Ecstacy of the Heart

Chapter 32 I Came to Take You Home

Allison walked to the desk and called back.

“Hello?”

“Are you Allison Gibson of the administrative department of the Parker Group? We met before. As for

the price you offered, we considered about it again and agreed that we can foster our cooperation. How

about this? Let’s make an appointment and have a talk face to face.”

Allison was escalated upon hearing this and agreed without a second thought, “Okay. Let’s meet

today.”

After making the appointment with Mr. James, Allison immediately set up to make the plan. The gift

boxes are to be given to all the stall of the company, so she could just make a plan as perfect as

possible before listening to the supplier’s advice.

Time flied and it was afternoon soon. After everything was prepared, Allison walked out of the company

and headed towards Mr. James’ company.

She waited in the lounge for a while. And Mr. James pushed open the door and walked in. Allison

immediately stood up and reached out to him, “Mr. James, nice to meet you. I’m Allison Gibson.”

“I know you.” Mr. James smiles and reached out to shake hands with Allison while quickly studying her

from head to toe.

Allison withdrew her hand and handed him the plan, “I’ve told you the price we could offer last time,

and this time I want to talk with you about the products in the gift box. If we reach an agreement on this,

I think we are close to reach a trade agreement.”

“It’s not in a hurry.” Mr. James smiled and leaned on the sofa, “Ms. Gibson, this is your first time to

carry out such a task, right?”

Allison was surprised, “How… How did you know?” ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

Mr. James clucked, “If you have demands for festival gift boxes, you should contact suppliers in

advance. It’s because the factories need time to produce products. To top it off, they have orders from

various companies before every festival. Yet you contacted suppliers this late, I’m afraid that your order

will have to be finished in last.”

“What?” Allison was shocked. She was just assigned with this task and had no relating experience.

Therefore, she had never taken time and production schedule into consideration.”

“Then… Then what should I do now?”

Allison was lost for ideas. If she failed to finish the task in time and therefore the staff of the Parker

Group could not get the gift box for the festival, she would be scolded by all the staff!

“Don’t be so anxious.” Mr. James appeared to be more composed. He glanced around Allison, “Since I

ask you to have a talk here today, I definitely have some solutions for your problem.”

“What kinds of solution.”

Allison was flustered as she had never encountered such kind of problem before.

“I can put in good words for you and help you jump the queen. It’s just a matter of a call. Not a big

deal.”

Mr. James laughed and continued, “Nevertheless, Ms. Gibson, you have to pay a tiny price for this.”

Allison subconsciously frowned upon hearing the words as a feeling of unease nagged at her, “What

kind of price?”

Mr. James suddenly straightened himself and chuckled, “Ms. Gibson, as long as you’re willing to have

dinner with me, I can assure you that this’s not a big deal.”

Allison couldn’t help twitching her mouth corner upon hearing the words.

This man looked like a forty-year-old middle-aged man with thin hair to naked eyes and had been

studying her after she entered the room. She hadn’t noticed this when they met last time, but this time,

she could clearly perceive his obscenity. He invited her to have dinner together, but who knew what he

would do to her if she really came!

Allison gritted her teeth, stared at Mr. James, waved her hand to show her wedding ring and uttered

word by word, “Sorry Mr. James, I’m married.”

After finishing the words, she quickly packed up the documents on the desk and then strode towards

outside.

Mr. James hastily stood up to chase after her, “Ms. Gibson, stop. I don’t care about it. I’m married too.

But I have had a crush on you since we met last time…”

Allison got goose bumps all over when hearing the voice. With a pile of documents in her arms, she

quickly left.

Walking on the street and looking at the dim sky, Allison suddenly felt extremely upset.

Today was really an awful day. She met with disappointment at every turn in work, and quarreled with

Alexander…

She bit her lip, took out her phone, and made a call to Lara, “Hi, Lara, you don’t prepare dinner for me

tonight. I’ll not come back and will leave in my parents’ house.”

After finishing the words, she hailed a taxi and told the driver the address of her parents’ house. In less

than half an hour, she returned to the community where she was familiar with.

Just as she entered the main entrance of the community, she saw several women standing by the

flower beds with her mom in the middle from afar.

“Oh you know, it’s a pity that you haven’t seen my son-in-law. He’s tall, roughly more than 1.8,

handsome and gorgeous. To top it off, he’s so good to my daughter…”

“Jennifer, really? Let us have a look next time.”

“Yeah, yep, you’re praising your son-in-law every day, yet we haven’t seen him in person…”

“…”

Allison felt her chest tightened and her nose twitched upon hearing the conversation.

If her parents knew that she and Alexander were a couple in name only, they would definitely feel sad.

Just as Jennifer was about to say something, she caught a glimpse of Allison. She turned her head and

was stunned when she saw her at her side, “Alice, why are you…”

Allison hastily held back her tears, walked over, and forced a smile, “Mom.”

Jennifer glanced over, “How comes you’re back? Where’s Alex?”

“I miss you, so I come back.”

“Well.” Noticing Allison’s red eyes, Jennifer could roughly guess what had happened to her daughter.

She didn’t speak anymore and just held Allison’s hand, leading her to come back home.

When they arrived at the corridor with no other persons around, Jennifer finally couldn’t help asking,

“What’s wrong? Did you quarrel with Alex?”

“Nope.” Allison shook her head, “It’s just I miss you and dad, really.”

Seeing that Allison was unwilling to continue this topic, Jennifer chose not to go into it and nagged her,

“Life before and after a marriage is quite different. You cannot be willful any longer.”

They then returned home. After having dinner with her parents, Allison came back to her own room.

Maybe it was because she was so tired after a long day’s work, she fell asleep soon after she got on

the bed.

After a time, she felt quite unease even if she was asleep. It was as if someone was staring at her. She

slowly opened her eyes and saw a figure in front of her.

She fixed her eyes on the figure and found that Alexander was sitting beside her bed!

Allison was shocked and hastily rubbed her eyes, “Why… Why are you here? Am I still in my dream?”

As she was speaking, she raised her arm without hesitation, intending to give it a pinch. But before she

could pinch it, Alexander had reached out and held her hand.

Alexander stayed calm and collected while spoke with a serious tone, “I came to take you home.”

Allison finally pulled herself back when she felt the warmth from his palm. This was not a dream!

She hastily withdrew her hand, “I… I will not go!”

Alexander frowned slightly and asked, “Allison Gibson, you’re my wife. If you don’t want to come back

home with me, whose home you want to come?”