Chapter 528 - He Was Kidnapped

The day was over and the moon had come up in the sky in a flash. With no one noticing the time, it was time to leave the office and call it a day.

"Hey, where's Ivan?" Zoey frowned as soon as Angelo entered her office. She asked him to look for him as they had a party to attend to.

However, it was already one hour after she gave out the order and Ivan was nowhere to be found. They had searched each and every corner of the building, but to no avail. Zoey and Angelo tried reaching him, but he wasn't answering before he turned off his phone.

"Unfortunately," Angelo sighed and shook his head lightly. "The employees said they saw him leaving the building earlier today."

"Geez! What the hell is he thinking?" Zoey grumbled while grinding her teeth. "If he didn't want to escort me, he could've said so." 

Zoey slammed her fist against the desk, nearly causing her computer to flip over. Her desk wasn't that firm and could be broken easily just by throwing a fit.

"I can accompany you, if you want." Angelo suggested calmly. 

"*Sigh*" Zoey sighed and massaged her temples. She leaned her back against the swivel chair and closed her eyes. "If that's…"

"Boss!" Before Zoey could finish her sentence, Melanie suddenly barged inside the office.

Zoey and Matthew turned to her, bearing eyes full of bafflement. "What?" Angelo queried with furrowed brows.

"The landlord is here!" Melanie gulped as announced Matthew's arrival. "He said he came to pick you up! Boss, are you two in a relationship?"

Out of habit, Melanie inserted her own curiosity while she was at it. Well, it would be a good news if the landlord is their boss's boyfriend. That only means that the Z Image Group could only move forward to the top!

"Eh, go away." Zoey's nose scrunched up upon hearing the question. Her relationship with Matthew was more complicated than that. "Tell him to come in."

Zoey ordered, and Melanie nodded. Without a second delay, Melanie executed the order after closing the door.

"You can go ahead and return to the mansion." When Melanie left, Zoey raised her head to Angelo and grinned.

"You'll take him?" Angelo furrowed his brows as he squinted his eyes. "I don't think he has time to mingle with those people."

"Hehe. He doesn't need to. He has me there!" Zoey's grin grew wider. "Also, he only needs to pretend to be my assistant."

Zoey added as she radiated with suspicious imaginary lights. Angelo's face could not help but twitch at the sight of her.

Matthew? Pretend to be her assistant? The last time Matthew accompanied Zoey, Angelo had heard that he ditched her all alone and waited for her until she was done. Angelo was certain it would happen again.

"I hope he won't ditch you. Good luck." Angelo muttered sarcastically, but Zoey couldn't care less.

At the same time, Matthew entered the office. His gaze immediately landed on Zoey's sparkling figure and then shifted it to Angelo, who was standing on the side of the desk.

"Good luck." Angelo muttered as he brushed past Matthew. The latter knitted his brows and tilted his head a little to the side, but didn't ask what was that for.

"Where's your date?" When Angelo left the office, Matthew inquired without moving in an inch.

"He was kidnapped." Zoey answered as she turned her head to her sunshine. "He can't accompany me." 

Zoey's sparkling eyes intensified, which was nearly blinding. Matthew blinked his eyes as he didn't take her words seriously. If Ivan was truly kidnapped, he wouldn't see Zoey in this place and she wouldn't be this thrilled.

"Do you want me to go with you?" Matthew asked and saw her nod profusely. "Okay."

Matthew let out a faint chuckle as he agreed without a second's hesitation. Zoey's front immediately brightened even more as she clasped her hands together as if she was staring at a deity.

"We will be late, My lady." Matthew walked towards her direction and pinched her cheek lightly. "You need to change."

"Huh?" Upon hearing his last remarks, Zoey cast him a puzzled look which confused him. "I don't need to change."

"You'll attend wearing like that?" Matthew queried as he gazed at her from head to toe. "Isn't that a bit rude?"

He added as he discerned that clothes weren't the problem. Zoey already looked decent and respectable in her business suit. However, since it was a party, it was only normal to follow the theme of the party so it wouldn't leave a poor impression on the host.

"Hehe," Zoey chuckled as she placed her fingers on her chin. "I told you, didn't I? I'm a time-traveler."

Matthew remained silent, hearing her last remarks. This time, he wasn't doubtful about it and truly believed that. No matter how unnatural and no matter how hard it was to believe, they already lived two lifetimes, and this was only a recurring event.

"Ironically enough, Professor Meng will be pleased with this." Zoey muttered proudly.

"I see," Matthew nodded in understanding. "So, we can laze around till then."

Matthew strode towards the couch in the office and plopped down. Since it was early, they could take their time as they didn't need to do a lot of preparation to attend such an event.

For some reason, Zoey watched Matthew's figure languidly take a seat and not ask anything or try to tell her to have a change of clothes. After all, Matthew would surely follow etiquette of the upper echelon.

"You're being weird." Zoey muttered under her breath as she studied Matthew's side profile with eyes full of curiosity. She didn't know, but ever since Matthew woke up, he seemed to have changed.

Zoey could not point out what changed exactly, but she was certain there was a change. Whatever it was, she was not against it. It was just surprising her, that's all.

"By the way," Out of nowhere, Matthew suddenly spoke as he stared at the ceiling. "Do you know that…" 

However, before he could continue his words, he felt a sudden clenching around his heart. It was as if a hand was wrapped around it that stopped him from saying something further.

"Huh?" Zoey cocked her head to the side as she waited for his next words but to no avail. Matthew didn't say anything anymore.

'Why… I can't tell her either?' Matthew wondered internally as he just wanted to test what Inigo told him. But, he didn't expect that he would truly experience it because he was just testing if it was real or not.

'So, I can't tell her as well? Whether or not I keep it a secret, I may not spoil her?' This discovery rendered Matthew speechless as he didn't expect that whether or not he wanted to come clean to her, he could not.