"Ah-"
Two female customers in the cafe saw this scene and couldn't help but exclaim.
Elizabeth Liang had been precautious against Charlotte, so when Charlotte's ready to pour coffee on her, she instinctively turned her head to the side. Although the coffee was not directly splashed on her face, her hair and clothes were stained.
At this moment, she was somewhat embarrassed. The clothes on her left shoulder were wet, and the coffee on her head was dripping down from her hair. Her white face looked a little funny at the moment.
She stared at Charlotte, who was in front of her, with rage.
Charlotte was intimidated by her rage, but she felt her fury ventilated. With a tinge of the triumph of victory, she said, " Look at you... Ah - you deserve this for giving me a hard time!"
Charlotte hadn't finished her words yet before Elizabeth directly picked up the glass of orange juice and splashed it on her face, straightforward and decisive.
Elizabeth only took few sips, so a large portion of the juice still remained. Charlotte looked like a drowned chicken.
The sudden drama made the quiet coffee shop even quieter.
Staring at the mortified Charlotte on the opposite side, Elizabeth said calmly, face impassive, "I've been told by someone that I should fight back when being bullied. So, tit for tat!"
Charlotte opened her eyes wide and was petrified for several seconds before she's able to recover from the shock. She was embarrassed and angry. Without thinking, she raised her hand and wanted to slap Elizabeth.
But before her palm could touch Elizabeth Liang's face, her wrist was held tightly...
"Who are you? Let go of me!" Charlotte struggled, but she couldn't get rid of him. Instead, she was so painful that her face turned pale.
Elizabeth looked at the person who suddenly appeared at the table and was a little stunned. "Special Assistant Lee?"
Special Assistant Lee? The Special Assistant Lee to James Lu?
Charlotte panicked when she heard that. Would she offend James today?
Samuel Lee still held Charlotte's hand while nodded politely at Elizabeth. "Hello, Miss Liang. The president has something to say to you." He then handed over his mobile phone to Elizabeth...
On the screen, James Lu seemed to be leaning on the sofa, holding a cigarette in his left hand and squinting a pair of deep, beautiful eyes. Such a sloppy look, with leisure and laziness.
Although they hadn't seen each other for only two days, she still felt very happy at this moment for seeing him through the video.
"James..." She only said one word before she got emotional and choked up and can't say anything more. Just now, she was as strong as the King Kong, but now she inexplicably felt wronged.
Felt wronged for his leaving without saying goodbye, for letting her fight alone, for his absence when she's being bullied...
This kind of enigmatic psychology. It felt like he was the only one she can rely on in this world...
James looked at her, whose eyes turned red and face stained by coffee. He didn't know what she was thinking at the moment. He just thought that she was angry with Charlotte.
The day before, he was so angry about her unreasonable behavior and swore that he didn't want to see her again. Perhaps it's that she quoted what he said to her just now, which boosted his mood, so when he saw her like this, he didn't say anything bitter or sarcastic. Instead, he gave Elizabeth a huge smile, patient and gentleness—
"Have you been bullied? Are you angry? It doesn't matter. You just did a good job. We haven't even sorted out the old grudge with her. She dares to come to us today. We can't let her go so easily, right? Let me help you deal with her?"
James's voice was not loud, and it was transmitted through the mobile phone, but this series of questions still made Elizabeth barely produce a syllable, not even able to nod or shake her head to respond. She was just dazed by this man with a bit of scorn and arrogance on the screen.
She didn't know how much he knew about what happened just now. Her hand holding the phone trembled, her throat seemed to be blocked by something, but her heart was warmed. At this moment, it was excitedly beating because of his care.
Meanwhile, James's words sent a shudder to Charlotte and her face was terribly pale. She had thought that James's not being serious with Elizabeth, but today, it seemed that she was wrong.
"What should I do now?"
"Give the phone to Samuel, huh?" James said on the screen.
Elizabeth bit her lips, feeling a little reluctant to part with him.
"Good girl!"
She didn't know what he was going to do, but she followed his request.
Samuel freed Charlotte violently to take the phone. "President!"
"Turn the phone over."
He pushed Charlotte too hard, and Charlotte tripped over into the sofa.
As soon as she struggled to sit up, a cell phone was facing her.
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