"Wait, I still want to see this epic face-punching scene! They all bullied and isolated you in the past, but now it's so hard, you've developed, and you have Ethan Blackwood as your boss as a backer, I want to see the embarrassing scene where they try to flatter you, but they can't. Heck, let all of them who tend to be so popular regret it!" Ava Carter called a halt, leaning close to Vanessa's ear in indignation.
"Besides, I'd like to see what your boss looks like. Isn't he super handsome? A business paper tried to cover him earlier and he stopped it." Ava Carter's tone was full of gossip.
"Okay." Vanessa compromised, and it amounted to helping out the old Vanessa Monroe.
There was a flash of excitement and calculation in the eyes of the surrounding students, led by John Miller, after confirming to Vanessa that Ethan Blackwood would be coming over.
Twenty long minutes passed before an imposing man in a black tailored suit walked through the open doors of the 3rd floor ballroom.
The crowd's eyes converged on the front door and the lively reunion fell silent as they realized that this was the famous Ethan Blackwood.
Ethan's sharp eyes scanned the crowd and saw Vanessa, waving his hand at her, "Vanessa, let's go."
Vanessa was finally liberated and hurriedly took Ava Carter's hand and walked towards him, while asking suspiciously, "Which project are you here so late?"
"Before I left, I remember that no project had problems in Los Angeles?"
Being able to make the president personally come over for a business trip, Vanessa guessed that this project was important to Blackwood Group.
"New project, you don't know." Ethan lied without changing his face.
"Oh well." Vanessa didn't even question the truth because she was just Luca Bianchi's secretary after all.
"Wait, Mr. Blackwood, we're all old classmates of Vanessa's, and it just so happens to be a reunion, and it's fate that we're all here together, so could you please stay and have a chat?" John Miller stabilized his mind and trotted over to Ethan Blackwood to speak up.
"Not available." Ethan returned coldly and stiffly, taking Vanessa by the hand and heading out the door.
A strange picture appeared, Ethan was holding Vanessa's hand, Vanessa was holding Ava Carter with her other hand, and a group of students were following behind in a hurry.
After entering the elevator, Vanessa saw Ethan only pressed the 1st floor, "Huh? You didn't park in the parking lot? I parked my car in the negative parking lot, I'll drop Ava off at home first and return the car."
"Hmm? You drove here." Ethan, on the other hand, was puzzled
"I rented a car." Vanessa explained.
"Give me the keys and someone will return the car for you later." Ethan spreads his palms.
"No, it's late, I'll take Ava home first." Vanessa refused and pressed the negative elevator button.
Ava Carter, who had been lost in thought on the other side, finally came back to her senses when someone mentioned her name.
"No...No, I'll just take a cab back, it's safe." Ava Carter waved her hand in a hurry.
Gosh, she really admire Vanessa, she actually dared to reject her boss in front of her, and Vanessa actually didn't tell her that Ethan Blackwood was so handsome and unattainable!
She didn't even dare to say hello, and could only cower in the corner as a quiet quail.
"I'll send someone to take her home." Ethan opened his mouth to find a reason Vanessa couldn't very well refuse, "Vanessa, things are more urgent with the project."
"Okay." Vanessa compromised and turned to Ava Carter, "Send me a message when you get home."
"Uh-huh okay!" Ava Carter nodded curtly.
Walking out of the clubhouse lobby, there were two Rolls Royce limousines parked in front of the clubhouse, one for Ethan Blackwood's exclusive ride and one for Ethan's bodyguards.
"Why is it that your car can be parked in front of the gates, but mine can only be parked in the parking lot?" Vanessa was rather unconvinced.
"Because this club is my property."
Vanessa lamented that it wasn't blowing smoke when it turned out that he owned properties all over the globe.
The classmates, who followed behind, watched as Vanessa Monroe and Ethan Blackwood left in a limousine.
At the end of the party, John Miller and the rest of the classmates were told that because it was Vanessa Monroe's class reunion, all purchases were waived.
The old classmates were left with both excited and disappointed looks on their faces.
.....
Once in the car, Vanessa was seated with Ethan on his lap while Ethan rested his head on her shoulder with his eyes closed.
Vanessa acted as a cuddle pillow on the way and also fell asleep without realizing it.
When she woke up, she found herself in a different place.
She was in a bed, the makeup had been removed from her face, and there was a buzzing sound around her, a familiar sound that you would normally hear on an airplane.
Looking up, she realized that the entire room was not a normal hotel room, it was a converted room in a luxury airplane.
Through the glass window, looking out was miles and miles of sky, with little scenery visible in the darkness.
"Awake?" Ethan braced himself and looked sideways at Vanessa who was looking around.
"Um, are we on an airplane now? Didn't you come to L.A. to take care of project issues?"
"It's taken care of, back on the plane now." Ethan didn't change his face and patted the bed "Come over here."
"What's...Well..."
Naive Vanessa walked over and was directly pressed down on the bed and kissed by Ethan.