CHAPTER 34: CHAPTER 34: HELD HIM

Bang!

Ava Sterling collided with Poe Vaughn’s back.

Not unexpected at all.

She had been walking too closely behind him, so close that she couldn’t react in time and just bumped into him.

Due to inertia, she instinctively stumbled backward and hurriedly grabbed his shirt, just like she did in the elevator that night.

Only that time she bumped into his arm, and now it was his broad, solid back.

Poe Vaughn stopped there, unaffected by Ava Sterling’s collision, though his chest was jolted from the impact.

The faint fragrance seemed to surge towards him like a tide in an instant.

He stopped moving forward.

Ava Sterling was dazed from the collision, unable to react.

Just then, the door of the CEO’s office clicked open, Quentin Quinn entered: "President Vaughn, the meeting..."

Quentin Quinn’s voice halted.

He looked at the two people behind the office desk from his angle, seeing Poe Vaughn standing in the front with Ava Sterling behind him, holding him tightly.

This...

Even though Quentin Quinn had always been calm and composed, he was momentarily stunned upon witnessing this scene.

Ava Sterling heard Quentin Quinn’s voice, and her awareness returned. She immediately looked over.

Instantly, she froze.

Didn’t they knock before entering the CEO’s office?

Suddenly, she remembered hearing a noise just as she was speaking.

Seems like... she did hear a knocking sound...

Could it be... that sound was the reason he stopped suddenly?

And then... she just collided into him?

Oh Ava Sterling, you’re really damn dedicated, so focused that aside from this person, everything around seemed invisible to you.

Poe Vaughn looked at Quentin Quinn, his deep gaze made Quentin Quinn’s heart clench, he hurriedly lowered his head, turned, and left.

The door closed swiftly, silence filled the CEO’s office.

Ava Sterling stood there, twitching the corners of her eyes and mouth.

Even though, at this moment, she could shamelessly let others misunderstand her relationship with Poe Vaughn to make her future actions easier.

But this forward posture really made her seem too shameless!

"Miss Sterling, how long do you plan on holding on?"

Poe Vaughn’s deep voice sounded, Ava Sterling’s eyes widened instantly.

Hold?

She’s holding him?

How could she possibly be holding him!

Absolutely dreaming!

Ava Sterling looked down at her hands, and instantly, her expression turned blank.

At this moment, both her hands were wrapped around his waist, holding tightly...

Yes, indeed.

She was really holding him.

Hehe... Ava Sterling... you’ve got guts!

She quickly withdrew her hands, stepped back two steps, fearing being thrown off too late by this man, Ava Sterling chuckled: "President Vaughn, I’m sorry, in the heat of the moment I took you as a lifeline."

"I hope you don’t mind."

Speaking lies without blushing, heart racing, or gasping.

Ava Sterling admired her own composure at this moment.

Poe Vaughn turned around, looking at this person smiling, as if wearing a perfect mask, covering all her sharpness.

She looked so polite, graceful, and courteous.

"Five minutes is up."

Ava Sterling: "..."

Poe Vaughn picked up his phone and left from the other side.

As if being near her would contaminate the air around him.

Ava Sterling’s face darkened, fists clenched, creaking.

Calm down, Ava Sterling, calm down!

Watching that noble person, as he was about to walk out of the CEO’s office, Ava Sterling suppressed the fury burning inside, smiling broadly: "President Vaughn, see you next time~"

"Click."

The response to Ava Sterling was the merciless sound of the door closing.

Ava Sterling’s expression changed instantly, her beautiful eyes ignited with flames, not of anger, but of intense fighting spirit!

For this billion, she’ll be shameless!

Poe Vaughn left, Ava Sterling couldn’t linger here much longer, afraid that man would call security to have her thrown out, losing her dignity.

So she tidied her mood, arranged her expression, tousled her long hair, lifted her chin slightly, and walked out of the CEO’s office with a smile like a spring breeze.

Outside, employees were working, yet occasionally glanced this way.

Having seen Poe Vaughn come out, their eyes stared enviously.

But only seeing Poe Vaughn, not Ava Sterling, so they quickly returned their gaze.

However, they carefully observed Poe Vaughn’s expression, then discovered their king was as usual, unrevealing of emotions.

Couldn’t gauge his thoughts at all.

No choice but to focus on the CEO’s office, waiting for Ava Sterling to come out.

And now, Ava Sterling emerged from the CEO’s office, their eyes instantly landed on Ava Sterling’s face.

Not concealing a thing.

They wanted to decipher some useful gossip from her face.

Ava Sterling stepped out to face countless gazes, all falling upon her more intently than those during her fashion show.

She smiled, walking gracefully away.

Even waved at them.

Seeming to say, until next time.

In an instant, all the employees were stunned.

Now, the conference room.

The executives sat in their chairs, watching the flamboyant and beautiful figure walking past outside, their gaze repeatedly shifting to the person sitting at the head of the table.

The conference room was all glass, but the glass was one-way, outsiders couldn’t see in, insiders could see out.

Absolutely clear.

And coincidentally, the conference room was right beside the corridor.

Ava Sterling passed by from the outside, people inside the conference room could clearly see her demeanor, even her expressions.

The gorgeous smile on her face like a rose.

Some are as elegant as orchids, some as pure as jasmine, but some are as flamboyant as roses.

Ava Sterling was the rose.

Eye-catching at a glance.

Dazzling to the extreme.

Executives’ gazes fell on Poe Vaughn’s face, wishing to read something from it.

But they discovered that the face that was usual before was unchanged now.

A deity remained a deity.

Hadn’t become mortal.

But...

Truly hadn’t descended?

Poe Vaughn sat at the forefront of the conference room, reclined against the back of the chair, legs crossed, his deep eyes on the data displayed on the screen, listening to the executives’ explanations without showing a trace of emotion.

He seemed like a deity with no desires, unable to be moved by anyone.

Not even by those outside.

Quentin Quinn looked at Poe Vaughn, then outside at the figure entering with such ease, before refocusing on his work.

Ava Sterling wasn’t aware her interaction with the employees had been seen from the conference room, she maintained her beautiful smile, showing her best side.

Gracefully leaving under the watchful eyes of the employees.

And when she disappeared from that floor, the employees finally reacted.

"They say this Supermodel Sterling has a big temper, igniting instantly, but looking at her doesn’t seem so..."

"Yeah, no air at all, seems very good tempered."

"Maybe she’s Supermodel Sterling’s twin sister?"

"I don’t know about twins, but I know she’s prettier in person than on the runway..."

"Turns out our king likes this type... if it were me, I’d like her too, fair-skinned, beautiful, long-legged beauty..."

In just a few minutes since Ava Sterling and Poe Vaughn entered the CEO’s office, Ava Sterling’s identity was exposed, spreading like wildfire in Celestial Holdings’ gossip circles.

Now, Celestial Group’s employees all knew there was a woman by their CEO’s side.

And this woman was none other than international supermodel — Ava Sterling!