CHAPTER 489 DIAMOND PURSE

"Ah? What's the matter?" Yvonne returned to her senses.

Henry looked away. "It's okay."

"Sorry, I was just..."

"It's okay!" Henry interrupted her and then took a bag from Joe. "This is for Miss Smith."

"For me?" Yvonne opened her mouth in surprise. "This is..."

"It's an apology!" Henry said.

Yvonne was stunned, "Mr. Lancaster, you bought me a gift to apologize?"

"Yes," Henry replied.

Yvonne reached out to take the bag. "What's inside?"

The box was quite big and it felt heavy when she was holding it. She didn't know what he had bought.

"Open it and take a look." Henry motioned to her.

Yvonne hesitated but finally nodded in agreement.

She put the box on the table, and then bent down as she pulled the ribbon on the box.

The box was opened, and inside the box was a diamond purse with an exquisite design. The value of the purse was evident from the logo of a well-known international brand on the purse.

Yvonne looked at the purse and covered her mouth in surprise. "Mr. Lancaster, this..."

"An apology!" Henry repeated again.

Yvonne put her hand down, closed the box, and pushed it in front of him. "Mr. Lancaster, this apology i s too expensive. If I'm not mistaken, this bag was just launched, and there's only one in Vancouver. It's worth millions and you're giving it to me as an apology. I should be ashamed to even accept this."

She really liked the purse.

However, the price of this purse was too expensive.

Henry looked at Yvonne and asked, "There’s nothing t o be ashamed of. You were wronged for no reason and it's what I should do. Do you like this purse?"

Yvonne didn't hide her admiration either as she nodded. "Of course I like it. All women like bags, right?"

"If you like it, accept it then." Henry pushed the box back to her again.

Yvonne looked at the box and was silent for a few seconds and finally smiled, "Since Mr. Lancaster has s o generously gifted this to me, I'd better humbly accept it then."

A purse worth over millions delivered to her door, it would be a waste to not take it!

After thinking about it, Yvonne picked up the box and handed it to Lisa who was behind her. "Leave it in my office." 1

"Yes!" Lisa nodded and walked out while holding the box cautiously. She was extremely excited.

She finally had a chance to feel the million-dollar bag.

She could feel the difference between the purse and ordinary purses even through a box.

It sure was nice to be rich!

"Sorry, Mr. Lancaster. My assistant was just nervous." Yvonne couldn't help holding her forehead as she stared at her assistant's cautious figure.

Henry said, "It's nothing."

"Does Mr. Lancaster feel better?" Yvonne pointed to his head.

Henry understood that she was asking about his sudden headache and blackout last night.

He rubbed his eyebrows and replied, "I'm alright. I heard from Joe that it was you who took me to the lounge, so thank you for taking care of me, Miss Smith."

Yvonne waved her hand. "No, it's nothing. It was my glass of wine that made you like that after all, so I'm glad you're not blaming me for it."

"It's normal to drink at banquets, so don't worry about i t, Miss Smith," Henry said.

When Joe who was behind him heard this, he suddenly rolled his eyes.

What did he mean that it was normal to drink at a banquet?

For the past six years, he would only drink on Master Lancaster’s Remembrance Day, or when he was in a bad mood. On other occasions, he would not drink at all, and he would downright reject people’s offers when they offered him drinks.

But this time, he didn't refuse it when Miss Smith gave him the wine. This was very surprising to Joe.

Besides, he was also surprised by one more thing.

The diamond purse.

In the morning, Mr. Lancaster suddenly asked him how he could show his sincerity in apologizing. Joe told him that it would be more sincere if he met her in person and gifted something as an apology.

Mr. Lancaster then took him to a luxury mall and walked into a branded purse store under the recommendation of the mall manager. He personally chose the diamond bag.

That was the most expensive purse in the store!

However, price aside, Mr. Lancaster personally chose the bag himself. Obviously, he could order Joe or somebody else to buy it. Why did Mr. Lancaster have t o go personally?

His behavior looked like a man in love.

Wait, love?

Could it be that Mr. Lancaster had feelings for Miss Smith...

Joe looked at Henry's back in disbelief, and then at Yvonne who was having a pleasant conversation with Henry. His heart was upset.

"Miss Smith, it's almost noon. Can we go to have a meal together? As a celebration for our previous collaboration." Henry suddenly got up and invited Yvonne.

Yvonne looked at her watch. "Oh, time flies. Sure. I rejected your invitation last time, so it wouldn't be nice to reject it again this time. Let's do it."

After she said that, she stood up and patted her skirt.' Can you please wait for a moment? I'll go back to the office to get changed, because I need to see a client in the afternoon, I can’t let the

smell of grease and smoke get on my clothes."

"Okay." Henry nodded.

Yvonne then walked out of the lounge, leaving only Henry and Joe there.

Joe stepped forward and he was unable to restrain his curiosity, so he asked, "Mr. Lancaster, are you and Miss Smith..."

However, his phone rang before he could finish.

In desperation, Joe had to swallow the words he wanted to ask. He then and took out the phone to answer the call.

Two minutes later, the call ended.

Joe put his cell phone away and before Henry could ask, he said, "Mr. Lancaster, the call is from the foreign investigation team that was investigating Miss Smith."

Henry's eyes flickered. "What did they say?"

"Her detailed information has been sent to your mailbox, and you can go through it when you return to the company. As for the verbal information, they said that Miss Smith has always looked like that ever since she grew up. The reason she didn’t show up much was because of her congenital heart disease. She’s been living in the hospital, and she only had surgery five years ago," Joe replied.

Henry tapped his knee lightly with his fingers." Surgery?"

"Yes, the detective also took a special trip to the hospital. Miss Smith's surgery records are there, so Miss Smith really isn’t..."

Joe didn’t continue, but Henry understood his meaning.

Joe sighed as he realized that there really was a possibility that two people could look so alike in this world.

"Really? I guess it’s not then...” Henry lowered his eyes, making it difficult to see what he was thinking about a t the moment.

Joe secretly glanced at him, but he did not answer.

After a while, Henry asked, "What were you going to say?"

Joe's mouth twitched. "It's nothing, I just want to ask i f you have feelings for Miss Smith?"

"Huh?" Henry frowned.

Joe quickly explained, "It's just for the past few days, I found that you were a little too concerned about Miss Smith. You accepted her drink when she offered and personally selected a purse for her just to apologize..."

"It's nothing, it's just out of concern for a business partner," Henry said with his eyes down.

"Is that so?" Joe scratched his head.

Was he really thinking too much?

Henry glanced at Joe coldly, then drooped his eyelids, hiding the emotions in his eyes. Content from NôvelDr(a)ma.Org.

It was natural that Joe would think like that about him. Henry knew deep down that he really cared about Shannon as Joe said.

However, he didn't know why.

When he saw Shannon's face, he couldn't help but want to get close to her, and he could not stop himself from paying attention to her, wanting to do something for her.

What was wrong with him?