A Lifetime With You

Chapter 140

“Mum, your dress is dirty. I’ll ask Dempsey to send you back to change your clothes.” Damien was hinting for his mother to leave. Dempsey quickly came in and helped Karen to clean up the spillage. Then, she used a napkin to wipe the edge of her skirt that had been stained with soup. Karen tugged her skirt in annoyance and looked at Ava with a strange expression.

Ava didn’t know what she was trying to do. Therefore, she could only stand there motionless. “I’ll explain it to you next time.” After that, Damien immediately ordered Dempsey to escort his mother out.

After Karen left, Damien lowered his head and looked at the mess on the floor.

“What a pity of this tasty soup.” Damien’s tone was rather regretful, “Although my mum has a bad temper, her cooking skills aren’t bad. If the soup isn’t spilled, I’d like to have you try it.” “Humph, that was specially made for Enrico. She was just giving you some incidentally.” “So what I’m trying to say is, you are the only one who can stand on my side among the entire Radbury family.”

He raised his eyes and fixed his gaze on her.

Ava was stunned.

She had heard some rumors while she was gossiping with Luella, and she had come to know that even though Damien was appointed as Radbury Group’s CEO, the chairman, and the chairwoman had always favored their youngest son instead of him. Although Damien was the one responsible for Radbury Group’s exceptional success, his parents still gave Enrico a big portion of the company’s shares. She never thought much about it in the past. However, that bowl of soup was enough to explain everything.

No wonder he kept emphasized the fact that she wasn’t allowed to stand on Enrico’s side.

However, she didn’t have anything at all. So, would her stance even make a difference? “Damien Radbury, don’t try to change the topic. In conclusion, I want to resign!” Ava tried to stand up strong for herself.

Meanwhile, he curled his lips and smirked, “My mum knows about your existence now. What do you .think will happen if she knows about Jean?” After all, Jean was the only grandson of the Radbury family. If he was discovered by Karen, she would definitely take him away from her. At the thought of this, Ava took a deep breath and said, “You want to threaten me with Jean?” “The only way to protect him is to stay by my side.” “You? Aren’t you also planning to take him away?” She took a cautious step back.

He grazed his forehead helplessly and said, “I’m indeed a scheming man, but the person who I’m planning to take away is you.”

Eventually, Ava failed to resign from the company. Except for Damien, no one in the company knew about her thought of resignation. She had no choice but to continue to stay in Radbury Group. Although Damien had gone too far when he tried to threaten her, he wasn’t wrong. She could never let Karen know about Jean’s existence! And the only person she could rely on was Damien. Two days later, Ava attended the team-building event in conjunction with the company’s anniversary celebration. The Administrative Department didn’t have many people, so they had always conducted activities with the other departments. However, they were collaborating with people from the secretarial department this time. What was even more surprising was that the President actually attended the event? “What’s going on? I heard that the President never took part in any staff activities before!” And this had caused a widespread discussion among the employees. Ava followed behind them with mixed emotions. Perhaps Damien showed up personally for her?

But would he really do that? “Miss Nagel, what’s wrong with you? Why don’t you get in the car?” Luella asked. She followed the queue and got on the bus. However, there only a few empty seats left.

And Damien wasn’t present on the bus.

“Didn’t they say that the President would be coming with his secretary? But where’s him?” She asked Luella.

“Of course, he’s coming. But how could you expect the mighty President to squeeze with us in this tiny bus? He has already left with Dempsey in his luxury sports car.”

Ava nodded in realization. Text © 2024 NôvelDrama.Org.

She was right. Dempsey was his closest right-hand man in the company. How could he be spending time with these low-class employees? Soon, the bus drove along the highway and was heading towards the campsite where the event would take place. It was a well-known camping ground in the suburbs with beautiful scenery. But everyone was feeling dizzy because of the endless road ride, and no one was in the mood to admire the spectacular scenery outside. All of a sudden, the driver picked up a call, and immediately turned the bus around, and drove in another direction. “What’s wrong? What happened?” Everyone hurriedly asked. “The President’s car broke down on the way. I’m picking them up right now,” The driver replied. A few minutes later, they saw Damien and Dempsey. Although it was cool to drive a sports car on such rugged mountain roads, it became even more embarrassing when the car broke down halfway. Upon seeing that the President was about to get on the same bus as them, the employees were thrilled and exhilarated. Some even woke up from their nap immediately. Everyone sat up straight

and dared not make a sound.

There were not many empty seats left on the bus. Ava and Luella were sitting together, and the seats next to them were vacant. Damien immediately sat down next to them, and he was just a short distance away from Ava. She secretly looked up at him. However, he didn’t say anything after getting on the bus. Instead, he leaned against the chair and closed his eyes to rest. The bus started up again and

drove them to their destination. Ava was very sleepy at first, but she was wide awake after knowing that Damien was sitting just half a meter away from her. Damien, on the other hand, seemed to be having a good rest. He was sitting still with his eyes closed.

“Ava, do you want some tangerines?” Luella was vivacious a moment ago, but she lowered down her voice in the presence of the President. She was afraid to disturb him. Ava received the tangerine from her and was about to shove it down her mouth. Suddenly, she noticed a hand stretching out from the aisle, “Give me some.”

She was startled.

Damien Radbury, the mighty CEO of Radbury Group, actually asked for some tangerines from his employees. Wasn’t he asleep? Ava had no choice but to give half of it to him. She could clearly see a faint smile underneath his cold expression when he took the tangerine from her. A few minutes later, Damien reached out his hand again and asked, “Is there more?”

“There’s no more.”

“Yes! Yes! I brought a lot with me!” Luella answered immediately. Eventually, Ava had to pass the tangerine from Luella into Damien’s hand. However, he refused to take it. Instead, he said, “Peel it for me.” This person was really… Surrounded by the fixated gaze from the people on the bus, Ava had no choice but to peel another tangerine for him. Meanwhile, Luella was on cloud nine. She was so excited because the President was eating the tangerines she brought. After two hours on the road, they finally arrived at their destination.