Chapter 484 – Female Companion
If it was a friend then of course it was good, if it was an enemy, he must find a way to get those shares back.
Otherwise left in the hands of that shareholder, it could deliver a fatal blow to The Lane Family Group at any time.
At the thought, Baird Lane pinched his brow in annoyance.
That’s when Gates’ phone suddenly rang.
He glanced at Baird Lane, who nodded slightly before he pulled out his cell phone and picked up the call.Property © 2024 N0(v)elDrama.Org.
After a few minutes, the call ended.
Baird Lane glances at him, “Who’s calling?”
“It’s the auction house calling about an artifact auction in three days, asking President Lane if you’re interested?” Gates answered truthfully.
Baird Lane was just about to say that he wasn’t interested when he suddenly thought of something else, and there was a brilliant flash in his eyes, “Who has been invited to this auction?”
“I heard that this batch of artifacts is hard to get back from abroad, the general petty capitalist can’t eat it, the invitation is for the real big shots, the people who have a face in C city, should be invited.” Gates thought about it and said.
Baird Lane tapped his fingers lightly on the coffee table desk, “So, Christine Camp will be there?”
“Eh?” Gates was confused, not understanding how he suddenly mentioned Christine Camp.
“President Lane, it wouldn’t be possible for Superintendent Camp to go so you can go, would it?” Gates asked tentatively.
Baird Lane didn’t hold anything back and graciously admitted his thoughts.
Gates swallowed in disbelief, “President Lane, you shouldn’t be interested in Camp Superintendent …”
“What?” Baird Lane frowned.
Gates gritted his teeth, “Got a crush on Superintendent Camp, huh?”
Baird Lane looked slightly stunned, his eyes flashed for a moment in the next moment and returned to their natural state, “No, I just wanted to make sure she was Christine White or not.”
“Really?” Gates was a bit unconvinced, “To confirm whether she is Christine White or not, I can just wait until I have investigated her information abroad, how do I need you, President Lane, to confirm it in person?”
“All right!” Baird Lane interrupted impatiently, “You ask her if she’s going to the auction then.”
“Yes!” Gates answered, then picked up his cell phone again and called Christine White’s assistant beside him out.
In the car, Christine White heard Lisa say the call was from Gates, her eyebrows furrowed slightly, “He wouldn’t have called of his own accord, Baird Lane must have put him up to it, pick it up and ask what’s going on.”
“Okay.” Lisa nodded slightly and answered the phone.
A few moments later, she put down her cell phone, “Special Assistant Gates says you want to go to the auction in three days?”
“An auction?” Christine White was a little confused, “What auction?”
“It’s an artifact auction.” Lisa returned.
Specifically, she didn’t know much.
“An artifact auction?” Christine White stroked her chin and pondered for a moment, suddenly remembering, “Last time my brother said that someone had seized a batch of domestic artifacts from antique dealers abroad, is this it?”
“Yes.”
“I see, I didn’t realize it was actually being auctioned off in C. But why is Baird Lane asking me this?” Christine White lowered her eyelids, her mind getting a little conspiratorial.
Lisa shook her head, “I don’t know, Special Assistant Gates didn’t say, she just asked if you were going to be there when it’s time to go, Superintendent, are you going?”
“Go, of course go!” Christine White’s peach blossom eyes narrowed, “Why don’t I go if he’s asking, and I’d like to know what he, Baird Lane, is up to.”
“Okay, I’ll reply then.” Lisa smiled and nodded, and went to reply to Gates with the results.
Ten minutes later, the company arrived.
Christine White as soon as she got off the bus, there was a receptionist to hand her an invitation, open a look, openly is the auction invitations undoubtedly.
It looks like it’s a must-go now!
The corners of Christine White’s mouth hooked as she closed the invitation and casually handed it to Lisa behind her, lifting her foot toward the elevator.
Soon, three days passed.
Christine White arrived at the auction wearing a long black sheath dress.
There are already a lot of people at the scene, and when you look around, they are all famous people in C city.
“Ms. Camp!” A low baritone voice sounded behind her.
Christine White collected her thoughts and turned slowly, smiling in greeting, “President Lane!”
“Has Ms. Camp been here long?” Baird Lane asked.
Christine White waved her hand, “No, just got here.”
“Well, may I invite Miss Camp to keep me company?” Baird Lane’s dark eyes gazed at her.
Christine White was first surprised by his words, and then covered her lips and laughed, “President Lane is really shocking, I’m okay, but I heard that President Lane’s wife seems to be a not so good with people, in the past, there are which close to President Lane women were driven away by her. Lane’s women were all driven away by her, if I were to accompany you, in case it reaches your wife’s ears ….”
“Don’t mind her!” Baird Lane pursed his thin lips, his tone a little offended.
Christine White’s eyes shimmered, “Listening to President Lane’s tone, it seems like he’s not on good terms with his wife, is that right?”
Baird Lane lowered his eyes, “For some particular reason.”
“Oh? Then I have the honor of knowing that?” Christine White looked at him.
Baird Lane didn’t answer.
Christine White shrugged her shoulders, “Well, it seems I don’t have the honor, but President Lane just invited me and I said yes, but I have a request.”
She looked at him playfully and smiled.
Baird Lane frowned, “What’s the request?”
“My request is very simple.” Christine White stepped forward, tiptoeing close to him, her voice seductive: “It’s that in case Mrs. Lane learns of it and misunderstands the relationship between us, President Lane you must step in and explain it for me, or else I’ll be labeled as some kind of a third party, and I won’t be able to comply with that! ”
After saying that, she stretched out her fingers and drew two circles on the man’s chest, the action was very ambiguous and carried a provocative meaning.
Baird Lane frowned even more tightly, subconsciously wanted to take a step back, but for some reason, his feet did not obey the call to stand in the same place and could not take the slightest step.
More than that, the woman’s behavior was clearly teasing him, and he should have recoiled, yet he didn’t either.
Not only did he not resent it, but there was even some pleasure within him, especially because of the gust of perfume on her body and the hot breath she exhaled as she spoke, which made his body burn.
He actually reacted!
Realizing this, Baird Lane’s face suddenly became extremely ugly, and his thin lips were pursed into a straight line.
He’s actually reacting to a woman who looks like Christine White and has only met her two or three times!
That’s just ridiculous!
Thinking about this, Baird Lane grimaced and took a strong step backward, pulling away from Christine White.
Christine White realized something was different about him and a flicker of confusion flashed in her eyes, “President Lane, what’s wrong with you?”
Baird Lane didn’t look at her in annoyance, “Nothing!”
He was now regretting why he had to personally confirm her identity, regretting why he had come to provoke her just now.
“Is it really okay? But I don’t see you looking well!” Christine White calmly put her hand down and surveyed Baird Lane’s cold face.
Baird Lane took a breath and after barely suppressing his inner emotions, he said in a faint voice, “It’s fine!”
“So, it’s good that it’s okay.” As if convinced, Christine White nodded slightly and stopped asking questions.
Baird Lane sighed in relief and raised his hand to his forehead to calm himself completely before lowering his hand, “The auction’s about to start, let’s go.”
“Leaving right now?” Christine White stood still and did not move, looking at him with a smile, “President Lane has not yet agreed to the request I just made, in case I was really approached by your wife and abused as a third party, what should I do?”