"I've seen it."
Ace was working at his desk. He replied calmly without lifting his eyes.
Four years had left no trace on his perfectly handsome face, except it was maybe even colder now.
'You… you've seen it?"
Jack found it hard to believe. He boldly said, "No way. If you've seen it, there's no way this is how you react."
The trending topic was about Joanna Pierce, the woman who had disappeared for four years and the woman Mr. Moran could not stop thinking about for four years. This was his reaction?!
Ace finally raised his head. He slowly put the lid back on his pen and twirled it with his long fingers. "How should I have reacted?"
"If you had seen the trending topic, you would have gone to meet up with Miss Pierce already. At the very least, you should be so excited that you would be freaking out… There's no way you would remain this calm!"
Jack was emotional and puzzled.
"What does she have to do with me? Why must I meet up with her just because she's returned to the City?"
Ace's questions struck Jack dumb.
'Well…"
Ace snorted. "Do I look like I haven't gotten over her?"
"Uhh… you do!"
At the risk of being thrown out, Jack murmured, "Although you try to act like you're fine, and you're doing a good job of that, you secretly stare at her picture every night. You also get crazy whenever you're drunk and would bawl your eyes out while grabbing onto me. Don't you remember that just last month, you…"
"Shut up!"
Ace's expression darkened. He coldly interrupted Jack. "She's not that important to me. She's just a passerby in my life. It doesn't concern me where she is, and I have no intention of meeting with her. Don't mention her in front of me ever again!"
"But…"
"If you have so much free time, I don't mind giving you more work. If that's all, then get out!"
Ace suddenly got mad and Jack could feel an even bigger storm coming, so he did not dare say anything else. He quickly withdrew from the CEO's office.
Outside, a group of executives were pacing back and forth, waiting to feed on the latest gossip.
"So? Did Mr. Moran get emotional? Did he cry?"
'When will they meet? Will their love rekindle?"
Jack did not say anything. He merely shrugged and looked helpless.
It could not be helped. Their CEO was very hard to read. No one could tell what he was thinking!
After Ace shooed Jack away, just as he was about to go back to his work, his phone rang.
The first person to call was Ethan. His shouting almost shattered Ace's eardrum.
"Ace, look at today's trending topic! It's your little darling wife! After disappearing for four years, she's transformed into a bombshell! Her face, her figure, her aura… No man can withstand her charm! When will you…"
Ace hung up with a snap before Ethan could finish talking.
Immediately afterwards, Christopher called.
"Ace, Miss Pierce is back. Are you okay?"
Ace said coldly, "I'm fine."
"Are you sure? Do you want to go grab a drink?"
"I'm fine."
"I don't think you are. After all, the last few years, you've…" "I need to take care of something. Talk to you later." Ace quickly ended the conversation.
He was scared to continue the conversation. With how understanding Christopher was being, he felt like he would get depressed and burst into tears any moment!
Calls came one after another, but Ace did not pick up his phone again. Instead, he turned it off to get some quiet.
Ace took off his rimless glasses and leaned against his expensive office chair, looking up at the white ceiling. He suddenly felt a little tired.
He rubbed the space between his eyebrows with his long fingers. The tall bridge of his nose made his face appear even more handsome, more defined, and more profound.
Over the last four years, he had disguised himself as an ice-cold machine, going through his daily routine like clockwork. His life was filled with work and more work no joys, no sorrows, no… life.
Outsiders may think he was unhappy, but he actually enjoyed the feeling – the feeling of being in control of everything.
'But… damn you, Joanna Pierce. Why have you suddenly come back after disappearing without a word for four years?'
Besides, what did it have to do with him? Why would everybody think that just because she came back, he would go look for her like a loyal dog?
No, he would not do that, thank you very much!
Ace took a deep breath and tried to not let a certain "unimportant" person affect his mood.
He turned on the computer expressionlessly and went back to his work.
Recently, the Moran Group was about to release a new generation of smartphone called the ME2350.
For the first time ever, this phone would adopt the G6 high-speed chip independently developed by the KCL Group. It was a futuristic innovation in the entire electronic technology industry.
Presently, this phone was still in the testing stage, and once testing was successful, it would be put into mass production.
Ace and many of Moran Group's shareholders believe that, as long as the ME2350 entered the market successfully, the Moran Group would dominate the smartphone industry for the next ten years at least!
The Moran Group had been preparing for this project for almost four years. They had invested a large amount of manpower and material resources. They could not tolerate any mistakes.
*Knock, knock*
Ace was immersed in the business document when he heard a knock at the door.
"Come in!"
He said coldly without looking up.
It was Jack again.
"Hahaha, Mr. Moran, it's me again…"
At the risk of being demoted, Jack cautiously said, "There's a tiny piece of information that I think I should share with you, but I don't know if you need me to."
Ace's face was cold and stern. "Get to the point!"
"Well, if you're free, I suggest you open the TikTok app and search for an influencer called "Cutie Pie". There's a surprise waiting for you."
Jack told him passionately, trying to pique his curiosity.
"Cutie Pie?"
Ace wanted to ignore Jack at first, but what Jack said made him interested.
"Oh, I'll give it to you straight. Miss Pierce is live streaming on this account right now. She's unbelievably popular. And she's really different now. She's even more beautiful and sexier than she was four years ago. Who knows how many men are drooling over her right now!"
Live stream?!
Joanna Pierce?!
Ace had so many questions but he still looked calm and indifferent on the outside. 'What does that have to do with me? I'm not interested."
"I'm just informing you. It's fine if you're not interested. Anyway, the number of viewers is over ten million, so one fewer wouldn't make any difference…
Alright, that's all. I'm gonna go support my goddess now."
Jack quickly slipped away.
Ace could no longer calm down and focus on his work. He hesitated, but in the end, he still couldn't resist. He unlocked his phone and quickly downloaded the TikTok app…
"Let's see what the hell that woman is up to!"