Mr. CEO's Substitute Bride-Chapter 1014 - 1010: Hannah Hargrave’s Probing
"Nicholas, is there something important? Do you need any help? Why did you leave before the press conference was over?" Hannah Hargrave’s voice came through. Nicholas Croft rubbed his temples and said casually, "It’s nothing, I’m just a bit tired, so I came back to rest."
Hannah knew well that it wasn’t that simple. If it was just fatigue, he wouldn’t have left such an important press conference midway.
But since Nicholas said so, she didn’t press further and just said politely, "Oh, rest well then, I won’t disturb you."
As she was about to hang up, next to Nicholas, Sophie Foster drowsily heard him on the phone, and cuddled closer, murmuring restlessly, "Uncle..."
"Be good, sleep."
Nicholas kissed Sophie on the forehead and tossed the phone aside.
In the conference hall, Hannah’s grip tightened around her phone, her expression turning unsightly. If she heard correctly, there was a woman’s voice beside Nicholas, calling him Uncle...
Standing there, Hannah racked her brain but couldn’t place which prestigious lady that voice belonged to. Nicholas was famously detached from women. In the circle, he was known for being gentlemanly yet difficult to approach; it was only through business cooperation between their two companies that she managed to get close to him, but...
Her painstaking approach only to let another woman take advantage, the more she thought about it, the more unwilling she felt. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎
"Miss Hargrave, aren’t you leaving yet?" After all the reporters had been seen off and the work inside was finished, seeing Hannah still standing there, Assistant Tang came over and asked politely. Hannah came back to her senses and smiled, saying, "I’m leaving now." With that, she walked towards the door with Assistant Tang.
"Assistant Tang, did Nicholas... start dating?" Hannah probed. Assistant Tang had seen Sophie Foster a few times when sending files to Nicholas’s home; however, since their CEO hadn’t announced having a girlfriend, as his assistant, he wouldn’t say much.
With a smile, he said, "Actually, I’m not quite sure about that."
"Assistant Tang, you must be joking. You’re Nicholas’s assistant, working with him every day, yet you don’t know if he has a girlfriend?" Hannah continued to smile, speaking as if they were just having a casual chat.
Thinking that perhaps their CEO kept it private to protect his woman, Assistant Tang smiled and said, "Though I’m the CEO’s assistant, it’s only on work matters, not his personal life."
Not getting any information from Assistant Tang, Hannah was a bit disappointed, but she quietly reassured herself that maybe she had misheard earlier, or perhaps Nicholas was just casually with a woman for his needs—after all, a man in his thirties would have normal physiological needs.
Hannah was only twenty-five, yet her approach and work ability were like that of a veteran. She appeared intelligent, gracious, and easygoing on the surface, but as a top producer who had launched many stars to fame, how could she be someone trivial?
Parting ways with Assistant Tang in front of the hotel, Hannah calculated in her mind as she drove away.
As the two companies collaborated on filming, they inevitably had to discuss some details together. Occasionally, when the two went to the set together, they would be photographed by some media, which then started to speculate fancifully.
They would say the CEO of Infi Corporation and the star producer from Phoenix Entertainment resonated through collaboration, or refer to them as a golden couple made in heaven; entertainment news always followed a routine: take a few photos first, then start to speak freely.
