Luana needed to get to the restroom, but the dizziness was so intense she couldn't move.
She could only hold onto the door frame and sit back down.
Thankfully, the vertigo came and went quickly, and before long, she started to feel better.
Just as she was about to get up and head to the restroom again, she caught sight of Cline standing by the elevator.
He was dressed in a well-tailored, custom-fit navy suit, standing tall and straight like a pine tree, his figure long and elegant.
The warm light gently bathed him, casting a faint halo around him, making him look even more noble and aloof, exuding a unique, ascetic charm.
His face was hidden in the dim light, his deep features as sculpted as ever, his deep-set eyes like the cold stars twinkling in the night sky, revealing an imposing aura.
It seemed he had been standing there for a while.
The moment Luana saw him, her heart tightened, rippling with a hint of nervousness.
She was hesitating whether to avoid him for a moment when Cline suddenly strode towards her with his straight, long legs.
At that moment, Luana had nowhere to hide. She could only clutch her phone tightly, turn her body, and face away from him.
However, she could clearly feel the sinister and cold gaze behind her, locking onto her once again.
She could feel the cold aura, gradually surrounding her like a tide.
Under the pressure, her breathing became somewhat difficult, and her grip on the phone tightened, her knuckles turning white from the effort.
"Do you want me to open the door for you?"
A cold, daunting voice seemed to come from the clouds above, carrying an unquestionable authority.
Luana quickly lowered her head and turned around, but didn't expect the man behind her to be so close.
Her sudden movement caused her to collide into Cline's sturdy and firm chest.
Through the thin white shirt, she caught the familiar scent that was uniquely his.
In that instant, Luana's body froze as if under a spell.
She looked up, her gaze falling on his collarbone, where there was no dragon tattoo.
It seemed it really wasn't him. A trace of disappointment welled up in Luana's heart, and she slowly lowered her eyelashes.
However, Cline mercilessly grabbed her shoulder with one hand and forcefully pushed her aside.
"You really are good at throwing yourself at people."
Clearly, he had just witnessed the moment she leaned into Calvert's arms.
"I..."
Luana was about to explain, but he seemed to have touched something unclean, pulling out a wet wipe and wiping his fingers.
After scrubbing, he threw the wet wipe at Luana's face.
His gloomy, cold eyes looked at her as if she were some lowly creature, then he strode towards the room.
Now, she didn't need to open the door. It seemed his brief stop was just to humiliate her at this moment.
Luana's face was as cold as ice as she pulled the wet wipe from her face and casually threw it into the trash bin nearby. Her expression had never been so unpleasant.
She tried her best to quell the raging anger in her chest, clutching her phone tightly, and sat back down.
'Patience', she silently warned herself. No one and nothing could easily break her.
Inside the room, when Cline appeared, the VPs and executives of Coburn Group were stunned.
They never expected Cline to show up at this dinner organized by the Ortega family.
After the brief shock, they quickly grasped the Ortega family's intention.
Coburn Group had been deliberately targeting the Ortega family, and Cline's presence was undoubtedly to support Runa.
Since Cline had stepped in, the Coburn Group didn't dare to make things difficult for Runa anymore.
On the contrary, they smiled, inviting Cline to the seat of honor, flattering him to the best of their abilities, saying all sorts of ingratiating words, and even offering him toasts.
Cline maintained an indifferent expression throughout.
It wasn't until Calvert returned to the room from outside that he raised his cold eyes and glanced at him coldly.
Calvert had already received a message from the VP, Dale McKinney, while in the restroom, informing him that Cline had arrived.
So when he saw Cline, he didn't show too much surprise, as if he had anticipated it.
Calvert didn't know much about the matters between Runa and Cline.
But he was well aware that the Moriarty family and the Ortega family were to be united through marriage in the future.
As the future marriage partner, it was natural for Cline to come and support Runa. Otherwise, it would be quite unreasonable.