Chapter 260

Callum turned around and landed his gaze on Bradley. After a while, he chuckled, “It seems that it’s really a misunderstanding.”

His disdainful gaze and casual words immediately made Bradley’s face turn red.

It was apparent that Callum was implying that Bradley was someone whom others would simply look down upon. Yet, Bradley couldn’t refute Callum’s words at that moment.

Callum then turned to Lillian and said, “If there’s any misunderstanding in the future, just let me know.

Don’t make others think you don’t have a boyfriend.”

With that, he patted Lillian’s head intimately. Lillian suddenly felt as if she was exposed to the limelight and attracted more envious eyes.

However, she would break up with Callum someday. She was afraid that the envy she received presently would equal the ridicule she would receive in the future.

Lillian’s face turned bitter. She felt that she could only suffer in silence at that moment.

The meeting soon ended in an atmosphere of envy and embarrassment. Once the meeting ended, Jade and Bradley left the conference room quickly. The colleagues who had mocked Lillian earlier also left with a sour expression.

The director turned to Callum in satisfaction and praised Lillian. “Lillian has always performed well in our institute. What happened yesterday was a misunderstanding. I think everybody already understood everything from the meeting just now.”

“But I hope this kind of misunderstanding will never happen again,” said Callum.

“That’s for sure,” the director hurriedly responded. Then, he said to Lillian, “Lillian, please introduce the project you are working on to Mr. White. You’ll be in charge of the project team in the future.”

Lillian was taken aback and wondered if that was a kind of promotion.

But before she could say anything, the director had left the conference room. All of a sudden, only Callum and Lillian were left in the conference room.

Lillian turned to Callum and bit her lips slightly before saying, “Actually, there’s no need for you to invest in my project.”

“I don’t want to see your efforts go in vain. You have put a lot of hard work into this project, haven’t you?” he said.

Lillian felt her heartstrings gently plucked by his words. If it were not for the truth that she was well aware that their relationship was just a fake, she would have been immersed in such tenderness.

After all, not many women would dislike thoughtful boyfriends.

It was just that she could not let herself fall into the trap because if that happened, their breakup in the future could lead her to her doom.

She hesitated before asking, “Did you do it on purpose today?” She thought if Callum only wanted to invest in the project, he did not need to come to the company personally, ask the director to call for a meeting, and even deliberately say those words during the meeting.

“Yes, I did it on purpose. It will save you unnecessary troubles in the future. If my girlfriend is perceived as someone’s boyfriend, I will feel humiliated,” Callum admitted calmly.

interested in Lillian felt inexplicably disappointed upon hearing that. She mused, “At the end of the day, he was here today for his pride. Since I’m kind of dating him now, it will be a shame for him if others gossip about me and another man. But he never thinks about how much trouble he will bring to me in the future.

Maybe I can only change my job when we break up in the future.”

Lillian laughed self-deprecatingly afterwards, thinking that Callum was looking after his own interests after all. Perhaps the more miserable she was, the happier he would be.

“All right, I got it now. I think no one will misunderstand that I am interested in their boyfriends anymore,” Lillian said. Callum slightly knitted his brows. Somehow, the way Lillian spoke at that moment made him feel uncomfortable. It was as if she were exuding a sense of alienation, trying to widen the distance between them.

Callum narrowed his eyes and asked, “Are you unhappy with what I have done?”

Lillian replied with a smile, “No. You are my boyfriend, and that’s the right thing to do. Besides, what you have done today made Jade and Bradley embarrassed in front of everyone. It was, in a way, considered avenging me. It’s pretty good, actually.”

Callum somehow felt Lillian seemed insincere when saying that. He wondered if she knew that what he did that day was to explicitly protect her in front of outsiders so that she wouldn’t be bullied easily when he was not around.

Callum suddenly pulled Lillian into his embrace and leaned his face closer to hers, whispering in her ear, “Tell me, Lillian. When will you fall in love with me?”

Lillian’s body immediately stiffened slightly. She whispered inwardly, “Falling in love with him actually means the end of our current relationship, right? Well, that day is coming. I’ll act as if I’ve fallen in love with him in a few more days and show a little more love every day until he ‘dumps’ me.”

Rosalie called Lillian afterward and asked how things were going in the police station and whether Lillian needed her help. Lillian said, “It’s okay. Everything has been settled now, and my two colleagues have already apologized to me.”

“Did you say they apologized?” Rosalie was a little surprised. She had met Jade the other day, and the latter looked like she would never stop until Lillian was convicted. Rosalie couldn’t believe someone like Jade would apologize so quickly.

“Well, Callum came to my office and took a look around,” Lillian said briefly.

Rosalie immediately understood what had happened. Apparently, Callum had gone over to speak up for Lillian.

Rosalie was relieved when she found out Lillian was fine. After ending the call, she browsed the webpage again and was shocked by a piece of news.

The news was about a mall that would be demolished, and the demolition work was expected to take up to a month. It was strange as the mall was only built ten years ago, which was far from due for demolition, not to mention it was usually crowded with customers. Hence, the reason for demolishing the mall had become a mystery and caused many speculations.

The mall management’s answer was very commercial, though. They claimed the land would be used for other purposes.

What truly surprised Rosalie was that the mall was the same mall Yvette’s parents had driven her away some time ago.

She wondered, “What the hell is going on? Could this be a coincidence, or…