Chapter 665
Sasha belatedly felt nervous at the sight of the crowd. She turned to Zane and asked, “Do you need to put on make-up? Do you need…”
Before Sasha could finish, I interrupted and said, “Calm down. Leave the rest to us.”
Sasha asked hesitantly, “Really?”
I said firmly, “Yes.”
Then, Sasha sat aside and looked at me with puppy eyes. Shane immediately took over setting up the equipment. It wasn’t because he was helpful; Sasha had simply assigned him the job.
After the setup was done, Zane went on stage. After hosting many meetings at work, Zane was used to speaking publicly at events like these. Following a brief opening, he began sharing his experience with the crowd.
Everyone listened to him intently.
With his deep voice and dependable presence, Zane gave off a sense of security —as if he could fix any problem. Seeing him like this made me feel calmer. When
I turned to look at Sasha, she had calmed down from her nerves, too.
I couldn’t help but smile at the thought of how lucky I was to encounter and be in a relationship with such an amazing man.
Zane spoke earnestly for two hours. Everyone raised their hands when it was time for questions—they all had questions to ask Zane.
He first answered a few challenging questions from people who were clearly trying to test him. It was evident that they were trying to embarrass him, but Zane answered with composure. With that, those who doubted him had no choice but to acknowledge Zane’s capability.
Then, Zane took questions from other people Without the hostile questions, everyone asked questions about their companies After answering each of them, Zane began to summarize everyone’s questions. He categorized
the
questions and told everyone how to approach similar problems.
Among them, a sharp-looking man wasn’t sure if he had understood Zane correctly. The man stood up to explain his understanding, wanting to receive Zane’s affirmation if he had understood it right.
Zane replied politely, “If you are
saying those things as somebody without any experience in starting a company, I would call you a prodigy. But the truth is you have a rather successful company. It shows your lack of professionalism if you still think that way.”
The man refuted, “Find somebody more professional than I am, then.”
The man refused to believe that anyone could give a better answer than he had.
Upon hearing that, Zane looked at me and said, “I shall let my fiancé explain it to you, then.”
Then, Zane added, “We may be together, but we’ve never talked about work. However, I trust her capabilities.”
The man grumbled, “She’s just a woman and probably never started her own business before. How can she be better than me?”
The crowd was curious as well. It seemed that everyone assumed a woman without a recognized name in the market was no different from a housewife. They imagined somebody who only knew about spending money and would avoid discussing work.
Shane approached Sasha and asked, “Can Annalise answer?”
Sasha shot Shane a disdainful look and scoffed. Then she exclaimed, “Of course! Have you forgotten how professional she seemed whenever we had a question about work?”
Hearing that, Shane felt more assured. He said, “I guess I’m overthinking it, then.”