A Lifetime With You

Chapter 141

Most of Ava’s colleagues from the other departments had already arrived. It was a jolly time as everyone was setting up tents and preparing for the barbecue night. Upon knowing about the President’s arrival, they had already set up a tent at the best position. As soon as Damien got out of the bus, he went into the tent for a rest. Meanwhile, Ava and a group of girls had to help themselves with the tools and set up the tents.

Of course, she was incapable of doing these things. There was nothing she could do here at all. Luella was also a girl who knew nothing about this. She didn’t even understand the instruction manual, so she had to ask a guy in the Marketing Department for help. “Hey, you’re amazing! Did you go camping with your friends often?” While the guy was helping, Luella kept showering him with praises, which made him blush. Ava was embarrassed for doing nothing, so she took the initiative to help him. When Damien walked out of the tent, he saw Ava laughing and chatting away happily with a young male colleague.

His expression immediately became visibly displeased. Then he walked towards her. “Pre… President.” The male employee stuttered in fear upon seeing him “Dempsey is searching for clean water with some other people. Stop loafing about. Follow me now.” He said to Ava.

Ava immediately pulled along Luella with her and followed behind Damien. In fact, their camping site was just a stone’s throw from the river. They arrived shortly, and several of their colleagues were seen having fun in the water. Some even took off their shoes and started catching fish in the stream.

Of course, catching fish bare-handed and without tools was really difficult. Luella was very playful. She immediately pulled Ava along with her and went down to the water to catch some snails. However, Ava hesitated to go. Suddenly, Damien voiced out, “She is afraid of water, don’t pull her down.” “Uh? President, how do you know about that?”

Ava’s face turned pale.

She had never told anyone about this before.

Perhaps it was because she had fallen into the sea and had an accident, or maybe it was because she didn’t know how to swim. Anyway, she would feel an inexplicable sense of fear and panic every time she got close to the water. However, how did Damien know about this? Fortunately, Luella didn’t dare to dive deeper about it from the President. After that, other colleagues called her over and she walked into the stream barefooted. The stream was very shallow, and the water level was just around her calf. In fact, it wasn’t as dangerous as she thought.

Meanwhile, Ava stood on the shore. She was still afraid of approaching the water. “… I’d better go back.” Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

She wanted to turn around and leave, but Damien grabbed onto her wrist.

She was afraid of being seen by her colleagues, so she immediately struggled off his grip.

“Let’s sit here for a while. We’d have to help out if we head back to the campsite now,” he said to her. At the campsite, everyone was busy setting up the barbeque stove before dawn. Besides, they still had to set up the tents, internet router, and also food preparation. There were just endless tasks waiting to be done.

It turned out that the main reason Damien pulled her out to the river was just to laze around.

As a matter of fact, she was more than happy to be doing nothing. Therefore, she quickly found a sturdy stone and sat on it. However, she was three steps away from Damien.

He shook his head upon seeing her actions and stood still by the side. “You really can’t remember the things that happened in the past?”

“I don’t…”

She really didn’t feel like talking to him at this moment. After all, they were surrounded by people, so she didn’t want people to misunderstand their relationship. Then, she took out her mobile phone and pretended to read messages. Unfortunately, the internet router hadn’t been set up yet. Thus, no signal could be detected in the deep mountains. “Do you hate talking to me that much?” He asked. “I have nothing to say to you.” There was a small crab walking on the pebbles. Suddenly, the tiny crab climbed over and crawled onto her ankle. She thought it was a giant insect and hence, she almost jumped out of her wits. Damien immediately pulled her to his side and kicked the crab back into the stream. Her ear-piercing scream attracted the attention of other colleagues, and everyone fixed their gaze on them simultaneously. Meanwhile, Ava was still in shock. After realizing that she was grabbing on his arm in a panic, her

cheeks flushed red and she immediately let go of him. “Luella, let’s… let’s go back!” She hurriedly said to Luella, who was currently having a good time. .Luella picked up her shoes and quickly caught up to Ava’s pace while holding a snail in one hand.

Then, she shouted excitedly, “Look, there’s an add-on to our feast tonight!” Ava fastened her pace, and Luella was instantly left behind while she was still putting on her shoes. “Miss Nagel, there’s something wrong with you.” After returning to the campsite, Luella pulled Ava’s hand and refused to let go. “Ahem, uhm… what kind of problem can I have?” She suddenly felt a sense of guilt arising. “Why did you grab the President’s hand just now? Also, he was protecting you, man.” “That…that’s because I was scared by the crab. And how do I know who’s next to me during that mòment? It was just an accident.”

“Are you sure?” “What else? Do you think I’m trying to seduce him?” Luella burst into laughter, “I don’t think you’re trying to seduce him, but it’s him who’s trying to do that to you.” “What do you mean?” She scanned around cautiously. After confirming that no one was listening to their conversation, she whispered in Ava’s ears softly, “I heard this from the other colleagues from the Marketing Department last time. Everyone is saying that you look quite alike to the President’s wife who has passed away four

years ago.” Ava was so shocked that she almost choked on her saliva and began to cough. “Miss Nagel, why are you so excited?” “… I just think this rumor is hilarious. Hahaha…” Although she was laughing awkwardly, she felt guilty. By right, there shouldn’t be many people in the Radbury Group who knew about her. In fact, Enrico had told her that Damien had never publicly introduced his wife to people. Although she had worked in the secretary’s office before, she didn’t have much connection with other people. Even if there were people who knew her identity from the past, but they were no longer working there after four years. So, how did the rumors come about?

Soon, the view became obscured as the sky grew darker. It was the time where the bonfire party officially began In such a large-scale team-building event, it was inevitable for various departments to engage and interact with each other. As a new employee, Ava was asked to propose toasts to the leaders. She wasn’t bad at drinking, but she felt a little tipsy after that. Luella was even worse. She was already slurring out her words like a drunk after drinking three glasses of beer. “Miss Nagel, I want more! More!” “Alright, alright. Let’s go into the tent first. I’ll feed you some water, okay?” “I don’t want water, I want beer! We’re not going home tonight until we’re drunk!” Ava took a huge effort to drag Luella who was completely drunk into the tent. Then, she coaxed her to sleep with a gentle voice. However, Luella was still tossing and turning restlessly as she kept mumbling out words. After Luella had fallen asleep, Ava finally walked out of the tent. In fact, she was also slightly drunk, and she almost fell with her staggering steps.