29I was not in the mood to go to our department's dinner party."You seem down. It's obvious that you've got your heart broken." Lucas shook his head. "Were you dumped?""Mm... Sort of...""Who the hell dares to dump my subordinate?" Lucas jumped up in disbelief."Didn't you say I was useless?""My subordinate, no matter how useless you are, you are still 100 times better than the women outside!"I was rendered speechless.Perhaps I should thank him for comforting me."Don't be sad. Let's go drinking tonight. Whichever guy you take a fancy on, I'll help you get him drunk!" Lucas dragged me along."Huh? T-That's inappropriate, isn't it?""If he's not drunk, you won't have a chance." Lucas had a bunch of tricks up his sleeves.In the end, I had no choice but to be dragged away by him."Lucas, why don't you invite Mr. Yakley?" our colleagues reminded him."You guys go ahead first. I'll go invite him now."Usually, everyone would politely invite Andrew to the dinner party,
32Andrew stood under the tree, staring at me, without moving or looking at his phone.How would I be able to sleep like this?He walked slowly to the window as I tossed and turned and lay on the windowsill again."Can't sleep?" Andrew looked at me dotingly."How can I fall asleep if you don't leave?"He smiled. "Then, chat with me.""Okay."He suddenly bent down and approached me with his head lowered.He was too tall, and the windowsill was too low. This posture was a little uncomfortable for him."When did you get that willow tattoo?" he asked me with a smile.My face must have turned red as I felt his close breath."Freshman year.""Oh?" He looked at me calmly. "You've liked me since you were a freshman?"I felt exposed, froze, and couldn't say anything."Why didn't you come to me?""I did," I answered honestly.He was a little surprised. "Why don't I know?""My undergraduate degree is from the Faculty of Finance at Hennick University."His eyebrows twitched a li
35The wedding was next week.Andrew had been treating me very well.He was still restrained, and he clearly separated his professional and personal lives.He showed his true colors as a man at home, but he still acted like a cold boss at work.I seriously suspected that he had dissociative identity disorder. How else could he be so good at keeping his professional and personal lives separate? How was he always so composed?At the company, Lucas was still in an unpredictable mood. He scolded me every day for the proposals I made."No offense, Paulene, but when love is gone, you should focus on your career and improve your sales.""Oh, all right.""Go and change it again.""Okay."I returned to my seat with the proposal and redid it throughout the morning. I didn't even have time for lunch.Andrew was on a business trip again.I was so pitiful.I worked on the proposal until the afternoon. Lucas skimmed through it, and a smile gradually appeared on his face. "You're quite
Author: Xian De Wu Liao De Xian Nü 1I had a crush on Sean Jenkins for two years, and I did not dare to talk to him because of my inferiority.I wrote down the secret about my liking him in my diary.The next day, my diary was passed around by everyone in the classroom.I was so anxious that I cried, but Sean stood up domineeringly and snatched back my diary."Well, the diary is mine. I was the one who had a crush on her."When we had our self-study that night, Sean kept holding my hand and asked me, "So, Sophia. Will you allow my feelings to come true?"I was so surprised that I nodded with a face that was red from blushing.I dated Sean.However, a week later, my mother suddenly brought back a man and said he was my new father.I was shocked and my body went numb.It was because that man was Sean's father.After that, Sean proposed to break up."Sophia Yoder, you know what? I feel disgusted at the thought of you as my sister."He hated my mother, and he hated me.Aft
6In the next class, his seat was still empty.According to my classmates, Yosef was caught smoking, and Zaiden was furious about it.I looked at his empty seat, falling into deep thought.It seemed like I indirectly caused him trouble again...At noon, Sean turned around."You want to change seats, right?" I picked up the book and consciously walked up to him."Yes..." Sean's arrogant expression was a little stiff.Perhaps he didn't expect that I would agree with him without hesitation today.I sat in his seat. As I heard nothing from the back, someone poked my back."I want to eat aglio olio."I turned to look at Sean and had no idea what he meant."I didn't have lunch."He smiled faintly, as if he was very certain that I would buy lunch for him.I heaved a long sigh secretly and stood up. "I'll go buy it for you."After that, I took my wallet and walked out of the classroom.Sean had hypoglycemia, so I was afraid that he would faint.Actually, I also knew that he ju
10Suddenly, someone spoke up."Excuse me, miss."An unfamiliar girl who wore makeup and a short plaid skirt stood in front of me."You are..." I was a little confused."His girlfriend." The girl in front of me, Averie, arrogantly placed a bunch of flowers on my desk.I turned my head to look at Yosef. His face was darkened.What was going on?I stood up, thinking that it was better to give up the seat."Sit down," Yosef said quietly.I looked at Averie and then at him."I-I'd better go..." Although Yosef was quite scary now, I still didn't want to get myself into trouble."Did I ask you to leave?" Yosef threatened. It frightened me, and I was unsure what to do."Yosef, you're so cruel. You didn't even tell me which school you had gone to after getting transferred." Averie talked to Yosef across the desk and pounced on him.Yosef tilted his body to the side to dodge Averie. He questioned, "Who are you?""I'm your girlfriend. Have you lost your memory?"Averie continued
13Yosef followed me to the entrance of the classroom.He opened the window and asked me, "Where did you put the access card?""It's in my mathematics textbook."It was very dark outside, and the trauma had not yet dissipated.As Yosef had already entered the classroom, I had to wait for him under the window.Suddenly, his voice came from the window. "Do you want to come in together?"I looked at him and didn't know what he meant."It's dark outside. I'm worried that you'll be scared." After saying that, he went to the window, leaped, sat on the window, and reached out his hand to pull me.I hesitated for a few seconds, but I still stretched out my hand. I felt a force come from the hand. Soon, I was pulled up by him.It was the first time I jumped through a window in my life.Yosef landed his feet on the ground. Then, he extended his hands to catch me.I jumped down clumsily and grabbed his waist nervously."Don't grab that part. It tickles..." As his voice fell, so too d
16The next day, Sean didn't leave beforehand but waited for me to go to school together.I would be overjoyed if it were before.But now, I found I was a little annoyed.I ignored him and left the house directly.Even so, he still followed me all the time.I went to a bakery and took a box of muffins."Why do you buy that? Did you forget that I don't like to eat lemon-flavored muffins?" Sean criticized."He likes them." I glanced at Sean expressionlessly and paid to leave.Dumbfounded, he stood there and didn't catch up with me.When I arrived at the classroom, Yosef was sleeping at the desk."Have you had breakfast?" I asked softly."Don't bother me..." As Yosef scolded me halfway, he lifted his head and looked at me. He changed his tone and replied, "I'm not hungry."In truth, I was shocked when he scolded me as soon as I came here. I even suspected that his gentleness last night was just my illusion.I placed the muffins and milk in front of him and started to read si
21As soon as I walked to the stairs, I met Charley, who was holding two cups of coffee.What a coincidence!"Joy." As soon as I turned around, he stopped me."Hi." I had to stop and say hello to him.He walked upstairs, trying to hide the coffee in his hand.The coffee should be for Jane Lynch.Thinking of that, I was amused.I used to buy coffee for him."Aren't you going to study at the library? Why did you leave?" he asked in a tone as gentle as ever.I lowered my head in embarrassment and said, "Well, I have something to do. I gotta go now.""Okay." He stepped aside to make way for me."Goodbye," I said and walked downstairs without looking back.When I was about to turn the corner, a voice suddenly came from behind me. "Are we... still best friends?"I stood rooted to the spot.I had mixed feelings."..." I didn't reply and left directly.Were we still best friends?I was just having a lot of thoughts.In the past three years, I had been hanging out with Charle
17When I grew more and more nervous, I finally arrived at college.I got out of the cab and watched him walk over. I became even more nervous.Would he kiss me again?Would he be upset if I reject him?I was completely new to that, while he was too overwhelming. I was scared when I thought of the coming kiss.But I was his girlfriend. I couldn't say no to his request, could I?After thinking for a while, when he was approaching, I was so scared that I closed my eyes.I waited for a few seconds, but the thing didn't turn out to be as I had imagined it. I slightly opened my eyes.I looked up and saw him looking at me playfully."Were you thinking about it in the cab?" he asked me with a smile."Huh? No." I quickly returned to normal."Then, excuse me..." He pointed to the road nearby.Huh???So, was I in his way?I had thought that he was going to kiss me, but...It was such an embarrassing situation for me."Okay." I quickly stepped aside to make way for him.He put h
14"Enough?" I didn't come back to my senses until I heard his sexy voice."Enough." I swallowed hard."Liar..." He stared at me, then lowered his head and kissed me.Help!My nerves, which had just relaxed, were on edge again in an instant.After a few seconds, he finally let go of me.He stared at me, then looked down, unzipped my bag, groped for my cotton pad for few seconds, took it out, and wiped his lips himself.After wiping, he stuffed it into my hand and turned to leave.Did he heave?Bad boy.My heart was still beating fast.The place was already buzzing with people. I didn't dare to look around."Are you not leaving?" He walked a few steps and found that I didn't keep up with him. He turned to look at me helplessly.He probably thought that I was a troublemaker."Yes." If I didn't leave now, there would be more people watching me.I hurried along after him.He didn't hold my hand, nor did he especially wait for me. Instead, he walked side by side with his bu
11After that, my hands had been trembling while playing poker. His words kept echoing in my mind: "Can I eat you?"After two more games, I could barely keep my eyes open.After losing all my chips, I stretched lazily as if I had accomplished something important."Can... can we stop here?" I asked in a low voice."Keep going.""I'm sleepy."Looking at them in high spirits, I was speechless."Sleepy?" A boy looked at me and then at Julian. He was about to say something but swallowed the words."Okay, okay..."The boys immediately understood and stood up.Huh???They must get the wrong idea."No... you get the wrong idea.""We see, we see..."I felt so depressed and helpless.I looked back and found Julian still as calm as ever. He was not going to make it clear at all."So, get lost now!""Okay, okay, okay. You're really hoes before bros, huh?" The boys had rushed out before they could take their coats."When will you pay us?" one of the boys asked desperately."When
7Five minutes later, I walked out of the room with Julian, clutching a blood-stained T-shirt. Seeing that, his friends were all stunned.But the next second, they looked at each other and smiled."Julian, you... come on too strong, don't you?""Yeah, too short to change clothes.""Spend less time on basketball. That will wear you out...."...I stood there awkwardly."Get lost. Cut the crap." Julian hit them with the basketball.He was so aggressive that I was too scared to make a sound.When he was leaving, I remembered the reason why I came here.I hurried up to him. "Julian."The gang of people stopped. Julian did not even turn his head as he impatiently asked, "What's the matter?""Yesterday, I... You... It was just a misunderstanding. I'm sorry that you broke up with your girlfriend..." I recited the draft of my apology.Before I finished reciting it, he turned his head slightly and said, "Broke up? With who?""I don't know. Maybe the one you met in the bar?" One o
Author: Xian De Wu Liao De Xian Nü I went to watch the basketball game with the boy I had a crush on.When we appeared on the monitor above, he refused to kiss me.On impulse, I turned around and kissed the bully in my college next to me.The bully's girlfriend broke up with him for this. And he asked me to get him a new girlfriend as compensation."May I?" I asked with trembling lips.Julian Joule glanced at me and smiled, "Good, but I'd love to make love to you as well."What???1Everyone knew that I had a crush on Charley Johnson.Except for Charley himself.On the day of the basketball game, the camera focused solely on Charley and me.At that moment, my mind went blank.According to the rules, the two people appearing on the large screen had to kiss each other.All the spectators present encouraged us to kiss each other."Kiss!""Kiss!"...I lowered my head, too shy to look at him.I imagined the wonderful moment when he kissed me.I imagined that my unreq
23As soon as I went out, I was stunned.There was a Rolls-Royce parked at the door. I saw the car's plate number. If I remember correctly, it belonged to my father, Giovanni.Ten minutes later, Samuel invited Giovanni to the back room and gave him a cup of coffee.Giovanni sat opposite me and whispered, "Soph, come here."I looked at Samuel, who was staring at me and didn't want me to go there.I had no choice but to sit still.Giovanni didn't panic, as if he had expected it. He waved his hand and the bodyguard behind him took out a suitcase and put it on the table.Then, Giovanni reached out and pushed the suitcase over."Here's 1.5 million dollars. Now give me my daughter back."Samuel didn't say anything. He glanced at me, took the suitcase, opened it, and glanced at it."There's no need to talk about money," Samuel said in a soft tone."What? Is it not enough? Don't go too far!" Giovanni got angry all of a sudden."Dad..." I whispered to my father."Soph, you don't h
21In the days that followed, I lived a full and purposeful life.It seemed that I suddenly found the path that I would be going in life. I must enter a university and become a better person, then I could ask him if we could be together.However, my foundation was very bad.I worked very hard to get into university.I didn't even have time to think about whether I was stupid or suitable for academics.I completely drowned myself in practice questions.Every night, my mind was full of test questions, and I didn't even have time to think about Samuel.At first, I went home once a week. Near the end of the university entrance exam, Samuel thought that it would be too tiring for me to come back and forth and too much time would be wasted. Hence, he came to the county to visit me every week.Sometimes he brought Fatso and the others, and sometimes he was alone.He always said that he would pass by my school to do some errands, so he stopped by along the way to visit me.I wondere
19When I went back at night, I was surprised to see that Samuel had learned how to cook.In the past, he would either order a takeaway or heat a dollar-slice frozen pizza. It was his subordinates who sometimes cooked nice meals.He made my favorite food, which was meatloaf and fried chicken."Mr. Carter, when did you learn to cook?""It's not that difficult.""If it's easy, then why haven't you learned it in the past 31 years?""It's not that I didn't learn it. It was unnecessary.""Is it necessary now?" I asked him with a smile.He looked at me and said, "Hmm... It doesn't seem necessary."I hugged him from behind and said, "Of course it's necessary. You made all my favorite food, so that means you've waited for me to come back to eat."He grabbed a fork and pointed it at me. "Let go of me. Who said that they were for you?"I held his waist. "No, I won't. My heart told me.""If you don't let me go, believe me or not, I'll—""Will you hit me?" I looked at him with a smil