The Pampering CEO: Don't Mess With My Secretly-Married Sweet Wife

Chapter 469 Meeting Luke Again

On the afternoon of the first day, only twenty people could carry out a conversation with the client.

However, none of the people left.

Everyone wanted to speculate some information based on their opponents’ situations.

However, they were soon disappointed.

The contestants that came out from the room refused to speak about their experience. They left right away as soon as they came out.

The situation made the atmosphere grow tenser and tenser.

It was finally Susan Shelby's turn.

Susan inhaled a deep breath and walked into the room with her voice recording pen.

She was planning on recording the full conversation between her and the client so she could replay it occasionally.

"Contestant number five, please enter the room."

Susan walked inside.

The door was closed slowly.

There were a table and two chairs in the room.

A mysterious man was already seated on one of the chairs.

Perhaps it was to prevent everyone from figuring out the client's identity, but a mask was used to cover the man's face. and original.

The method of competition was rather new

Susan could not help feeling rather nervous in her heart.

She inhaled a few deep breaths before she took a seat opposite the man.

She had just taken a seat when the man’s hand shook which made the water glass on the table sway ever so slightly.

Susan could not help looking at the man opposite her in astonishment.

Why did the mystery client seem more nervous than her?

Hmm. She speculated that her impression must've been wrong.

Susan did not pay attention to that anymore and cracked into a faint smile on her face. "Hello."

The man was silent.

The client did not seem to be very talkative, huh? Just as she was worried about not having a sufficient amount of time, the man spoke in a rather hoarse voice, "Hello."

The voice...

There was a shock in Susan's eyes.

How did she find the voice so familiar?

"You..." Susan was about to speak in a surprised yet suspicious manner.

The man interrupted her. "You have only nine minutes left, please begin your questions."

Susan could not help composing herself for a moment.

John Deere said that the entire process inside the room would be recorded. Even if he really was...he could not reveal it here.

The most important thing to her now was the competition.

Susan turned on the voice recording pen and placed it on the table. Then she asked a direct question in an exploratory manner, "I wonder what are your specific requests for the design?"

The man said, "I can't answer questions that are overly specific. Ms. Shaw, you’re only allowed to ask me questions unrelated to interior design. You must figure out the possible requirements I have for the design."

It was just as Susan expected. She nodded. I f she could get an answer in such a direct manner, the competition would be meaningless.

Even though she was not allowed to propose direct questions, a person’s

requirement for design was frequently hidden in his experiences. Therefore, the contestant only needed to inquire, probe, and explore further.

Susan considered then asked, "If I may ask, how is your family situation? Who are the members in your family?"

The man answered in a deep voice, "Father, mother, and a sister too."

The answer was...

Susan bit her lower lip. The speculation in her heart was growing more and more obvious.

She could not refrain herself from asking further, "If I may ask again, what is their current situation?”

The man was silent for a moment then he said, "Other than myself, they have all passed away already." The voice recording pen was still recording faithfully yet Susan's body was frozen still at once.

It could not be wrong anymore. The man with a mask seated before her was precisely Luke Jenkins who went missing for over three years!

What did Luke do during the three years when he went missing? Why did he appear here now?

There were way too many questions in Susan’s heart, but she knew that she could not ask these questions due to the surveillance.

Yet, Susan was at a loss for words at once because she was not allowed to ask these questions.

"You don't have anything else to ask me then?" asked the man in a deep voice.

Susan let out a forced laugh. She knew everything about Luke so well so what else was there for her to ask?

However, if she did not ask anything, it would appear very strange.

Susan forced herself to think of a question. "I wonder what are your ideals, mister?"

"Ideals?" It sounded as if the man was muttering to himself. After a long while, he let out a soft chuckle. "My ideals are for my family members to be well and my lover to be by my side. However, it's already impossible for all this to come true now." Content © NôvelDrama.Org.

"I'm sorry to hear that," said Susan through her clenched teeth.

"I deserve all this." The man stared at Susan in all apparent seriousness through the mask. "Had I not been indecisive all this time and allowed my family members t o repeat their mistakes, they wouldn't have ended up like that. Had I not been mistepped and made my lover disappointed with me, she wouldn't have chosen to leave me either. Now, my family members have already passed away and I’m the only person left in this world. Do you think if I were to pursue the person that I loved in the past again, will I still find hope?"

In the ears of others, the man’s description was vague and did not carry any crucial information.

Yet, it was already beyond clear to her.

She pursed her lips and said slowly after a long time, "The person that you loved in the past has a life of her own too. Both of you are not destined to be together, so it's best o f you not to disturb her anymore."

The man's voice sounded forceful when he said, "I've been paying attention to her situation all this time. It seems that she is not necessarily living a happy life now.

What if I'm capable of making her happy then? Isn't there a slim chance of hope for me?"

"If you've missed it, you missed it already." Susan said calmly, "Moreover, there is so much love and hate entangled between both of you. If you missed it, you missed it anyhow."

The man quieted down at once.

Susan did not try to make a conversation with him either.

After a long while, the man let out a forced laugh and said, "Do you still have any other questions?"

There were still a couple of minutes left so Susan asked a few questions casually just t o make it through the ten minutes.

Susan was relieved when the time was up. She stood up and left in a rush.

Yet, she could still feel the man's gaze behind her even after she made her way to the door. It was akin to a shadow following the form.

Susan was still in disbelief when she returned to the hotel.

It was Luke!

The client for the first round was actually Luke.

The clients chosen by the competition were certainly reputable personnel in society.

In addition, the prior email stated that Luke bought Flint's Castle.

Flint's Castle had a long history in America

and it was selling at close to one billion dollars. It was a famous mansion.

Luke could buy it with such ease so this showed that his financial ability now was already outstanding.

However, Luke’s experience was not related to her that much.

Her past events with Luke were already buried in time and age. Even if the relationship between her and Julian was impossible, it did not mean that Luke and her could start over again.

In her perception, Luke was just a client for the first round.