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Louisa and Henry just arrived at Tomkins House this morning. And of course, their arrival made the Tomkins House employees keep their eyes on the two of them. This is completely new. And as for Louisa, she was a little uncomfortable about that, of course. Moreover, almost all of the employees now know about Louisa and Henry's relationship through the news. Some of them didn't even mind whispering to each other to talk about the two of them. Louisa immediately began to frown, then turned around and looked at them. "Don't you guys have a jobs?" Louisa asked in a firm tone of voice. Causing the employees to pause for a moment, and lowering their heads with a tense feeling. 'Get back to work now!!!" Louisa said again firmly. After saying that, immediately, the employees ran quickly back to their respective parts of the workplace and started to work in a hurry. Louisa snorted in annoyance. Her eyes were red, she was really emotional. Although very difficult to explain. Then quickly, Louisa turned back and walked with hasty steps into her office. Followed by Henry who looked confusedly at Louisa there. Brug "Oh my God. This is really really annoying. Why are they even talking about such unimportant things? Especially when in the office. Totally shit." Louisa muttered after sitting hard on her work chair. Henry walked closer to Louisa and looked at her gently. "That's not a problem, Louisa. After all, everything about us is important. Moreover, all news media and social media already know about it. Although, it wouldn't be our first choice since we were in a relationship…" Henry lowered his head slightly. He actually also felt a little uncomfortable when he realized that the atmosphere at the Tomkins House company had changed because of the news about the two of them. And Henry couldn't hide the happiness in his heart. But when he saw the annoyed on Louisa, he became doubtful about his happiness. "That's true. We agreed not to make our relationship go public. But the way the paparazzi get information about us and make it public is absolutely insane. How did they so easily get all this information?" Louisa couldn't control her emotions. Hastily, Louisa got up from her seat and walked towards the mini bar in her office. Take a glass and open a bottle of vodka, then pour the liquid into the glass, and drink it quickly. Several times until only half the contents of the vodka bottle were left. Henry widened his eyes, then walked quickly to Louisa, and took the bottle of vodka in Louisa's right hand. "Henry!" Louise refused. 'This is not good at all, Louisa. And you know about it! Don't drink too much alcohol. I don't want bad things to happen to you. I'm sure we can deal with this. After all, with this news, it might make Mr. George became more open and turned nice back on you." Henry tried to explain, putting the bottle of vodka back into the mini bar. Louisa glared at Henry. 'You think all this news will be a good thing for Uncle? You think if everyone found out about our relationship on the news media and social media it would all be okay? What's more, Uncle is not a random person who will only remain silent with all things related to Tomkins. Of course you know and understand all that, Henry." Henry was silent for a moment. 'This is no ordinary petty problem that we can deal with anytime and anywhere, Henry. Uncle can do a lot of things to make trouble between us. And I don't want that to happen. No longer. I've seen how Uncle's manipulation has affected me during these five years, and I'm the one who fell for his manipulation. I don't want to be that stupid Louisa Tomkins. No Henry, no." 'I'm not saying that you're stupid and stuff, Louisa. I know how manipulated Mr. George. I just want to say that, our relationship is also important. And if news and social media talk a lot about us, what's the harm? There are lots of people out there who are even supporting us, Louisa. They call themselves as Loury shippers. They combined our names...." Henry grabbed Louisa's shoulders and looked at her. 'Though we are still struggling with the invisible bond that Mr. George ikat, we know that there are people out there who support our relationship. They want us to publish everything. And I know that's the hardest thing to do." 'This isn't as easy as they think..." Louisa said in a sad tone of voice. A little mumbled, because she was starting to be affected by quite a lot of alcohol that she drank earlier. Henry nodded his head slowly. His eyes started to soften. And suddenly his body felt cold and stiff when he realized Louisa's eyes were starting to well up with tears. Moreover, Louisa's body began to tremble from holding back her tears there. 'Babe..." Henry whispered. 'I don't even know if I can make our relationship public, Henry. Not with my past which is an alcohol addict. I know everyone knows it already and is still talking about that old fact. But I absolutely can't stop myself from drinking alcohol. I tried to stop, of course. But if everyone finds out about our relationship, it's like revealing an old fact that I never want to recall…" "I know..." Henry instantly brought Louisa's body into his tight embrace. And Louisa started to lose control of not crying. Louisa immediately began to return Henry's tight hug there, and buried her face in Henry's chest even more. She didn't want to look weak. Not in front of Henry or in front of herself. Louisa had trained herself to stay strong, even though Louisa wasn't that great at being able to do everything. She just tries her best even though sometimes it doesn't feel worth it and it's also enough for herself and also for others. *** 'She just fell asleep. I don't want to wake her up, just tell them the meeting can be postponed and changed to another day. Let Louisa rest first." Louisa faintly heard Henry's voice telling someone who was near his office door at this time. Louisa opened her eyes which were feeling very heavy right now. The effects of alcohol and disappointment really got to his spirits today. In front of Henry right now was Jane. Louisa started to frown quite deeply. She didn't like the fact that she realized how close Jane and Henry were standing there talking. "I couldn't wake her up. And I don't want to do that either. Just tell them all that." Henry again explained. "I know. I will tell them all. It's just that you seem to really care about her," said Jane, whispering a little. Henry slightly turned his head towards Louisa who was still pretending to be asleep on the sofa. Then Henry looked back at Jane. "I do care about her." Jane seemed to be frowning. "I'm not sure if that was part of the whole plan, Henry." "That's none of your business, Jane. This is my business. You don't have to meddle in all this stuff." Henry looked displeased. Louisa herself didn't like the direction of their conversation at all. Is it possible? 'You really shouldn't have been fallen, Henry. I don't understand your plan one a bit. And damn, I can't understand you. Do you really love her? Like most news and social media say?" Jane kept her tone of voice there. 'Stay within your limits, Jane. I love him or not. It's none of your business. If you're not careful, I can get you out of this plan. Do you understand?" Henry spoke threateningly, while Jane didn't answer and just walked away. Henry closed the door. And Louisa couldn't stop wondering in her mind. Plan? What do Henry and Jane mean about the plan? Was it possible that Henry and Jane had really worked together all this time? But why? Louisa's mind spoke.