After announcing the bidding companies, Leo and Sophie remained calm, just a ‘happy face’ expression.

While Elton was the first time participated in a bid. He didn’t know the process, so he had to consult Leo again.

Leo patiently explained to him, “The evaluation can be long. We are just waiting them to compare between us and others, the evaluation last for three days.”

“During this period, we are free and we can sit back, wait for the news.”

“What should we do if we come back again?” Elton asked inquisitively.

“Most of the time, we will receive emails and might need to answer some face-to-face questions."

Elton understood. He nodded his head and thanked Leo.

Seeing that the bidding was over, Leo took the opportunity to say to Sophie and Elton, “I have something to deal with. Sophie, you can go back to the hotel together with Mr. Elton. I won’t be able to come back at noon. Please forgive me!”

A French assistant sit behind Elton immediately said, “Mr. Leo, I plan to take everyone to lunch later. Why don’t you join us?”

“No, thank you. I’ve got a lunch appointment with a client. You guys go ahead!” Speaking of this, he pointed to Elton and continued with a smile, “Mr. Elton will be your immediate superior in the future. You must treat him well!”

The assistant had came with Sophie as the new assistant of Elton. Upon hearing these words, she leaned closer to him.

“Don’t worry, Mr. Leo. I’ll definitely keep Mr. Elton nice and clean!”

After saying a few polite words to everyone, Leo winked at Sophie. Then he raised his arm to hail a taxi and he left in a hurry.

Others returned to the hotel together. All people went to Elton’s room while Sophie returned to her room alone.

Leo's room was next to hers. When she walked past his room, she found that the door was wide open and a housekeeper was cleaning the room.

Sophie didn't think much at first. It was very normal for the housekeeping staff to clean the guest rooms every day. Therefore, she naturally wouldn’t pay much attention to it.

However, after returning to her room, she suddenly felt something was wrong. She immediately rushed to the room next door.

Leo's room had already been cleaned, and the housekeeper was doing the final cleaning in the bathroom. Entering the room, Sophie looked around and frowned deeply. Ugh! Where did Leo's luggage go?

The housekeeper walked out of the bathroom and curiously asked, “Hello, Miss, do you need anything?”

“Oh, I would like to ask, where did the guests of this room go?”

“IDK. If you want to know more details about it, you can go and ask the front desk.”

Upon hearing that, Sophie hurriedly ran to the front desk. She was told that a lady had come to check out and left the hotel with two suitcases.

This news almost drove Sophie mad.

D*mn you, Leo!

How dared you lie to me!

This must be Vivian’s idea!

I’ll definitely not let you two off easily.

Why didn't she realize that the two of them were a married, and they were forced to run away just because of her?

...

Unfortunately, Sophie didn’t think so. In any case, it was Leo who had misused the business trip for his personal gain first. So it couldn’t blame her for messing around. How could he use her family’s money to go and have fun with that woman? This had really pissed her off!

Sophie didn’t care what he did at home. However, he was on a business trip now. That meant that his time belonged to the Delaney Group, and the Delaney Group belonged to Sophie. Therefore, he must take her together.

Sophie quickly returned to the room, immediately packed her luggage, and then checked out of the hotel. After that, she take out her cell phone and using an app began to track Leo’s location.

One of the main three products of the Delaney Group, was the an location service app. It allow you to locate the phone if you registered in the same account. As the top management of the company, she and Leo both have system access to each other’s location, of course, for safety issue at the very beginning.

After determining Leo’s location, Sophie immediately hailed a taxi and said to the taxi driver, “Hi, please take me to the Southern Bus Station as quickly as possible!”

At the Southern Bus Station, Sophie continued to search for Leo based on the information on her cell phone.

At this moment, the location service system had revealed its shortcomings.

It could only provide the exact location if the phone is stable. But only an approximate location, if it’s moving. However, this was enough. Sophie finally found that bad couple in the bus waiting area to Fontenay.

So, they were going to Fontenay. Okay, she would continue to follow them and screw up their trip.

Sophie went to buy tickets first. In anger, she bought all the bus tickets on the schedule.

The ticket seller at the counter probably thought that she was a scalper and gave her a glance.

After that Sophie hide herself in the distance and angrily watched the couple as they laughed and chatted with each other happily.

At ten past eleven, the announcement came, informing all the passengers who were heading to Fontenay to check-in and board the bus. The couple dragged their luggage to the ticket gate and disappeared into the platform aisle.

Sophie rushed to the ticket gate when the final announcement was made.

Getting her ticket checked, crossing the platform, storing her luggage in the luggage compartment, she then got on the bus.

Walking down the aisle of the bus, Sophie pretended to look for a seat before she “coincidentally” ran into the couple.

When she saw the dazed look on their face, Sophie also pretended to be surprised.

“Oh! Leo, Mrs. Vivian, what a coincidence. Why are you guys here? By the way, Leo, aren’t you going to the airport to see Mrs. Vivian off?”

Neither Leo nor Vivian responded. By the time they came to their senses, the bus had already left the bus terminal.

There were not many passengers on this bus, and more than half the seats were empty. Sophie sat next to Leo, and looked at them with a smile.

“Well...” Leo was practically tongue-tied.

What was going on? How did she find him? Leo didn’t believe that this was simply just a coincidence. Based on his understanding of Sophie, she must have come after him.

“Emm... Why are you here?” Leo finally managed to ask a question.

“I plan to travel to Fontenay, but I didn’t expect that I’ll meet you guys here. Leo, don’t you think this is such a coincidence?”

“This is ridiculous. With you gone, who is going to be responsible if anything happens?” Leo said in an exasperated tone.

"Hey, Leo, it seems that you are my superior. As the old saying goes, ‘The fish rots from the head down.’ Don’t criticize me first. May I ask why are you going to Fontenay with your wife when you are on a business trip?”

Sophie’s words left Leo speechless. What she said was right. He had no right to criticize her at all.

Vivian was incensed. Why did Sophie keep showing up in front of them? She smacked down her hand on the handrail, preparing to go to war.

Leo immediately hugged her tightly and comforted her softly in her ear. It took him a long time to coax Vivian before she finally turned her head and looked out of the window, ignoring Sophie.

After coaxing his wife, it was time for him to settle with the other woman. If he really fell out with Sophie because of this matter, he would not be able to work with her in the future.

Leo giggled and said, “Sophie, the two of us are going to make offerings and pray in a small chapel. We want to ask the God to bless us and let us win the bid. This should be considered a kind of business trip, right?”

“Leo, can you get even more shameless? If you lie, God will condemn you. In addition, I don’t remember that the company requested employees to pray to God!”

"No, you see. You are the person in charge of the project. I am only here to assist, so I can leave after the bidding ends. But the bid evaluation has not ended yet. Therefore, you can't leave like me!"

"Are you the consulting director or me? Oh, you brought your soldier to the battlefield and asked your soldier to charge forward, but you ran away with your wife!"

Leo didn’t take Sophie’s ridicule to heart. They quarreled a lot, and no matter what harsh words they said to each other, they wouldn’t take them to heart.

"Leo, we are here for a business trip, not for a vacation. You are my leader and I am your soldier. Anyway, no matter where you go, I'll follow you."

"If both of us are gone, who is going to answer the question if they have any trouble? The main member has disappeared, leaving behind a group of people who completely have no understanding of bidding. What do you think they will think of this matter?"

"Oh, you also know that it's wrong to leave like this. That's good. I’ll get the driver to pull the bus over to the side now before it enters the highway. Let’s go back together.”

Sophie said with a gleeful chuckle, showing no signs of compromise.

Leo replied with a frown, "Sophie, stop messing around. How can I go back when my wife is here? I can't let the others know about this, right?"

"It's okay. You can just tell the others that your wife is also on a business trip in France. Since you two happen to be in the same city, the two of you decided to get together. With me to help you prove this, they will not doubt your words."

Leo was a little hesitant because this was actually quite a good idea. However, unexpectedly, Vivian suddenly turned around and asked, "Sophie, would you like to join us on a trip to Fontenay?"

"Yes, of course!" Sophie replied without hesitation.

"Then stop talking and go and have fun together. But I warn you, don't make any trouble!"

"No problem!"

Leo scratched his head because this was definitely not his plan. If Sophie and he were gone, who could bear the responsibility if something went wrong in the bid evaluation process?

Sophie knew his worries, and comforted him instead, “Leo, you don’t have to be worried. If there is any question, they will either call or send us an email. I left my number and email for the bidding this time. I can handle them with my phone.”

"What if they want you to answer them face to face?"

"Then I'll us zoom to video meeting!"

After a long moment of hesitation, Leo nodded his head helplessly and said, "Alright, then let's go together!"

Elton and the others found it extremely baffling when they couldn't find Sophie during lunch time. They only found out that she had already checked out after calling her.

What was going on?

Both of them had disappeared even though they said that they had to wait for the result here.