Chapter 91
It turned out that several companies were planning to launch a project and wanted to invite Tobias to collaborate.
Although Natalie didn't know much about business, she could see that Tobias seemed somewhat disinterested, even though these presidents looked eager to lure in Tobias to join them.
Natalie thought, "Why did Tobias still come to this dinner anyway even though he doesn't seem interested in their plans?"
However, after thinking further, the business field has always been very complicated. For someone in a high position like Tobias, he still had to give them face to attend this kind of dinner meeting.
The presidents also sensed Tobias's lack of interest. They looked at each other, then one of them suddenly stood up and said, "I need to go to the toilet for now. You guys can continue."
Tobias' dark eyes, which had a tinge of light in them, jerked slightly.
After that, they started to mingle around again around the dining table.
Compared to the other presidents, Tobias' face had always been indifferent. He always had this blank look on his face.
Natalie couldn't do much here, so she simply began to dig into the food. Putting aside other things, the dishes served in the five- star hotel were out of this world. It was scrumptious. Natalie enjoyed the food very much.
Tobias glanced at Natalie subconsciously a few times, and then a faint smile appeared on his lips.
Only Natalie, a naive little creature, could fully immerse herself in food on such an occasion.
Soon, a waiter brought a few more bottles of wine.
Several presidents excitedly urged Tobias to drink.
Natalie didn't know if it was just her illusion, but when the presidents urged Tobias to drink with them, she just so happened to meet Tobias' gaze as she was swallowing a bun.
A sharp glint flashed in Tobias' eyes when she locked eyes with him.
However, the sharpness was like a dragonfly, skimming the water as it soon disappeared.
The other presidents handed Tobias a glass of wine. "Mr. Whitlock, you must gulp down this glass of wine. Otherwise, it would mean that you're not giving us face."
Tobias smiled faintly, accepted the glass, and drank the contents until not a drop was left.
One of the presidents also handed Natalie a glass of wine while saying, "Girl, you should also have a drink."
Natalie was stunned. Earlier on, she had been eating non-stop, and nobody was bothered with her. Why did someone suddenly ask her to drink at the moment? While she didn't know whether she should accept the drink or not, Tobias quietly took the glass of wine, which was raised in front of Natalie, and said, "She is still a student. She can't drink. Let me drink in her place."
The president smiled and replied, "Mr. Whitlock, I don't think that should be the case. What's wrong with a student drinking some alcohol? She should learn how to drink too." © 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.
Tobias' tone was faint but sharp when he rebuked the president, "My woman doesn't need to learn how to drink."
His words made the president clam up. He could only let Tobias drink on behalf of Natalie.
As Tobias drank more and more wine, there was an indescribable urgency in those presidents' eyes.
No matter how carefree Natalie was, she could still realize that something had gone wrong.
At this time, Tobias, who was sitting next to her, suddenly pulled her into his embrace. Natalie was stunned. Tobias' lips brushed past Natalie's earlobe as he whispered, "Remember your identity. You are my wife. You should fulfill your role as my wife."
His voice was very soft. Except for Natalie, no one could hear him.
At that moment, the president, who had just claimed that he needed to go to the toilet, pushed the door open and reentered the suite. He didn't come alone this time. He was accompanied by a few girls.
The girls were all very young. All of them were wearing school uniforms of the same color. The school uniforms they were wearing were not the regular type. The top of the uniform was very revealing, and their skirts were very short too, which would cause someone to blush and shy away at the sight of it.
It turned out that those presidents were not confident with the business plan at all in the first place. They were not sure that Tobias would collaborate with them, so they were gauging Tobias' intention for the whole dinner.
However, it was unexpected that Tobias would bring along a girl who looked like a student. A few ideas suddenly sprung to their mind.
They felt that this was an opportunity.
It seemed like Tobias wasn't the type to avoid women like the rumors had described. If they could successfully convince Tobias by using women's beauty as a weapon, Tobias would have no choice
but to work with them.
Therefore, one of the presidents used an excuse to escape the suite to gather several beautiful female college students and instructed them to seduce Tobias with their beauty.
On the other hand, the few remaining presidents left in the private suite began to pour wine for Tobias as a desperate measure to make him drunk using alcohol.
After all, if a man was drunk, it was more likely for him to do something out of line.
They initially planned to get Natalie, who was by Tobias' side, to become drunk. That way, there would be one less obstacle obstructing their plan. However, they didn't expect that Tobias would protect Natalie to the point that he didn't even let her taste a drop of wine.
However, this fact didn't matter too much. At a glance, they could see that Natalie was a wide-eyed student in the ways of society. She wouldn't be able to do anything although she was by Tobias' side.
"Everyone, I have brought a few beautiful girls here to add on to the fun." The president walked in with a hearty laugh.
He looked at Tobias especially. "Mr. Whitlock, these girls are all college students. They are all campus belles who are young and beautiful!"
When they saw Tobias bringing along Natalie, they mistakenly thought that Tobias had a soft spot for young students.
Tobias smiled slightly and didn't say anything.
On the other hand, Natalie, who was sitting on the side, had a ton of emotions flashing across her eyes.
Even if she had never seen much of the world, she knew what these potbellied presidents were plotting!
They wanted to seduce Tobias with women so that Tobias would join their plans.
"This is simply despicable!" Natalie complained in her heart.
At that moment, a current suddenly flashed across her mind.
She was reminded of what Tobias had told her a moment ago. He said that he wanted her to remember her identity.
"Could it be that Tobias has realized what these presidents are plotting, and he needs me to stop these people?" Natalie thought.
For a moment, Natalie's heart was in turmoil.
She was really unsure...
It could be possible as Tobias might have uttered those words on purpose. His words must mean something.
However, it was impossible as well because of Tobias' background. He was the president of YS Group and an omnipotent man in a certain sense of the word! How could he shove a little girl forward to fend off the traps of the business world set out in front of him?
Natalie became increasingly confused. What was Tobias trying to say?
At that moment, the few beautiful women started to surround Tobias.
"Mr. Whitlock, let Lily propose a toast to you."
"Mr. Whitlock, let Mandy propose a toast to you."
"Mr. Whitlock, you are as handsome as they described in the magazines. It's the first time for me, Sadie, to see such a good-looking man."
"That's right, Mr. Whitlock. You're simply too handsome."
These beautiful women completely ignored Natalie, who was by Tobias' side, and flattered him with all kinds of honeyed words.
Natalie was totally speechless. Did these women think she was there just for decoration?
Although she and Tobias were only an arranged couple and she couldn't intervene in his life too much, she was sitting beside Tobias as his wife this time. These girls should have some conscience in the first place. How could they try to hook up with Tobias so shamelessly in front of her?