After the butler and Assistant Lin left, Lu Jiaoyue became even more at ease.
As far as she was concerned, Mr. Gu had been chatting with her online for so long that, if familiarity between two people were rated out of ten... surely they had reached at least five by now! That made them acquaintances, so there was nothing to be nervous about.
Lu Jiaoyue's thinking was perfectly simple, but Gu Sipei had far more on his mind.
When Lu Jiaoyue had stood him up without giving him a single reason, Gu Sipei had been displeased. He had even privately wondered whether she had heard about his less-than-stellar reputation from someone and was deliberately trying to keep her distance.
Gu Sipei had never cared about rumors, but he had a fair idea of what people said about him.
It was mostly that he was cold, heartless, and ruthless in his methods-things that hardly counted as shortcomings in business.
But what a girl like Lu Jiaoyue might think after hearing those things... that was genuinely hard to say.
Of course, Gu Sipei knew he was no good man. Whatever he wanted, he would get his hands on it, no matter how extreme the means. In that respect, the negative things people said about him were hardly undeserved.
As for Lu Jiaoyue, the moment he realized he was interested in her, he had made his decision: sooner or later, he would make this girl his.
There were two reasons he could still let Lu Jiaoyue move about freely. First, he had yet to finish eliminating Gu Sijing's influence within the Gu Corporation. Second... she had accepted his invitation this time.
Yes, if Lu Jiaoyue had not accepted this invitation, Gu Sipei had indeed been prepared to abduct her.
As frightening as that