Chapter 289 - Every Womans Dream (2/2)

But, just as she was about to stop them, Mimi suddenly jumped in before her, ”You girls have no idea who he really is.” It seemed, she was getting just as annoyed by the girls' comments as Avaleigh and felt it was time to stick up for him

Chu turned to Mimi, ”You sound like you know a lot.”

Mimi smirked proudly, ”Emerson Wu, son of casino tycoon, Jack Wu; CEO of Golden Dreams Casino in Macau; one of the most eligible bachelors in Hong Kong; and my future husband. If you do a simple search online, you would find thousands of articles about him.”

Avaleigh's eyes opened wide in surprise as she heard this and immediately pulled out her phone. Since he wasn't a celebrity, she didn't expect there to be any information about him online. But, as soon as she typed in his name, and clicked on the news section - 162,000 results popped up!

Some of the headlines were really cheesy and only focused on the man's good looks, but there were a few particular articles that caught Avaleigh's eyes:

As she was scrolling through the articles, a voice suddenly asked behind her, ”Do I have more news results than you?”

Avaleigh's heart almost jumped out of her chest when she heard the man's voice. She lifted her head and saw the other girls staring behind her with their mouths open in surprise.

”President Wu, we didn't know you were so impressive,” Chu said in an impressed manner. ”Can we visit your casino someday?”

Emerson's lips curved upwards slightly as he subtly placed his hands on the back of Avaleigh's chair, ”You're always welcome.”

Even though the man's hands weren't directly on her skin, Avaleigh could feel his warmth and it sent tingles down her spine.

At that moment, Sue approached as well to remind the girls that they had to get back to their rehearsal, ”Have you all finished your food? We need to get back to our rehearsal.”

A little fl.u.s.tered, Avaleigh immediately stood up and said, ”Yes!”

Without realizing, the chair behind her moved back a little and knocked against the man standing behind her. She quickly turned around, grabbed his arms and checked him from head to toe, ”Sorry, President Wu, did I hurt you?”

Emerson grabbed Avaleigh's arms to calm her down and chuckled, ”I'm fine.”

Avaleigh paused when she realized what she was doing and quickly pulled her arms away. She was normally a calm person, why was she so clumsy today?

Emerson glanced down at the woman and then looked at the other girls in the group, ”You girls go back to your rehearsal. I have to go to the casino now. I hope you enjoyed your breakfast.”

The girls nodded thankfully and quickly started leaving.

Avaleigh looked at the floor, suddenly too nervous to look the man in his eyes. With a smile, she said, ”Thank you for breakfast, it was really delicious.”

She then began to turn around. But, Emerson suddenly leaned forward and whispered beside her ear, ”Good luck with your concert tonight.”