Chapter 167

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Rachel leaned against the tree and exhaled out loud. She managed a weak smirk and said, “I owe you one again.”

“Don’t take this the wrong way. This is a team-building session between our companies, and a lot of eyes are looking at us. I don’t want anyone dying here,” Tyler said indifferently.

Cecilia’s face stiffened.

That… that sounded so harsh!

She had heard about how tough it was to deal with Tyler, and she didn’t believe it at first. He was so handsome, it was enough to mask a nasty personality.

Who knew that his words were enough to choke one to death?

A colleague came looking for Cecilia. “Cecilia, come with me. I have something to tell you.”

Cecilia looked back at her and said, “I’ll be there with you in a moment.”

She turned to Rachel. “Rachel, I’m worried about leaving you alone here. Shall I get someone here to watch you?”

“No need, I’m fine.”

Cecilia’s heart clenched with anxiety at the thought of what nearly happened. If anything were to happen again, and if there was no one by Rachel’s side…

She instinctively glanced at Tyler. He was the only one around here, and she had no other choice. She bit the bullet; she was about to ask Tyler for help when she saw him stretching his limbs out and shutting his eyes.

“I’ll sit here and catch a wink.”

Cecilia shut her mouth, knowing that the opportunity to ask him for a favor had passed.

On second thought, it was probably a long shot to ask Tyler to keep Rachel company. He had always been a lone ranger. How could he possibly be willing to stay with Rachel?

What’s more, Rachel was nobody to him.

Well, it was fine as long as someone was around.

“I’ll go over, then.”

Cecilia made sure that Rachel was fine before leaving.

After Rachel recovered, she glanced at Tyler, who was pretending to sleep against the tree trunk.

She coughed. “I know you’re not asleep.”

Tyler’s eyes opened as he glanced lazily at Rachel, his tone leisurely. “Did anyone teach you not to be so blatant?”

Rachel almost couldn’t hold her laughter back at Tyler’s words. The cheek of him, a die-hard, insensitive straight-talker, to scold her for being blatant with her words!

Rachel watched on as Tyler yawned. He was the leader of LS Enterprise and a needle mover of Yurelia City’s economic growth, yet he revelled in his lazy and sloppy image.

She looked around them and saw no signs of Samantha and William. Then, she replied lazily to him, “You come out tops when it comes to talking blatantly. No one would dare to fight you for the throne.”

Tyler looked down as he folded his sleeves and tugged at his tie. “Of course. You know very well how aggressive I can be, right?”

Rachel’s face turned red; she looked away, refusing to talk.

Chapter 167

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Tyler scoffed. “So petty? You’re as mild as a harmless sheep before William, but you’re behaving like a highly guarded porcupine before me. Ms. Lloyd, you’re not being very fair.”

His voice was low, with a tinge of glee.

Rachel turned to explain, “I’m not mad. I just don’t want to talk.”

“Where’s your phone?”

His sudden question stunned Rachel. The first thing that popped up in her mind was what did Tyler want her phone for?

“What do you want my phone for?” she asked.

“Check whether you even have your phone with you or not.”