Chapter 460 - Wow!

While Matthew showered, Zoey lazed around the bedroom; particularly on the couch. 'A night with this guy… no, many nights with him… oh geez!' Inside her mind, she kept repeating those distressing remarks over and over again.

"As if the problem is whether he will do anything or not…" She murmured, sighing heavily because that was the least of her concern. "The real problem is me… geez! Zoey, you're technically a thirty-year-old woman. Don't do anything to this young man." She reminded herself, massaging her temples as she waited for him to come out.

"Wait… why am I waiting for him? Not that I brought extra clothes." She frowned, realizing she didn't have a reason to wait for him. Still, when Zoey glanced at the bed she had slept in earlier, she thought it was a bit improper to just lay there.

After all, that seemed like she was offering herself to him or just literally warming the bed for him. Zoey was torn at this point. She didn't know what to do, and no matter how much she racked her brains to come out with a plan, she just couldn't. 

Just then, in the middle of Zoey's freak-out session, she heard a faint vibration from somewhere in the room. She scanned the room, spotting her handbag that was placed on the stand nearby. "Right!" Zoey jolted up from the seat, rushing to her handbag in urgency.

Zoey just remembered that her assistant Angelo and the former assistant Ivan hadn't heard from her the entire day. She didn't think that Angelo would worry about her that much. However, knowing Ivan, he was an overthinker and overreacted to certain things.

"Geez…" She clicked her tongue, searching for her phone inside her bag. After taking out a few things inside it, Zoey finally found what she was looking for.

The instant she saw the name of the incoming call, her face was filled with guilt. Before she could pick up, the call ended and revealed the times Angelo tried to reach her. Ivan's name was also in her notification, leaving 20 missed calls.

"Ughh…" She grunted, calling back Ivan as he was more important to calm down at this moment instead of Angelo.

"Yo, sis!" It only took one ring before Ivan's voice came through. "Where on Earth were you?! Do you know how many times I tried to reach you?! Just what the heck are you doing?!" Ivan went on and on, forcing Zoey to hold her phone three inches away from her ear.

'I knew he would be like this.' She thought, glancing at her phone in disdain. "Alright, alright, I was busy, okay?" Without putting the phone closer, Zoey sassed as she rolled her eyes.

"Busy?! Do you know that there are people getting worried about you?! You have a company to run, for pete's sake!" Displeased at her response, Ivan nagged. "Do you know that damn Cecil's minion came here today?"

"What? Who?"

"I don't know, but he's looking for you for whatever reason. Why do you think I'll act like this if not for your business being shaded by your shady ones?" Ivan nearly rolled his eyes, scoffing in mockery because in his perspective, Zoey was tainting her own pure Z Image Group with an unnecessary association with Cecil.

Sure, Zoey might want her business to skyrocket immediately. However, the deal she had involved herself in was something a normal small company should dodge. After all, Cecil was a drug lord and even if he was a cautious man, they couldn't trust him fully.

The visit of his minion earlier today was just a sign that he was keeping a close eye on Zoey. Even if Zoey reassured him that she had her plans to deal with the man, Ivan couldn't help but worry. He was the only one who knew about this deal.

Even Angelo, the new assistant, was left in the dark regarding this matter. Only Zoey and Ivan knew the dangers lurking around the company. What more? If worse comes to worse, there were innocent employees in Z Image Group that would be affected by it.

Therefore, Ivan wasn't completely overreacting. He was just worried and concerned. Yet, Zoey was somewhere he didn't know, busy dating Matthew who Ivan couldn't trust as well. Not that Ivan trusts a lot of people in this world.

"I see…" Zoey nodded her head slowly, pondering at whatever reason Cecil's men had dropped by the company. 

"Hah! Where are you anyway?" Still dissatisfied at Zoey's short response, Ivan exhaled deeply as he asked. 

"Uh, somewhere." She shrugged her shoulders as she didn't really know where exactly she was at. "I will come back tomorrow and maybe figure out everything." She reassured, pinching the bridge of her nose.

"Tomorrow? You're not coming back tonight?!" Ivan's tone had a judgemental tone as he asked her. 

Zoey nearly coughed as she knew that Ivan had a dirty mind and wouldn't believe if Zoey told him it was all innocent. "Yes, tomorrow. I'll fill you in tomorrow. How's Gelo?" After clearing her throat, Zoey spoke before diverting the subject to Angelo.

"Uh, he went out and told me to reach you." 

"Huh?" Zoey's eyebrows knitted, "He just called me before I called you back." For some reason, Zoey found it a little suspicious because she remembered Angelo calling him before she decided to call Ivan first before him.

"I don't know and I don't really care." As usual, Ivan replied with his sassiness. "That guy you're dating, Nikolai said he's a bad choice. I told him you went missing, by the way. Bye!" After saying his piece, Ivan just cut the line just like that, rendering Zoey speechless.

"What the…" In disbelief, Zoey scoffed as Ivan's last remarks repeated in her mind. Well, not that she should be surprised about Ivan's action.

After all, any help that Ivan needed regarding her, he would surely involve Nikolai. Therefore, not being able to reach her for the entire day, Ivan would surely ask Nikolai's help to look for her.

"Are you alright?' Just as Zoey's mind was contemplating how to stop Nikolai from putting his nose where it doesn't belong, Matthew's voice startled her.

Out of instinct, Zoey turned in his direction. Instantly, her eyes widened as they laid upon the man who had his white robe on, the belt was barely knotted, revealing his muscled chest and a glimpse of his abs.

"Wow!" Zoey awed aloud before she realized her thoughts had slipped past her lips.