Chapter 18: Chapter 18

With Elliot’s help, the kidney source for Amber’s uncle was soon found. The operation was very successful.

Amber was relieved. She stayed in the hospital for a few days to accompany her uncle. Seeing that he was recovering well, she fulfilled her promise and went back to work in Elliot’s company.

Seeing that she appeared in an old-fashioned outfit, Elliot looked at her from top to bottom, then from left to right. After looking at her for some time, he said, “Amber, dressing up in this way is such a waste of your beauty! Don’t wear such old-fashioned clothes in the future. You should dress nicer so that I can work with delight.”

Amber ignored him. She took a cup and made him some tea as she used to. Then, she began to check Elliot’s working schedule for the day.

Elliot squinted his eyes and took a sip of tea. Then he let out a long breath and said, “Tea made by you tastes much better. You know, days felt like years when I couldn’t see you. I couldn’t even bring myself to work.”

In the past, he had always been mean to her, but now he became all giddy like this. Amber only regarded him as transparent, she respectfully lowered her head and looked downwards.

Seeing that she had no response after he had been talking for so long, Elliot also felt bored. So he stopped fooling around and began to work seriously.

In the blink of an eye, it was noon. Elliot glanced at the watch on his wrist and said, “Let’s go. Come and have lunch with me today!”

“Have lunch with you?”

“Yes!”

Elliot took Amber to Hans, the best known gourmet restaurant in South City. When she was still together with Rodney, he often brought her to dine here every few days.

Seeing this familiar yet strange place, there was an inexplicable resistance in Amber’s heart, but she couldn’t ask Elliot to go to another restaurant. So she withheld the discomfort in her heart and followed Elliot into the restaurant.

Elliot pulled out a chair for her like a gentleman. As he sat down, he told her, “The dishes here are said to be currently the best in South City. I tried them that day and thought they were good, so I brought you here to taste them.”

Amber didn’t say anything. The dishes prepared by the chef at Hans were indeed excellent. After they sat down, Elliot ordered some signature dishes such as the Pan Seared Foie Gras, Escargots à la Bourguignonne, and Pepper Steak with Bordelaise sauce. As soon as he had ordered, his phone rang. He took his phone and went aside to answer it. Without Elliot around, Amber felt much more at ease.

She looked around and unexpectedly saw Celia.

Celia was dressed in a white dress, sitting very elegantly on a seat not far away from her. It seemed that she was waiting for someone. Seeing her noble and elegant look now, Amber recalled the time when Celia and Shannon had just arrived at the Black family. Her lips curled into a sneer and thought, “She’s probably what people would describe as from rags to riches.”

As she was still in her thoughts, she saw a tall and masculine figure entering the restaurant. It was Rodney, how romantic of him.

In the past, he liked to bring her here, and now he brought his new lover here as well. The same place, but with different people.

Didn’t he feel sickening?

But thinking about it, her concern was really unnecessary. For a man like him, women were like clothes. How would he think of it as sickening?

She didn’t want Rodney to see her, so she changed her seat and turned her back to them. When Elliot came back after he had done calling, he felt a bit strange to see that she had changed her seat. But he didn’t say anything about it and just sat on the seat where Amber was previously sitting.

When he sat down, he noticed Rodney and Celia. “I didn’t expect Rodney Barron to come here for a meal too.”

Amber responded, “Is Mr. Thomson very close with him?”

“He’s just an acquaintance,” Elliot replied. “By the way, this Rodney is a well-known entrepreneur in South City. Aren’t you a local in South City? You should know him, right?”

Amber forced a smile. “Mr. Thomson, like you’ve said, he’s a famous entrepreneur. I’m just an ordinary worker. How would I know such a person of high status?”

“Well, you say that, but Rodney and Pierce on the same level, aren’t they? How could you know Pierce but not Rodney? Back then, they were both top students who graduated from the Silver Oak Academy. By the way, if I remember correctly, the Silver Oak Academy is also the university you went to, right?”

“Yes.”

“Amber, you should be the most beautiful girl in the Silver Oak Academy, right?”

“That’s not true. How can I be the most beautiful girl with my looks?” Amber denied.

“Is that true? If a beauty like you were not the most beautiful in the campus, then who?”

“I don’t know. People like me were busy working and studying hard. How would I have the energy to care about who was the most beautiful or handsome in the campus?”

“Is that so? You didn’t know me earlier. If you knew me earlier, I wouldn’t have let you suffer so much.”

These words sounded so familiar that they made Amber instantly look up at Elliot. His gorgeous eyes were filled with warmth and tenderness. The corner of her mouth twitched. “Mr. Thomson, I’m just your assistant. Please don’t say such things to me. I can’t take it.”

“Of course you can. Amber, you’re the only woman to whom I’ve ever said something like this!” Elliot looked at her with a smile.

At the same time, Rodney suddenly looked in their direction. With just one glance, he recognised who the woman with her back facing him was. Seeing Elliot looking at Amber with a smiley face, his heart sank, and the smile on his face faded a little.