Then, Claire would naturally announce her relationship with Sherman in her next interviews with other reporters. She wanted the other women to know that Sherman had her beside him, so that they would think twice before trying to get close to him.

"Have you bought the pastries I asked for?" asked Claire.

Serena handed her an exquisite basket. "Yup! You said they were hard to get, so I lined up before dawn. Luckily, I went early because it didn't take long for them to sell out as soon as the store opened."

Claire looked at the exquisite pastries in the basket with a faint smile. "He likes sweets. Seems quite contradictory to his appearance, doesn't it?"

"Yes, it's quite contradictory indeed..."

As they talked, they arrived at the entrance of the Parr Group building. To avoid attracting attention, they both took the underground passage.

Claire looked at the dimly lit underground parking lot. As they walked toward the elevator, she envisioned a day when everyone would see her walk openly through the main entrance of Parr Group and into Sherman's office.

she arrived, Sherman was absorbed in his work. He did not even lift his head to glance at

forgotten the

see Claire's smiling face. He was somewhat surprised. "What

came to find you!" Claire handed him the pastries. "Look what I brought

took the basket of pastries and smiled ruefully. "I'm not a

a positive mood throughout the day, so this brought this out of consideration for you. Look how irritable you were just now. I bet you would've scolded Lucy if it was really

the basket and casually grabbed a piece of the pastries to taste. After chewing for a moment, he replied, "If Lucy dared to barge into my office without knocking, she'll be walking out of the building

implying that she was special, causing her

hard, but you shouldn't be so grumpy all the time. You're already light years ahead of anyone else, so why not spend a little more time

stood behind him and placed her hands on his shoulders

a moment, then abruptly stood up. He turned to face her. "Don't you

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