His grandmother raised her voice.
く
“Don’t bring your business into this house!
“David, you’re dragging your secretary
everywhere. Are you trying to kill me?”
She looked at me.
“Sarah trusts you and isn’t suspicious. Do you
deserve that trust?”
I put down my chopsticks. I didn’t really trust
him.
David looked up at me.
“You made her spy on me, so what trust?”
I looked at him, horrified. “I’m on the 7th
floor.”
Г
As soon as the words left my mouth, I
regretted it.
The Harrisons looked over. “7th floor?”
David watched me.
“You’re working with Grandma.”
He stood up, dusted off his knees, and leaned
close to me.
“I did it on purpose to see your reaction.”
09
The family was confused.
David said I had walked in on him.
Г
“Ashley is young and has ideas, so I went
along with it.”
He saw me in the window’s reflection, so he
fed her.
He leaned back in his chair.
I thought he was going to say we were
getting a divorce.
But he didn’t say anything and started eating.
His grandmother stared at him.
“I don’t care what you do, but the Wangs
aren’t coming into this family.”
David smiled dismissively and looked at me
く
On the way back, he didn’t say a word.
I regretted sitting in the passenger seat.
He stopped at a red light and said,
“At least Grandma didn’t ask about the ring.”
I kept my mouth shut.
I looked at his ring finger and saw his ring.
I opened my mouth. “After the cooling–off
period, give me back the ring.”
I pointed, but he glared.
When the car entered the garage, I got out.
I dragged my suitcase out.
David leaned against the door and looked me
up and down.
He smiled and stepped aside.
He said, “Once you leave, it won’t be easy to
come back.”
I nodded and walked out.
Something fell by my feet.
David chuckled. “Here, no need to wait for
the cooling–off period.”
I quickly picked it up and put it in my pocket.
I heard him answer a call.
L
“Uncle Wang, I’m on my way to pick up
Monica.”
Monica, his lost love.
10
I rented an apartment near work.
I couldn’t wait for a new beginning.
I went to work happily.
But when I got to the front door, the security
guard looked at me and I shrank back.
He saw me in David’s car.
I was the focus of attention in the department
I opened the chat and looked through the
messages.
Someone said I was hired recently.
[Who brought Sarah in? Kevin, do you know?]
Kevin didn’t say anything.
Kevin wasn’t active in the group.
He was a manager who had to manage even
bathroom breaks.
[She must have connections. Why would
someone with connections be in customer
service!]
[She was reprimanded and had half a month’s
My eyebrows twitched. Kevin had framed me.
Kevin had given me a solution to a user, who
was offended and complained.
Kevin made an example of me.
David laughed at me.
“You’re working in my company. How will you
live outside?”
I thought about the chat messages.
When I got out of the elevator, Ashley
grabbed me and pulled me into the
conference room.
“Sarah, you’re digging into my territory?”
Г
“Sarah, you’re digging into my territory?”
11
She stomped her feet. “What did you say to him?”
I thought about the divorce agreement.
But I didn’t have to tell her.
“I didn’t say anything about the Peking duck.”
She raised her eyebrows.
I said, “But the CEO saw me in the
reflection…”
I ran back to my desk.
It was strange.
The company leaders never came to the
customer service department.
I saw David four or five times.
Kevin was talking to him.
I was annoyed.
I couldn’t even go to the bathroom with the
CEO here.
The soymilk hadn’t been cooked.
I was glaring at him.
David’s face was dark.
Г
David walked over to me.
I stared at the screen, hoping he was walking
- by.
He stood there, staring at the ring on my finger.
I felt uneasy.
Don’t stand here!
I didn’t want to be discovered.
I stood up and walked out.
