after accidentally becoming first lady

"What do you want me to do?" Sitting on the sofa, looking a little haggard, with stubble visible on his face, Sterman put his long legs on the coffee table in front of him, with a cigarette in his mouth, carelessly vague asked back.

Seeing his appearance, Ivans was stunned, but he still walked quickly to the sofa, sat beside him, raised his hand to take down the half-smoked cigarette he was holding in his mouth, and pressed his hand back. In the ashtray full of cigarette butts on the coffee table, he said excitedly, "What are you doing? Find a way to suppress this matter! No matter how bad it is, you should notify us as soon as possible so that we can prepare!"

"Squeeze it down?" Stroman glanced at Ivans who was sitting beside him, and said mockingly, "Aldrich Brown, the Independent Party candidate over there, is gearing up and waiting for you to do something here!"

Ivans paused slightly when he heard the words, and a look of annoyance flashed in his eyes. After seeing the explosive news, all he could think about was the serious consequences that this matter could cause, thinking that he should suppress it as soon as possible , and deal with it again, but it didn't occur to the competitors that they were planning to take advantage of this matter and wait to catch them!Among those present at the scene last night, it is not known whether there is any news media under the control of the Independence Party!

Thinking of this, Ivans couldn't help breaking out in cold sweat on his forehead, and unconsciously felt annoyed that he was still far behind.

But after a while, Ivans, who had barely adjusted his emotions, still bit the bullet and said again, "Then we should take countermeasures now! At least we should publicly deny this matter, otherwise..."

"Denying what?" Sterman interrupted him again, and asked in a flat tone, "Denying that he is not my lover, or denying that I am gay?"

"Of course you have to deny everything!" Ivans said anxiously, "Such a scandal will do harm to your future elections, so of course you have to deny everything!"

Alas... Before Evans finished speaking, he heard a vague sigh from Sterman next to him, but when he went to look carefully, he couldn't see it from Sterman's face. When he got a clue, just when he was a little puzzled, Sterman's lazy voice came from his ear.

"You are my clerk, as long as you handle the daily affairs of your duty, you don't have to worry about these things."

"What!" Evans never imagined that he was worried about him, so he ran over to give him advice as soon as he knew what happened, and he not only ignored him, but also looked disgusted. Appearance, let yourself leave it alone!

"Go and do your work!" Sterman didn't look at his unbelievable expression at all, raised his left hand and squeezed the center of his eyebrows, and whispered with a slightly tired expression, "While Black and Hoffman are not here , I'll squint for a while," then leaned her head on the back of the sofa, and slowly closed her eyes.

Ivans, who was ignored, gritted his teeth and stared at Sterman's beautiful face even though he was exhausted. It was deeply imprinted in the bottom of his heart, and he couldn't dig it out!

Ivans, who was full of thoughts, didn't know how long he just sat there in a daze, until the phone on the desk not far away suddenly rang, which was particularly ear-piercing in this quiet office.

Sterman, who was half lying on the sofa, slowly opened his eyes. Out of the corner of his eyes, he saw Ivans who was still sitting next to him. There was no surprise on his face. He just raised Yang's jaw at him naturally, signaling him to meet him. Telephone.

Ivans, who had just calmed down, was once again irritated by his dispensable expression as if looking at the air. He stood up abruptly, strode to the desk, and angrily pressed the hands-free button on the phone.

"Boss, Mr. Black and Mr. Hoffman are here." Reina's indifferent voice came from the phone.

"Let them in!" Sterman said as he sat up a little bit, but the two long legs that were casually placed on the coffee table were still not taken off, which was not at all like his usual elegant and calm appearance in front of people.

Ivans, who was a little dazed by what happened in front of him, looked at Sterman, who was lazily on the sofa, and then at Black and Howard, who just walked in from the office door. For a moment, the two of Fuman had a ridiculous feeling that only they were in a hurry to get angry, and nothing happened to them.

Black, who came in from the office, frowned when he saw Sterman leaning on the sofa, sitting lazily, and then sat on the sofa opposite him, saying in a displeased voice, "Why are you so careless? How much trouble will this time be calculated to bring us!"

Sterman spread his hands, expressing that he didn't want to be tricked by others, besides, people did their calculations intentionally or unintentionally, so naturally it was hard to guard against.

Black obviously understood this truth, but when he thought that this matter would add so much trouble to the future campaign, he couldn't help but want to lose his temper with Sterman.

Of course, he has been playing politics all his life, so he would not be impulsive and get entangled in these unnecessary emotions at such a critical time, so after venting his dissatisfaction for a while, he asked in a deep voice, "Since you didn't go there immediately Press down on the news, I think there is already a way to deal with the follow-up incident, let’s talk about it together, but no matter what you will do in the future, the most urgent thing to do now is to clarify your sexuality first, otherwise after a long time, the incident will ferment , the consequences will be disastrous, and..."

When Black said this, he raised his eyes to look at Sterman sitting opposite him, and then continued to emphasize his tone and said, "One time is enough for such a serious emergency, and I don't want to see it happen a second time!"

His tone was not serious, but Sterman on the opposite side still looked lazy, without even raising his eyelids.

Knowing that he should be confident about the next response, but his self-assessment and ignoring others' eyes is really hateful, and he also knows that he does not hold enough weight in Sterman's heart. He is the one who behaved like this. Black finished his sentence and added, "Mr. Drizzt Oliver, the leader of the party, will definitely not want to see it a second time!"

"Chi..." There was a sneer in Sterman's mouth, he bent down and took out a cigarette from the cigarette box on the coffee table, lit it in his mouth, took a deep breath, and slowly exhaled the smoke in his mouth At the same time, he said mockingly, "Don't want to see it again? As long as you still want to participate in this presidential election, such things will only happen one after another!"

"You..." Black was annoyed by his uncooperative appearance, and just about to say something, but was stopped by Sterman again.

"I'll take care of this matter. Press down on the illegitimate son of Independence Party candidate Aldrich Brown that you found out, and don't release the news at this time."

"We can't just defend blindly. Offense is the best defense." After all, Black is a person who can control his emotions. After hearing Sterman's words, he returned his attention to the business, with a face of disapproval. Said, "At this time, the news that he has an extramarital affair and has an illegitimate child can just divert the attention of the public and reduce our losses."

"As soon as something happens on our side, extramarital affairs and illegitimate children are reported on their side. Do you think the public is stupid?! Now the speed of information flow is so fast, it's not a few years ago!" Sterman spit Smoke ring, said casually, "And you probably don't know it yet, the one who is in office now also has an illegitimate daughter, if you don't want to annoy him, you'd better stop!"

"What?!" Black finally stood up in shock from Sterman's words, "How do you know? Is the source reliable?"

Sterman, who was completely different from his surprise and nervousness, just looked up at him and didn't speak.

After staring at Sterman for a long time, Black sat down slowly again, the expression on his face became more and more serious. How did Sterman know about something that he had not discovered even after using the power of the entire party? ?Black couldn't help being secretly surprised at the fact that he could have such great energy without relying on party power at all, and at the same time, he had a bad premonition.

At this time, Hoffman, who hadn't spoken since he came in, suddenly broke the silence in the office with a serious expression, and said slowly, "I don't care how you will deal with this matter in the future, I just want to remind you, first All the campaign aid funds for the first stage have already been in place, and this is the critical moment to fight for the second phase of aid funds. If you break out such a thing at this time, it will definitely have a bad impact on the fundraising. If you If this matter cannot be resolved as soon as possible, it is estimated that the campaign aid funds for the second phase will be reduced by 40-60%, and it will also affect the financing of follow-up aid funds..."

Speaking of this, Hoffman raised his hand to adjust his glasses, looked at Sterman and Black sitting on both sides of the sofa, and then continued, "And no matter how to deal with this matter, in order to calm down the bad influence, The future expenditure budget will also far exceed expectations. As for how much it exceeds, it depends on how well you can handle things. In short..."

"We have suffered heavy losses this time!" Hoffman closed the financial analysis report he had just made in his hand, expressing his dissatisfaction cryptically.

"Financial matters are in your hands," Sterman shrugged nonchalantly, "You can do as you see fit!"

What do I do!Can I change without money!Hoffman was so pissed off by him. If he hadn't been rigorous and deep, he might have jumped up to argue with Sterman right now!

But although he didn't say anything, Sterman refused to let him go so easily, and even spoke again, saying mockingly, "Didn't you always say that those people are only looking at the face of our Social Democratic Party? Are you willing to invest in funding, since these aids have nothing to do with me, then I am the one who is in trouble now, why are you panicking?"

"What are you talking about?!" Black and Hoffman said unhappily at the same time, "Aren't you representing our Social Democratic Party in the presidential election? How can the two be separated!" Black then added said a word.

"Oh, it turns out that they are inseparable..." Sterman took a puff of cigarette comfortably, and said with a smile, making Black and Hoffman fall down with anger, when is this, you still have a fight in your heart!

Ivans, who was sitting by the side as if watching gods fighting, looked a little dazed. When no major incidents happened before, he felt that he was no different from these people. Except for a little more experience and depth, he was also capable of what they were capable of. But until now, Ivans didn't realize that he was still far behind!

The three of them, who had already finished talking about things, were angry, heavy, or bewildered, and none of them had achieved their original intended goal. They walked out of Sterman's office together and saw the beautiful smile on Rena's face sitting in the secretary's room. The smile is particularly dazzling.

On the roof, the sun that broke through the morning mist was also dazzling. Qi Leran, who was sitting on the roof with his head up, didn't know what to think, was dazzled by the glare of the sun, making his eyes hurt, but stubbornly refused to bow his head.

There was a slight sound of footsteps behind him, and Jennifer gently placed a cup of vanilla latte in Qi leran's hand, and sat down beside him at the same time.

"That person may be your relative," Jennifer turned her head to look at Qi Leran, who couldn't see his face clearly under the dazzling sunlight, and said softly, "But you are you, and no matter what he does, it has nothing to do with you."

After Jennifer finished speaking, she turned her head and imitated Qi Leran's appearance, looked up at the dazzling sun, squinted her eyes and muttered in a low voice, "After all, everyone can't choose their own origin..."

"What he did has nothing to do with me..." Qi Leran murmured and repeated what Jennifer said just now. After a self-deprecating smile, he suddenly raised his voice and asked, "What did he do? Is it wrong to love someone? Just because he loves the same sex, is it heinous?!"

"Of course not!" Jennifer turned her head to look at Qi Leran, who was a little emotional, and said in surprise, "Why do you think so? As long as it is love, it is beautiful!"

Qi Leran didn't expect her to say that, she suddenly turned her head to look at her, and asked in a low voice in disbelief, "You... think so?"

"Of course," Jennifer saw that he was finally willing to talk to her, she nodded heavily, and then said, "And it's not just me who thinks so, although there are many people who disagree, but love is a matter of your own. People's affairs, others have no position to point fingers!"

Jennifer paused at this point before continuing, "However, the situation may not be too good for Mr. Sterman. After all, he is a public figure now, and his private life cannot be said to be entirely his own business. After all, he still has to be supervised by the public, and there are competitors contributing to the flames, so he should probably have a headache now!"

Qi Leran, who was in a better mood at first, followed her words, but his complexion became worse and worse. Suddenly, he jumped up without warning, ran downstairs quickly, knocked over the coffee that Jennifer had put beside him just now, and took some coffee with him. The bitter and sweet breath permeated in an instant.

The bitter coffee aroma lingered in his nostrils, and Sturman took a sip of the black coffee that Rena had just brought in, and asked in a low voice, "Did you finish what I told you last night?"

Rena, who was standing next to the sofa, nodded, and said in a deep voice, "Yes, boss, the apartment on Orr Street has been packed, and Qi Leran can move in today, and the seat in the Minoqi restaurant has also been reserved. Yes, Allen will go there on time at night, and the news about you and Qi Leran chattering at the airport that was suppressed last time, before they found out Qi Haoxuan's identity, I sent someone to send it just now."

"Thank you, Rena!" Sterman nodded in satisfaction, and then said, "After waiting for a while, let someone take Qi Haoxuan to play, bars, clubs, women, casinos, what does he want to play?" Just let him play and give him what he wants."

Ruina frowned when she heard the words, and said unhappily, "Although Qi Leran is worried that he can't really do anything to him, is it so cheap for him?"

"It's cheaper for him? Heh..." Sterman sneered, and said coldly, "Wait, all the ghosts and goblins will be cleaned up this time!"

Rena looked at Sterman with a cold face, and suddenly reacted, and couldn't help but smile, yes, when did Sterman suffer, Blake and Hoffman, who had previously relied on the support of the party to make him unhappy, Wasn't it just that he pushed back in disgrace just now, what the hell is that Qi Haoxuan, how could he let him go!Even the bad things that happen, Sterman can use it to the fullest to achieve what he wants to achieve!

The relieved Rina stood there and stopped talking. Sterman drank the little coffee left in the cup in one gulp, reached out and handed the empty cup to Rina who was standing not far from him, frowning slightly, Asked in a low voice, "Qi Leran hasn't come yet?"

"There was a commotion in the assistant's office just now. He cleaned up Louis and ran up to the roof. He should be coming over now." Rena took the empty coffee cup handed back by Sterman and returned softly.

"Pick up Louis?!" Sterman looked at Rena in surprise, when will his little baby clean up!

"No matter how simple and kind a person is, after these days and this incident, they should have changed!" As soon as Ruina finished speaking, there were several soft knocks on the door of the office.

"He should be here. If you have anything to say, you can ask him yourself!" Ruina said with a smile, and walked out of the office with a coffee cup.

When she came to the door of the office and opened it, Ruina smiled at Qi Leran who was standing at the door with a complex expression, "Come in, the boss can't wait!"

In fact, Qi Leran, who wanted to come here a long time ago, but was a little ashamed to see Sterman, saw that Ruina didn't even have the slightest intention of blaming herself. She couldn't help but secretly heaved a sigh of relief in her heart. A troublesome relative came to trouble him, and after nodding to Ruina, Qi Leran walked into Sterman's office quickly.

When he walked to the sofa and saw the tired and haggard Sterman leaning on the sofa, he couldn't help being slightly moved. It was the Sterman he had never seen before. Even Sterman, who has his own appearance, will have such a time of leisure and decadence.

Qi Leran walked slowly to Sterman's side, straddled his two long legs on the coffee table, raised her hand, and slowly slid along the blue and black under his eyes to the faint stubble under his jaw , murmured in an almost inaudible voice, "I wish I could protect you too..."

Sterman raised his hand and held his hand that was slowly sliding on his face, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, baby, there is nothing in this world that your husband and I can't handle!"

However, Qi Leran didn't seem to have heard his words, and unlike usual, as long as Sterman made a joke, he would let go of all his worries and cooperate with him with a laugh.

Qi Leran still stared at Sterman's eyes with a gloomy expression, and said slowly in a low voice, "It turns out that sometimes, human words are also a knife that can kill people!"