Forced Into Marriage: My Husband’s Too Mean novel Chapter 701

However, to everyone’s surprise, Mr. Cooper ignored Alfred Jenner's action. He walked past the seat that Alfred pulled out for him and sat right in Alfred’s seat instead.

This seat was right next to Lindsey.

At this time, Lindsey was still standing. She stared blankly at the man who sat beside her. This man’s movements, from walking to sitting down, were very slow like he did not have much strength in his body.

However, looking at his build, he was clearly a tall and burly man. Lindsey even felt that his build was very similar to Zayn at a glance.

Lindsey did not allow her mind to run wild, so she kept those unrealistic thoughts hidden.

Everyone in the room was looking at the man sitting next to Lindsey.

Alfred was dumbstruck for a few seconds before he remembered his mission for the day. His greatest strength was that he was very adaptable and immediately sat down on the chair he just pulled out.

He rubbed his hands together with a smile on his face. "Ms. Juhl, let me introduce you to Mr. Cooper."

Lindsey could feel the man beside her turning his head to look at her.

Alfred then said to Mr. Cooper, "Mr. Cooper, this is the President of Denarius Corporation, Ms. Lindsey Juhl."

Lindsey thought that it was strange because Alfred introduced her to Mr. Cooper with her full name, but when he introduced Mr. Cooper, he did not mention the man’s first name.

However, despite the doubt in her heart, Lindsey still extended her hand to Mr. Cooper with a faint polite smile. "Mr. Cooper, nice to meet you."

She could feel that the man next to her seemed to be stunned for a moment, but it was very fleeting, probably less than a second. Lindsey did not even know how she caught it.

The man's hand, which had been hidden beneath the sleeve of his coat, reached out and revealed his gloves. In the next second, the big hand with an ultra-thin black leather glove slowly gripped Lindsey's delicate white fingers.

It was a quick handshake.

Lindsey was a little startled by the warmth from his gloves and unconsciously curled up her fingers after she retracted her hand.

In such proximity, Lindsey noticed that Mr. Cooper had a very soothing and light fragrance. It was a fragrance that Lindsey never smelled before.

‘Zayn never used cologne,’ A faint voice in her head suddenly said.

Lindsey’s heart was pounding and was shocked that her mind was secretly comparing this man who she just met to Zayn.

She shook her head and thought that she probably missed Zayn too much.

"Sorry." At this time, a young male voice suddenly came from the back. "Mr. Cooper has a sore throat, so he can’t speak."

Lindsey followed the sound and realized that somehow another person had entered the room with Alfred and Mr. Cooper. He sat next to Mr. Cooper in a protective and caring stance.

"Ms. Juhl, everyone, I’m Mr. Cooper's assistant, Luke." The ordinary man, whose presence was negligible and could probably blend into a crowd, introduced himself.

He probably followed Mr. Cooper in earlier, but Lindsey's attention was on the mysterious Mr. Cooper in front of her that she did not even notice he had an assistant behind him.

Lindsey stood up with a polite smile on her face. Her fingers subconsciously reached for the wine she had poured for herself earlier, but that spot was empty.

She then looked down and saw that the glass of wine had disappeared from the place she had put it earlier and was somehow replaced by another drink.

Since Alfred was already a little tipsy and Lindsey did not feel like having any alcoholic drinks, she raised that glass of orange juice and clinked it with Alfred.

"As long as you can get the project started as soon as possible, we can gain a profit." Lindsey finished this sentence meaningfully, smiled, and brought the glass to her lips.

At this time, Alfred, who was a little drunk, suddenly pointed at Lindsey. "Hey hey hey, Ms. Juhl, I’m drinking wine here, yet you’re drinking orange juice? Are you trying to disrespect me?"

Lindsey just thought to herself, ‘You bastard, I came here just to clean up your sh*t, so why the hell should I even be courteous to you?’ However, she could not say that to his face.

She laughed it off and said, "Oh my bad, I took the wrong glass."

As she said that, Lindsey wanted to change her glass, but she noticed that her wine glass earlier was missing from the table and there were no extra glasses there.

Normal people would have just let it go, but Alfred was drunk and stared at Lindsey’s glass. He then shouted, “No, no...this won’t do. Waiter! Waiter! Come and get Ms. Juhl a new glass of wine!”

The waiter got the order, but the atmosphere in the room was a bit stagnant.

Lindsey's face was already glum and just wanted to say something, but the man who was sitting motionless beside her suddenly stood up.