"She left…" Chris sighed as she stared at his phone. "She left the house."

"Mr. Quinn… if you don't mind me asking. Did you expect Miss Sera to stay?" Seeing that the master didn't say anything, Lan Xing smiled. "Forgive me for being blunt, but Sir, we have read Miss Sera's history. She has trauma and refused to get close to anyone except his friend Mr. Cross Qin and Miss Xu Je'er. She doesn't trust anyone and had been surviving alone for years. If this kind of person would suddenly receive some kindness from someone, it would be natural for her to show some confusion and even suspicion." Isn't this basic in human psychology? Unless, of course, they were talking about some naive woman then this wouldn't apply at all.

"So…"

"So I believe that it was wrong for you to send the troublesome Athena to Miss Zhang's way. After all, Miss Zhang had been trying to avoid trouble for years now. She had the tendency to run away from them. You cannot blame her for thinking that you were playing around and wants to use her." Usually, Mr. Quinn always acted mature and smart. How could he not understand these things?

Sometimes, Lan Xing would start to wonder if love could really make everyone stupid.

"Then I will go home…"

"But what about the meeting with the — "

"Cancel it."

"Sir, I don't think being impulsive right now is good." Lan Xing said when Chris grabbed his coat. "Sir, I think you got this all wrong. If you approach an upset person right now for a confrontation, it would only make it worse."

"Who told you that I am going to confront her? I'm going to apologize."

"Sir, please think about this. Miss Sera is already very impulsive. She left immediately, without even asking any more questions or explanations. A woman like this differs from the others. A woman like that is tired of the world. She wouldn't hesitate to leave and run away." Lan Xing heaved a sigh of relief when Chris stopped moving.

Chris turned towards Lan Xing. "You mean to say?"

"Miss Sera is not someone who needs men in his life."

That — that is true. Chris nodded. Seeing this, Lan Xing continued. "If you keep pestering her when she is still angry, she will become more and more irritated. Miss Sera is not some cardboard cut out of some women described in a book. She has her own troubles and complications."

"So, you mean to say, I needed to give her time?"

"Yes, sir."

"Mr. Lan… are you married?"

"No, sir."

"I am married."

"…" Was he trying to brag about his marriage? Didn't he force Miss Sera to marry him? "Sir, if you will confront her now, she would see you as someone irresponsible that only knows how to think using his… "

"His what?" Chris frowned when he saw his secretary point at his crotch. "Do you want me to find you a coffin?"

"Ah?" Almost immediately, Lan Xing stilled. "No sir! I am just…"

"But you actually have a point. Call Mr. Hill, tell him to remove his daughter from the house."

"Re — remove?"

"Mr. Hill wanted me to teach her a lesson so she would stop bothering me." He sent that woman there to let her know that he already had a wife! Who would have thought that Sera didn't introduce herself as his wife and even left the house? Why was she always so impulsive? "And tell Mr. Hill to teach his own child a lesson or I will kill her."

Lan Xing sigh. So immature. Why was he punishing Miss Hill for something that he decided? Is it really too much to accept that his calculations were wrong? Lan Xing bowed and left the room, and followed Chris's instructions. After a few minutes, he went back to the office and saw Chris staring at the view from his office. "Did you really think she would kick me out if I talk to her now?"

"Yes, sir."

"Why?"

"Because you were not honest."

"Hm?" Chris looked at Lan Xing. "What do you mean?"

"Honesty is very important in any relationship. She knew that you were trying to use her to get rid of the woman. After all, Miss Sera is very smart. However, she hated that you did it without even consulting her."

"I was trying to see if she would tell the woman that she was already my wife!" Was that really so hard to do? His face darkened. Was it possible that she didn't like introducing him as her husband? But their relationship was considered good in the past few days! And they are already legally married.

"Ummm… Sir…"

"Say it!"

"Did you have a girlfriend before?"

"Why do you asked?"

"Well… if you had a girlfriend, you would know that not all woman likes to deal with other women. Some of them, are confident enough and find it troublesome to deal with the women that are pestering their partner."

"Is that so?"

"Yes, sir… in fact. I met someone before in my college years. She wasn't that beautiful but she was pretty confident that I would not cheat. She saw me talk to my classmates but she never gets jealous and just— "

"But you broke up, right?"

"Yes. But that wasn't my point!" Lan Xing felt flustered when he heard Chris snort. "My point is…"

"You can leave now. It's late."

"Uh… yes." Lan Xing didn't even ask questions. It was already dawn and he too needed to sleep. It was just so sad that Mr. Quinn is good with the business but his luck with women isn't that great. Anyway, he could only hope that Mr. Quinn learned a thing or two from his words.

Meanwhile, Chris sighed. He already knew where Sera was staying. Judging from that woman's stubbornness, she isn't going to listen to any of his explanations at all. Alright, he was indeed wrong. He got overconfident and thought that she would show her superiority towards Athena. It seems that he was wrong.

Another sigh escaped his lips as he stood and grab his jacket. Then he opened his call and called the pilot of his private plane. "Ah, yes. I want to fly out of this country now. You can just fly Lan Xing back tomorrow. Got it. I will see you there."