The Headline Queen: President Hawthorne is Her Die-Hard Fan!-Chapter 372: The Old Man

Julian Hawthorne pulled her into his arms, and Paige Sterling sat down and reached for the sweet potato, broke it in half, and took a bite. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

But the sweet potato was too hot, it numbed her tongue.

Paige was usually quite tolerant of pain, but this time, it burned the softest spot and made her tear up uncontrollably.

Julian couldn’t bear to scold her for being clumsy, and said softly, "Open your mouth, let me see your tongue."

Paige stuck out her tongue for Julian to see, but as he looked, his body’s reaction became apparent.

Paige turned green, "Are you even human? I’m hurt and you actually react?"

Julian licked his lips, "I don’t want to be human anymore."

Paige, "..."

Fortunately, Julian only said it playfully, and didn’t actually do anything.

More than any romantic urges, he obviously felt more sorry for Paige’s injury.

He poured her a glass of cold water, his voice sounding a bit hoarse, "Have some water."

Paige downed the water.

Though it got burned, it didn’t seem to have caused a wound, and it didn’t hurt anymore.

But Paige felt it was quite embarrassing, after all, she was a high IQ scientist, yet got so messed up by a sweet potato.

Julian watched her reaction and laughed.

Paige glared at him, "What are you laughing at?"

Julian, "Nothing."

"You did laugh. Are you mocking me in your heart?"

Julian, "I clearly laughed on my face."

Paige continued to glare until Julian tore off a piece of the sweet potato and put it in her mouth.

"Eat up."

Paige only had one piece, after all eating too many sweet potatoes can be quite awkward; though she liked them, she wouldn’t eat too many.

When Julian put the last piece of sweet potato in her mouth, Paige hadn’t quite bitten it before Julian withdrew his hand and popped it into his own mouth.

Paige instinctively followed the sweet potato and ended up kissing Julian’s lips.

When Paige left the office, thirty minutes had passed, they just cuddled for a while, they didn’t do anything inappropriate in such a formal setting.

Not long after Paige left, Simon Hawthorne came in.

"Where’s my sister-in-law? I just saw her go into your office."

Julian stood by the window, looking a bit wistfully as he watched the scene below.

"She went off with another man," It was some guy from Paige’s lab who came and took her away.

Simon followed Julian’s gaze to look downstairs, but from such a distance, all he could see were two little black dots.

However, for Julian to gaze at those dots with such emotion, they must be special dots, so that must be Paige.

"Sister-in-law is busy with work, big brother, you have to learn to be understanding, don’t be too clingy, being too clingy will also make women feel annoyed, especially if sister-in-law is such a capable woman..."

"My Beau wouldn’t be annoyed with me."

"Yes, yes, your Beau wouldn’t be annoyed."

Julian fixed his gaze on Simon, "Is Beau someone you can call?"

Simon, "..."

In the afternoon, Julian called Paige, saying he would come to pick her up.

But on the way, several cars got into a pile-up, leading to a serious traffic jam.

Thinking that Paige was still waiting for him, Julian became a bit anxious.

At this time, he saw an electric bike happily weaving through the traffic, unaffected by the jam.

Julian immediately called Secretary Jones, then left his car keys in the car, waiting for Secretary Jones to come and drive it away.

He himself got out of the car and stopped one of the passing white electric bikes, his tone very polite, "Hello, could you sell me this bike?"

The electric bike owner had seen Julian get out of the luxury car and knew he was wealthy, not lacking money, and said he was in a hurry right now.

Didn’t they always say on TV? Rich people’s time is money, second to second, can’t afford to delay.

So the bike owner said immediately, "No way, this bike has been with me since I became an adult, we’ve been through so many ups and downs together, we’ve developed deep feelings, it’s like my wife, how could I sell my wife..."

Julian’s mouth twitched hard, "How much do you want?"

The bike owner raised one finger.

Julian, "One hundred thousand, no problem, I’ll scan your WeChat."

The bike owner, "..."

He just wanted ten thousand, didn’t mean to be so greedy.

But... since the other was so generous, he felt embarrassed to refuse.

He quickly got off the bike with a grin, and handed Julian the QR code, "Sir, take care and be careful on your way."

Julian rode off on the electric bike. He had ridden motorcycles before, so riding an electric bike was a piece of cake.

Just as Paige came out of the institute, she saw Julian on the electric bike.

The man’s tall figure made the little electric bike look a bit small, and under Julian’s weight, the bike looked just a tiny bit pitiful.

Paige was speechless, "Where did you get the bike?"

Julian, "There was a traffic jam."

Paige, "You could have just told me, I would have made my own way back."

Julian looked at her, "I said I’d pick you up, so I will pick you up, hop on."

Paige got on the electric bike.

Julian deliberately rode at a snail’s pace, taking a long time to reach the city, and just as Paige was about to fall asleep from the slow speeds, the bike stopped.

Paige thought they were home, opened her eyes, and realized they were still on the street.

The bike had stopped because they were caught by the traffic police for not wearing helmets.

The officer asked Julian for the bike’s documents, which he couldn’t provide.

This led the officer to suspect that he stole the bike, and they refused to let him go.

Paige buried her face in Julian’s back, clearly laughing.

About an hour later, they finally resolved the issue, but when they got home, Paige found out she and Julian had made it to the news.

As the traffic police had collaborated with a traffic program, they were broadcasting live, and the two of them violating traffic rules embarrassed themselves before the entire nation.

Mr. Hawthorne also, due to this live broadcast, finally showed his face publicly, and netizens realized that the Mr. Hawthorne from the Hawthorne Group was neither a balding old man nor a weak-footed, feeble gentleman.

He was actually quite good-looking...

"Haha, picking up God Sterling on an electric bike, such a down-to-earth CEO."

"Seeing my God Sterling’s husband with a blank face through the screen, just feel Mr. Hawthorne is at a loss for words internally..."

"Haha, seeing Mr. Hawthorne’s good looks, I’m relieved, my God Sterling indeed has a unique taste..."

Reading these comments, Paige was speechless.

So before this, everyone was sympathizing with her? Thinking she found herself an old man?

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