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Sidney was about to answer gladly when they met two female workers walking by.

"Look, isn’t that the spoiled brat? He wasn’t checking on the company, he just wanted to show off his clothes." She giggled. “And why is he bringing a woman?”

"Isn’t it obvious? She must be one of those sluts he’s sleeping with." The other replied.

That’s it. Sidney grabbed her by her arm harshly, not minding that she’s a woman. “Would you at least watch your tongue? Don’t you know who exactly were you talking about? You may shit around about me but you don’t fucking talk about her. Now both you may pack your things cause I’ll make sure that this is the last day you’ll be touching this company’s ground. Your case should be an example for others,” He smiled calmly and yanked her off.

Azalea stared up at Sidney in shock. “Did you really just? But why?” she asked, not able to make a full sentence. Why would he do that for me? He doesn’t know what I’ve been doing before marrying him, I could’ve been sleeping around so why would he do that? It doesn’t make any sense. It didn’t make any sense in her mind, but she was glad he did that.

"I’m sorry…" He sighed. "It was supposed to be me and now you’re also becoming their target. I would not let that happen again. It was my fault, I brought you into this.."

"I don’t care. I’ve been talked about enough in my life and I can ignore it. Besides, I was expecting this, especially considering what you normally do with girls," she said good-humoredly. She didn’t really care about that and knew of him sleeping around even before she knew who Sidney was.

"It doesn’t matter what I did, or what you did. They have absolutely no rights to say such things. Especially because of my and their positions in this company. After all, which man can just stand there seeing people badmouthing his wife?" He smiled and touched her cheek. ”Now let’s just forget about it and go eat, okay?”

Azalea smiled and leaned her cheek into Sidney’s hand. “Alright, so where do you want to go?” she asked as her eyes fluttered shut. She knew what she was going to do with him after they ate.

"I know a good Italian restaurant near here. What do you think?" He grinned. She seemed to like the simple touch so much.

Azalea nodded her head and opened her eyes. “That sounds great! I haven’t had Italian in a while and now I’m really craving some pasta,” she said.

He chuckled and unlocked his car. “Glad to hear. Italian food is one of my favorites. Let’s go then.” He opened the door to the passenger seat for her.

She smiled and sat down. “So you can be a gentleman as well and chivalrous. You have so many sides Sidney,” she teased as she smirked at him once he was settled. Absently mindedly, she began to trace the small wings tattoo she had on her left thigh. Luckily, it wasn’t visible unless she was wearing a bathsuit or short shorts. None the less, it was there and she loved it.

"I just don’t treat everyone as the same, that’s all. I might as well be sorted into Gryffindor." He chuckled and started to drive. He saw her touching her own thighs and raised an eyebrow. "Hm? What are you doing?"

"Sorry," she said and moved her hand. "I have a tattoo there and I’ll trace it sometimes. Sorry that probably looked really strange." A light blush began to form across her face.

"Ah," He responded shortly. He almost said that he wanted to take a look at the tattoo but he didn’t want it to sound wrong.

"You’ll probably see it eventually," she said as she watched the different buildings go by. "Where is this restaurant exactly?"

"Mmhm," He smiled and blushed lightly. Actually, he hasn’t think about that yet. He wanted them to get to know each other more before they started to get intimate. Not that he would refuse, though.. "There. Here we are~" He parked his car in front of the restaurant.