Billionaire and His Scheming Beauty

"Then get ready to become a backup." Olivier's words were straightforward, a bright flush of warmth beneath his lips. "But I believe with Fleur's beauty she has more than enough backups at this point. You'll have to wait in line behind Waldo." He paused, then continued, "She won't be going to the club tonight. If you want to wait, do as you wish."

The call ended.

Olivier clenched his phone, a vein throbbing in his hand. It took half a minute to subside.

Just then, Yves came into his office, saying, "Mr. Martinez, Miss Lopez has been in an accident."

......

Back at the Oriental Estate, Fleur had gotten many ingredients from a rare trip to the supermarket.

She bought so much red lines had been etched into her skin from the weight of carrying them. 

In the kitchen, she first divided into the ingredients into different categories, then devoted to studying various recipes. Cooking was not difficult, she just had to practice a few times to get the hang of it.

Fleur repeatedly made the same dish until she got it right. It took her three hours, from 4 to 7 PM, for the four dishes to be complete and served. Her hands were heavily wounded by then.

She had several blisters on the back of her hands, some burn injury, and even bloody cuts on her fingers.

She had never had any experience cooking. It was much more stressful and tough than working, she found. Fleur could not help feeling a sense of pride when she looked at the food she had made.

Lulu came out of nowhere, hopped on the table and headed straight for the shrimp dish.

"This is not for you." Fleur tried to lure it away but Lulu did not budge.

Fleur then relented and fed her a piece of shrimp. The cat took a bite then spat it out. It meowed woefully at Fleur.

Then she pawed along the table as if digging at cat litter.

With a pair of chopsticks in hand, Fleur shooed it off.

but reappeared a second later

poured some water for Lulu, then pat its head as it

imagine how awful the food tasted for even the cat to have

.....

Fleur did not eat either, waiting for him to come back. Her hands were

Fleur was about to call Olivier, she saw a news headline pop up in her

filming, rumored CEO lover to the rescue from

clicked on it. A photo of Olivier bridal-carrying Virginie with her invisible injury in his arms popped up. Just the picture

more than 100 miles distance from city centre. To go that far

he was not back yet. He was

Miss Lopez fortune

minutes, going to place it on the desk. But with her hand

laid down on

An arm was

a moment later into her arms, nuzzling and playing cute. Fleur held it close in response. Lulu fell asleep after some time, creating a beacon of

of a car engine sounded outside.

Fleur had really just slept

opened. Fleur could feel Olivier's gaze on

minute later, he came

from her, Olivier said hoarsely, "Get

Fleur did not move.

was awake. "I had some things holding up my time,

did

it again: get

Hair fell across her face, half shielding

Her eyes were cold.

I have a reason for getting close to you? So I can't

too much to me,"