It was until she received Captain Turner's hint that Joanne then glanced backward-to her surprise, it was really Brian!

How could he end up here!

Joanne was so shocked that she almost fell from the chair.

Shawn subconsciously intended to hold Joanne up. But Brian reached his hands out faster than Shawn did. With pampering smile on his dashing eyes, he held her up affectionately and said, "Are you so happy to see me here?"

Joanne smiled drily and replied. "Why are you here?"

"I am here to discuss business." Brian lowered his voice and whispered in her ears, "Come to the private room with me."

His breath was lukewarm. His charming voice was pretty low and soft. His thin lip touched Joanne's auricle intentionally or unintentionally and it tickled Joanne's ears a bit. The itching was spread from her ears to her heart. For just one instant, she felt herself falling into an illusion and she seemed to be dreaming.

How was it possible that Brian held an aspect of such tenderness when dealing with her?

It was until she saw the ambiguous looks of her colleagues that she realized all of a sudden. She replied with an "Oh" and got up obediently.

Brian naturally held Joanne's hands and smiled to other people gracefully:" Everybody, so sorry that I have to take Joanne away for a while. Your meals today will be all on me."

He held Joanne's hands and left, leaving all the people's exclamation around the table behind.

"He was much more handsome than he was painted! He was so handsome even while walking and talking!"

"Oh my gosh! Can anyone of you give me a good pinch? Did I just meet Brian in person?"

"He seemed to be nice to Joanne and he was also a pretty good match for her. I started to be doubtful about the gossips between Rosalyn and him at the early time." Captain Turner asked Shawn, "Since you were on good terms with Joanne, do you know how long had they been associating with each other?"

Shrugging his shoulders, Shawn replied. "I had no clue at all about their falling in love with each other."

While waiting for the dishes, Joanne's colleagues naturally centered their topics on Brian and Joanne. Nobody noticed that Shawn's look was becoming darker bit by bit...

Even Shawn himself did not know how was it he had felt a little sour in the heart.

...

Brian took Joanne upstairs to the second floor. Till then did Joanne finally realize and asked, "Brian, where are you going to take me to?"

"What are you doing here?" Brian asked instead of answering.

"For eating."

"I am taking you to dinner."

Brian pushed the door of the private room open. Having already heard from Gavin that Brian was to seek Mrs. Lambert out, the cooperation partners stood up hurriedly and greeted. "Mrs. Lambert. This is the first time that we have met each other. Hello, my name is Brandon Reed and I will talk a cooperative project with Mr. Brian this time."

"Hello." Joanne greeted with the counterpart politely. Brian signaled her to sit down and later called the waiter over.

Gavin finally realized why Brian was calling the waiter over, however, he dared not to believe it-Brian did never do things like this."

"Roasted Pork, fillet a la Duchesse, curry beef..."

Brian ordered the dishes which Joanne had ordered a moment ago.

Joanne was stupefied for so long a time and then she finally reacted. "Ah, you also like these dishes?"

Surprise filled all over her small beautiful face.

Gavin rolled both his eyes-even Brandon who was beside could see that it was for her that Brian had ordered all these dishes! Wasn't it!

Neither did Brian know why his Little Monster would be that dumb. He had to respond. "Yes."

Joanne's eyes brightened up. She then asked, "Then do you like steamed fish with red wine? It was also very delicious blah blah blah..."

Brian told the waiter to add steamed fish with red wine. The moment he turned his head, he saw Joanne smiling happily and contently beside him.

He scowled his eyebrow-being content that easily, then wouldn't she be easily amused by whomever?

Apparently, he needed to cultivate Mrs. Lambert's taste.

"Mrs. Lambert, I have met your mother for a few times many years ago and I was impressed by her so much," said Brandon, "You are even more beautiful than your mother."

Brandon's look was sincere. Joanne smiled shyly and replied. "Thanks."

"Mr. Brian, you and Mrs. Lambert look so good together," Brandon said smilingly, "I finally understand what it is called to be a perfect match. "There actually was no deliberate compliment in his voice, he meant it from the bottom of his heart."

Brian smiled. For the first time that he had felt that he was also willing to take in some fancy words even though they were just licking his boots.

While looking at the one who was beside him once again, her small beautiful face almost burning red thoroughly, he hugged her over and said, "Wait just a little bit, the dishes will be soon served."

Joanne leaned on Brian and smelt the light, but refreshing flavor exuding from his body. She felt that her heartbeat was almost in disorder. But in the presence of the outsiders, she had to make great efforts to maintain her peacefulness on the surface.

Luckily, the dishes were served one by one soon. The familiar fragrance burst into Joanne's nose. Her appetite was greatly improved. Her both eyes shined like the stars. Shyness? Accelerating heart-beating? Whatever it was, she all left them behind.

Brian picked up the fork, passed it over to Joanne and said, "Let's eat."

Joanne took the fork from him smilingly and had her meal. She was totally ignorant of the fact that Brian was taking care of her extremely well.

While Gavin and Brandon sitting on the opposite side were stunned, especially Brandon who had got the impression that Brian was well-known for his mercilessness and ruthlessness. He fought elegantly in the business field while well dressed-up and never was he lenient to anybody. It was said that he held the same attitude towards woman. It seemed that he was born with automatically blocking the tenderness.

Now he understood that it was not Brian wasn't tender at all, he just gave all of his tenderness to Joanne.

Gavin sighed from the bottom of his heart on and on-Brian had acted it out so obviously. Luckily, Joanne was both stupid and slow when it came to the relationship.

It was until Joanne had been eating attentively for a while that she found that too many dishes have been ordered. Moreover, Brian and other people were all discussing things. She was the only one who had been eating.

In order not to waste the food away-She made up her mind to eat, eat and eat continuously.

Out of the corners of his eyes, Brian had been paying attention to Joanne and saw that she had been eating that intently. He asked her during the break of negotiation, "Are you very hungry?"

Joanne shook her head and replied, "I am full already. But since that we have ordered so many dishes, I don't want to waste them."

Brian would never care about wasting away at such level. He said softly, "It's OK that you are full and cannot eat anymore. Never mind."

With her heart fully centered on the delicious food, how could Joanne notice Brian's rare tenderness? Instead, she replied. "But there are really so many dishes left..."

"It's OK!" Brandon uttered hurriedly. "Mrs. Lambert, we are so hungry and we can finish them all."

His assistant echoed strikingly. "Yes, sure. We will not waste food away. Mrs. Lambert, you can take it easy. We will handle it."

The cooperation negotiation was almost close to deal, except Brian's consent to sign the contract. Brandon and his assistant were wrapped in eating-It could be seen that Brian took his wife's feeling to heart. Maybe once Mrs. Lambert was happy, then Mr. Brian would sign the contract.

Gavin observed all of these and shook his head continuously-Brian was simply less than a human.

For the next second, Brian gazed at Gavin. Gavin shook his head resolutely. Seeing Brian's eye becoming somewhat colder, Gavin trembled and picked up his fork bitterly to eat.

Brandon and his assistant ate greedily. Gavin looked also pretty hungry. Seeing that, Joanne was not worried that the whole table of dishes would be wasted away. Instead, she spoke to Brian in low voice. "I want to go downstairs."

Brian would talk with Brandon about the details of cooperation later. Joanne could not interpose here definitely. He nodded his head and said, "You came here by driving a car?"

"No, Shawn drove me here." Joanne thought that Brian was worried about how she would go back and then she added again, "It's OK that he will drive me home then."

Brian "smiled a bit" and replied. "Since I am here, how can I have the nerve to bring trouble to an outsider? You wait for me then and I will drive you home."

"OK then."

It was until she was out of the private room that she began to realize-Compared with what he had been yesterday, Brian today was... much more abnormal.

He seemed... to be so amiable today that she was being led by the nose and completely at a loss.

Captain Turner saw Joanne going down and asked her, "Joanne, have you eaten yet?"

"I am already full." Joanne said absentmindedly.

"Already full?" One of her colleagues smiled ambiguously. "Were you fed full by Mr. Brian?"

It was until a few seconds later that Joanne realized and blushed as she stared at her colleague. She then passed over her a piece of Belgian stewed chicken and stuck it into her mouth. "Eat your own meal!"

Joanne went to the toilet halfway and she ran into Shawn while washing her hands.

"You get along with him better than what I've imagined," said Shawn.

Joanne looked at Shawn through the mirror confusedly and said after a while, "Sometimes it is a merely an accidental amusement. We have to make my father believe that we are affectionate towards each other."

Was Brian just playing a merely accidental amusement? Shawn smiled-from his perspective, he wasn't.

When Brian walked over a moment ago, he could clearly sense his strong desire to monopolize which was palpable. It was his belief that if at that time there had been someone who dared to touch Joanne, that one would have definitely lost his hands.

"Joanne, are you sure... he is not into you?"

"Rosalyn and he are a match!" Joanne smiled. "The day before we got married, I heard in person he promised Rosalyn that he would divorce me two years later."

Maybe, there were some other reasons-Shawn did not speak out his confusion.

After eating for more than half an hour, the whole party was almost full. They lied against the chairs lazily while eating the dessert fruit. Joanne called the waiter over to pay the bill, but to be told that Brian had already got the bill paid.

"Well, well, well!" Captain Turner took away the card in Joanne's hands and said, "Centurion Card's vice card! I have never thought that I will have the opportunity to touch it in person in my life."

Joanne was a bit confused-That card was given to her by Brian yesterday. She had thought that it was a debit card. But it actually was a credit card which had no limit?

Brian was too calculating. If she carelessly spent one hundred thousand, then wouldn't she be in debt to him?

She had to ask for another card from him!

it just happened that Brian went downstairs with Brandon who was so full that he almost fainted over. Brandon signed the contract as he liked it and extended his thanks to Joanne specifically before leaving.

Joanne was eating the fruits a moment ago. The corner of her mouth was heedlessly stained with some salad sauce. Before Shawn reminding her at first, Brian had already extracted a piece of tissue and wiped the stain of white for her. He asked her softly, "Are you going home?"

Joanne replied with a "yes" obediently.

Was it her illusion or reality? Brian actually... wiped the corner of her mouth for her?

Brian held Joanne's hands spontaneously and said, "I will drive you home."

He said goodbye to everybody gracefully in a gentleman's manner. Then he left with Joanne hand in hand, which again caused gasps of boy-crazy exclamation-

"He is handsome to a new height in just a few minutes! Privileged Mr. Shawn, from now on, you are not my only Charming Prince! Brian is my Charming Prince too!"

"Boy-crazy." Shawn scolded them softly and smiled. He looked back to see the figures of the couple who went further and further away-Brian's hands were placed on Joanne's waist, which though was not forcible but had strongly declared his sovereignty. Moreover, they looked to be an indeed perfect match.

Would they divorce two years later?

He always thought that it was a mystery.