Ariel seed to have a sixth sense about . Just as I tossed away that file, she called from an unknown number.
"Ms. Brooks, have you reviewed my partnership proposal?" No sooner had Ariel’s voice sounded did I hung up and added that number to my block list.
The afternoon flew by.
I tidied up my desk and then headed back to Starlight Estates.
Damon and I got ho about the sa ti. The sll of food wafting from the dining room made instantly hungry. I sat down at the table.
Hannah was in her maid’s uniform, looking sprightly.
Her cooking was just as good as it was at lunch. I ate till I was full. Finally, I had hope of gaining so weight.
"Ms. Brooks, can | officially start work the day after tomorrow?" Hannah suddenly asked. "Tomorrow, I have to collect Joshua’s ashes."
The ntion of Joshua made my mood a bit heavy. I nodded and said, "Alright. I’ll go with you tomorrow morning. You can rest at ho in the afternoon."
Jones’s engagent party was tomorrow night, so I was free during the day.
Hannah didn’t want to trouble , but I insisted on accompanying her
After dinner, I went to bed early. The following morning, I had to accompany Hannah to collect Joshua’s ashes, and in the afternoon, I had to prepare for Jones’s engagent party.
Those days, Jones hadn’t contacted or sent any ssages. Sotis, I thought he should have just given up on . but then I thought that was impossible.
I lay in bed, thinking about these things, waiting for Damon to co to bed, but he didn’t co back until I fell asleep.
When I woke up early the next morning, I saw Damon coming down from the upstairs study. He looked like he had worked late in the study last night and just slept there.
I wished he could sleep in the study every day.
"I’m going out for a bit." I gave him a nod.
"Alright. Don’t forget we have Jones’s engagent party tonight." Damon reminded casually, hands tucked in his pockets.
He wouldn’t let go before, but now he was afraid I wouldn’t go. It seed like he agreed with my analysis,
I nodded, heading downstairs.
Hannah was already up early waiting for .
I asked Jas to drive us to the funeral ho. As I left, I felt Damon watching for so reason, and his gaze was a bit odd. But I didn’t think too much about it. Right now, I was heading to the funeral ho.
On the way, Hannah started talking about Ariel again. She knew about what had happened between , Damon, and Ariel. Because Joshua had told her.
"Ms. Brooks, why do you want to get back with Mr. Coleman? Joshua said you’re a good woman, and Mr. Coleman doesn’t deserve you." Hannah usually seed timid, but now she was blunt.
Even Jas, who was driving, couldn’t help but cough.
I didn’t know how to answer that question. In fact, I planned to leave Damon as soon as I had achieved my goal.
"Hannah, our situation is complicated; it’s hard to explain in a short ti. But I’m curious, why didn’t you like Ariel back then?" I changed the subject.
Hannah was silent for a few seconds, then sighed and said, "Of course, there’s a reason, but she and Joshua have been apart for so long, so there’s no need to bring up those things."
Hannah had a good heart. Even though she didn’t like Ariel, she didn’t badmouth her behind her back.
The premise was that she didn’t know that Joshua’s death might be related to Ariel.
I didn’t press further.
When we arrived at the funeral ho, Hannah collected the ashes, and then we returned to Starlight Estates. She cried all the way, and I felt depressed. If Joshua knew I was back with Damon, he would be disappointed.
Back at Starlight Estates, I found Damon wasn’t ho. I wanted to ask the servants, but I didn’t do it in the end.
After dinner, I chose my clothes and then did my makeup. Even though the engagent party started in the evening. I needed to arrive a bit early. Just as I was carefully applying my makeup, the door opened.
Damon walked in. I glanced at him, feeling that strange sensation again.
I could say I was one of the people who knew him best, so even if there was no change in his expression, I could feel he was different.
He walked over to , looking at our reflection in the mirror. A faint smile tugged at his lips as he asked, "Do you really need to dress up this seriously?"
"There will be a lot of people there, so of whom are my business partners, so I need to put so effort into my appearance." I replied.
"Oh." Damon nodded, casually picked up one of my lipsticks, and fiddled with it.
The atmosphere in the bedroom was silent. I felt a bit nervous, but I didn’t ask Damon what happened.
We were about to leave. I didn’t want to have any conflict with him at this ti.
After a while, I was almost ready. I was preparing to leave with Damon when he looked at with a gloomy expression and said, "Have the driver take you."
"Aren’t we going together?" I frowned. I didn’t necessarily want to show up with Damon, and I just didn’t know what had happened to make him change his mind.
"Hmm" Damon grunted and headed to the underground garage, leaving alone in the living room.
Hannah looked at , her eyes filled with worry
I was used to Damon’s sudden changes, so I walked out the door calmly and asked Jas to take .
Jones’s engagent party was held at the Luxury Hotel. We had dined here before and discussed my marriage to Damon.
Now, I was here for his engagent party.
"Eliana""
Just as I entered the elevator, Zoe’s voice rang out. She ca in cheerfully, with Cooper by her side.
She definitely didn’t co with her dad. She was clearly not cool with him,
"Why are you here alone?" Zoe looked outside the elevator, asking with a puzzled look.
"Isn’t that the norm?" I replied with a smile.
"Where’s Damon?" Zoe sighed, "You guys didn’t have a fight, did you?"
Without missing a beat, Cooper replied, "Isn’t that what you’d want?"
Zoe shot him a glare, then laughed and admitted, "Yeah. As your competitor, I’d actually love it if you guys fought, hahaha..."
I couldn’t help but laugh. Zoe’s candidness sohow lessened my guilt towards her.
In the midst of our conversation, the elevator arrived.
At Jones’s engagent party, there were a lot of familiar faces, including Luna and others. But what I didn’t get was, why on earth would Jones and Scarlett Invite Ariel and Karen?
They were even seated next to Nick and Nicole.
"Why did Jones Invite them? Isn’t he worried they’ll pollute the air here?" Luna walked over, rolling her eyes at Ariel and speaking loudly.
Hearing her, Ariel looked around. She instinctively scanned the room, and her eyes started sparkling when she didn’t see Damon
Just then, Damon arrived. The mont Ariel saw him, she imdiately put on her love-struck face.
But Damon was weird. The more a woman chased him, the more he seed to detest her. And that was sothing I had experienced first-hand.
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