Chapter 965 Mr. Stevens' Apology

"Go to bed if you're tired. If you're still awake when I'm done showering, we’ll...” Luke's thin lips touched her forehead lightly, his kiss carrying a touch ofcharm.

Bianca's face turned slightly red. She lifted the blanket and said, "I'm going to bed, good night.”

She lay down, covered the quilt, closed her eyes, and stopped looking at his teasing eyes.

Luke rubbed on her cherry lips with his fingertips and whispered, "Come on now..."

Bianca blushed and turned to her side so he could no longer touch her. "I hung your pajamas in the bathroom. Go take a shower." "Okay." After he tucked her in, Luke stood up and walked to the bathroom.

Bianca heard the sound of the door closing and moments later, there was the sound of water running in the shower. She was filled with happiness. She picked up the phone on the bedside table, sent a message to Nina, and fell asleep.

The next day, Bianca returned to work and held a meeting to work out the company's development plan for the next quarter.

Halfway through the meeting, the assistant at the front desk knocked on the door and walked into the meeting room. "Ms. Rayne, Mr. Steven is looking for you outside." "Take him to the reception room." Bianca's expression remained unchanged. She knew that Steven would come to her, but she did not expect that he would be so impatient, just like Luke had guessed.

When Luke got up in the morning, he had mentioned that Steven would be visiting Brilliant Architectural Design LLC today.

She thought Steven would take some time to process it and show up in a few days when he was desperate. However, Steven made an appearance earlier than expected.

"Okay." The assistant at the front desk closed the door and took Steven to the reception room as per Bianca's instructions. She passed him a cup of coffee before leaving.

Bianca continued with the meeting, and they eventually wrapped things up an hour later.

After the employees left the meeting room, Nina went to Bianca and asked, "Bea, do you think he's still here?"

Bianca nodded her head and said, "Even if we had a five-hour meeting, he'd still be here."

Nina gave her a thumbs up. She was surprised when she received Bianca's text last night. She thought that Percy ruined things beyond repair and their partnership was as good as gone.

"Let's go, accompany me to the meeting room." Bianca put away her laptop and walked out of the meeting room with Nina.

The two went to the reception room.

Steven was slumped on the sofa. His body occupied most of the two- seater sofa. Perhaps it was because he was getting impatient while waiting, he even took off his leather shoes.

Nina frowned in disgust. 'Does he think of our office as his home?’ She put on a smile and said, "Mr. Steven, sorry to keep you waiting."

Steven immediately put on his leather shoes, buckled the edges of the shoes with his fingers, and stood up. He tugged on his wrinkled suit before reaching his hand out while saying, "Ms. Rayne, Ms. Langdon, good morning."

Bianca remembered that he had just fumbled with his shoes and ignored his hand. She sat across from him with Nina and said, "Steven, what can I do for you today?" Property © .

Steven retracted his hand in embarrassment, sat down, and smiled at Bianca and Nina. He was here to apologize.

He had not apologized to anyone since he started his business. Even after practicing several times in his heart, he could not bring himself to say it.

Steven was chuckling awkwardly.

Nina enjoyed this look of fear on Steven. It was what he deserved after he harassed them last night. She said, "Mr. Steven, why aren't you speaking? Are you here to tell us that your company has decided to work with ours? You shouldn’t have made the trip here! You could've just given us a call instead of coming all the way here."

She was being cheeky. After all, she was humiliated by Percy just because he could not control his hands.

Steven shook his head quickly and said, "No, I'm here to apologize to the two of you."

Bianca and Nina were both quiet.

Steven paused as he was not sure how to continue since they were not saying anything.

He took a deep breath and treated the coffee as alcohol. He took a sip to muster up the courage before he said, "I’m sorry that I behaved inappropriately with both of you. I hope that you can forgive me and let this matter go."

Bianca and Nina shared a look and thought, 'That's it?'

Nina was displeased and said, "Steven, do you know how much trouble your actions caused us last night? We’re women hoping to secure a business partner, not bottle girls." "Of course you're not!" Steven said quickly, "I couldn't control myself after drinking. I mean... the two of you are really beautiful..." "What did you just say?" Nina did not think that it was a compliment. Being drunk did not excuse bad behavior.

"I'll keep my mouth shut." Steven shook his head and hurriedly took out two sets of documents from his bag. "Ms. Rayne, should we proceed with signing the contract?"

Bianca picked up a copy and took a look at it. It was the contract that they had previously discussed. She flipped through it and looked up at him suspiciously. "Are you serious?" "I've thought about it and I believe that the design concept of Brilliant Architectural Design LLC is compatible with St. Heckler. Ms. Rayne, I sincerely want to work with your firm." Steven gave a sincere look.

Nina chuckled and replied, "Steven, why do you suddenly want to cooperate with our company? If I remember correctly, Ms. Rayne's husband sent you a lawyer's letter yesterday. Is that why you're here today?"

Since Nina had laid it all out, Steven could do nothing but smile and say," Ms. Langdon, you're a smart woman. There are some things that we don't need to be so direct about, right?" "Mr. Steven, how would we know what you mean if you're not direct?" Nina was not a forgiving person. She knew that she had to stand up and fight for herself. She wanted to make Steven pay a billionfold for what he did to them!

After being involved with Percy for a while, her values had been distorted.

Steven sighed, and he could only admit defeat. He said, "Yes, I hope our companies can establish a friendly business relationship. Our company has other development plans in A City, so there are many future opportunities for us to work together again. Ms. Rayne, Ms. Langdon, I apologize for my

behavior. Considering how sincere I’m being, can you get Mr. Crawford to withdraw the lawyer's letter if I sign this contract?"

What he said was very moving, but Bianca did not react to it. She went through the contract with Nina.

Nina saw the project budget and said, "You’re sincerely apologizing to us, but the project budget..."

In the text that Bianca sent yesterday, she made it clear that she wanted this partnership, so they would just let last night’s incident go.

After all, it was not something that they wanted to reveal to the public. It was time-consuming to go to court.

"Ms. Langdon, what do you mean?" Steven asked immediately.

"The budget is unreasonable, Mr. Steven. You said you’re being sincere but this is the same budget that we previously discussed." Nina was such a wonderful negotiator that Bianca did not have to step in.