible,
at least in this way, she got to take advantage of him just a bit.
Even if it was just a misunderstanding, at least her name was once linked to Lyke Zhekova’s.
Peggy knew that she was being a little selfish.
But she couldn’t help it.
She wanted to be selfish this one time.
Even if all of this was just a fleeting dream.
When she wakes up, everything will be gone, and the repercussions could be worse.
What she has now will be lost when she awakes from the dream, and she might even be subjected to more criticism and pointing of fingers.
