Arianne pretended like she heard nothing and went in. “Mr. Nathaniel, what’s the matter?”Although Eric had reined in his emotions, he did not smile and was unable to conceal how upset he was. “Uh… Please go to Mark’s office. There are a few contracts that need his signature. We need the agreements urgently. We’ll have to work overtime these coming days. However, since your health is poor, you don’t need to stay overtime. This sudden decision is made due to an emergency. Who knows, I probably won’t be in charge of this company soon. I’ll have to make sure everything is done before that happens.”Arianne nodded and took the documents before she returned to her desk. After packing up, she headed downstairs to hail a cab to the Tremont Tower.Smoothly entering the building and reaching the forty-sixth floor, she took the initiative to remove her shoes and stepped on the floor barefooted. Mark’s secretary, Ellie, stopped her outside. “Please hold on. I’ll report your arrival.”Ellie receiv
Arianne called home and informed Mary that she would not come home for dinner since she was working overtime.Mary nagged at her, worried that her body could not endure hard work, but she did not say anything else.When Eric exited his office to make himself a cup of tea around eight at night, he was taken aback when he saw Arianne was still around. “Why haven’t you gone home?”Arianne replied nonchalantly, “I sit here all day, it’s not like my work is physically arduous. It’s not tiring at all. I can handle this. If I feel unwell, I’ll leave early. Don’t worry about me.”Eric was still concerned. “It’s already past eight. We’ll stay till half-past nine latest. So you can leave now. It’s fine.”Arianne glanced at him before she finally turned off her computer and packed her things up without saying anything. Being a man, Eric had more pride. Although she had overheard his conversation earlier, she could not directly comfort him. Moreover, it was his family’s problem. It was not her pla
Tiffany looked a little self-conscious as she touched her cheek in a daze. “Really? I can’t help it… If I don’t work part-time, I won’t be able to support my mom with that meager salary. Alright, let’s not talk about that. It’s making me sad.”As soon as it was eight, Eric entered the office. Tiffany quickly greeted him with the contract in hand. “Help me sign this quickly! I need to send it back to Jackson in the office before nine!”Eric was clearly startled by Tiffany’s sudden appearance. He fumbled in his pocket but was unable to find a pen.Upon seeing this, Tiffany conveniently handed him a pen from Arianne’s desk. “Hurry, hurry!”As soon as the contract was signed, Tiffany disappeared like a gust of wind.Eric was still in a daze. “Arianne… What contract did she ask me to sign? I didn’t even have the time to read it. I hope it won’t come back to bite me in the butt…”Arianne burst out laughing. “Come on, is that even possible? That’s from Jackson West. You can find him if
Tiffany lowered her head in fear of being noticed. “No need. I’m going the other way since I still have something to do. You can go on ahead.”Jackson was not blind nor was he a fool. Girls, generally, only carried handbags that were huge enough to hold a phone and some cosmetics to work. However, Tiffany had been bringing a black garment bag to work lately, and it was obviously not something she had just bought. He was quite curious about where she went in a rush after work. He complied but asked the driver to stop the car at the intersection. He watched as Tiffany entered a cab and ordered the driver to tail them. The driver was a little confused. “Sir, aren’t you going back to dine with madam today? Where are you going? We’re running late...”Jackson frowned. “Inform my mom that I won’t be back for dinner today. I’ve got something else to do.” He followed Tiffany all the way until he saw the taxi stop in front of a nightclub. After hesitating for a moment, he asked the driver to s
The man remained silent.Tiffany cursed inwardly. Why was he acting aloof when he came to this kind of place to have fun? She was still new to this industry. Now that the atmosphere had turned awkward, she did not know how she should proceed.She recalled the teachings of the madam of this place and guessed that the man in front of her must prefer the more passionate and playful type. At the thought of her empty wallet and the 1,200 dollars that Lillian had just spent this morning, she gritted her teeth and latched herself onto the man’s arm. “Why are you so quiet, sir? I’m sorry. I just started working here, and I’m not good at pleasing the guests yet. Would you like to call a few more girls in here to have fun together?”However, Tiffany panicked when the man grabbed the hand she had placed on his chest. Did she encounter a pervert? However, in just a blink of an eye, the man released her hand and said, “Are you really this short of money?”Tiffany started. She did not expect the
Tiffany’s voice choked a little at the end. In order to hold back her tears, she poured herself a glass of wine and drank it all in one go. Fortunately, she was no stranger to wine and had drank her fair share of alcohol in the past. Being able to hold her liquor at least allowed her to work in this kind of place.Jackson also felt that he was getting a little emotional tonight. He took a deep breath and softened his voice. “You can treat me as a stranger and just tell me whatever you want.”Tiffany drank the wine that Jackson paid for as she muttered, “Alright, I’ll tell you if you want to hear it. It’s true that my family no longer needs to pay off any debts now, but I’m still as broke as a church mouse. After my ex-boyfriend broke up with me, he returned all the money I spent on him when we were dating. It was close to $300,000. That’s a lot of money for me. I was hoping to save enough money one day and buy a house in a good location. But my mom spent all that in just the blink of
Tiffany kept thinking that something was wrong. Why was this guy helping her? She stood up and suddenly felt the world around her spin. She must have drank too much just now and got dizzy. Jackson managed to catch her in time. Tiffany felt his soft palms and involuntarily leaned against him. Jackson felt something soft pressed up against his chest before a nice scent wafted into his nose.He took off his coat stiffly and put it around Tiffany. He only now knew what was in the black garment bag that she brought to work every day; it was the dress she was wearing now. It had quite a bold design and was very revealing.They went outside, and when the cold wind blew, Tiffany staggered to the side of the road and retched. Jackson handed her a tissue. “Are you alright? I saw you finish half a big bottle of pure vodka. You must be feeling really bad now…”Although Tiffany was dizzy, she wasn’t deaf. “Why didn’t you tell me earlier? I’ve never drank that kind of pure manly alcohol!”Jackso
Eric was intrigued when he noticed that Mark was catching up to him. Both of them started racing against each other until they parted ways at an intersection. Even then, Mark didn’t slow down. Arianne’s heart beat crazily as she clung to her seatbelt for dear life. “What are you doing? I’m scared…! The road is pretty dark and slippery, can you slow down?”Mark slammed on the brakes just as the car reached the luxury residential area. There weren’t many cars on this road at this hour and no cops would issue any tickets here. Arianne patted her chest for a long while to calm herself down. “Why did you decide to come pick me up? I can come back by myself…”“Come back by yourself? Do you mean getting Eric to send you home, instead?” There was jealousy in his tone.“I usually take a cab home by myself. Eric only gives me a ride on the days I work overtime. What’s wrong with that? You can just tell me directly if I’ve upset you in any way. Don’t use such an extreme method to frighten me.