Chapter 225 The Engagement Annulment
Colton was still working when Queenie came into his office.
The lighting in the enormous office was perfect because of the floor-to-ceiling windows he had in place of a wall. On top of that, the rays from the sun hanging high gave the room a spacious and warm feeling. The weather on this day happened to be pleasant as well.
As soon as he heard the sound coming from the door, Colton stopped doing his work and raised his head to glance at Queenie with an indifferent and emotionless look.
She walked toward him slowly and was about to get closer to coyly say something when Tony suddenly pushed the door open and came in.
Queenie froze and stopped moving.
Tony brought in a tea set and placed it on the sofa table beside before he skillfully poured water into a tea cup. “Miss Queenie, I am not sure what you would like to drink, so I prepared plain water for you. Is this alright?”
She nodded in reply. She couldn’t possibly do anything overly intimate to Colton now that Tony was here. Left with no choice, Queenie could only walk to the sofa and slowly take a sip from the teacup.
She wanted to wait for Tony to leave before she talked to Colton.
However, the man showed no signs of leaving even when she was almost done with her drink.
She put down the teacup, and when the ceramic teacup made a clear sound as it touched the table, she had a slightly dissatisfied look on her face.
Still, Tony pretended to not notice anything as he continued to stay where he was.
In the end, Colton was the one who kindly spoke up in his low voice. “You can go out for now, Tony.”
The assistant glanced at him strangely but after seeing his boss’ stern face, he decided not to say anything as he made a move.
A slight smile only appeared on Queenie’s face after Tony left. She stood up and wanted to walk over to Colton, but was stopped before she could do anything.
“Just speak from there. Don’t come here.”
Her face froze as soon as she heard those words, and she obediently stood there. She didn’t dare make any sudden moves because of Colton.
She quickly regained her composure as she replaced the surprised look on her face with a smile, and she said gently, “We haven’t had a good conversation in a long while, Colton. I came here to congratulate my sister after I heard that she has become the founder of ‘Ann’, and I made a trip here to see you as well.”
Not only did she not sound dissatisfied, her words even sounded fairly reasonable.
He raised his gaze and threw her a glance, his dark eyes an empty void that held no emotion. Queenie couldn’t tell what Colton was thinking as he looked at her.
He then gave a curt response in a low voice as he spun the pen he held between his slender fingers.
After a while, he drawled, “I heard from my mother and Wendy that you successfully borrowed jewelry from Triton Studio.”
Listening to his unconcerned tone, Queenie did not take credit for herself as she said, “It’s something I should do. It is Wendy’s 18th birthday, after all. I will do the best I can as long as it is within my capability.”
Hearing that, Colton looked at her face with a hint of surprise in his eyes.
It seemed like her temperament had changed after the days he had spent not seeing her.
The old Queenie would have loved to have all the attention on her.
Knowing to back off after she had taken a few steps forward, the woman then said with a smile, “Go ahead and get busy, Colton. I will get out of your hair right this instant. I will come again another day when you are not busy.”
“Hold on,” he suddenly called out to her when he saw her leaving.
She immediately stopped walking then. With her back to him, she gradually let out a small smile to herself as she mused, Mom is right. I shouldn’t hold the leash too tight. There are times when I have to go easy.
She swiftly turned around after she had wiped off the smile on her face. “Is there anything else, Colton?” she asked as she looked at him with calm eyes.
Colton was still standing there when he uttered cooly, “I want to annul our engagement.”
