One Night Surprise Novel

Chapter 174 Why Would I Intentionally Look For You

Courtney could tell that this man was very shrewd and careful. If there was no equivalent exchange, he wouldn’t accept anything even if he was offered money for it. Thus, she decided to be straightforward with him. “Bring me along when you visit the Gideon Residence again. You can say that I’m one of your assistants. Once you’ve closed the deal, please propose to have a look around the house to see if there is any other furniture you might be interested in. I’m looking for a person.”

The man stared at her for several seconds. “Okay.”

Since the man’s assistant addressed him as ‘President Lewis’, she followed suit and addressed the man as ‘President Lewis’ too. Walking behind the two men, she successfully infiltrated the Gideon Residence this time around. Moreover, the woman who drove her away just now happened to be absent. Thus, things progressed smoothly without much trouble. After a careful observation to confirm that nothing was wrong with the chest of drawers, she secretly signaled President Lewis with a look.

President Lewis glanced toward the Gideon Family and said, “I’ll take it at your asking price.”

The one selling the antique furniture happened to be Mario Gideon, the head of the Gideon Family. He was overjoyed upon hearing those words and quickly stretched out his hand for a handshake. “Thank you so much—”

When the assistant noticed this, he quickly stepped forward and shook hands with Mario instead. “That’s settled then. The money will be credited to your account within half an hour, and somebody will drop by to take this chest of drawers away later. Since it’s still early, is it okay if we have a look around to see if there are any other antiques here?”

“Yes, of course.” Mario eagerly hoped that they would buy a few more pieces of furniture from him. Unlike the others, President Lewis was generous with his money. Although many came to look at this chest of drawers, nobody had been willing to accept Mario’s asking price up until now.

Courtney followed behind President Lewis and his assistant as they entered the courtyard, pretending to look at the furniture. After a quick look around, they came to the annex at the back of the courtyard. Mario trailed after them and explained, “This is where my younger brother lives. All his furniture is brand-new; there’s nothing here for us to see.”

However, she smilingly said, “Master Gideon, could it be that you’re hiding a treasure here for fear that President Lewis might see it?

“Of course not!” Mario hurriedly waved his hand in denial. He continued helplessly, “I’m speaking the truth. If you don’t believe me, you can go ahead and have a look. I just said that since I didn’t want to waste your time!”

Courtney, President Lewis’ assistant curled his lips and muttered under his breath, “She really thinks of herself as your secretary, doesn’t she? She’s doing as she

and saw his boss staring at him

fright and looked embarrassed.

“Then, stop talking nonsense.”

could smell a strong scent of milk. Mario explained, “My brother is a pastry chef. He just retired and returned home recently. He is used to baking, but the smell is so strong that it

surprised. “Are there any ready-made ones? It so happens that President Lewis hasn’t had the chance to eat anything yet. If there are ready-made ones, we would

waved his hands in embarrassment. “There’s no need to pay us for that! I’ll give you some to bring home with you. President Lewis, what

Lewis glanced at Courtney questioningly. This woman sure is good at using my name to get what she wants. I’ve never said anything

she simply winked at him as if confidently asking

about to speak up when a cold voice rang out from beside him. “Why don’t we

response, the assistant looked up in surprise and stared at his boss for a while, feeling extremely shocked. President Lewis is actually playing along

very shrewd indeed. He immediately figured out that the person I’m looking for

of them into the kitchen. The rich aroma of bread and butter was coming from this kitchen. As soon as they entered the building, the heat washed over them. It was hotter here than it was outside. All of a sudden, she spotted a familiar figure kneading dough in the kitchen—it was

furniture from us. I brought him here to have a look at

Gideon didn’t even bother to turn back

at the table next to the

Sunhill Hotel. With Mr. Gideon’s sudden retirement, the hotel

would you like to have?” Courtney pretentiously made some recommendations to President Lewis. “This duck meat puff pastry

of her voice, a loud crash rang out from where Mr. Gideon stood behind her. Something had fallen to the ground and resulted in a harsh clanging sound. Thus, everybody turned around to look in the direction of the noise. The tool to sift flour had fallen to the ground, and flour was scattered all over the ground. Meanwhile, Mr. Gideon seemed to be frozen in place; he seemed at a loss for what to do as he stared at her with a shocked expression written across