Upon hearing her words, he smiled, did not take it, and opened the car door for her instead. "Since it's for you, you should wear it."
Ariana frowned, "I’ve said it’s too precious, I can't take it!"
Lambert looked at her and said, "It's from my mom. If you don't wear it, what will she think?"
She paused for a moment and realized he had a point.
Lambert's mother had also expressed her wish that she would wear it. At night, If she noticed that Ariana wasn't wearing it, she would inevitably think more.
However, this was the family's heirloom jade bracelet. She and Lambert were in a sham marriage, wouldn't it be against her conscience to wear it?
But now that Lambert had said so, she had no choice but to wear it.
She sat in the car with a depressed expression, looking at the crystal-clear jade bracelet on her wrist, the color alone indicated its considerable value.
Having inexplicably received the family heirloom, Ariana felt somewhat upset. It was meant to be given to the real daughter-in-law.
She had initially thought the fake marriage was just a deal between her and Lambert. But unexpectedly, others got involved.
At this moment, Lambert suddenly leaned over her, which startled Ariana. She quickly put her hand on his chest, saying warily, "What are you doing?"
"Click!"
Lambert buckled her seat belt, giving her a deep, meaningful look.
Having realized she misunderstood Lambert, Ariana blushed awkwardly, coughed dryly, and said, "Next time, just tell me to buckle it myself."
Lambert smiled slightly, "No, I quite enjoy doing it."
Ariana suddenly realized what was happening and accused him reluctantly, "Are you taking advantage of strapping the seat belt for me?"
Upon hearing this, his smirk grew even wider, "If I were to take advantage, I would aim for more than just this."
"Lambert!"
Ariana gritted her teeth, regretting that she didn't go harder on him the previous night.
Unable to hold back anymore, she started accusing him, "You came back to sleep last night, didn't you? Why didn't you wake me up earlier?"
Lambert explained, "Seeing you were in a deep sleep, I couldn't bear to wake you up."
"Bullshit!" Ariana couldn't help but swear, "You did it on purpose, you wanted to embarrass me!"
He smirked and added, "But you handled it quite beautifully! Provoked the old man intentionally and pacified him using Imperial Delights. Only you would dare to do so."
Ariana snorted, "That's because I'm smart!"
Lambert nodded, "Indeed if you weren’t so smart, how could you have accomplished the incorporation of Imperial Delights?"
"How did you know about it?" She was somewhat surprised.
"It's not hard to guess! The owner of Imperial Delights has always been proud and arrogant. If they agreed to make an exception for you, it's either because you have a good relationship with the owner or you are the owner. The latter seems more likely."
Ariana squinted at him, "You're really something. With just a little information, you can guess so much. I really want to know if there's anything about me that you don't know!"
Lambert flashed a sly smile. "You guess."
She frowned slightly, feeling an unusual chill down her spine.
Ariana sometimes thought when compared to the deceptive Vincent, the mysterious and unpredictable Lambert was the most terrifying.
He was clever and charming, making it hard for people not to admire him.
Ariana felt that in the short time she had known Lambert, she had a deep understanding.
Just at this moment, someone knocked on the office door.
"What is it?" Beverly asked angrily.
The person knocking on the door carefully opened it and said, "Miss Lawrence, um...the Vice President and Manager White have arrived at the company!"
Beverly paused momentarily, suppressed her anger, and indifferently responded: "I know!"
Thinking about the different ways she had tried to deal with Ariana, all to no avail, she couldn't help but sneer, "I don't believe she can always get her way!"
The Stone family had lost face because of a broken promise, which had damaged the Lawrence family's reputation. Furthermore, Old Mr. Stone did not like Ariana, therefore; her actions were mostly indulged.
Ariana and Lambert had just gotten out of their car when Conan, who had been waiting at the elevator entrance of the parking lot, looked down slightly and said, "Congratulations on the wedding, Vice President and Manager White."
Ariana was taken aback, "Thanks. What are you doing here?"
Conan hesitated before explaining: "Ma'am, your office has been moved to a different floor."
"Changed floors?"
She knitted her brows, "How come I wasn't informed? There was no notice at all."
Switching office floors originally wasn't a big deal. It just frustrated Ariana that she wasn't given prior notice about such matters. It seemed somewhat impolite not to.
Conan replied, "Ms. Lawrence requested it. She said there was an issue with Manager White's original office and suggested you make do on the lower floor for now."
Ariana finally understood. She thought so, why would she suddenly want to change offices? it seemed like this Beverly was up to something again.
Then she turned to Lambert beside her and asked, "Don't you have anything to say?"
"Say what?" Lambert responded in a carefree and spectator-like manner.
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