“Ah, Scarlett…”
I ignored her whining and went back to my bedroom. Then, I continued on with my work for Fuller Corporation. Tomorrow, the bidding for the audit would begin.
At first, I thought the middle-aged man would reappear that night. After forgetting about him, he had not appeared for a while.
The details of the situation was unclear to me.
The next morning, the sun rays already spilt into the apartment by eight. The weather in J City was getting hotter, but Macy was a night owl, so she was still sleeping.
Meanwhile, my body clock woke me up after being so busy for the past few days.
When I arrived at the office in a hurry, Stacey immediately handed me the documents she prepared. She suggested, “Let’s go straight to the bidding venue.”
Nodding, I brought the documents and my laptop to head out of the office with her.
While waiting for the elevator, I bumped into Ashton and Jared. The latter casually passed me a lunch box. “Devon made some soup for you that will be good for your recovery. I heard that you were vomiting quite badly recently, but I guess it is a side effect of the miscarriage. You should take some time to rest.”
Initially, I was worried that Ashton would notice that something was wrong. Thankfully, Jared phrased it well, and I gratefully responded, “Thank you!”
On the other hand, his boss had a gloomy expression, and I could not tell what he was thinking about. It was hard to figure out what he was feeling and who I was to him. How does he feel about me?
opened, and four of us entered it. No one dared to speak,
out, Stacey cautiously
have much time. Let’s get to the bidding venue as soon as possible!” I cut her off and changed the topic. Since I met Ashton at the restaurant that day, we had not
my luck! He stepped forward
Nonetheless, I politely nodded and entered the site. There were
how uncomfortable I seemed, Stacey brought me to the lounge and handed me a
water down then instructed, “For the remaining companies, you can keep those that you deem suitable. Otherwise, forget about
gauge the rankings. While I rested in the lounge, Stacey listened to
as tough as me would make mistakes
thoughts?” Abruptly, a cold
Nick in my peripheral vision. Frowning, I scoffed, “Aren’t you supposed to be preparing for the bid?
me and massaged my temples. His hands were strong, and the amount of power he used was just right. At first, I wanted to move
pretending you’re okay.” He
the energy to struggle against his grip, I went along with it. Not
his grip, Nick muttered, “How does it
“I feel a lot
expression
before questioning, “Aren’t you supposed to be