"I’ll make the arrangements."
After hanging up the phone, Gan Yuan returned to her office, grabbed her handbag, and walked out.
By this time, it was past the end of the workday, and the office staff had already left, with only two security guards chatting at the elevator entrance in the hallway.
These two, who had been entrusted by Jessica to stay and protect Gan Yuan, did not fully realize the importance of this task and didn’t take it too seriously.
She quietly passed through the corridor and arrived at the elevator on the other side. Gan Yuan slipped into the elevator and went downstairs, quickly hailed a taxi, and rushed to the hotel where she had agreed to meet Huangfu Jue.
As she went up to his floor, she approached his room with her face downcast. Just as she was about to knock, the door was already pulled open, and then, she was drawn into the room, tumbling into a warm embrace.
The familiar scent told her without looking that it was indeed the person she wished to see.
Enveloping her, Huangfu Jue buried his face in her hair, inhaling her scent deeply.
After a while, he reluctantly lifted his face and brushed her long hair away with his palm.
"Wait for me a moment!"
He turned and walked to the desk, picked up the documents he had prepared for her, and handed them to her, "Here are the profiles of the other election competitors I’ve compiled. I’ve highlighted some of the important information with a red pen, and you can disregard the rest..."
As the man explained concisely, Gan Yuan frowned at his clearly bloodshot eyes.
In less than 24 hours since they had been apart, he had compiled so much data and even identified the key points, which meant the workload was enormous.
Moreover, he had his own work to take care of.
"Actually... you... you don’t have to go through all this trouble, I can manage."
"No!" Huangfu Jue looked at her reproachfully, "You are pregnant now and need to rest well."
Last time, when she was pregnant with Gan Tang, he wasn’t able to take care of her properly. This time, he couldn’t let her overwork herself again. He would solve any issue for her that he possibly could.
His reproach only made her feel warmth in her heart.
"Then... thank you, husband!"
Upon hearing that fresh term of endearment, Huangfu Jue was taken aback for a moment before realizing, and his lips naturally curved up into a bright smile.
"Sly woman, now you’ve learned to play this game?"
Gan Yuan set aside the documents, raised her arms to wrap around his neck, and leaned in to gently kiss the side of his cheek.
"I know other things too, do you want to try?"
Withdrawing his arms, he naturally held her tight, bringing his lips to her neck and firmly kneading the tempting curve of her waist and back with his palm.
Each of the man’s light kisses and every breath was enough to stir her heart. With one hand embracing his neck, her fingers moved over, grazing his ears and stroking the short hair at the back of his head.
Being all too familiar with him, she quickly noticed a subtle change, "Your hair’s gotten a bit long."