Who Is The Real Boss?

Chapter 55

Chapter 55 Don't Be So Cruel To Me

"We are leaving now," Rupert announced.

The fact that Rory couldn't take his eyes off Annabel irritated him very much.After saying goodbye to Rory, he took Annabel] into the box.

She sat down and asked him, "Do you know Rory?"

"We used to be neighbors," Rupert replied indifferently.

"Do you have a good relationship with him?" Annabel asked.

Rupert narrowed his eyes and looked at her with a suspicious frown.

"What? Are you interested in him?"

"of course not," Annabel denied.

"I just have a friend who is a fan of Rory.I didn't think you would know him.Since you know him, I guess I can ask you to help get his autograph."

"Really?" Rupert huffed.

"Yes,"

Annabel nodded, even though she knew how displeased he was.

Frankly, there was nothing between her and Marcel, but Rupert still thought otherwise.He never failed to remind her all the time that she was his fiancee.

What if he found out that Rory had been chasing her for the past two years, what would he do? "What would you like to eat?" Rupert asked, handing her the menu.

"you can order whatever you like.I don't mind," Annabel said, handing back the menu to him.

She was busy thinking about Rory.

Rupert took it and ordered a long list of spicy dishes without any hesitation.

Annabel was stunned as she listened to him listing them out to the waiter.

These dishes were her favorites! If she could remember correctly, Rupert didn't like spicy food.

At least, she had never seen him eat spicy food before.

"Do you also like spicy food?" Annabel asked in surprise. Text © 2024 NôvelDrama.Org.

"You have an injury on your hand. I think you'd better eat something less spicy."

"No, I don't like it," Rupert said with a careless shrug.

"Then why..."

Annabel's jaw dropped in shock as the dishes were served on the table.

"I ordered them for you so that you would not say that I'm inhuman," Rupert said with a faint smile.

Annabel didn't know what to say.

Even though all of the dishes were her favorites, she had no appetite at the moment.

Instead, her mind remained fixed on the sudden return of Rory.

Did something happen to Star Entertainment? That could not have been possible though.If something had happened, she would have known about it.

"Sorry.I need to use the bathroom," Annabel said and stood up.She was having a sudden ache in her stomach.

Rupert nodded with a frown.He always felt something was wrong with Annabel, especially after she kept talking about Rory.

Meanwhile, as Annabel approached the door of the bathroom, she saw a tall figure standing there.

It was Rory.

Wearing a pair of dark sunglasses, Rory leaned against the wall, with a cigarette between his fingers.

Surrounded by the cigarette smoke, his handsome face wore a sad look.But the moment he saw Annabel, he immediately put out the cigarette.He knew she didn't like the smell of cigarettes.

"Annabel, why are you hiding from me? Why didn't you answer my phone calls? Why didn't you reply to my e-mails?" Rory asked, staring at her with sadness in his eyes.

"Sorry.I've been very busy these days.I haven't checked my e-mails for some time now," Annabel said with a smile.

But she knew what the contents of those e-mails would be even without reading them.

In the last two years, Rory had written her numerous love letters.But she was just not interested in him.

For Annabel, Rory was just a good partner at work and a wonderful friend, but they would never be lovers.He was simply not her type.

"Really?" Rory asked with a frown.

Annabel nodded hurriedly, and then she asked the question that had been nagging at her mind.

"Aren't you supposed to be abroad? Why did you suddenly come back? Business? Or is it something personal?"

"If I didn't come back, you would become someone else's wife,"

Rory told her straightforwardly.

Looking at the girl he had been in love with for the last two years, Rory became overwhelmed with emotion.

Two years ago, Kelly Group encountered a financial crisis, and the entertainment company under the group was in danger of closing.

Rory became depressed.

By chance, he met Annabel.

Back then, she was still studying in France.She was very much interested in the entertainment industry, so she invested in Kelly Group and established Star Entertainment.

To the public, Rory was the boss and founder of Star Entertainment.

Only a few of the senior executives in the company knew that Annabel was in the fact the brain behind the company.

During that period, it was Annabel who encouraged Rory and cheered him up, enabling them to save Kelly Group from collapse and put it back on track.

It was also Annabel who encouraged him to shoot more movies and even gave him a lot of resources, making him the popular movie legend that he now was.

All these memories made Rory's heart beat fast with emotion.He stepped forward and looked into her eyes.

"Annabel, are you engaged to Rupert?" Annabel sighed deeply.She just didn't know how she could explain it to him.

In the past, she had made it clear to him that they were not meant for each other.

But Rory refused to listen and even said, "Even though you don't love me, you can't stop me from loving you."

After thinking for a while, Annabel said slowly, "It's a little complicated.It's not something that can be explained in a few words.How about this? Let's make an appointment and have a good discussion."

"I just need an answer, Annabel.Are you engaged to Rupert? Yes or no?"

Rory insisted.

"Yes," Annabel nodded.

Her engagement to Rupert was supposed to last for only three months, but until it expired, she remained Rupert's fiancee.

So, she wasn't lying to Rory.

She didn't want to him to have any hope of being her man one day.

Since he and Rupert were friends, he would give up, wouldn't he? Rory was badly hurt by Annabel's words.

"Why? Is Rupert better than me?" he asked sadly.

"No.I just think he and I are more compatible," Annabel explained.

"you know, Rory, I've always told you that we're not meant for each other."

"No!"

An indescribable look of pain flashed across Rory’s handsome face.He grabbed her shoulders and looked into her eyes.

"Annabel, please give me a chance.I promise to do better than Rupert.I'll prove to you that I'm more suitable for you than he is!"

"Rory, please let go of me!"

Annabel scolded, but Rory held her even tighter.

"Annabel, don't be so cruel to me please,"

Rory begged in a trembling voice.But Annabel threw his hands off her shoulders and said angrily, "We are not compatible.Why can't you understand that?"

Meanwhile, Rupert had been waiting for Annabel in the box for a long time.When she still didn’t return, he got up and made straight for the bathroom.From afar, he saw Annabel and Rory standing together in what he felt was an intimate posture.