reunion

#Author pov

The atmosphere in one of the restaurants looked quite busy because a reunion event was being held. Stella, too, had arrived there and was sitting together with her other friends. Stella, who is always gentle, sweet, and humorous, means that her friends don't have bad thoughts about her.

"Stella, how is your father's company? Is it currently opening job vacancies? If so, please recommend me," said one of Stella's friends.

With a confident smile, Stella immediately said. "Make your job application letter first; later, I will give it to my father when there is a job vacancy," answered Stella.

"Oh yeah, I'm also curious about Amber; she works at your father's company, right?" They started talking about Amber. So far, Stella has always claimed that she is the daughter of a businessman, while Amber has hidden her true identity.

"Is Amber a permanent employee yet?" The questions were asked again, and it seemed like they were starting to become interested in the life of Amber, the person they had bullied at school.

"Not yet; he is still a contract employee," answered Stella proudly.

"Wow, I wonder what Amber will show off by coming to this reunion event, or maybe she won't come because she doesn't understand fashion." The sound of laughter started to be heard. Stella liked that when people took her side. .

"Yesterday, I bought her a dress; I'm sure she will come; just wait, and I ask you to welcome Amber well," said Stella, as if she were a woman with an angel's heart. Praise was heard for her, making Stella feel even higher above Amber. Without all of them realizing it, Amber had heard all their conversations, and Amber had seen firsthand what Stella's behavior was really like.

"Today, I have seen clearly what your face looks like, Stella," muttered Amber. Amber stepped so gracefully towards the table where her friends were with Stella.

"Is that Amber?" One of them saw Amber's arrival, and everyone looked at Amber with surprised looks, especially Stella.

"Amber?" Stella whispered; she didn't expect Amber to come, even with such a stunning appearance. . Stella thought that Amber wouldn't pay attention to her appearance because she knew how easily jealous Petter was. Petter wouldn't like it if he found out that Amber came to the reunion with her current appearance.

"Sorry if I came late," said Amber kindly. She greeted her friends politely.

"Wow, Amber, is this really you? You look very different." Praise from Amber's boyfriend began to be heard, and Amber responded with a smile.

"Amber, is this real?" Jane is the leader of the gang who used to bully Amber. Jane seems curious about the branded bag that Amber is carrying.

"Jane, what are you doing? It's clear that this is genuine. Just looking at it from a distance, it's clear, especially from the smell, that there's clearly a difference between imitation and genuine goods," explained one friend who was familiar with branded goods.

Hearing her friend's answer, Jane snorted in annoyance, and she increasingly wanted to corner Amber.

"Wow, that's great; a contract employee can buy branded goods just to come to the reunion. Do you really want to get praise?" Jane asked sarcastically, and the other female friends started laughing at Amber, and Stella smiled secretly too.

"Stella, the daughter of the company owner, can come casually; she's not like you, who wants to look flashy and show luxury, even though I'm sure you got it all the wrong way," said Jane again, as if looking down on Amber.

Amber clenched her fists; she couldn't stand Jane's words anymore, and the look of disgust directed at Amber. "Stop Jane! It's been 10 years, and you're still bullying me," said Amber while looking at Jane with a sharp gaze.

"You deserve to be shunned; Stela doesn't deserve to have a friend like you!" Jane sarcastically said, and hearing her name, Stella started to worry.

Amber smiled with a smirk. "You said I was a contract employee?" Amber started to take out her business card and her ID card. It says Amber's position is deputy director.

"Deputy Director?" Everyone was shocked; they clearly realized how a contract employee could have the second highest position in a big company.

"Yes, and the Managing Director is my father, so the company is owned by my family, Hoods Group Company, and my name is Amberlyn Hoods; do you understand now?" Amber really showed her true self now; everyone was clearly stunned by the reality they had just found out about.

"But at school, you claimed to be just the son of an ordinary office staff member," said Jane, confused.

"Because I didn't want to have naive friends, so I lied," Amber answered casually.

"Then what Stella said about Amber was a lie all this time?" They began to realize that Stella had deceived them all about Amber.

Stella started to get nervous; she showed a shameless look on her face. "What? Why are you looking at me like that? I don't know anything," Stella immediately denied it, as if she didn't want to be involved, because she was worried that her crimes behind Amber's back would be discovered.

"Don't act stupid, Stella; you clearly know what I mean!" Jane started to get angry with Stella's loser attitude.

"You said that Amber was only a contract employee, and it was all thanks to you who recommended her, and you also claimed to be the daughter of the company owner. It turns out that was just a lie.Could it be about Amber bullying you and always holding you back? That's also a  a lieJane started to grill Stella with various questions, and Amber, who saw it, seemed to enjoy it.

"Because of you, we all hated Amber before, and you acted like you were a hero for her, bitch!" Jane slapped Stella because she was too annoyed with Stella's hypocrisy. Amber, feeling bored, immediately left the reunion venue and let Stella solve her own problems.

On the way home, Amber took the time to stop at one of the cafes. The atmosphere of the cafe, which was not too busy, made Amber feel calm. Amber chose to sit on the rooftop and gaze at the night view.

"Amber?" Amber was quite surprised, because suddenly someone came to see her.

"Edwards?" Amber tried to remember the name of the man in front of her at this time. Amber certainly remembers Edward helping her.

"I thought you had forgotten," said Edward with a smile.

"Of course not," answered Stella, because they were both alone, so Amber invited Edward to sit with her, and Edward didn't refuse at all. The two of them ended up chatting and discussing activities at the office. Amber feels that Edward is a competent person. Being a CEO at a young age is certainly not an easy thing for Edward.

"I still remember, before, that I had never met Edward at all, because I was already in love with Peter, but now that God has given me the opportunity to meet Edward, this makes me confused. Is Edward the best match for me?" Amber muttered. Amber still remembers that Jasson once wanted to match Amber with Edward, but Amber refused on the grounds that she didn't want another man besides Petter.