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She was pretty sure that she had never told her size to anyone.
Could he have estimated her size just by looking at her?
This was a weird thing to her. In the past, he never did anything to put a smile on her face nor did he try to get clothes for her as he did for Danica. Suddenly, he became so sweet to a stranger.
Bethany blushed at this thought and felt rather embarrassed. After all, any woman would feel awkward if her size was known by another man.
She did not dwell too much on it as she knew that she did not have much time to prepare.
She quickly placed down the evening gown and took a shower to prepare herself for the evening.
It was already dark when she dressed up and put on her makeup.
Bethany picked up her clutch bag, put on her high heels, and walked out of the suite.
She was about to knock on Zayn's door when it suddenly opened.
Zayn wore a more formal suit than he normally wore.
"Mr. Meyer." Bethany greeted him.
Zayn looked at Bethany from head to toe and his eyes lit up. He then composed himself and then said, "The gown suits you very well!"
Bethany was not used to his praise and felt rather pampered. She also felt embarrassed but she started to grin and said tenderly, "Really?"
"Yes." Zayn nodded gently.
This evening gown immediately caught his eye when he was picking out the gown. It suited her very well as proven now.
Bethany pinched her earlobe and said, "Mr. Meyer looks very handsome tonight.
She did not say it out of courtesy. He was handsome and looked even more dashing when he dressed up.
Her daughter must have gotten her beauty and brains from him, as her daughter has an innocent beauty Zayn did and when she finally grows up, she won't be able to hide away anymore. Bethany started to smile when she thought of that.
Zayn was feeling great when he heard her compliment but when he saw her looking away and smiling, he suddenly turned moody.
Who was she thinking of? Bent!?
Bethany came to her senses and noticed the change in Zayn's behavior and asked, "What's wrong, Mr. Meyer?"
"I'm fine," Zayn said coldly and walked towards the lift.
Bethany looked at his back and was puzzled.
What was he angry about? She was sure that she did not offend him.
Bethany sighed when she could not figure it out and ran to catch up with him.
The event was held at a very upscale location. The guests included many fashion critics and also numerous designers. Some of the designers even brought their designs to be displayed.
Bethany looked at the designs and could not help but remark, "Should I know earlier, I would have brought some of my designs."
Zayn heard and looked at her from the side, “The launch of Oceania will be your rise to fame. This event is too small and insignificant."
"Mr. Meyer, you have so much confidence in me? Bethany raised her eyebrows.
"I have confidence in your design." Zayn took two wine glasses from the waiter's serving tray. He handed a wine glass to Bethany and said, "Let's go and invite some critiques."
“Okay. Bethany nodded and held his arm. They walked toward the guests to mingle.
Soon, they invited numerous internationally renowned fashion critics.
This greatly surpassed the number of critiques required of a fashion launch.
They no longer needed to mingle with the critiques with the remaining time and were about to head to the rest area to take a break.
Suddenly, the ground started to shake violently.
Bethany lost her balance as she was wearing high heels and was about to fall over.
Zayn immediately reacted and tossed away his wine glass, grabbed her wrist and pulled her into his embrace.
"What happened? Earthquake? She looked around at the shaking chairs and heard the screams, smashing, and shattering of glass could be heard.
Bethany was pale from fear. Although Zayn was equally surprised, he remained stern and composed as he said, "Yes, this Country is within the earthquake zone. There are frequent earthquakes here. Unexpectedly we experienced this on our first trip here.”
"What shall we do now? Will the building collapse?” Bethany's voice was trembling. She was terrified as this was her first time experiencing this.
"This building is very strong and will not collapse. Just wait for the tremors to end." Zayn held her waist with one arm and tried to stabilize them by holding onto a table with the other arm.
He was very calm and composed when he said that as if the earthquake was nothing to be concerned with. Thus, Bethany's fear eased significantly.
She kept quiet in his embrace and smelt his faint scent.
She then closed her eyes in content. She always wondered in the past how come she felt so familiar with his scent. Even though it has never lingered on her like it did on other people.
Now she realized that she had smelt this five years ago. The tremors continued and she wondered when they would stop.
Zayn frowned as he looked around for an exit to take Bethany out of there.
At this moment, he heard something snap from above them.
Zayn looked up and saw the attachment of a huge chandelier that had broken by the shaking and was only held up by the electrical wirings.
The wires were very taut and it was obvious that they would not hold onto the chandelier much longer.
True enough, the wires snapped and the huge chandelier came crashing down.
Zayn's pupils constricted and quickly pushed Bethany away. Before she knew what was happening, she was already sprawled on the floor and wincing in pain.
Due to how fast the chandelier was approaching, Zayn pushed her away, he had missed the chance to escape and was hit by the chandelier.
Bethany was stunned when the chandelier crashed onto Zayn and her mind went blank. She came to her senses after a while and rushed over to Zayn's side.
Her eyes were red as she yelled, "Mr. Meyer, Mr. Meyer!”
Zayn did not reply. He was pinned under the chandelier and was pale and unconscious.
He was also trembling uncontrollably and was severely injured.
Bethany quickly kicked off her high heels and tried to remove the chandelier from on top of him. But the chandelier was too big and she could barely lift it. Her hand was also cut during her attempts. She was so worried that she cried, "Hold on Mr Meyer, I'll get help!"
Just as she turned to leave, Zayn spat out some blood and lost consciousness.
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It was two days later when he regained his consciousness.
He looked around at the white-colored room and realized where he was.
He tried to sit on the bed but his efforts strained his wounds and he grunted in pain.
Bethany was overjoyed when she heard this and quickly put down the jug and went to the bedside.
"Mr. Meyer, you're awake."
Gael quickly ended his call and rushed over and said anxiously, "Mr. Meyer”
Zayn looked at both of them and said weakly.“What's wrong with me?”
Bethany was about to reply but Gael quickly said, “Your back has severe lacerations and you have some internal injuries. Other than these, you have two broken ribs and one of them almost
pierced your heart!" At this point, he turned to look angrily at Bethany.
Bethany knew that Zayn was so severely injured because of saving her. She looked down guiltily and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Meyer.”
"What is the use of apologizing?" Gael said coldly, "Quickly get the doctor over!"
"Yes, immediately." Bethany rushed out of the patient room and headed out immediately.
After she left, Gael used some wet cotton swabs to wipe Zayn's dry lips and grumbled, "Mr. Meyer, she is Bent's woman. Why did you save her? Do you know that you almost lost your life?