Love At The Next Stop Novel

Chapter 96 I Thought You Enjoyed Calling Me Miles Grant In Private

Stella finally reached the bottom of her bag and seemed to have recalled something. She then took out the e-cigarette and handed it to Miles. “This is for you!”

With an icy smile on his face, he asked her, “Should I thank you for keeping me in your thoughts?”

She smiled back embarrassedly.

Right then, Zachariah ran over to pick up a toy on the sofa. The coffee table blocked his way, so he stopped in his tracks and waited lazily for Stella to help him because she was standing closer to Miles, passing him his gift.

She immediately noticed the toy car. It was a very tiny toy tucked right under Miles’ body that was leaning on the arm of the sofa.

“President Grant, could you please hand me the toy car?” She pointed at the toy car right underneath his arm.

She had handed the e-cigarette to Miles, and he accepted it reluctantly because it was a gift she had brought all the way home from America. The fact that it was the only gift from her made the item appear valuable to him.

He also felt upset and disappointed at his sense of inferiority when he compared himself to Matthew. How could she throw away the medicine she bought for me?

Nevertheless, he took a look around him and found the toy car pressed under his arm. He then handed it over to Stella, who gave it to Zachariah.

When she was about to turn around and leave, she heard a casual remark from him. “Miss Johansson, I thought you enjoyed calling me Miles Grant in private. Why are you referring to me as President Grant again?”

She was taken aback by his question. Who told him that? She vaguely remembered the few times she addressed him as Miles in private instead of ‘President Grant’. However, she was unsure how exactly the word got out.

After he got hold of her slip-up, she felt a little embarrassed, and the stubbornness in her tone softened. Her only way out was to deny the fact no matter how hard he pressed on.

“Nope. I have always addressed you as President Grant.” Her eyes flickered in guilt.

you lying to

am serious. Plus, I rarely talk about you in private, so it’s impossible for

in private. Soon, he gave up on this topic because his focus was never on how she addressed him. He was more offended by her

handing out her gifts, she went back to her hotel. At first, she had wanted to head back to Murdough right away, but she was still preoccupied with the torn dress from before. Curious and inquisitive, she wanted to check out the reason behind the flimsy dress from

in hand, she went to the company with the intention of lodging a complaint. But on second thought, if

arrived at the entrance of the company, she suddenly realized that she needed a reasonable excuse to

over this problem, the front desk staff greeted her, “Miss, how can I

idea. “Hello, I’m the secretary of President Grant from Miles Conglomerate. Our president wanted to bulk purchase some uniforms, so he sent me to

secretary of Amon’s president. After some considerations, she settled on the identity of Miles Conglomerate’s secretary. For one, Miles Conglomerate was much more popular than Amon, which was the reason behind the front desk’s staff’s exclusive treatment of her. Secondly, Amon was their competitor in the fashion industry; if she introduced herself as an employee of Amon, she would be deemed a business spy. Moreover, she could not say

the way, he asked her about the details of the uniform needed before bringing her to

of Miles Conglomerate. After the visit to the sewing room, she had a few theories in her mind for the low quality of their garments—either the machines were too rusty, or they did not starch their garments after rinsing. Those were the two possibilities that she had

it was unlikely that she would cross paths with the company staff in the future, she did not care if they

when she noticed the familiar

into her background. It didn’t matter that she was a stranger when she toured the factory. After all, she could not steal any business

had expected, the man frowned when he saw her. “Miss Johansson, after visiting

impossible to get out of this by admitting that she was

at the end of her wits, she suddenly noticed a man

other man in the lobby. Soon, he understood what was going on. He went up to her and met the eyes of the manager, who immediately flinched because he had heard of

“Are you planning to do something to one of my

not Miles’ secretary, so he couldn’t understand why Miles acted protective of her, saying she was ‘one

his secretary, so that must be the most reasonable explanation. If she was not involved with him, she would not have had the guts to claim that she

had wanted to thank Miles for his help, but he spoke before she could

have been caught red-handed by him, and she did not know how to face him. Just when she was about to leave with her luggage, she realized that he had started dragging her luggage away, so

the courage to do that? How dare you pose as my secretary, hmm?” he scolded her good-naturedly while walking out of the

thought to herself.