Faux Vows, True Desires

Ascend Global.

Liam knocked on the CEO's office door and only entered upon receiving a response.

"Stefan."

He walked over with a handful of documents and handed them to Stefan..

"Why are you here in person?"

Stefan took the documents and casually tossed them onto the desk, asking Charles without giving it much of a thought.

"Is there something you need to tell me?"

Liam chuckled as he took a seat, "You really know me well."

Stefan looked at him, "Out with it, what's so important that you had to come in person."

"Um, has Tiffany really moved into my house?"

"Tiffany?"

Liam clarified and wanted to make it easy for him to understand, "The bossy woman."

Stefan laughed and genuinely asked, "In what way is Tiffany bossy? She's gorgeous, with an incredible figure like a model, she's like a magnet wherever she goes, attracting countless men's attention. She's the dream girl of many guys. But in your mouth, she turns into a bossy woman."

"Holt Wilson is a man, does that mean he's a sissy to you?"

Stefan hesitated for a moment, then said, "Holt is a bit feminine, if it wasn't for the fear of shocking his family, he might have already had a sex-change operation. Tiffany didn't move into your house yesterday, but you're asking about it now. Liam, what are you up to?"

Liam said, being a bit embarrassed, "I've been too scared to go home, but I left some important stuff there. I wanted to sneak back and get it, so I'm here to ask for leave."

Stefan then teased him, "Are you still a man, being this scared of a woman? You were there every time when Tiffany was in trouble. Why did you always run away so fast? Back in school when she was in a fight, you didn't even have time to notify us, you just rushed to help her on your own, almost getting yourself expelled from school. You've done this kind of thing more than once."

"Well. I just didn't want her to get beaten up, then I wouldn't have anyone to fight with me. Who would worry about her? With her quarrelsome nature, I wouldn't worry about her." "You always lose to her, isn't it because you're not capable? Or are you just going easy on her?"

Liam sat upright and said, "I'm a man, I don't hit women and I really can't beat her, she's trained in Sanda, Taekwondo, Tai Chi, she was like a boy when she was young, she would learn any martial art that she heard was good, and she was even better than me!"

Stefan stared at Liam for a while, then finally said, "Liam, I seriously suspect that you're targeting her because you're jealous of Tiffany being better than you."

"Jealous of her? Does she think she's great? If she's so great, why doesn't she get married? She's so bossy and crude, who would dare to marry her? I'm a cultured man, I won't say nasty words, lest she hears it and comes to argue with me."

"Why haven't you found a partner if you're so great? Your parents keep trying to introduce you to new people, they think you're leftover good and you still dare to mention Tiffany."

Liam then said, "Stefan, I've noticed that you've changed since you got married, you love to flaunt your love in front of us, stimulate us singles, and like to show your authority as an elder brother, starting to pressure us to get married. When you were single, we could always push you forward whenever the elders brought up the topic of marriage, but now."

Liam was stared at by Stefan and felt too embarrassed to continue.

"Stefan, I'm taking a vacation. I need to hurry back and get my stuff when she's not home, you mustn't tell her."

With that, Liam stood up, didn't wait for Stefan to sign the documents, he left without even taking back the files.

Stefan looked at the closed office door and laughed, "You specifically came to ask for leave, isn't it just to let me tell Tiffany that you're coming home? Obviously, you like her, but you just don't want to admit it, I'm curious about how long you guys can keep this up."

He picked up his phone and called Tiffany. After she picked up, he said, "Tiffany, Liam is coming home."

Tiffany responded with an "oh", then asked, "Has Liam gotten fat?"

"Anyway, it's enough to make your mouth water."

"Who wants to eat him, he's a tough nut to crack."

Tiffany's words were full of disdain.

Stefan laughed and said, "You must be busy, then you go ahead, I can't interfere with things between you and Liam, I was just saying. I have to get busy too, we'll chat when we have time."

Tiffany wanted to say that she wasn't busy that day, she didn't go out in the morning and stayed in the Anderson family's villa, eating and drinking, watching TV, playing cards with the maids, winning a lot of money. The maids didn't want to play cards with her anymore as they thought she had too much luck and they would only keep on losing money if they continued playing.

But before she could finish her words, Stefan hung up her call.

She didn't mind, put her phone down, held the fruit plate, ate the fruit and said to the maids who were still playing cards, "Liam is coming back, play a few more rounds and then stop, so he won't blame me for leading you astray."

It was actually them who led her astray.

"As long as Ms. Tiffany is here, Liam won't see us playing cards even if he comes back."

Ann, the housekeeper, stated the truth.

Liam and Ms. Tiffany had been together since they were young, but their way of getting along was quite special.

They seemed to be always bickering, but they actually cared deeply for each other.

It was just that both of them were stubborn, neither willing to confess their feelings first, maintaining this status quo.

"You guys are too much, not wanting to play cards with me and blaming it on me. Come on, let me play a few more rounds."

Tiffany got up and headed towards Ann and the others, "I rarely have free time, considering that I've brought you guys so many good skincare products, it's not right for you to exclude me like this, doesn't your conscience hurt?"

Ann laughed, saying, "Ms. Tiffany, our wallets hurt more!"

Compared to their conscience, they valued their wallets more.

Ms. Tiffany wasn't originally a card player. They only roped her in because they were one player short. They thought they'd all be good buds and could take a good chunk of change off Ms. Tiffany. However, Lady Luck was on Ms. Tiffany's side. She picked up the game really quick, like a duck to water.

Then, she went on a winning streak, leaving them all in the dust. The bonus that Liam had just given them all went straight to Ms. Tiffany's pocket. This time around, Liam had given them a fatter bonus than usual. They were over the moon for a few days, but before they could even enjoy the dough, it all went to Ms. Tiffany, and they were left with nothing again.

Ann started to smell a rat. She suspected that the extra bonus Liam gave them was actually a roundabout way of getting them to lose their money to Ms. Tiffany.