Midnight Bride The CEO’s Temptation

Old Sterling, however, remained curious about Lionel's action. Even if Lionel wanted to close the relationship with the Sterling family, he could show his goodwill to him directly and did not need to please Savannah. After all, Savannah was nothing to the Sterling family on the surface, and she just stayed here temporarily.

Besides, gentlemen like Lionel should know to avoid suspicion. He should not make such a mistake. Thinking of this, old Sterling remembered something and turned to Savannah.

"Savannah, did some problem occur between you and Dylan because of Lionel?" They hadn't spoken to each other since they came back from Royal Villa that night.

Although he was old, he had experienced.

Maybe it was because Lionel had been so nice to Savannah, which made Dylan jealous and did something that annoyed Savannah?

Savannah did not expect that old Sterling would ask this question. She flushed with embarrassment, stammering, "No… no. I've nothing to do with Mr. Rowe."

"Of course, I know you don't have a thing with Lionel. You're not a frivolous girl. But Dylan may have misunderstood you. You are at war these days, aren't you?" Old Sterling asked with a meaningful smile.

Savannah opened her mouth, eager to tell old Sterling that they had a problem, not because of Lionel.

Between them, it was true that there was someone else, but this person definitely was not Lionel, but Dylan's dream lover.

Of course, she couldn't say it to Dylan's father. No one could help. She calmed down and shook her head.

"Don't get me wrong, sir. That's not the case," she said with a rueful smile. Old Sterling was about to ask more when Savannah averted her eyes and gazed at the flowers.

Well, Dylan should handle his own affairs and console his own woman. Old Sterling sighed. It's not good for him to interfere in the problems of young people.

Back to the house, Savannah saw the living room packed with exquisite gift boxes. Two servants were checking and preparing the records. They stopped the work when they saw old Sterling and Savannah back, bowing to them politely.

Lionel was really generous and sent them a lot of gifts. From the delicate and fancy boxes, it was not hard to guess the value of the precious medicines and tonics inside them.

Old Sterling laughed and joked, "Savannah, I benefit from your association this time."

Savannah scarcely flushed. Generally speaking, gifts sent into Sterling's house were all for old Sterling, but this time, the one who visited the house claimed that those gifts were for her, an outsider. She felt that she stole the show in front of the master of the house. For fear that old Sterling was displeased or again doubted her relationship with Lionel, Savannah said nervously, "Sir, I never expected Mr. Rowe to be so kind as to give us so many gifts. Shall we return them to him?"

"They're gifts for you. But after all, the Rowe family's a large family, you may blow the young master's face off if you return his gifts…" Old Sterling shook his head and laughed Savannah's nervousness away, "just keep them."

Savannah nodded and said no more. Since old Sterling suggested she keep them, she had no reason to insist.

Well, indeed it was. If the gifts had all been returned, Lionel might be unhappy or annoyed. He was just very kind.

Unexpectedly, it was just the beginning.

From that day on, Lionel sent flowers or gifts to her every few days. Most of the gifts were maternal products or infant supplies. He even invited a famous obstetrician to visit her, examine her, and a nutritionist to advise her on her daily diet.

Savannah was overwhelmed by his unexpected favor and felt a little troubled. But since old Sterling did not say anything, she could only accept.

Though Lionel gave all the gifts to her, she could not use all of them. She selected the best supplements and tonics for seniors and asked Cooper to give them to old Sterling. Then she picked out some baby products and prepared to give them to Olivia's cousin. Donna's baby was still in her infancy state and also needed them. The rest were kept in the storeroom of the house by the servants.

***

Royal Villa.

Lionel's assistant, who had just been back from Sterling's house, got out of the car, and across a spacious court, he walked to the door, where Lionel was standing with his hands behind him.

"She did receive?" Lionel raised his brows.

"Yes, sir." The assistant replied politely.

Lionel looked much relaxed. It made him much better when he learned that Savannah received the gifts.

The assistant had a queer look on his face. He hesitated and asked tentatively, "Sir, did you treat Miss Schultz so well to compensate her?"

Lionel made no reply, his eyes gleaming in the sunset.

In addition to making amends, he had another purpose.

He was to blame, for he couldn't let Savannah and her mother meet as a result of his selfishness. For the peace of his own family, he had to hide the secret of Savannah's story, and he would take care of this poor sister in place of his stepmother.

He did not know what else he could do to make Savannah happy.

What's more, Savannah was pregnant with Dylan's child, unmarried. If she could marry into the Sterling family, her life would be much better. He wanted to help this sister to become Dylan's legal wife, in this way, he might be less guilty.

He had no idea if Dylan really liked Savannah or just kept her for fun. But he might value his relationship with Savannah when other men showed concern for her, right? If Dylan was jealous because of his act, he might realize Savannah's importance and give her a position.

At the thought of this, Lionel turned and entered the villa.

The assistant was about to leave when he saw Charlotte, who had just returned to Royal Villa, walking to the door slowly. He stepped aside to let her pass, "Miss Rowe."

Charlotte stopped in front of him, rolling her eyes, "wait a minute."

"Anything I can do for you, Miss?"

"I heard that you'd sent a lot of gifts to Miss Schultz these days?" Charlotte looked at him.

"Er…" The assistant did not expect her to ask this question.

Charlotte got the answer and smiled with satisfaction. Oh, her brother fooled her! He said he was not interested in Dylan's woman but cared about her so much.

Well, a pregnant woman... Was her brother serious?

Alas, dad and grandma must be mad when they knew it!

Nevertheless, she did not mind. She even expected that Lionel could take Savannah away from Dylan.

She would have more chance when Dylan was single again.