Mr Carroll Went Crazy After Divorce

Sion and Albie were meanwhile invited to a lounge with a lot of confusion.

“Wait a moment, please.” Anna left the words and left. When the two presidents were waiting, only the receptionist came in once to offer the water.

“Mr Carroll,” David got close to his boss and said, “Is that Queen trying to challenge you?”

David thought Queen kept them waiting on purpose and he could not help but complain about Queen’s wily trick to himself.

However, he couldn’t deny the fact that Queen was pretty brilliant. If there was only one party coming here today, they would have been gone long since they were treated like this. But since there were both of them, who were both unwilling to be outdone, they were definitely going to fight it out.

Thinking of this, David finally sorted out Queen’s intention, though he still felt something strange about it.

“Since we’ve been here, be patient.” Sion reminded with a serious look in his eyes. He glanced at the dispassionate man who was facing him, pulled out a chair, and sat down.

Sion reached over the glass on the table. Instead of drinking it, he immersed himself in thought and unconsciously rubbed the glass which was reflected in his black eyes.

Albie sat down opposite him.

Anna went back to the office. As she looked across the table, there was a woman behind the chair, and only a few curls of maroon hair could show her existence.

“Queen, as you requested, Mr Carroll and Mr Doyle are waiting in the lounge.”

The chair swung around. The lady sitting in there had an exquisite face. With perfect, fair skin under her maroon waves, innocent eyes and roseate lips, she looked stunning while a fanciable impact was added to her face.This is from NôvelDrama.Org.

She smiled and said, “In that case, let the game begin.”

Anna nodded. She pulled out a black box as requested before. There was a slit at the top that could fit a hand, but the contents were not visible.

“Queen, what are you going to put in it?”

The thought of putting a snake or a lizard in there to trick them sent a chill through Anna. But they could not afford to piss off two gentlemen in the lounge.

“Hey, I’m not gonna put a bomb inside anyway. Relax.”

She stood up and opened a cupboard beside her.

“I prepared this a long time ago.” She snickered and thought that Albie would figure it out before Sion did.

Anna was shocked when she noticed what Aurora was holding in her arms, “Is it…”

“Of course, it’s fake.” Aurora put the sculpture into the box and added, “How can Mr Jenkins’ work become a private possession? Most of them are kept in the museums.”

“Okay.” Anna nodded.

“Bring this over. Let them guess what it is.”

Aurora stepped around her desk and took a sip of her coffee. Her starry manicure shone in the light.

“OK,” Anna glanced at her and answered. Then she switched on the Bluetooth headset in her ear.

Aurora raised her eyebrow and showed her satisfaction saying, “Brilliant.”

Anna was kind of attracted by her gangly gesture. “Well then, I’ll be off.”

“Okay.”

It had been five years. Aurora wondered if Sion Carroll had changed better.

At the same time in the lounge, the two men nearly ran out of patience. Sion was on the edge of anger.

“What an arrogant person. I have already shown her respect by visiting her in person. How can she be so eased to keep us waiting for so long? Is this a test, or just a trick?” Sion thought.

However, thinking of Queen’s status he had found out, he calmed down and closed his eyes.

The same thought went to Albie. He checked his watch and said, “Cory, go and ask Queen how long it will take.”

“Okay, boss.”

As Cory was about to go out, Anna opened the door and walked into the lounge.

“I’m sorry to have kept you waiting for such a long time.” Anna put the black box on the table and continued, “This is Queen’s test for you.”

“What is this?” Sion frowned.

Although Albie said no words, his eyes showed his confusion too.

“Something is put inside. You presidents need to figure out what it is.” Anna scanned the two handsome men. After a pause, she continued, “Priority will go to the winner.”

It was more of a game than a test. Queen set the rules and used the game to choose her partner. That was kind of hasty, but apparently, it showed the maverick of the rule-maker.

Thinking of something, Albie smiled. It took him a moment to collect his emotions and look across at the elusive man.

“Mr Carroll, let’s get started.” Uttered Albie.

He was not a novice at this game. When he was a child, Aurora loved to play this game with him.

“You’re confident.” Sion looked indifferent. He turned his head to look at Anna and said, “Let’s begin.”

Deep in the chair, Aurora looked at the monitor with interest in the office.

When she was a child, her father took her and her brother to see an exhibition of Mr Jenkins’ works. One of his masterpieces, L’homme au doigt, later fetched exorbitant prices. Because of this, they joked that they would sell their “works” too when they played with mud in the backyard.

Albie must have had a deep impression of this, while Sion didn’t know about this, Aurora pondered. She never knew Sion had any interest in art. Probably he would know nothing about the artist, Mr Jenkins.

In the lounge, Sion first reached into the box. He touched the thing in the box for a while, and then calmly withdrew his hand.

Anna smiled brightly and gestured at Albie, “Mr Doyle, please.”

Albie looked at Sion sitting across, who was unruffled, with no real emotions revealed. Then he closed his eyes and reached for the black box. Doubts and ease appeared on his face.

“Have you got the answer, Mr Doyle?” Sion said serenely. But under his eyes, he was sure of his victory.

Albie covered all his emotions under his glasses and pulled his hand back from inside the box.

Anna looked at them and felt a little bit nervous. She pulled herself together and smiled, “Do you both have an answer in mind?”

Albie clenched his fist and frowned even more.

“This is Mr Jenkins’ work, L’Homme au doigt.” Sion glanced at him and said, “It was exhibited in a solo exhibition in 2009 and sold at auction for 140 million in 2012.” He introduced the background information like an encyclopedia.

Anna was shocked. If she hadn’t known that Queen had made it difficult for Sion, she would have assumed that he had the answer in advance.