Chapter 370: I Am Not Cold; Keep It On
Hearing what Michael said, Wendy looked at Todd again.
When she heard that Todd controlled the daughter of the security guard lead, her mood swang.
But when she heard that Michael did it in the same way, she pursed her lips, and her moods were somehow complicated.
From their point of view, to reach a goal, they must use some improper means.
But, at least, both of them would not harm anyone.
The biggest difference between Christian and them was that Christian not only used improper means to achieve his goals but was also very cruel and cold-blooded.
Michael started to feel panic and afraid when he heard nothing from the other side of the phone.
But he did not know what to say for the moment.
Pursing her lips, Wendy finally spoke after a long while, "Do not harm them."
"Okay," answered Michael.
Michael did not intend to harm them as long as he could achieve his goal.
They fell into silence once again.
"So, there is nothing else, isn’t it?" asked Wendy. "I will hang up if there is nothing."
"Wendy... " Hearing that she would hang up the phone, Michael’s heart beat faster, and he felt more anxious.
"Yes?" Wendy sounded calm.
"I... Well... " Michael did not know how to ask the question.
"Tell me if you want to say something," Wendy sounded a little impatient.
"I just want to ask if you are together with Todd now," Michael finally asked the question.
He would not give up if he did not ask, but, now, since he had asked, he feared that Wendy would say yes.
If that was the case, then how could he face it?
He did not even have any reason or standpoint to blame Wendy.
Because everything was ultimately caused by himself.
"Then I would like to ask, in whose name are you asking me this question?" Wendy spoke neither fast nor slow, but she sounded a little angry.
"I... " What Wendy said had made Michael speechless.
"Mr. Lucas, you are just my ex-husband, aren’t you?" Wendy smiled lightly, "As an ex-husband, isn’t it inappropriate that you interfere with your ex-wife’s private life?
We are now cooperating in terms of work, then I hope you don’t care too much apart from work."
"Wendy... " Michael was still trying to say something when Wendy hung up the phone.
Michael slowly put his hand down that was holding the phone.
Yonina heard what Wendy said to some extent since she was standing next to Michael.
She sighed slightly and quietly.
She wanted to hold out her hand and pat him on the shoulder, but she stopped in the middle of doing it.
Wendy put aside the phone after hanging up Michael’s call.
Todd saw there was almost no change in her facial expression and asked tentatively, "What did Mr. Lucas say to you?"
Todd was actually a little afraid that Michael would say something bad about him to Wendy.
After all, what he had said was a little misleading.
"He told me about the vendor which cooperated with us. I asked him to deal with the purchasing agent and quality checking staff from the vendor."
"Anything else?" Todd asked again.
Wendy looked up at Todd and blinked her eyes.
Then, Wendy looked down, took up a kebab, and smiled, "Nothing else."
Todd felt relieved after hearing what Wendy said.
After the meal, Wendy looked at the time, and it was late. She stood up and said, "I am going back now; you should also rest."
"I will escort you back home," Todd stood up as well.
"It is not necessary. It is not far, and I will just go by myself," Wendy refused.
Todd would be worried if Wendy went back on her own.
Instead of saying he was worried, it was more accurate to say that he wanted to find opportunities to be together with Wendy as long as possible.
But today, Wendy insisted on going back on her own. Todd could not force her.
Wendy lived close to where Todd lived, and it only took her about ten minutes to walk back.
Wendy slowly walked to her home alone in the night as the cold wind blew.
But she felt that someone was following her.
She looked back and saw that Todd was following her at a proper distance.
Todd was a little embarrassed since Wendy noticed him.
Seeing that Wendy stopped walking, Todd hurried to catch up with her.
Standing in front of Wendy, Todd lowered his head slightly, "I am sorry. It’s very late.
I am still worried about your safety if you go back alone."
Wendy nodded and said thank you lightly.
The night wind blew, and it was chilly. Wendy shrank her body a little.
Seeing that, Todd immediately took off his jacket and put it around Wendy.
If it were before, Wendy would have regarded him as a friend and put on the jacket.
But now, she was afraid that Todd misunderstood.
Wendy always tried to keep a distance when they were alone with each other.
So, Wendy stepped back and smiled, "I am not cold; keep it on."
But Todd did clearly see that Wendy shrank her body since it was chilly.
But Todd could not force her since she refused explicitly.
He knew that Wendy was deliberately keeping a distance from him. He could not let her feel uncomfortable with him.
Otherwise, they would become farther apart.
Todd hid his emotions by looking down.
When he looked up again, Todd smiled as if nothing had happened, "Then, I will keep it on."
Then, Todd and Wendy walked next to each other.
Wendy’s phone rang at that time.
She looked at the incoming call notification.
Glancing at Todd by her side, Wendy hung up the phone.
Todd wanted to ask her why she did not pick it up, but he stopped when he was about to ask.
He thought that Wendy would not like him doing so.
Very soon, Wendy reached home.
"You need not escort me back," Wendy said. "Goodbye."
"Goodbye." Todd stood still and did not move.
Wendy knew that he was waiting for her to turn around and leave first.
Todd did that every time.
Wendy grabbed her bag tightly, turned around, and walked to the elevator.
Todd reluctantly left after he could no longer see her.
As soon as she went into the elevator, Wendy’s phone rang again.
It was still from Yonina.
Yonina had called her just now.
But Wendy cut it off because Todd was there with her.
They had talked about work-related matters, so Yonina should not be calling for work this time.
As for private matters, it was improper to talk about them in front of Todd.
So, Wendy hung up the phone just now.
But she still hung it up this time.
Because she was about to reach home very soon.
Zen Tanner was in her home, and Wendy could not let her know that she was in contact with Yonina.
It was about midnight, and the two kids were asleep.
When Wendy entered through the door, the whole house was very quiet. She sneaked back to her room very cautiously.
She closed the bedroom door, took out her phone, and called Yonina back.
The phone was soon picked up.
"What else did you want to say?" Wendy asked Yonina in a low voice.
The sound insulation of the room was very good, but since it was very late, Wendy still lowered her voice down.
"Is it convenient for you if we talk?" asked Yonina.
"Okay." Wendy sat on the chair and opened her laptop.
She was dealing with work and talking to Yonina. "What do you want to talk about?"
"You should have guessed that I want to talk with you about Michael," Yonina pursed her lips.
"Did Michael ask you to call me?" Wendy put the phone on speaker and placed it aside since she was typing on the keyboard.
"No, Michael asked me to leave," Yonina told the truth. "It is me who wants to ask."
Yonina wanted to comfort Michael, but Michael felt so upset and said that he had much work to do, so he asked her to leave.
Yonina always felt that things were not that simple.
If Wendy was truly Todd’s girlfriend, she did not necessarily have to do so many things.
"Do you want to ask me about Todd?" Wendy already guessed the purpose of Yonina’s call - that was why she did not answer the phone while she was with Todd.
"Well," Yonina sighed. "You should know very well that Michael really loves you so much. I am not clear about what happened before; maybe he indeed did hurt you deeply. But I can tell that all his heart and mind are on you now. Whatever you do, whatever you say, has a huge influence on him. Therefore, I would like to help him and ask you, has the relationship between you and him really come to an end?"
"An end?" Wendy frowned and asked, "What do you mean by coming to an end?"
"Christian sent Michael a surveillance video. It was your office."
Wendy immediately understood which surveillance video she referred to.
No wonder Michael sounded abnormal today over the phone.
Because he watched that video.
"Michael became angry after watching that video," said Yonina. "To put it more accurately, he was not angry, but he was sad.
"He told me that he had no right or standpoint to ask you about your private life.
"He made a big determination to gather up his courage to ask you about your relationship with Todd on the phone.
"But you questioned him in whose name did he have to ask you the question. This really broke his heart."
Yonina already regarded Wendy as her friend.
But for Wendy, she was in touch with Yonina only for the sake of work.
And Yonina was on Michael’s side when she talked to her.
Wendy did not look at her phone but stared at the laptop screen.
After staying silent for a short while, Wendy said, "Yonina, what happened between Michael and me was very complicated. I have experienced all kinds of emotions withhim until today.
"If I did not love him, I would not get angry with him because he cheated on me.
"You should be well aware that the more devoted we are to a relationship, the harder it is for us to accept the fact that we were cheated on.
"So, I do not know how I can forgive Michael.
"I do not know either if I will forgive him in the future.
"As for the relationship between Todd and me, since he has already seen the video and suspected it, then all this is real.
"I know that you called to ease the tension between Michael and me, but Yonina, now the only thing I want to do is to defeat Christian. Do you understand this?"
Yonina had fully understood what Wendy said.
Yonina nodded on the other end of the phone, "Yes, I understand. Then, I will not bother you anymore."
