After rejecting my celebrity husband

Chapter 470: Chapter 473: Jiao Yang’s ”Joke”【7】

”Sorry, I have something to do tonight,” Xu Pei stepped forward and spoke in a very businesslike tone, ”I hope everyone doesn’t delay too much time. Today’s task is to finish recording the first song, so as not to affect the schedule.”

Luo Xiaoqian smiled, ”Sister Xu Pei, the first song has already been recorded.”

Her smile was pure, yet in Xu Pei’s eyes, it was exceptionally irritating.

Xu Pei scoffed inwardly, but her face showed a smile, ”Is that so? Then you all have fun, I’ll be leaving now, and I’ll come back tomorrow morning to listen to the playback.”

She nodded to everyone, said goodbye to Jason in English, and then walked out the door.

She walked out the door, turned a corner to an empty hallway, and furiously threw her folder on the ground, then stomped on it with her foot.

”Luo Xiaoqian, don’t think that because you disguise yourself so well, I can’t see your scheming. What innocence and harmlessness, it’s all intentional, deliberate!”

Hearing footsteps from afar, she quickly gathered the documents from the ground, entered the elevator, and went downstairs.

As she started the car, the image of Leng Zimo helping Luo Xiaoqian remove something from her hair flashed before her eyes again, her fingers gripping the steering wheel trembling.

Ever since she saw Luo Xiaoqian with Father Leng downstairs that day, she had been in a lot of pain.

Like Leng Zimo, Xu Pei had always been a strong person. While striving in the United States, she slept only an hour or two every day, treating herself as less than human.

Having lost her father, the once pampered princess had become like Cinderella. For many years, Leng Zimo had been her pillar of strength.

For ten years, Leng Zimo had never been involved with any woman. She had thought he was waiting for her, guarding a promise from ten years ago. It was only because she hadn’t reached the level she wanted that Xu Pei had stayed overseas, working hard to become the best version of herself, then to return and stand by his side.

Now, when she had truly reached a position where she could stand shoulder to shoulder with him, Luo Xiaoqian had suddenly appeared, and she couldn’t stand it.

The man, the one who sustained her entire world, was about to be taken by someone else.

She could not accept such a reality, she would not accept it.

”Luo Xiaoqian, I won’t give up!” she gritted her teeth and said.

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”If Xiao Qian suffers even the slightest bit this time, there will be no friendship left between you and me!”

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Leng Zimo’s voice echoed in her ears once again.

On the one hand, she didn’t want to give up like this; on the other, she was worried that Leng Zimo would find out.

The man was too strong, too astute; she was truly afraid.

Taking a deep breath, Xu Pei buried her face into the steering wheel.

”What should I do, what should I do?!”

Noticing several figures in the distance, knowing that Leng Zimo and the others were also coming down, she quickly started the car and drove out of the parking lot into the flow of traffic.

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SUZIE WONG (name of nightclub).

Xu Pei placed her empty glass on the bar, ”Two more, please!”

Soon, two whiskey sodas were placed in front of her.

As she was about to lift one of the glasses to her lips, an arm reached over from behind her, lightly tapping the bar, ”The same for me, two of whatever the lady is having!”

Glancing at the slender hand, Xu Pei lifted her head to drink, finishing the glass in one gulp, then picked up the second.

Another glass came forward, gently clinking against hers, both filled with the same whiskey soda.