Chapter 16: She Used to Admire Him

"Brandon..."
Benjamin, who had recovered from his shock, called out to him hastily. However, Brandon didn't even turn his head.
Carl looked at Brandon's back and asked meaningfully, "What's wrong with your friend Brandon?"
Benjamin smiled and explained, "He is Mr Ross' only heir and has a lot of pressure on him. Occasionally he can be moody. Please don't mind him."
After a brief explanation, Benjamin raised his glass in apology to Carl and Annie, saying, "I'll take the punishment for him." He drank it all in one gulp before gently putting down the glass and saying, "You guys go ahead and have fun. I'll go check on him."
His manners were impeccable as he spoke politely, but Carl couldn't help feeling disappointed that they hadn't been able to discuss their project yet.
With everyone gone now except for Annie, still kneeling on the floor with red wine dripping down her beautiful face, which made her look fragile yet stunningly gorgeous at the same time, Carl rubbed his forehead, feeling somewhat depressed.
Originally he wanted to let Brandon have some fun before discussing business matters, but now that everyone was gone so soon after arriving, it seemed like bad luck.
Carl also lost interest in playing games, so he waved goodbye to everyone else left in the room before asking Annie curiously, "Do you know Brandon?
From the beginning, when they arrived here tonight until now, when they left, it was clear that Brandon had been targeting Annie, especially after hearing about how she slept with someone else, which made things worse.
This indicated that they already knew each other well, or at least their relationship wasn't shallow.
Annie remained calm while still kneeling there as she wiped off the red wine from her face slowly, then replied lightly, "Yes."
As expected! Carl bent over slightly to look at Annie more closely and asked, "How did you two meet?"
Annie knew what he thought, so she calmly explained, "I know I look like Miss Sterling, so when I delivered some documents to Mr Ross, I put something in his drink, hoping that after he fell asleep with me, I could marry into a wealthy family, but unfortunately it didn't work out as planned. He kicked me out instead and called me dirty and cheap."
This explanation dispelled half of Carl's doubts because he thought Brandon and Annie were involved romantically.
After all, if a man targets a woman, they must have some kind of emotional attachment.
But now it seemed that Annie just wanted to climb up the social ladder by using Brandon, which backfired on her causing him to despise her even more.
However, Carl was also surprised that Annie would want to sleep with Brandon. Wasn't she uninterested in money?
Annie seemed to sense his confusion as she said lightly, "I used to admire him before."
Her eyes revealed a dim light which showed traces of love making Carl believe her words somewhat.
"I see." With no more doubts left in his mind, Carl pulled Annie up onto his lap while wiping off the red wine from her face and neck with cold fingers while touching her body sensually at the same time.
"Baby, who knew you could be so wild? You dared climb into Brandon's bed?" It was too bad for her, though, since Brandon wasn't interested, or else he would have already taken advantage of such an opportunity!
Annie stiffened all over, not daring to move lest she unintentionally stimulate any part of Carl's anatomy. Finally, she forced herself to calm down despite feeling nauseous, saying firmly," Mr MacDonald, if one day I fall in love with you, then maybe we can do this too."
Carl pressed himself against her sexy wet back, kissing passionately while saying, "I can't wait. Be good, and let me have you now."
He then opened her dress while trying to take off his pants at the same time.
Annie's face turned pale with shock as she struggled against him, but it only made Carl more excited, so he hugged her tightly while kissing her madly.
"Mr MacDonald!" Annie could only use one hand to push against his chest since the other was holding onto her bag, which was on the sofa across from them and out of reach.
She was sweating profusely from anxiety but had no choice but to force herself to calm down again, saying," Mr. MacDonald, if you want a project from Mr Ross, I can help you get it as long as you let me go!"
Carl paused momentarily when he heard about the project before asking curiously, "You can help me get a project?"
Annie had offended Brandon by climbing into his bed, so how could she still obtain any projects?
Annie replied firmly, "Although my plan didn't work last time, there was a moment when Mr Ross thought I was Miss Sterling, and I even recorded that video clip too! If we use this.