Gain Lorenzo's Trust Initially

A strand of hair falls from Lorenzo's forehead as he walks towards the stairs to his office, holding Victoria a little tighter, feeling his heart soften inexplicably. The air conditioner in the office was adjusted to a suitable temperature. Looking at Victoria lying on the sofa, Lorenzo poured another glass of water, helped her up, and carefully fed her a few sips of water. Victoria's mind was dizzy. She still didn't know where she was. When she opened her eyes and saw him, she was stunned for a moment. The water that she hadn't swallowed choked her alive. Victoria coughed violently. Lorenzo gently patted her on the back. "Am I so scared?" Victoria replied, "No. I'm just too excited." This was the truth. The scene of him picking her up before she fainted was still fresh in her memory. It seemed that her waiting these days had still received a response. Lorenzo reached out, pulled her, and took her into his arms. "Why do this?" Victoria didn't speak for a moment. Mainly, his question made her not know how to answer. To repay kindness? But he didn't think she was repaying kindness at all. She subconsciously wanted to turn her head away. Lorenzo's slender fingers stroked her face and turned her towards him. Her pupils shrank. Lorenzo moved closer to her and stared at her. "Tell the truth." Her fair skin had a hint of blush, and her rosy lips slightly opened with each breath. "I was seduced by beauty..." "No, no!" Victoria didn't know why she said this sentence and hurriedly denied it. "I really just want to be good to you, want to do everything to be good to you!" She had said this sentence many times. She emphasized it again, still firm. Lorenzo's eyes darkened upon hearing this. He raised his eyebrows, and his voice was a bit hoarse. "Just want to be good to me? Do you like me?" Victoria froze, looking at him at a loss. "I quite like you..." Lorenzo chuckled, his nose moved closer. Victoria blushed and froze in place, not daring to move at all. Lorenzo didn't know why, when facing the girl, his heart could always be easily stirred. He sighed and pulled away from the distance. "Don't provoke me easily. I'm not a good person." Victoria smiled slowly. "I have a bad reputation too, and I'm also a bad girl. Since we're evenly matched, would you let me stay by your side?" Lorenzo sat back in the office chair and said seriously, "My world is not that simple. If you get involved with me, I won't let go so easily." Victoria didn't make a sound. She was a little intimidated by the man's words and immediately thought of his life as a thug in the past. "Your world is not simple, and the world I live in is also equally dark and unbearable. I've understood since I was a child that no one can choose their future at birth. But I'm also a stubborn person. Since I want to repay your kindness in the past, I must do it well no matter what. Unless one day you really hate me and ask me to leave, I will obey obediently." Lorenzo took a deep look at the girl and relaxed his guard in his heart for the first time. "Okay, then I'll trust you once." Victoria looked at the man in disbelief. Her eyes became moist and the corners of her mouth rose. For the first time, she felt so happy to be trusted. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Lorenzo said directly, "Come in." The door was opened, and it was Beatrice with exquisite makeup. She glanced at Victoria on the sofa. For a moment, she was disappointed. She didn't expect that Lorenzo would rush out to hold the fainting Victoria during class and bring her to his office. Although she felt mixed feelings in her heart, there was still a considerate and gentle smile on her face. "Professor Conti, it will be my birthday in a while. I really hope you can come to attend then." Saying that, she placed a beautiful invitation on the table. Lorenzo glanced at it and pursed his thin lips. "I'll see the time then." He didn't completely reject her because he got the news that soon, Alessandro would also return to Ravenwood. He also wanted to go to Valentini Conglomerate to inquire about the secret of Victoria's blood. Seeing that he didn't reject her, Beatrice was already very happy. Seeing that the man wasn't speaking anymore, she pretended to be considerate and said, "The classmates have reviewed the piece just now independently. Professor Conti, you can take a rest for a while. I'll go back to class first." The man nodded and didn't respond. Beatrice turned and left but stopped in front of Victoria again. "Was my cousin suffering from heatstroke just now? Are you feeling better now?" Victoria watched her inviting Lorenzo to her birthday party and couldn't help feeling jealous. Her cousin, who was arrogant and looked down on everything, could come here to find Lorenzo just to deliver the invitation. It could be considered humble. "Thanks to Professor Conti. I've rested well here, and I have to go back to the high school department first." Just as she was about to get up and leave, the silent man suddenly spoke, "If you rest for another two hours, the sun will set. Wait until the evening to go over." As soon as he said this, Beatrice immediately turned her head and stared at him, as if she couldn't understand the man's behavior. The Lorenzo she knew was always unsympathetic. Why was he an exception to Victoria? Victoria sat down obediently and looked at Beatrice's shocked appearance and shrugged. "Professor Conti gave the order. I just have to obey." "Drink more water," the man casually said another sentence and then opened a stack of folders to review. Beatrice was furious but couldn't lose her temper. She could only leave angrily. As soon as the door closed, Victoria had the expression of watching a good show. "Lorenzo, I think my cousin has a crush on you." Lorenzo didn't even bother to raise his eyes. "I'm not interested in her." Victoria was puzzled but quickly understood the reason why he didn't like Beatrice. "My cousin has good looks and family background. You don't like someone like her? Then, Lorenzo, what kind of woman do you like?" Victoria was very curious because, in the previous life, he said he was in love with her, but in this life he hadn't fallen in love with her yet. So she really wanted to know what type of woman this man really liked in his heart. "My standards are very high," the man finally raised his eyes to look at her. The girl understood. "With your looks and excellence like this, of course your standards can be high." The man didn't speak and lowered his head to review the documents again. "What type do you like?" Victoria asked him again. "No matter how high your standards are, there must be a type, right?" "There's no type. I only believe in the heart." Lorenzo was perhaps annoyed by her questions and blurted out such a sentence. At the moment he said it, he himself was a little stunned. However, he quickly covered it up and continued looking at the materials on the table. The heart? Victoria didn't understand. This was too abstract, wasn't it? What kind of feeling would this be? In her previous life, she liked Antonio because, when she was five years old, she was kidn*pped by Enzo's enemy. Later, Enzo begged her grandpa. The kidnappers were afraid of the power of Valentini Conglomerate and left her alone in the deep mountains and old forests. Antonio was already eight years old at that time. Because he participated in a summer camp, he got separated from the teachers at night and met Victoria in the deep mountains and old forests. The memories of when she was five years old had all disappeared after she broke her head during that k********g. She only remembered that when she woke up, everyone told her that it was Antonio who carried the injured her on his back and walked out of the deep mountains and old forests. And in her memory, there was indeed a boy who firmly carried her on his back and guarded her. Since then, her heart had firmly belonged to Antonio. From then on, she became Antonio's tail and followed him for 12 years. But Antonio always denied that he had saved her and always explained that he found her beside the summer camp vehicle. Victoria always thought that he was making excuses to reject her and pestered him even more. Unexpectedly, at the end of such persistence, she even lost the entire Valentini Conglomerate. The memories of her youth would only become memories and could no longer stir Victoria's heart. She once liked Antonio because he saved her when she was most helpless, so she pursued him vigorously behind him for almost 12 years. But after experiencing the previous life, she felt that such blind love was very morbid. Lorenzo's words reminded her that when choosing a relationship, everyone should ask their own heart instead of blindly throwing themselves in. Thinking about herself, was her original persistence for more than ten years really love? She suddenly felt confused. The girl's silence attracted the man's attention. He found that although this girl was just a high school student, at a certain moment, he always felt that this girl had a sense of vicissitudes beyond her age. This might be an illusion. The man shook his head and rejected his own idea. In the evening, Victoria returned to the high school department. The driver was already waiting for her at the door. Only when she got in the car did she find that Enzo was also in the car. Enzo was very enthusiastic. "Victoria, dad has come to pick you up and go home." Victoria looked puzzled. "Why do you have time to pick me up today?" Enzo smiled helplessly. "I'm usually busy with work and have no time. Today, I especially pushed a bunch of things and rushed over to pick you up from school." "Oh" Victoria answered carelessly and took out her mobile phone from her bag and looked at it aside. Enzo sat awkwardly by the side. He found that the girl in front of him seemed to have changed a lot recently. He didn't know where the change was. He always felt that she wasn't as gullible as before. "Victoria, my company has had some difficulties with capital turnover recently. There is a big IP that has just been signed, but there has been a problem with the capital turnover. I want you to ask your grandpa and see if he can help."