CHAPTER 464: CHAPTER 464: HERE COMES THE SCHEME

Quentin Quinn stood in front, outside the CEO’s office, and upon seeing the person coming around the corner, he immediately stood respectfully and opened the door to the office.

Poe Vaughn looked at the person ahead, his cautious demeanor, and parted his lips: "No."

"Okay."

The call ended, and Poe Vaughn strode into the CEO’s office.

The housekeeper listened to the busy tone coming from the phone and understood clearly.

Tonight, the Mr. and Mrs. probably won’t be coming home.

At this moment, the housekeeper was quite relieved, with no more worries.

Quentin Quinn watched Poe Vaughn approaching, his heart was in his throat.

Because, half an hour ago, President Vaughn suddenly called him and mentioned three things.

The first was to immediately book a flight to Saipan Island for tonight; the second was not to take Ava Sterling’s call or pay her any attention; the third was to prepare crucial company projects related to Saipan Island as he would arrive at the company in half an hour.

Previously, President Vaughn was never the type to leave work punctually at five every day, and certainly not the type to stop working after hours.

This was impossible.

But ever since Ava Sterling appeared, President Vaughn’s schedule gradually changed, and the all-consuming work began to be taken over by one person.

Gradually, this person pushed work aside, occupying President Vaughn’s heart.

So now the situation is, President Vaughn maintains a good routine, eating meals and following a work schedule, and hardly works after hours.

You could say, business is business, private life is private.

At the company, it’s business; outside, there’s no business talk.

And today, Quentin Quinn also thought their President Vaughn would, like before, leave work at five and go pick up Ava Sterling to go home, no longer handling work.

Of course, today was different, with the Rhodes Family patriarch suddenly hospitalized, preventing President Vaughn from coming to the company all afternoon, but this certainly didn’t affect Ava Sterling’s importance in his heart.

So, at five sharp, their President Vaughn surely wouldn’t continue working.

Moreover, there was no urgent work requiring President Vaughn’s immediate attention.

Who would’ve thought, around six, President Vaughn would suddenly call and unexpectedly give these three strange orders, greatly surprising Quentin Quinn.

His heart was full of confusion, even a sense of unease, worried that something might happen.

Thus, calculating the time, before President Vaughn arrived at the company, he was already carrying the files waiting outside the CEO’s office.

And upon seeing Poe Vaughn, his heart instantly tightened.

Hopefully, nothing major happens.

Poe Vaughn, holding his phone, elegantly stepped into the CEO’s office, and Quentin Quinn immediately followed inside; just when he entered, his phone rang.

Quentin Quinn paused, checked the caller ID, and immediately looked at the person walking ahead: "President Vaughn, Mrs. called again."

Yes, again.

Shortly after President Vaughn gave him those three orders, his phone rang.

It was a call from Ava Sterling.

President Vaughn seemed to have already predicted Ava Sterling would call him.

And with President Vaughn’s orders, he didn’t answer.

As President Vaughn’s assistant, naturally, he listened to President Vaughn’s orders, whatever President Vaughn said, that’s what it was, although he didn’t know what had happened, but the command from President Vaughn was like a royal decree.

Only.

After not answering Ava Sterling’s call, Ava Sterling kept calling, nonstop, even later messaging him, asking where President Vaughn was, how to reach him, and claiming it was urgent.

Anyway, it was extremely urgent.

Just by looking at Ava Sterling’s messages, he could feel her urgency.

The two must be dealing with something serious for Ava Sterling, but for President Vaughn...seems fine.

Before seeing Poe Vaughn, Quentin Quinn’s heart was unsettled, but seeing Poe Vaughn, his restless heart stabilized considerably.

Because, he couldn’t sense any significant change in President Vaughn, and his aura wasn’t intimidating.

Thinking back to President Vaughn’s orders and Ava Sterling’s urgency, he formed a hypothesis.

Their President Vaughn probably plans to set Ava up again.

Correct, a setup.

In reality, Ava Sterling is quite easy to set up, her mind is too simple, her wants too simple.

Meeting their President Vaughn, she could only be the object of setups.

At this moment, looking at the vibrating phone again, Quentin Quinn felt it necessary for President Vaughn to know.

To know about Ava Sterling’s urgency.

Poe Vaughn settled into his office chair and spoke: "Give me the files."

This meant, abstain from answering or paying attention to Ava Sterling.

Quentin Quinn understood instantly, putting his phone back in his pocket, presented the file with both hands, and said: "Here are the two major projects on Saipan Island, everything is running smoothly, no issues."

"Hmm."

Poe Vaughn received the file, opened it, and read.

Quentin Quinn stood by, waiting for further instructions from Poe Vaughn.

President Vaughn surely had more orders.

But just as Poe Vaughn opened the file, he asked: "What time is the flight booked for?"

Quentin Quinn paused, then replied: "It’s at ten forty-seven, currently the earliest available."

It was nearly seven o’clock now, with enough time for President Vaughn to check the files, handle some work, then head to the airport.

"Hmm."

Poe Vaughn stopped speaking, immersing himself in the file, reading swiftly.

Quentin Quinn watched Poe Vaughn, with those sharp and structured features, and could not discern any thoughts.

He felt their President Vaughn must be planning something major.

Very unusual.

The atmosphere in the CEO’s office calmed down, yet the vibrating phone in Quentin Quinn’s pocket kept buzzing, incessantly, seemingly trying to break the silence.

But no matter how noisy the phone got, it couldn’t disturb the person seated in the office chair working.

Meanwhile, inside the taxi.

Ava Sterling listened to the phone replaying: "Sorry, the number you dialed is temporarily unavailable," feeling furious enough to throw her phone.

Quentin Quinn never ignored her calls, unless his phone was off.

Since she left the apartment, she kept calling Poe Vaughn, then after reaching the voicemail, she tried Quentin Quinn, who still hadn’t answered.

If one, two, or three missed calls meant busy, what about four, five, six, seven, eight?

Moreover, she sent numerous messages to Quentin Quinn urging him to answer, asking him to tell Poe Vaughn she needed to find him.

Yet Quentin Quinn didn’t answer or reply, making Ava Sterling very aware.

Poe Vaughn instructed Quentin Quinn not to take her calls.

The two must be together.

So she left her apartment and caught a taxi to Celestial Holdings.

Poe Vaughn must have gone to the company; he’s a workaholic, and at this time, there’s no other place he’d be outside the company.

She planned to go to the company and find him.

Of course, she didn’t give up along the way, persistently calling Quentin Quinn and Poe Vaughn.

But Poe Vaughn’s phone continued to be off, leaving her no choice but to repeatedly call Quentin Quinn until he answered.

"Screech."

The taxi smoothly stopped outside Celestial Holdings, Ava Sterling clutching her phone, hearing the ruthless automated female voice yet again.

She squinted, hung up the call, quickly paid, then got out from the car and clicked her high heels towards the entrance.