He leaned over, planting a gentle and slightly warm kiss quietly on her forehead. His gentle movement seemed like he was comforting a most beloved angel.
When he saw that she had already closed her eyes, while gripping his shirt tightly with the fingertips turning slightly pale, he then could not help but chuckle softly. He moved back slightly and then lightly patted her head before laughing very perceptively,
"I'm not a human-eating monster. What are you so nervous about?"
Arya almost instantly opened her vaguely misty eyes. Her forehead still held the residue of his faint warmth as she subconsciously blurted out,
"I'm not nervous!"
When he saw her looking so anxious to defend herself, the curve on Xavier's lips widened. His hand slid down her hair and gently embraced her shoulders.
"If you're not nervous, then how do you explain what your hand is doing right now?"
Arya followed his gaze and looked. That was when she realized that she was grasping tightly onto the front of his shirt...
Her expression instantly flushed with scarlet as she let go of his shirt. His light gray top was already wrinkled from being grasped by her. She quietly looked down and arranged her messy windbreaker a little awkwardly.
When he saw this, he could not help but laugh softly. In the meantime, the cars that sped up from behind had already stopped beside them and the speed junkies all walked towards them.
"Let's go. Otherwise, we'll be in trouble." Xavier took a look at the people who walked over. They did not seem like members of a race car club like the people from the other night. Instead, they looked more hostile.
Then, before Arya could react, he had already pulled her up while he moved over. The two of them had very quickly exchanged positions.
Screech!
Several squeals of cars braking were heard. A few cars from behind had already come up to surround them, and by the looks of it, they wanted to block them.
Xavier was calm as usual as he quickly started the car. "Sit tight!"
With these two words, the car did a heart-stopping reverse maneuver, and then he very quickly and accurately offset the steering wheel. They brushed past like an arrow between the two cars that had wanted to trap them in between. Before they could surround them, they had already sped out of the circle and left.
"It's best to come here less often. How are you going to handle it if you get into trouble?!"
He increased the car speed rapidly and wound up the car windows before he shot her a look and had a strict tone.
Arya then pursed her lips slightly and subconsciously looked towards the cars behind. Indeed, those people were throwing things at their car...
"I thought it was the same as last time," she softly explained.
He thought about it and said, "If you're really interested in doing it recreationally, I'll bring you to join a racing club another day."
Arya inhaled slightly. "Mmm, we'll see. Probably when I get busy again, I won't have much time."
Usually, after New Year was when she was busy. When the entire year came down, she did not even have much time to rest. Usually, weekends or holidays were for tidying up and cleaning, and to treat herself. She would read or drink some tea. If she took over the South River project, it would only make her even busier.
Seeing her brows furrowed into a knot, he then reminded,
"Say a few more nice things to me. If I'm happy, then I'll obviously give you a holiday."
When she heard him, Arya's brows instantly raised. She quietly turned to her side and looked at him thoughtfully.
"Are you hinting me to brown nose you?"
"What do you think?"
Xavier's calm and unfathomable gaze gave her a look.
Arya's beautiful eyes flashed and she said in shock,
"In my impression, you aren't this kind of person, Chairman Knight. The feeling you usually give people is very profound and not superficial!"
"My wife, you're wrong then. It's an affirmation for every man to be able to earn praises from his wife. This kind of affirmation is definitely the biggest encouragement and sense of achievement for him."
Xavier looked mysteriously at Arya, the corner of his lips curved into an incredible smile.
Arya was puzzled by his words, and seeing his weird smile, she could only frown and try to figure out what he meant. After quite a while, she seemed to have understood something...
When they reached Maple Residence, it was already late at night. The couple was not busy with work till late as usual, after bathing and washing up, they lied down to rest.
The next day, Xavier still woke up very early. He prepared breakfast and simply had a few bites of it when James and Rick had already rushed over.
"Master, here's your schedule today. Morning: At 9 a.m., there's a company higher management meeting. At noon, CEO Rhodes of Rhodes Corporation has already made an appointment for lunch with you. At 2 p.m. you need to do an inspection at Car City. and at 4 p.m. City New Jersey's proposal will be sent to the office."
When they were about to reach the company, Rick started reporting about his schedule for the day to Xavier.
Xavier looked up from his documents, his profound eyes silent for a while. Then, he said calmly,
"Mmm, inform the few Vice Presidents to come to my office after the meeting."
"Yes! Master!"
Before Rick could answer, Xavier had already continued to read the document in his hand. It was the information that Arya had arranged and handed to him yesterday morning on Johns Media and Smiths.
He had to admit that when she worked, she was very serious. When she had any insights of thoughts on anything, she would make a note and raise it. Even though the entire plan looked very diverse, as long as one carefully remove some of the hypothetical content, plus refine it a little, it could become a pretty solid proposal.
As he read it, Xavier's eyes flashed with admiration.
That little woman still had a lot of aspects worth for him to admire!
He closed the document. At that moment, the car slowly drove into Glory World Corporation.
"Master, we've reached!" Up ahead, Rick reminded as he quickly got down from the car to open the door for Xavier.
Xavier got down very quickly. He took huge strides into the company, but just as he had taken a few steps, suddenly came a gentle and sweet voice.
"Charmain Knight, hello!"
The sudden voice made Xavier slowly stop in his steps. His quiet and unfathomable line of sight lifted and looked ahead. What greeted his sight was unexpectedly a familiar face...
Xavier squinted his eyes, his indefinitely flickering gaze sweeping across this woman before him. He had a vague impression of this woman, yet he could not remember who she was until Rick's voice called out,
"Miss Victoria!"
Rick, who followed Xavier, had immediately recognized this woman who stood before him!
Xavier frowned slightly when he heard Rick. His eyes turned icy as he looked at Victoria who was walking towards him.
Wearing a yellow spring Chanel outfit along with her wavy, light blonde hair and a scarf tied around her neck, a lovely smile spread across her beautiful face.
"Hello, Chairman Knight. I'm Victoria, I've been looking for an occasion to visit you and coincidentally, we cross paths today."
Victoria kept her smile up as her manager also beamed widely. When Xavier still seemed aloof, she explained,
"Chairman Knight, the purpose of Ms. Johns visit today is to know more about being the ambassador of Imperial Sky Jewellery City. The person-in-charge from your company gave us a call yesterday and asked Victoria to come over to discuss it."
"I've heard a lot about you, Chairman Knight. It's really my pleasure to work with Glory World this time. I'm so glad to have this opportunity!"
Victoria then extended her fair hand out. Accompanied by the polished smile on her face, she simply looked lovely. Overall, she had a positive aura, especially her glittering eyes. She was the ideal image of a gentle lady.
Xavier glanced at Victoria's hand for a moment and then averted his gaze away. He nodded coldly, and before they could react, he moved and walked past her.
Now, he finally knew why his woman at home would lose out to this woman. If Victoria's behavior was just a facade, she would be a really scary person. Furthermore, given Arya's personality, she particularly sucked at emotional situations like this.
It seemed like he needs to put in more effort to groom her. If she were to deal with someone like this again, she would surely lose without fail.
He would not allow her to always let others take advantage of her.
As he thought of this, he had a subtle yet gentle smile on his face. He suddenly looked much more dignified with that smile. Victoria saw all of it and was shocked for a moment.
When they came back to their senses, Xavier had already walked past them with his back facing them.
Victoria felt a little awkward as she looked at her extended hand. She drew it back and shouted in Xavier's direction,
"Chairman Knight!"
"Ms. Victoria, Manager, the endorsement is now under the PR Department. You can head straight there. It's on the 38th floor. You should know that already." Rick left them with directions before catching up with Xavier, his hands full of things.
James frowned as he looked at Victoria and Manager. Luckily, the Master was not angry. Did they not know about Master's rules, so they just went up to him, trying to act friendly?
During his investigation of the Missus' matters, James, of course, found out about Victoria as well, which explained why he was not really fond of her. He glanced at them coldly before catching up with Xavier as well.
Victoria could feel the chill from Xavier just now. Watching the figure vanish into the elevator, her eyes went out of focus and she only came back to her senses after a moment.
"Victoria, Master Knight always acts that way. He's cold towards everyone and it's not really a secret, so don't mind him," explained Manager because she thought Victoria was unhappy about what had just happened.
Victoria came back to her senses when she heard Zhang Xue's explanation. She still looked a little out of it as her eyes seemed surprised.
"So, the legendary Master Knight..."
"Unreal, isn't it? Master Knight is a very low-profile person. I heard he just returned not too long ago. Back then, he moved around New York and France. It was the old chairman's idea to have him come back and take over the business. We're lucky to bump into him. People like him feel so distant. I heard he's very good friends with Mister Daniel and Master Jacob. With just the two of them..."
"Sis, are you very familiar with Master Knight?" Victoria asked after giving it some thought.
Sis shook her head. "Nope, I just heard about him from people in the industry. Master Knight rarely appears before the mass media, so there's nearly no way to know about him. Glory World and the Knight family hardly have any scandals with that exception from four years ago. The Knight family..."
Sis voice suddenly hushed to the point that Victoria could not hear what she was saying.
"Let's go, Victoria. We don't want to make them wait for too long!" Manager reminded Victoria. She had worked very hard to get this endorsement and she could not afford to let anything go wrong.
Victoria nodded and then walked ahead.
...
After the meeting, the Vice Presidents went into Xavier's office.
"I've considered the proposal of Glory World stepping foot into the showbiz industry, and I've decided to take on the proposal and try it out."
Inside the Chairman's office, Xavier was sitting comfortably in his chair with his arms crossed and his elbows propped up on the table. He looked at the Vice Presidents. Besides the usual few Vice Presidents stationed at the headquarters, those who had been stationed outside had returned as well due to the looming annual meeting.
"That's great, Chairman Knight! If we're building a new Movie City together with the company from City New Jersey, that'd be awesome news for Glory World if we're able to reach the top in the industry!"
Vice President could not hold in his excitement. He looked at the other Vice Presidents who seemed excited about the idea as well. All of them nodded enthusiastically.
"It seems like all of you are looking forward to it." Xavier looked down at the documents before him. Then, he continued talking after a while,
"Since it's decided, we'll need a person to take charge of this new segment. As an unventured territory, the showbiz industry is something Glory World has never been involved with before. Be aware that the amount of workload will be huge, so who's willing to take the challenge?"
"Chairman Knight, Vice President has done his research before, and after our discussion, we all think that it'd be great if Vice President can handle this!" Several Vice Presidents recommended.
Xavier went silent for a moment. He remembered that his woman back at home seemed to be impressed by Vice President as well. Knowing her, she would not be impressed without any solid reason, so he then nodded.
"Then, I'll pass this onto you. Are there any problems with that, Vice President?"