Chapter 252 A Battle of Two Men
Lisa stuffed the bouquet of roses into Rachel’s arms and reminded her, “There’s also a card inside.” When Rachel saw the card, Lisa started to ambiguously read it out loud. ‘Congratulations to my dear Chris for letting go of the past and accepting her new life. I love you.’
Instantly, it caused a huge uproar within the office. “Did President Burton give you this?” “Oh my God, I didn’t expect him to be such a romantic person since he rarely smiles.”
“What do you know? Men are usually romantic when they meet the person whom they love.”
As she perused the contents on the card, Rachel felt a little resigned. She didn’t even need to think to investigate who gave the flowers from this blatant style of writing. “It’s not him. You all have misunderstood.”
However, the crowd’s roar instantly overwhelmed her explanation.
“Alright. We had enough of you two love birds. It’s time to slice the cake.”
“She needs to blow the candles first.”
“That’s right. Congratulations on your promotion, Chris. I hope that you are treating us to dinner tonight.”
Now that the office was filled with laughter and chatter, Rachel remained quiet and agreed to treat everyone to a meal while she held the large bouquet of roses in her arms.
Meanwhile, in the president’s office upstairs, Justin was reading through some documents and noticed that the cup next to him was already empty. “Miss Evergreen.”
He called his secretary to serve him more tea, but there was no response.
A while later, he noticed that his cup was still empty, so he immediately furrowed his brows and went out the door. Then, he saw several secretaries gathering around each other as if they were discussing something.
“What are you all looking at?” His cold voice was heard.
When the secretaries heard his voice, they instantly rose in shock. “President Burton!”
The phone fell on the floor, and for some reason, someone had accidentally played the video on the screen.
The screen on the phone was showing the celebrations at Burton Pharmaceuticals.
In the video, Rachel was holding a large bouquet of roses while Lisa read out the contents of the card.
“Congratulations to my dear Chris for letting go of the past and accepting her new life. I love you.”
“Did President Burton give you this?”
Although the scenes on the phone were extremely noisy, Justin’s eyes were locked on the woman standing in the middle. As he stared at her joyful face while she held the roses, his cold face immediately darkened.
“Chris, aren’t you having dinner with us?”
“It’s fine. You guys can go by yourselves. Feel free to eat anything you want. You don’t have to save money for me.”
Before it was time to get off work, Rachel handed her credit card to Lisa so that she could treat her colleagues to a meal.
It was due to what Janice had said earlier this afternoon that Rachel wasn’t in the mood for a meal. However, at the same time, Rachel didn’t want to stop her colleagues from having fun, so she simply gave an excuse and promised to eat with them the next time.
“Don’t worry, we won’t go easy on you. Let’s go.”
“Have fun.”
She was the only one left in the office because she decided to work overtime tonight. After she finished her first draft since her promotion, she noticed that it was about time for her to leave, so she packed up her stuff and left with that bouquet of roses.
The reason why she had left so late was because this bouquet of roses was too eye-catching, so she wanted to wait until most people in the building had left first.
Ding!
The door slowly opened when the elevator arrived on her floor.
Rachel was startled by the figure standing inside just as she was about to enter.
As their gazes met, Justin’s face grew cold when his eyes landed on the roses in her hand.
When the doors were about to close, he suddenly pressed a button while he asked coldly, “Aren’t you leaving?”
Rachel tightened her grip around the flowers and she composed herself before entering the elevator. “Thank you.”
Slowly, the elevator went downstairs.
“Who gave you these flowers?” His voice was heard from behind her.
“A friend.”
“Why would a friend send you so many roses?” Rachel furrowed her brows and remained silent. Seeing that she wasn’t responding to his question, Justin was more gloomy as he continued to question her. “Who gave it to you? Is it Julian? Or, is it that foreigner whom I saw the last time?”
At this point, she could no longer hold back her emotions. Upon hearing his words, she immediately turned around and coldly answered, “In what capacity are you questioning me? It’s none of your business as to who sent this to me.”
Immediately, his expression darkened as he grabbed her arm. “Of course it’s my business. I have the right to know what man my daughter’s mother is in contact with.”
“Let me go!” Rachel could feel the pain coming from her wrist, so she started to struggle while her screams echoed within the elevator. “Justin Burton!”
However, Justin refused to release his grip on her; he even pressed her entire body against the wall of the elevator while ignoring her shaky feet. “I don’t care what man you are in contact with, but this is a public office. Everyone here knows that you are my ex-wife, so what do you think others will say when they see you blatantly flirting with another man? Are you trying to embarrass me or your daughter?”
“Justin, don’t you dare insult me!”
“Am I insulting you? Or, are you the one who is insulting yourself?”
Then, the elevator door finally opened.
Justin’s cold gaze landed on something in the distance across Rachel’s shoulder.
He could clearly see a white convertible sports car parked at the entrance through the glass door of the hall. At the same time, a man in a floral, vacation shirt was leaning against the car door in a manner that did not resemble an attorney. His curly brown hair seemed to be lit up by the setting sun.
“Chris!”
Upon hearing his call, Rachel was startled. Hernandez?
Justin had already let her go and he was now walking toward the entrance in strides.
“Justin!” She quickly ran over to him, but the bouquet of roses made her actions very eye-catching. Even though most people had already got off work, there were still many who were drawn by what was happening. “What are you doing?” She stood in front of Hernandez to protect him. “Don’t forget that we are still at the Burton Group. Many people are looking at you!”
Justin had already unbuttoned his cuffs and was now clenching his fists. The violent veins on his forehead revealed his displeasure. Without looking at her, he asked Hernandez, “Did you give her these flowers?”
After scanning Justin from head to toe, Hernandez furrowed his brows and replied, “It’s you again? So what if it was me?”
“Go away,” Justin coldly uttered to Rachel.
However, she stood firm. “What do you want?”
As for Hernandez, he seemed to have understood the man’s intention, so his lips curled upward to reveal a fearless smile. “Chris, you can step aside. This is a battle between two men.”
She furrowed her brows. “Hernandez…”
“Don’t worry, we have a way to settle this in peace.” He raised his chin toward Justin with a proud and disdainful expression. “Do you dare to compete with me in a fair fashion like a man?”
Justin’s eyes only grew colder. “You are now in Riverdale. This is my domain, so I accept your challenge.”
Hernandez touched his nose and sneered, “Don’t get too ahead of yourself.”
At the moment, Rachel seemed to have become a mass of air as the two men completely ignored her. They even left her alone at the entrance of the Burton Group.
