Serena Sterling’s words successfully piqued the interest of the gathered executives, also stirring their desire for conquest, "The little beauty is indeed intriguing, truly captivating, alright, we accept your challenge!" For original chapters go to novel⁂fire.net
"Fine, who will come forward to challenge first?"
Serena Sterling went up to play pool with one of the executives.
Hayden Crawford didn’t move, but his gaze was fixed on Serena’s delicate figure, never shifting away.
At this time, two executives approached Hayden Crawford, "Mr. Crawford, aren’t you interested in playing a few rounds?"
The other executive quickly reprimanded, "What are you saying, Mr. Crawford came with his new favorite, Miss Eva, if he goes up to play pool with the little beauty, Eva might get jealous."
"Although Miss Eva is also a beauty, she pales in comparison to the one on stage."
"Mr. Crawford," the executive lowered his voice, smiling maliciously, "look at that little beauty on stage, her legs are so straight, not even a hint of space between them, I can vouch with my years of experience, that little beauty on stage is still a virgin!"
In occasions of men’s socializing and entertainment, some dirty jokes are inevitable, these executives had their eyes on Serena for a long time, naturally leading to lewd jokes now.
Hayden Crawford watched Serena, it was her turn to play pool. Her delicate, slender back bent down as she aimed the cue at a multicolored pool ball and struck it. With a smack, the multicolored ball went perfectly into the pocket.
She really was stunning and spirited while playing pool, but Hayden Crawford’s attention wasn’t on that, he was looking at the way Serena was bending down—this position made her hips perk up charmingly, and the small black dress outlined a perfect S-curve of her waist, like the narrow neck of a porcelain vase.
This posture could incite wicked thoughts and desires in many men, wanting to stand behind her, gripping her waist tightly...
Hayden Crawford picked up his teacup, took a sip of tea, his Adam’s apple bobbed up and down a couple of times, then he swallowed the tea.
He seemed dignified and proper, but only he knew what he was thinking inside—he felt that... Serena’s figure had become even more exquisite and toned compared to three years ago.
Hayden glanced at the executive beside him, a casual smile tugged at his lips, "You say she’s a virgin, then I can assure you with my past experience, you’ve got it wrong, she’s definitely not a virgin."
In the past three years, Hayden Crawford hadn’t attended such gatherings publicly, his handsome and noble look made it hard to imagine what he would be like telling dirty jokes, but now he was here, sitting and even chatted a couple of crude jokes about Serena with the execs beside him.
The two executives next to him gave Hayden a few amazed glances.
Hayden looked at Serena again, she was far from virginal—she’s been with two men or maybe more, as he knows, she’s been pregnant twice, nothing to do with being a virgin, yet her innocent and unblemished look easily captivated everyone, making them all fall for her.
He has seen through all her tricks!
Eva sat quietly on one side, earlier, Hayden had scared her badly, now she was settled down, and she was certain, there must be some unknown story between Hayden and Serena.
Seeing Hayden’s gaze continuously fixed on Serena, never leaving, Eva grew jealous and dug her nails into her palm.
She could feel Hayden’s gaze on Serena was mostly brooding and unfriendly, but regardless of what kind of look, Hayden’s eyes were filled with Serena!
Very soon, those mall executives were defeated one by one, Serena played a round with each of them, but they all lost, and she won.
Serena put down her cue, a radiant smile gracing her lips, "Gentlemen, thank you for letting me win, now that I’ve won over you, by agreement, I can leave here, until we meet again."
"Wait a minute!" At this moment, a discontented executive suddenly called out to stop Serena.
Serena paused her steps, "As businessmen, you’re all about integrity, right? What, are you trying to renege on the deal?"
"We won’t renege, but little beauty, you’ve only won against us, there’s still someone here you haven’t defeated!"
This call of "Mr. Crawford" quickly received everyone’s agreement, "Exactly, little beauty, you almost got away with it, earlier you said you had to beat everyone here, but you skipped Mr. Crawford. Now you have to play a round with him, if you win against Mr. Crawford, we can let you go."
"Little beauty, be cautious, Mr. Crawford is an excellent pool player, undefeated till now, I bet you’ll definitely lose this round."
Everyone began to encourage Serena to play a game with Hayden Crawford.
Serena’s clear eyes settled on Hayden’s handsome face, "Mr. Crawford, do you want to play with me? I think someone as significant as you would disdain playing with someone like me, right?"
If she played pool with Hayden Crawford, Serena thought she had no chance of winning, she could only hope Hayden wouldn’t want to engage and play with her.
Hayden’s gaze was sharp, he could easily see through Serena’s little hope, how could he possibly let her have her way, he stood up, taking the cue passed by the other executives, "Alright, I’ll play a round then."
"..." Serena knew he was intentional, if he didn’t play, she could have easily left without playing with these execs, but he chose to play.
She actually forgot about him just now!
"Little beauty, hurry up, you know how many women dream of playing a round of pool with our Mr. Crawford but never get the chance? Today should be a highlight in your life story."
Serena gently furrowed her delicate brows, picked up the cue, and returned to the stage.
The game between Hayden Crawford and Serena started, Serena didn’t want to lose, so she played steadily, but soon she was overwhelmed, falling behind because Hayden Crawford was methodical in competition, even playing pool as a secondary skill, he played at a master’s level.
"Awesome!" With three consecutive balls pocketed, the few executives watching couldn’t help but cheer.
"Little beauty, you’re on the brink, falling too far behind," one executive reminded.
Serena felt she was going to lose, she bit her red lip with her pearl white teeth, looking at Hayden Crawford with extreme frustration.
Hayden also looked at her, she started to panic.
His gaze fell on her luscious, red lips, she had just made a very girlish lip-biting gesture, now her lower lip had a faint teeth imprint.