Chapter 3
In the early morning of the next day, the sun was shining brightly, and the light passed through the lush green plants in the villa area, bringing the brightness and purity of the early days after the rain.
Diana Swift opened her eyes, sat up, and then fell on the bed again.
She was restrained by a strong arm, unable to move. But at the moment, she didn't want to move at all because of her sore body, as if it was run over by a rolling pin from head to toe.
It's strange that Josh Hunter, who didn't have strong sexual desire and satisfied his physiological needs once or twice a month without even changing his position before, blew off his desire all out last night as if splurging his energy like money that had been saved for years, and he ended at 3:00 in the morning.
He should have super sexual prowess in real life, shouldn't he? Diana Swift was also not sure. After all, she didn't have other experiences to be compared with.
She thought about it for a while, then reached out and fumbled on the bedside table. Touching the remote control, she pressed the curtain switch.
But when the curtains were only half-open, Josh Hunter half-squinted his eyes and frowned, grabbed the remote control from her hand, and closed it again. Then he put his arm on her body again.
"Take your hand away..."
Before she could finish, Josh Hunter retracted his hand first. He pulled the quilt, saying in a low voice impatiently, "Don't be noisy. Let's sleep."
-- His frowning eyebrows revealed that he really disliked her loud noise.
He just became indifferent after making love with her.
Fortunately, Diana Swift didn't get up in a hurry. She kicked him lightly, lay on her side, and picked up her phone.
The banquet last night was still a hot topic in the morning, but the topic was all around the stars.
Being the award-winning actress, Laura Brown absolutely won the lead position in the group photo and received much comment from the public. Moreover, there were also fashion bloggers who rated Laura Brown as the Best Costume last night, and their comments were almost flattering, which basically circled around the theme of "Others have to step aside for the Movie Queen".
Diana Swift flicked through the photos, finding that all the pictures of Laura Brown were either missing or blurred and so was the video released by the official blog of the "Zero Degree".
It was not unusual. After all, Josh Hunter had always been invisible in the public.
However, after the exposure last night, people should basically understand that the young Master of the Hunter family would come back soon.
Although the Hunter family was a family business, there had been constant infighting because it had been developing for many years and the factions in the group were somewhat complicated.
Up to now, Richard Hunter was the only major shareholder in the Group, who controlled most of the core projects of the Group, and the Lux Hotel Group that was responsible for revenue. He had the discourse power.
But Richard Hunter's physical condition had been bleak in recent years, and he had been sent to the emergency room several times.
Because of his illness, other leaders in the Group had been contending for power gradually. Although they did not appear to be a threat, they made a stir in the Hunter family.
As the only son of Richard Hunter, Josh Hunter was in a position of trust, and his ability matched his responsibility. Although he looked polite and humble, he showed little mercy to his enemies. In the younger generation, few people dare to compete with him.
Moreover, Josh Hunter had always been strict to others, and even more strict to himself. In order to unite with the Swift family to suppress others, he even married Diana Swift without hesitation, a well-known arrogant young lady in P City.
When the news of the marriage between the Hunter family and the Swift family came out, almost everyone thought it was incredible. Even more, many people thought that the announcement of the marriage was just an expedient measure, and they would not hold a wedding ceremony.
From the announcement of the marriage to the time when they returned home after marriage, the marriage between Josh Hunter and Diana Swift had become a topic of conversation.
It was not until half a year after the wedding that the gossip about them gradually slipped out of view.
But at this moment, Josh Hunter suddenly offered to be transferred to the overseas Department of the Lux Hotel Group, saying that he would be stationed in Australia to develop overseas markets. This naturally caused a lot of discussions.
When Josh Hunter was just transferred back to the headquarters of the Lux Hotel Group, he defied all opinions and launched a sub-brand "Moonlight", which focused on the concept of "hot spring vacation".
At that time, there were very few people who were optimistic about the "Moonlight" project. He forced the project forward and could not achieve results in a short time. It was inevitable that he was constrained by the senior management of the group in other aspects.
But he never gave in. He only literally moved mountains and flattened hillsides to ensure the project would be carried out smoothly.
It was so hard to complete the construction of the hotel under high pressure, and he should have gone a little further with such a great success. However, Josh Hunter suddenly offered to be transferred overseas, which was indeed puzzling.
Two years just flashed by, and now when it comes to hot spring hotels, people would subconsciously think of Moonlight.
The brand was so engraved in people's mind, which was the silent but most direct affirmation.
And Josh Hunter returned at this time quietly, which aroused everyone's curiosity. There were a lot of private discussions from last night to this morning.
Diana Swift was also bombarded with inquisitive information. Her Whatsapp conversation kept updating. Just by looking at the preview, she would know that they were all asking her about Josh Hunter in different ways.
Bonnie Smith didn't dig her nose into Josh Hunter's business. She sent voice messages to tease Diana in the early morning:
"You haven't woken up yet?"
"Mr. Hunter is amazing."
Diana Swift just clicked on the first message, and the next message was also automatically broadcasted through the boombox.
Subconsciously, she wanted to pause it, but her hand was not as quick as Bonnie's voice. When she pressed it, the voice just finished playing, and the pause became a replay.
The air was charged with silence, and the banter was repeated twice through the electronic device. It seemed that the message receiver was appreciating it with great satisfaction.
Diana Swift pricked up her ears nervously-
The even breathing behind her seemed to stop.
She froze, stuffing her phone under the pillow in slow motion. She stretched straight her body with her toes curled up unconsciously.
Josh Hunter had woken up.
He slept on the left side of the bed, glanced at Diana Swift's thin back, and groaned silently.
After a while, he got out of bed.
Hearing the footsteps approaching from the other side of the bed, Diana Swift immediately closed her eyes, but her eyelashes trembled uncontrollably.
Soon, the sound of footsteps approached, and she held her breath for no reason. In just a split second, several kinds of acrimonious quarrels were popping into her mind.
Five seconds.
Ten seconds.
Thirty seconds.
The footsteps went from far to near, and from near to far. Until the sound of rushing water came from the bathroom did Diana Swift realize that - Josh Hunter even didn't bother to uncover the fact that she was pretending to be asleep.
For some reason, she sulked. Staring at the bathroom for a few seconds, she suddenly pulled off the quilt and leaned heavily on the ends of the bed.
From the corner of her eye, she saw a pile of documents on the cabinet over Josh Hunter's side. She leaned over and stretched her hand to take it with difficulty.
"The Development Plan of Lux Hotel Group".
Originally, Diana just wanted to take it out on that document. However, when she saw the title on the cover, something changed in her eyes unconsciously.
When Josh Hunter came out of the bathroom, he saw Diana Swift leaning on the ends of the bed and reading the materials carefully.
Her nightgown was disheveled after the night, folding up irregularly. Her legs stretched and folded, looking long, straight, and dazzlingly fair.
Diana Swift noticed his movement, but she was reluctant to take her eyes away from the document. She just read and asked, "Lux Hotel Group plans to build a designer hotel?"
"Um", Josh Hunters replied. He raised his chin and buttoned up his shirt.
Diana Swift continued to turn the page without saying anything.
She was the only girl in her generation in the Swift family. Although her parents passed away early, it was generally known that her uncles and aunts loved her so much. After graduating from college, she married into the Hunter family, living a life that was even more comfortable.
In her daily life, she was always invited to all kinds of parties and traveled all over the world on vacation. Everyone envied her relaxing life.
Probably no one remembered that she was actually a top student in the design major at Savan University, not just an eye candy who was crazy about shopping without thinking.
"I remember you used to study interior design at Savan University, are you interested in this project?" Josh Hunter asked suddenly.
Diana Swift raised her head and stared at him for a few seconds. She never thought that her husband would still remember this.
After a long while, Diana Swift came back to her senses. She chuckled to herself and thought about what she should say in her mind. Just like the little princess, she lowered herself to give him a face.
But before the princess opened her mouth in person, Josh Hunter said, "The hotel will be completed soon, and I'll have someone take you there to visit in advance."
...?
"Visit?"
"Could it be that you still plan to participate in the design?" He didn't even think about it, "No, the hotel is not a place for you to practice your skills."
Diana Swift couldn't help saying, "The dinner party yesterday was my design."
After a long pause, Josh Hunter looked back at her, "It turned out to be designed by you."
He was sharply hit by the full meaning of the situation.
Diana Swift, "What do you mean?"
"It just means that you can't  get involved in the designing."
He put on his watch slowly, lowered his eyes, and said firmly.
Diana Swift was a little guilty at first. Hearing this, she sat up straight in an instant with her ears turning red.
"Actually, I didn't show my true ability last night!"
She raised her voice at once, which accurately demonstrated one with the highest pitch was one that was the most unreasonable.
Josh Hunter gave a strange half laugh, raised his eyebrows slightly, and waited for her explanation patiently.
This was a long story. In fact, they had got the topic "Round Table Style" settled in the dinner party yesterday, which was coordinated with the premiere issue of "Zero Degrees" ten years ago.
But as Diana Swift had just finished the drawings, there was a sudden disagreement between the group headquarters and the sponsors. This was why they were on a tight budget.
Funding played a key role in fashion design. "The Zero Degree" would not be willing to do it simply, and the group headquarters was unwilling to allocate more expenses. After nearly a week of wrangling, the two sides reached an agreement reluctantly that the fashion dinner party for the tenth anniversary of the publication and the charity dinner party scheduled for the next quarter would be combined and held in advance.
It was obviously inappropriate to play with the concepts and themes of the charity dinner, which meant that the previous design plan of the dinner party needed to be overturned completely.
Diana Swift hated changes the most. She was a real stuffed shirt who had a bad temper. The last time she made a design was two years ago, when she designed the early spring show for Chris Chou's first participation in the fashion week in M City. If it weren't for Bonnie Smith's sake, she would not make a design for the Zero Degree. However, when they required her to overturn her design draft, she hung up the phone call from the editors-in-chief directly as soon as she heard this requirement.
Diana Swift was going to leave, thinking that whoever liked to do it would do it. However, her good friend Bonnie Smith used both hard and soft tactics to coax her, and finally, she was soft-hearted and re-made the plan.
However, she had to start all over again in the essence of time, so the new plan was somewhat perfunctory, and not as exquisite as before. The final party presented was quite normal. Although it was exactly classy, it had nothing special.
Diana Swift was also dissatisfied with the party last night. She opened her mouth to speak and then closed it for she felt guilty about it. She opened and closed her lips a few times, and knelt on the bed in despair without saying anything.
Josh Hunter was already dressed and ready to go out. He was not surprised to see that she said nothing. He just looked at her softly, "What's the use of worshiping me? You might as well go to the Potala Palace to worship God. "