Loving You In Secret novel Chapter 1653

Tyler's question caught Adam off-guard. He hesitated, unsure of how to explain. "It's because..."

"Because our relationship wasn't that great back then," Vicky chimed in. "We didn't meet often, and maybe Adam has forgotten about me. As for me, I... I didn't have much to say to Adam."

Tyler looked at Vicky. "Why didn't you get along?"

Vicky smiled and replied, "Well, it's because Adam always reminded me not to have any unrealistic fantasies about you."

Tyler studied her for a moment, seemingly believing her explanation, and did not press the matter further.

Due to a long day of travel and Tyler's scheduled appointments for the next day, he did not do anything to Vicky that night, and they went to bed early.

...

The next day, Tyler woke Vicky up very early.

"Get up and get ready." Tyler was already dressed perfectly.

Vicky checked the time and found that it was only half past five.

Lately, she had been quite the sleepyhead. Normally, she could get by with seven to eight hours of sleep, but recently, she was trending toward 10 to 12 hours.

"Do you want me to accompany you for breakfast?" Vicky asked, rubbing her eyes.

"I have a business meeting after breakfast."

Vicky's drowsiness faded a bit. "Am I going too?"

Tyler nodded.

Vicky was taken aback. "You want me to accompany you to a business meeting?"

"Is there a problem?"

"But..."

"No 'but'." Tyler was becoming impatient and pulled her out of bed. "If we delay any longer, we'll be late."

Vicky, still somewhat bewildered, quickly freshened up and had breakfast. Then, Tyler forcefully ushered her into the car and took her to the business meeting.

...

While it was indeed attention-grabbing that Tyler had openly brought another woman along so soon after breaking off his engagement with Avery, it was not entirely unheard of among men of their stature.

What truly surprised them was that Tyler had brought her to this kind of gathering.

Vicky also noticed that apart from a few professional-looking women who had come for work, not one person brought a female companion. Judging from her attire, she did not look like someone attending for business purposes.

She was instantly overwhelmed by awkwardness.

Before she could say anything, these people changed their demeanor incredibly quickly and began to offer friendly gestures.

"Is this Ms. Shaw?"

"Please, come inside!"

"Ms. Shaw, if you'd like anything to eat or drink, just let us know. I'll have my secretary prepare it."

"I can have my assistant fetch some magazines for you to read if you get bored, Ms. Shaw."

The sudden shift in their attitude made Vicky feel even more uncomfortable.