Forced Into Marriage: My Husband’s Too Mean novel Chapter 704

After a tour of the site, it was already noon, so Alfred proposed to have lunch together again. Lindsey was about to refuse, but when she took a step to the side, she suddenly stepped on an uneven stone and fell backward in the next second.

Alfred did not expect Lindsey to suddenly fall backward and his first reaction was to reach out to pull her.

When his fingers touched Lindsey's sleeve, a pair of hands covered in black leather gloves suddenly reached behind him and held Lindsey's shoulders from behind. There was a huge momentum from Lindsey’s fall, so their upper bodies were stuck together as they both backed up a few steps.

With the sun shining overhead, the tall man with his head slightly lowered to cast a large shadow on Lindsey's face. His gloved hands were extraordinarily strong as they held her from behind, and his palms were so hot that they seemed to burn her skin through his gloves.

Lindsey was just dumbfounded for that few seconds. It was not until that tightly covered face changed an angle did Lindsey realize that Mr. Cooper had pulled her upright. However, he did not let go of her immediately and looked like he was hugging her from behind. It was quite an intimate posture.

In the next second, those gloved hands suddenly let go as he pulled away from her as if the intimacy of that moment when he helped her up was merely her illusion.

"Ms. Juhl, are you alright?" Alfred saw that Lindsey was standing firmly and quickly went over to ask with concern.

Lindsey was wearing heeled boots because she did not bring her sneaker when she left the house, which was the biggest mistake. Before she left today, she changed to a pair with a short heel, but she did not expect to fall.

She waved her hand. "I'm fine."

Lindsey then turned to the man at the back subconsciously straightened her coat. Her tone unconsciously turned gentle as she said, “Mr. Cooper, when did you arrive?”

Mr. Cooper's getup was the same as last night, wrapping himself like he was an airtight package, which made him stand out.

He was followed by his assistant, Luke, who smiled and took a step forward. He bowed slightly and said, "My boss has been here for a while, but he stood in the back, so you didn't notice us."

At this time, Alfred also calmed his nerves and walked to Mr. Cooper. He patted the man’s shoulder and said, "Mr. Cooper, why didn’t you tell me you were here?"

"My boss didn't expect Mr. Jenner and Ms. Juhl to be here. We took a different route than you did and coincidentally ran into each other," Luke hurriedly explained at the side.

Mr. Cooper still did not speak, his folded arms moved as he lifted one arm to shrug off Alfred’s hand that was on his shoulder.

That was just a natural action, but somehow, Lindsey’s eyelid twitched against the midday sun.

Alfred was probably accustomed to Mr. Cooper's habits. After his hand was swept off, he did not get annoyed. Alfred just seemed to have no temper and was also so slick that no one could hate him.

"Mr. Cooper," Lindsey suddenly spoke. "Thanks for..."

Before she could finish her sentence, the man raised his hand that just swept Alfred’s hand off his shoulder. The black leather gloves reflected a soft glow in the sunlight. His hand was placed in front of his chest with his palm facing outward. Although Lindsey could not see his face, she understood what he meant, which was, “don’t mention it”.

Even though the man was wearing sunglasses, Lindsey felt that Mr. Cooper's gaze on her.

Although he wore sunglasses and no one could tell who exactly he was looking at, Lindsey had an inexplicable feeling that those hidden eyes were staring at her.

"It's okay." Lindsey shook her head and waved the phone in her hand to make up a last-minute excuse. "I'm just replying to a text."

"Ms. Juhl, you wouldn't be chatting with any admirers, right? Hahaha! Are they so hard to part with?" Alfred suddenly asked loudly.

Alfred always started talking nonsense when he was excited, which was probably his greatest flaw. No wonder his father was not willing to delegate the power to him even at his age.

After he said that, he found that the smile on Lindsey's face became a little awkward. Strangely enough, the temperature around Mr. Cooper also seemed to have gone down all of a sudden.

Alfred was unaware that he had said something wrong, so he just blinked and did not know what to do.

In his opinion, although Lindsey was divorced, she was young and beautiful. ‘Isn’t having admirers a very normal thing for her?’

Also, never mind Lindsey’s reaction, why was Mr. Cooper’s reaction also so strange?

Although Alfred could not see Mr. Cooper’s face, he had an inexplicable feeling that he had pushed a button.