Chapter 588 The Final Tenderness
That night, Susan was in a daze, not quite sure if she was asleep or awake.
But when she woke up in the morning, she found she already had dark circles under her eyes.
It didn't matter. She wasn't going to see Seb, just his lawyer, so it was no big deal.
At nine o'clock, Susan appeared punctually in the office of Seb's lawyer.
"Mrs. Anderson, hello!" The lawyer was a kind middle-aged man in his fifties, wearing gold-rimmed glasses and a pinstripe suit, looking very fashionable.
"Hello," Susan nodded with a smile.
The lawyer placed several prepared documents in front of Susan and said with a smile, "Mrs. Anderson, I have been entrusted by Mr. Anderson to transfer several storefronts, apartment buildings, and office buildings under his name to you. You just need to sign the gift agreement, and then I will handle the transfer for you. It will take about seven days, and these properties will be in your name. I will give you all the documents for these properties at once."
Hearing this, Susan was a bit puzzled.
What did this mean? A gift agreement? Wasn't she here to sign the divorce papers?
The next moment, Susan hurriedly interrupted the lawyer, "Wait, what did you say? A gift agreement? He's… gifting these properties to me?"
Seeing Susan's surprised expression, the lawyer adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses and asked, "What? Mr. Anderson didn't communicate with you beforehand?"
"No," Susan shook her head.
"Ah," the lawyer chuckled, leaning back in his chair. "He's always been like that, keeping things close to his chest. He approached me a few days ago, quite insistent on transferring these specific properties to you. I assumed you were both on the same page."
Upon hearing this, Susan frowned.
'What is Seb doing? Why is he suddenly transferring properties to my name?' Susan thought.
She decided to ask him in person.
Then, Susan stood up and said, "Sorry, I'll talk to Seb about this first. I can't sign right now!"
After saying that, she turned and left the office.
The lawyer was a bit stunned and reached out to call Susan back, but she was already gone.
Walking on the way to the Prosperity Group building, Susan was full of doubts.
Just as she was about to reach the Prosperity Group building, Susan suddenly stopped in her tracks.
As she walked briskly towards the Prosperity Group building, doubts swirled in her mind. Was this Seb's way of ensuring her financial security before asking for a divorce? Was he trying to soften the blow by offering her a generous settlement?
Thinking of this, Susan's previously joyful mood was immediately doused with cold water.
'Yes, that's what he must be thinking. Otherwise, he wouldn't suddenly give me properties.' Susan couldn't help but continue thinking.
He didn't come in person because he didn't want to see her. He still couldn't face her, and he felt guilty, so he came up with this method.
Thinking of this, Susan immediately felt despondent.
After wandering in front of the Prosperity Group building for a while, Susan finally decided to go up and talk to him face to face.
If he had really decided to get a divorce, then it was better to make it clear. Dragging it out wasn't a solution; what needed to be faced ultimately had to be confronted.
Susan ran all the way to the door of the CEO's office in the Prosperity Group building.
Ellie was not at her desk, and the door to the CEO's office was half-open, with a man's roaring voice coming from inside.
"What are you doing? How can you get the documents wrong? Do you know how important that document is? If you don't want to work, just leave!" It was Seb's voice.
"Sorry, Mr. Anderson, I won't make such a mistake again," Ellie's voice was a bit choked.
Susan peeked through the crack in the door and saw a tall figure standing by the floor-to-ceiling window, while Ellie was squatting down, picking up scattered documents.
Susan couldn't see his face, but she could imagine that his expression wasn't good.
Susan knew he must be in a bad mood recently, but she didn't expect him to be so irritable, and she couldn't help but frown.
The next moment, Ellie finished picking up the documents and walked out dejectedly.
As soon as she came out, she saw Susan and wanted to greet her.
Susan made a shushing gesture, indicating that she shouldn't greet her.
Ellie nodded, then frowned and glanced at the half-open door, meaning: Seb was not in a good mood right now.
Susan nodded to Ellie, then stepped forward and pushed open the half-open door and walked in.
At this moment, Seb was standing with his back to Susan, unable to see her.
Susan gently closed the door, then walked towards him step by step.
Seb lowered his head, holding a cigarette in his mouth, trying to light it with a lighter. But he was probably too anxious, and after several attempts, he still couldn't light it, so he was extremely irritable.
Seeing this, Susan walked over.
Seb noticed someone behind him and immediately turned around and yelled, "Why haven't you left yet?"
But when Seb saw who was behind him, he was stunned!
Susan stepped forward, reached out, took the lighter from Seb's hand, lit it, and gently lit his cigarette.
Seeing this, Seb cooperated by lowering his head to light the cigarette at the corner of his mouth.
As the smoke curled above Seb's head, Susan turned and placed the lighter on the desk. She glanced at the ashtray, which was already full of cigarette butts, and couldn't help but frown.
At this moment, she was very close to him. Although there was no physical contact, Susan's heart was extremely excited. She hadn't seen him for many days, and she quietly raised her head, noticing that he had obviously lost some weight.
"You've lost weight," Susan murmured as she looked at him smoking.
It hadn't been long since they last met, but Susan felt that not only had he lost weight, his eyes were also very gloomy, and there was some stubble on his chin. He didn't look well at all.
For a moment, her heart ached faintly. She wanted to throw herself into his arms and touch his thin face, but she held back.
"Recently, work has been too busy," Seb said lightly.
Susan suddenly noticed that he was standing silently by the floor-to-ceiling window, smoking, without even looking up at her. At this moment, Susan felt very sad. Did he really dislike her? But the words he just said to her were gentle.
"Did you go to the lawyer?" Suddenly, his voice came to her ears.
"Yes," Susan nodded, then walked up to him and continued, "But I didn't sign."
Hearing this, Seb was stunned, then looked up to meet her gaze. "Why?"
"Why did you suddenly transfer those properties to my name?" Susan asked, looking up to meet his gaze.
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