Amos Grangerâs hands were clenched into fists. He wanted to walk forward. However, he suddenly remembered what she said before she left, âThank you.â
Was she thanking him for letting her go?
All of a sudden, his mobile phone rang. Auntie Agnes said, âSir, Miss Liamâ¦â
Christopher Gellert closed the car door before Auntie Agnes finished speaking.
Amos watched as Christopher drove his girlfriend away. However, Auntie Agnes was still nagging on the phone. All of sudden, he threw his mobile phone to the ground.
It was finally quiet nowâ¦
â¦
Christopher turned on the heater in his car. Eudora George felt more comfortable after getting into his car.
âLet me send you to the hospital first!â Christopher said.
âItâs okay. Itâs just a minor injury.â Eudora said.
Seeing that Eudora was reluctant to go to the hospital, Christopher nodded his head and said, âOkay, letâs go to my house then. I have a first aid kit in my house.â
âNo!â Eudora rejected him immediately. âIâve already caused you a lot of trouble. How can I stay in your house?â
Christopher frowned and said, âIt seems that you still donât treat me as your friend.â
Eudora joked, âI really donât dare to treat you as a friend. You are my boss!â
Christopher had no choice but to ask her, âWhere do you want to go then?â
Eudora said, âCan you lend me some money? Iâll return it to you after getting my salary.â
Christopher said, âYou donât have to pay me back!â Then, he took out a card from his pocket and handed it to Eudora.
He continued, âThe password is the last six digits of my phone number. You can use this card!â
Eudora didnât want to borrow so much money from him. However, she had no choice. She promised that she would pay him back the money once she received her salary.
Christopher sent Eudora to a hotel.
He left after bringing Eudora to the hotel room.
Unexpectedly, Christopher came back after Eudora took her shower.
He was holding a first aid kit and some clothes. He said, âI donât know what type of clothes you like. So, I just simply chose one. After all, you have to wear some clothes to work tomorrow. The first aid kit is for the wounds on your feet. Please remember to apply the medication.â
Eudora was touched. She did not have any other feelings towards Christopher. All she felt was gratitude.
âThank you, I will definitely pay you back once I get my salary.â
Christopher frowned and hesitated before asking.
âWhat happened between you and Amos? Did you break up with him?â
Eudora pursed her lips and said, âI donât want to talk about this now, is that okay?â
Christopher took a deep breath and said, âAh, forget it then. Please rest well. Iâm going back now. Please donât come to the office if you havenât recovered yet.â
âI can go to work!â Eudora said immediately. She needed money. How could she not go to work?
âI really can go to work. But Iâll come in an hour late because I have to buy a new laptop first.â
Christopher nodded his head and said, âOkay!â
Eudora applied some medicine on her feet after Christopher left. Then, she lay down on the bed.
The bed in the hotel was really big. Eudora was not used to sleeping alone on a big bed.
She smiled bitterly. She thought that it was a terrible feeling to get used to being lonely.
Eudora woke up early the next morning.
After getting ready in the morning, she went to buy a laptop. The laptop that she had been using belonged to Amos. Fortunately, she had already submitted all the design drafts on the laptop.
After buying a new laptop, Eudora went straight to office.
She heard her colleagues discussing something when she just walked in.
âItâs all over. Valiant East stopped collaborating with us. Do you think we can still manage the project?â
âI think itâs impossible. We could only get the project if we collaborate with Valiant East.â
Eudora frowned and asked, âWhatâs going on?â
Her colleague, who went with them for the bidding, said, âThe staff from Valiant East came early in the morning. They went into President Gellertâs office. I heard that they want to stop collaborating with our company when I passed by President Gellertâs office earlier.â
The staff from Valiant East walked out when they were still talking about it.
Eudora hurried over and asked, âWhatâs wrong, President Gellert?â
Christopher shook his head and said to the secretary, âPlease send them out.â
Christopher spoke up after the staff from Valiant East had left, âAll of you are right. Valiant East has decided to stop working with us for this project.â
âOh my God!â Everyone was so shocked. The teamâs morale hit rock bottom.
âHow can they be like this? They have signed a contract with us. Are they playing with us? Arenât they afraid of the penalty?â
âValiant East is a wealthy company. Do they need to be afraid?â
âAlright, youâve wonâ¦â
Then, Christopher walked to his office without saying anything.
Eudora caught up immediately, âPresident Gellert, Iâm sorry.â
âWhy do you have to apologize to me?â Christopher smiled. He said, âIt has nothing to do with you.â
âReally?â Eudora smiled bitterly and said, âI know him. You donât need to defend for me.â
Amos did the same thing in the past as well. He just wanted to seek vengeance on her. Perhaps he was waiting for her to beg him as well.
Christopher stood up while she was still deep in her thoughts.
âLetâs not talk about this now. No one knows Valiant East has broken the contract. Letâs try to secure the deal anyway.â He said calmly.
âOkay!â Eudora nodded her head and responded. Then, she took out the card from her pocket and handed it to Christopher.
She said, âI want to return the card to you. I spent about a thousand dollars in total.â
Christopher said, âOkay.â
âAlsoâ¦â Eudora was a little embarrassed. She said, âCan I pay you back by instalments?â She didnât even know how much her salary was.
âItâs up to you!â Christopher said.
After that, Eudora and Christopher decided to head to the projectâs main office to try to secure the deal.
Eudora tried to draw the design blueprints when she was on the plane. She needed to try her best to fight for it. After all, it was because of her that Valiant East stopped collaborating with her company.
After getting off the plane, both of them hurried to the office.
Christopher, who was walking behind Eudora, shouted, âPlease wait for a while.â
Eudora was stunned. Christopher reached out his hand to take off the fallen leaf on her shoulder.
He said as he smiled, âPlease slow down, itâs fine.â
Eudora nodded her head and smiled. She asked, âHow do I look? Is this okay?â
â¦
Amos had just arrived at the office as well. He saw Eudora and Christopher standing at the main entrance of the office.
Christopher reached out to hold her shoulder gently. Eudora was smiling at him.
Amos felt a lump in his throat. He frowned.
Clint Zuckerberg said, âPresident Granger, weâre here.â
Amos finally came back to his senses. He opened the car down and got out of the car.
Christopher pulled Eudora to stand behind him when he saw Amos. He said, âPresident Granger, I didnât expect to see you here. Itâs my pleasure.â
Amos sneered without looking at Eudora, âI was wondering why havenât Everpeace achieve anything yet after such a long time. It turns out that President Gellert is not paying attention to his work at all. Heâs busy dating the designer of the company!â