Addiction to Temptation: His Mischievous Sweetheart Captivates Him-Chapter 132: Zane Thorne Sulks

Astra First Municipal Hospital, even while in the hospital room, Zane Thorne didn’t leave his work behind. After receiving a message from Genevieve Joyce confirming Natalie Vaughn had safely returned to the hotel, the man finally stood up.

In the past few years, he neither avoided smoking nor drinking, and with his hectic work schedule, staying up late and pulling all-nighters, no matter how good a person’s physical condition is, they can’t handle it.

This time, he really didn’t expect that just drinking a bit too much would cause his stomach to have issues.

Suddenly, the words Natalie Vaughn said echoed in his ears again.

"Drank yourself into the hospital? You’re really something!"

"Are you smoking again? Do you want to die?!"

Thinking about it, Zane Thorne suddenly laughed. He could imagine how the young lady must have scrunched up her entire little face, and those beautiful eyes of hers were blazing with anger.

Even when she’s angry, she’s definitely beautiful.

Since his wife is so concerned about his health, tonight he wouldn’t work late, he’d rest early. Just as he was lying down, Carter Chapman’s words flashed through his mind again.

Playing the sympathy card...

Would it work on Natalie Vaughn?

The man’s eyes narrowed slightly. Anyway, the last time the young girl purposely showed him her bruised waist after a wire stunt, he was distressed.

It worked, prompting him to book a flight to Veridia right after hanging up.

...

Zane Thorne didn’t know if it would work, nor had he decided whether to use the sympathy card on Natalie. He only knew that when he woke up wanting to chat with her, he found himself still on her WeChat blacklist.

His good mood from the early morning was gone just like that.

Recalling that last night Natalie had once called him with her phone, Zane called her back. This time, he wasn’t blacklisted, but no one answered.

Looking at the time, Zane came up with two possible excuses for Natalie.

One, Natalie was still asleep from being drunk and hadn’t woken up.

Two, Natalie had already gone to the set for filming early this morning.

He hesitated for a moment, having flipped to Genevieve Joyce’s number, but didn’t call her.

Forget it, he thought, I’ll try contacting her around noon.

Zane thought this way, but he never expected that by noon, when he called Natalie’s phone again, it showed that it was turned off.

He was still wondering about using the sympathy card, and had this ungrateful little one sobered up and remembered to blacklist him again? Zane squinted his eyes slightly, his facial lines tense, and couldn’t help grinding his teeth.

"The little girl."

Seraphina Sutton, who came over with some documents, didn’t understand why Zane looked like this. Although Zane was strict at work, that was a normal workplace emotion, and aside from that, he rarely revealed his thoughts.

Even though his temperament leaned towards being domineering, assertive, and flamboyant, no one could really see anything through his indifferent eyes.

Having twice encountered Zane showing emotions for personal reasons, Seraphina was frustrated. Why was she so unlucky?

"President Thorne, these are the documents you need to handle today."

Seraphina spoke cautiously, her head lowered, not daring to look at Zane, afraid that even a stray glimpse might get her killed by his gaze.

Zane acknowledged with a sound.

Seraphina secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Then, President Thorne, I’ll head back to the office."

Saying this, she slightly bowed her head, turned around, and just as she reached for the door handle, she heard a voice from behind.

"Wait."

Seraphina’s eyes shut tight, her brows tense, but only for a second. She quickly composed herself, turned back with a smile on her face.

"President Thorne, do you have any other orders?"

"Does the sympathy card work on you women?"

Seraphina was dumbfounded by the question. Did she just hear President Thorne asking about something unrelated to work?

"Generally speaking, the sympathy card works really well when used by someone you like."

After speaking, Seraphina calmed down and realized who Zane’s abnormal mood was about today. Besides his wife, who else could it be?

"Right, President Thorne, your wife used Genevieve Joyce’s phone to call me and asked about your condition."

Zane’s hand stopped abruptly, quickly looking up at Seraphina, his brows furrowing in displeasure.

"Why didn’t you mention this earlier?"

Earlier? Earlier she was so frightened by his demeanor, how could she remember such a thing? Seraphina lamented inwardly but in reality, she immediately lowered her head.

"Sorry, that was my mistake."

"Alright then, what did she ask?"

Zane put down his pen, subconsciously picked up a pack of cigarettes from the side, took one out and put it in his mouth, yet before he could light it, he heard Seraphina say.

"She asked about your medical history and current physical condition, and told me to supervise you."

Seraphina paused, watching Zane skillfully playing with the lighter.

"No drinking, no smoking."

Zane was just spinning the lighter in his fingers, and hearing that, he scoffed.

"She blacklisted me, doesn’t answer my calls, and now she wants to control me."

Seraphina was shocked internally; so it turns out, his wife had blacklisted President Thorne. No wonder his face looked so grim. But his wife is truly bold, daring to be so brazen with President Thorne, it’s truly something to admire.

"Your wife is concerned about your health."

Zane scoffed again, feeling so irritable even his hair seemed to bristle. But he tossed the lighter to the side, removing the cigarette from his mouth and throwing it into the trash bin.

"What else did she say?"

Seeing the faint anticipation in Zane’s eyes, Seraphina suddenly felt some compassion.

"Nothing else."

Zane: ...

"You may leave now."

The man’s mood turned gloomy again, impatiently waving his hand. Seraphina felt like she was getting a pardon and hurriedly opened the door to leave. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

Once a few steps away, she glanced back at the hospital room.

No wonder Genevieve said she must take good care of his wife’s emotions in the future, she now deeply understood the meaning behind those words.

Taking care of the wife’s emotions is equivalent to taking care of the boss’s emotions.

Makes sense.

Zane had completely lost all focus for work now, his mind was full of Natalie Vaughn. A little ungrateful one who blacklisted him again, and yet the girl who calls to ask his assistant about his health.

It made people angry, yet also made him feel that being mad at her was somewhat ridiculous.

However, after this whole incident, Zane realized that this time, the young girl wasn’t easy to appease. If she’s hard to appease, then keep trying until she’s willing to talk to him, until she’s no longer mad.

His young girl shouldn’t have to endure any grievance.

Meanwhile, Natalie Vaughn wasn’t feeling too good after getting drunk; Zoe Chandler had bought her some hangover soup, prepared by a top hotel’s top chef, yet Natalie thought it wasn’t as good as what Zane made.

Even though she called his assistant to ask about him, she couldn’t completely ease her mind. The consequence was that while filming, Natalie made more mistakes than ever since joining the crew.

She messed up so much that even Director Gable, who had always appreciated her, frowned.

"I’m sorry, Director Gable, I’m not in a good state today."

Constantly distracted by worry over Zane in the hospital having to deal with work matters.

Director Gable didn’t say much, just letting Natalie rest for half an hour to adjust her state.

Zoe handed a coffee to Natalie.

"What happened? Why did you drink so much last night?"

Seeing Natalie remain silent, Zoe asked again.

"Did you two have a fight? Haven’t made up yet?"

Natalie half-squinted at the gray sky, recapping the events that had happened briefly.

"Ms. Chandler, am I being a bit too dramatic?"

Zoe raised an eyebrow.

"Are you talking about the blacklisting?"

"Yes."

"Depends on the situation, maybe someone else doing it would seem dramatic, but it’s totally reasonable for you to do so."

Over this period, Zoe had gotten to know what kind of person Natalie Vaughn was.

"Why?"

Why else? Natalie Vaughn is essentially a pampered young lady, everyone indulges her, so what if she’s a little spoiled? What’s the harm in having a bit of a temper? Not being mad would not be her.

Moreover, doesn’t Zane Thorne enjoy indulging her?