Lia Aiken still doesn’t know that Ivan Horne is the CEO who arranged for someone to pick her up from the airport. She was just surprised that she was persuaded by her senior and junior to go on an impromptu trip, and unexpectedly bumped into Ivan Horne again.

Ivan Horne could confirm her identity through the car sent to pick up Lia.

"Mr. Horne."

Lia was pleasantly surprised, but she remained calm and walked over to greet Ivan Horne with composure, "I didn’t expect to meet Mr. Horne here."

Listening to her words, Ivan Horne narrowed his eyes and observed her for several seconds. He couldn’t see any intentional demeanor, just a coincidental encounter, guessing that she was unknowingly tricked by his little sister.

As long as she wasn’t using his sister to get close to him, otherwise... she would regret it.

He responded to Lia with a smile, "Miss Aiken, hello, I also didn’t expect to run into you." Moreover, he didn’t expect Lia to be his little sister’s senior.

After a busy afternoon, Ivan Horne initially didn’t pay much attention to his sister’s senior, arranging for someone to pick her up from the airport was just a token gesture for his sister. As for meeting her, he didn’t plan to, since he was here to handle work and was quite busy, he had no time to take care of a girl he hadn’t met before. Arranging someone to look after her was considered fulfilling his sister’s request.

Now meeting Lia, and knowing she was his sister’s senior, Ivan Horne didn’t immediately change his mind but smartly realized one thing: his mischievous sister was pushing Lia onto him.

That little rascal, daring to meddle in his affairs.

"CEO."

The person responsible for picking up Lia walked over and respectfully called Ivan Horne.

Then, Ivan Horne saw Lia’s astonishment without any surprise.

Lia looked around to confirm that the person was indeed calling Ivan Horne the CEO. She asked Ivan in shock, "Did you arrange for someone to pick me up? Mr. Horne is Lena’s elder brother?" Is Lena’s last name Horne?

Lia felt a little ashamed; the junior took such good care of her that she didn’t even know the junior’s last name. Mainly because the junior was easy to talk to, they got along at first sight, and both the senior and junior’s focus was on her, so Lia forgot to ask the junior’s last name.

Ivan Horne appreciated her astonishment, with a touch of amusement in his eyes, "Lena is my second uncle’s youngest daughter and also my aunt’s daughter. She is both my cousin and my cousin-sister. She didn’t tell you she’s a Horne, right?"

Mischievous little girl.

Lia shook her head, "She didn’t say."

Nor did she ask.

"Miss Aiken, let’s not stand here talking, let’s go inside. I promised my sister to take care of you in these few days. I just finished work and returned to the hotel, and haven’t eaten yet. You probably haven’t eaten either, let’s eat together." Ivan Horne warmly invited Lia to join him inside the hotel.

He then introduced the Valence Hotel, "This is our Valence Group’s hotel in G City."

Lia remained still and politely declined Ivan Horne’s kindness, "Mr. Horne, I received a call from Lena when I got off the plane. She had already arranged everything for me, and I wouldn’t want to go against her wishes, so I thought about coming over to thank you in person. Thank you, Mr. Horne, I’m here to relax, Mr. Horne is here for work, I can’t help much, but I don’t want to be a burden either."

"Mr. Horne, I’ll just find a hotel to stay myself. I’ll talk to Lena about it. I actually got used to being independent and can take care of myself." Lia truly didn’t want to bother Ivan Horne.

She bid Ivan Horne farewell, "Mr. Horne, thank you for arranging someone to pick me up from the airport. I’ll be off now, and if there’s a chance in the future, I’ll treat you to a meal."

Saying this, she wanted to leave with her simple luggage.

The simple luggage was even packed by Charlotte; three years ago, she came to find her senior, but was forcibly taken back by her father’s people, leaving many belongings with her senior, which now happened to come in handy.

A large hand reached out and landed on the luggage handle, pulling it away.

Ivan Horne pulled her suitcase over, "Miss Aiken, I was entrusted to take care of you for a few days. If you leave like this, my sister would be upset with me when I return. Honestly, I’m not afraid of anything except my sister Lena being upset with me."

"Come on, you just need to stay at the Valence Hotel with me, you won’t interfere with my work, no need to burden yourself psychologically." Ivan Horne took her suitcase and headed inside.

Lia: "... Mr. Horne, I’ll do it myself."

Ivan Horne had spoken so much, Lia couldn’t insist on leaving anymore.

As Ivan Horne put it, they were just staying at the same hotel, during the day, he would be busy with his work, while she could have her leisure time without interference.

At most, he’d arrange a driver to take her around.

Lia wanted to retrieve her suitcase, Ivan Horne glanced at her and smiled, "I am a gentleman, serving a lady reflects my gentlemanly demeanor, Miss Aiken, give me a chance to show that."

She wasn’t pretentious, upon understanding, she accepted his assistance.

Indeed, it was the mischievous sister who arranged this, but from a simple back-view portrait, to now meeting away from home, smart Ivan Horne understood well. He and Lia were tied together by his family, yet Ivan Horne didn’t mind spending time with Lia, even if she was the daughter of CEO Aiken.

This girl is very genuine.

Her attitude towards him, didn’t carry any hidden motives, purely gratitude.

Why she felt grateful towards him, well, that’s a mystery Ivan wanted to resolve in the coming days.

Ivan Horne had just finished a busy day at work and returned to the hotel, but he had already arranged for the hotel manager to book a room for Lia personally.

Of course, their rooms weren’t on the same floor; they were separated by several floors.

Ivan Horne didn’t mind spending time with Lia, even having a good impression of her, but he wouldn’t hastily comply with family expectations; he needed to know and interact personally before considering.

Ivan Horne asked a service staff to help Lia carry her suitcase to her room, extending an invitation for her to join him for dinner.

By this time, Lia didn’t insist on refusing Ivan Horne’s kindness and readily agreed.

At dinner, Ivan Horne showed great gentlemanly manners.

Lia finally understood why Ivan Horne was considered the dream man for young women in T City; he was young, handsome, had a strong family background, yet didn’t put on airs as the CEO, was humble, polite, and exuded gentlemanly charm.

Even though she and Ivan Horne weren’t well-acquainted, he treated her with warmth and care; such a man could be considered a charmer, easily winning women’s hearts.

Lia had good self-control; the main reason was remembering the huge gulf between herself and Ivan Horne, refraining from hoping for anything further, thus her demeanor was gracious and she wasn’t constrained around Ivan Horne. With no ulterior motives, her gaze on Ivan Horne was clear, reaffirming to Ivan she wasn’t approaching him through his sister.