She Is A CEO

"I just have a cold. You don't have to do this..." Lucia looked at Kane and the others who had all come, each holding a bouquet of flowers. She couldn't help but feel amused by their actions, but the warmth in her heart was genuine.

"You never get sick in a year, and when you do, it's for several days. We're worried because we care about you," Juliana scolded.

"I guess I need to exercise more from now on," Lucia said with a smile as she linked arms with Juliana.

"It's true that you need to exercise more. You're the one who got sick, but Mr. Davies looks like he's been through it too," Eduard couldn't miss the opportunity to tease Arthur.

It turned out that when Lucia was hospitalized in the luxury ward with two beds available, Arthur insisted on sleeping next to her and checking on her condition several times every night. After a few days of this routine, he even had dark circles under his eyes.

Lucia quickly leaned back against Arthur when she heard what Eduard said and smiled sweetly at him while snuggling up close. "Arthur, thank you for everything."

Arthur hugged Lucia tightly as he smiled gently like a breeze blowing by them both.

"Stop being so lovey-dovey! There are no single people here!" Eduard covered his eyes as if something poked them painfully.

"Eduard! You're going to be a dad soon! Can't you act more mature?" Even Kane couldn't stand how affected Eduard acted sometimes.

Eduard immediately straightened up upon hearing Kane's words and tried hard not to appear silly anymore; however, everyone found it even funnier than before. They started laughing again until they left the hospital together with Lucia feeling much better already!

When they returned home after leaving the hospital together earlier that day, however, despite wanting nothing else than getting back into work mode, Arthur made sure that Lucia rested properly before allowing her back into work mode again later on.

Standing outside of her office door watching Arthur talk with Kane inside made Lucia giggle softly twice before taking an involuntary step backward without realizing it herself.

Arthur noticed Lucia trying sneakily slipping away from resting time again, which annoyed him slightly. "Didn't I tell you already? Rest is important right now!"

Lucia quietly stuck out her tongue while looking up at him pitifully, "But I've been lying around in bed for so many days now. I'll start growing mold soon if I stay home any longer." Kane saw how deliberately Lucia was acting cute towards Arthur and laughed uncontrollably at their interaction once again.

With another sigh, Arthur knew there was no stopping Lucia from returning back into work mode sooner or later anyway. Thus, he decided only reminding her not overdo things, which would be enough advice given for today. "You can work if necessary, but don't push yourself too hard."

"With Kane around, I don't feel tired." Lucia wasn't just being polite. These days, Kane was handling all the affairs of the company, big and small. She only had to make decisions occasionally.

Kane nodded calmly and received a death glare from Arthur in the next second. He turned his eyes away and remained at ease.All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.

"What were you guys talking about just now?" Curious, Lucia asked when she saw that Arthur wasn't blaming her anymore. "Kevin has been making big moves lately. I came over to take a look at the report he gave me," Arthur replied.

"Big moves?" Lucia had been lying down for a few days and didn't know anything about it.

"A while ago, he openly challenged StandHill. Casper has been forced to accept this situation. But three days ago, Kevin snatched an investment from StandHill. Casper suspects that Kevin is manipulating things behind the scenes and has already filed a complaint with relevant departments. Although Stable Growth is under his management, it's still under your name after all so I came here to find out more," Arthur explained.

"Kevin is Jacob's confidant left in Athegate. If even he betrays him, then it's not surprising if others have different thoughts too. I guess Casper has already started clearing people around him," Lucia had long subconsciously regarded Casper as Jacob since their styles of doing things were indeed similar so she could easily guess what was going on between them.

"What Casper wants to do is his own business but now Kevin relies on you to compete against him. It even affects our company's reputation, so I won't sit idly by," said Arthur coldly.

"That makes sense. If relevant departments want an investigation, then they should investigate us directly," Lucia raised her eyebrows slightly saying that Nia's courage seemed to be growing bigger day by day?

"Let Nia relax for a while but now it's time to put some pressure on her." As he spoke, there was anger in Arthur's eyes indicating that he was already angry about this situation.

The next day at noon, Nia and Kevin were summoned to Webbex Group. As they entered Lucia's office, they only saw Arthur was also present there. They exchanged glances, pretending everything was normal when Nia smiled kindly asking, "Ms. Webb, I heard you were sick before. Is your health better now?"

"Thanks for your concern. You two are here today because we need answers regarding the investigation by monitoring bureau. Don't you think you owe us an explanation?" Lucia cut straight through without beating around bush.

"Ms. Webb," Kevin showed no signs of guilt whatsoever, and said matter-of-factly,

"Casper is a cunning man, and we can't deal with him using ordinary means. I did use some underhanded methods to get ahead of their bidding plan and win that business, but it was a last resort. I didn't think things through properly and ended up dragging you into it."

"Is that all it was?" Arthur's voice was cold as ice.

"Mr. Davies, rest assured that my sources are reliable. The regulatory agency won't find anything." Kevin immediately made assurances.

"That may be so, but the incident still tarnished Webbex Group's reputation. Lucia agreed to help you in order to find Jacob's whereabouts, but now you've caused trouble for us instead. Nia, Kevin, have you forgotten that Stable Growth is already under Webbex Group's control?"

Arthur finished speaking and glanced at Nia and Kevin calmly yet imposingly.

"We did what we had to do in order to find out where Jacob is," Nia always feared Arthur and quickly explained herself, "But Casper has Stand Hill backing him up along with Miles' support. He's doing well now so unless we put him in a difficult position, we won't be able to get Jacob's location out of him. Ms. Webb, our actions were also meant to fulfill our promise to you!"

Lucia had been silent this whole time but upon hearing Nia speak, she couldn't help but inwardly sneer - did they really think she was foolish?

However, compared with Stable Growth, Lucia wanted more information about Lauren so she pretended to be curious, "Nia, I heard you guys found a powerful backer recently?"

Nia felt her heart skip a beat upon hearing this question. Had Lucia already found out about Lauren? She was just about ready with an excuse when Kevin spoke first, "Ms. Webb, our biggest backer is still your company."

Lucia gave the calm yet steady glance to Kevin before saying coldly, "Kevin, if there's anything happening in Athegate, then Arthur or myself can easily find out."