The corners of Catherine’s mouth twitched. She could not even smile. “No, it’s about Rodney. He and Sarah are going to have a wedding.”The elevator was silent for quite some time.Afterward, Freya let out a long ‘ohh’, Her eyelashes were downcast, which formed shadows beneath her eyelids.“Just start scolding if you want to,” Catherine said.“Forget it. There’s nothing to scold. Rodney and I have divorced anyway. I don’t have any more feelings for him,” Freya said in low spirits, “It’s just that the more I think about it, the more I feel like I’m an idiot.”“Sarah probably wants to show off and humiliate you through this wedding,” Catherine said mockingly, “Rodney must be heeding Sarah’s every word right now. However, he doesn’t know that this will only make the public and the wealthy families of Canberra more disgusted with them.”“... Whatever.”Freya smiled bitterly. She did not know if other people would be disgusted with Rodney and Sarah, but she did.The elevator doors o
Catherine consoled Freya. “Also, it was Shaun’s order. He said Hans is competent, so he told me to hire him.”Upon learning that it was Shaun’s order, Freya stopped opposing the idea strongly. After all, Shaun was a business prodigy from whom Catherine and Freya needed to learn.“I’ve checked on Hans. He didn’t leave the company because of Rodney’s downfall but because of his bad reputation. Hans’ girlfriend and family didn’t want him to work for Rodney anymore for fear that Rodney would influence him and he would start having an affair of his own. I‘ve talked to Hans. He disapproves of Rodney’s deeds too, but Rodney just wouldn’t listen to him back then.”Freya nodded. “But with Hans’ competence, he can easily get a job anywhere. Why would he come to a small start-up like Freycatheli?”“Our company might be small now, but it doesn’t mean that it’ll remain small in the future.”Catherine rolled her eyes at Freya sourly. “Who doesn’t know Freycatheli’s background? I have Hill Corpo
What was the mindset of a man?Freya could not make heads nor tails of it.Even so, she still received compliments for being pretty and cute.Despite knowing that Ryan made those remarks to comfort her, she felt much better.Of course, she replied something totally different on WhatsApp: [Forget it. Given that you’re interested in men, how would you know a man’s mindset?] Ryan: [Grrr. Aren’t I a man?]Freya chuckled at the thought of his expression that morning.Just then, a knock sounded on the door of the office. Her secretary came in with a set of delivery food. “Miss Lynch, the spaghetti carbonara you ordered is here…”“When did I order spaghetti carbonara?” The minute Freya finished her sentence, Ryan sent another message. [As promised yesterday, your spaghetti carbonara has arrived…]She widened her eyes a little.She was under the impression that he was kidding yesterday. She never thought…Her secretary said in surprise, “Didn’t you order it? But the deliveryman sai
Upon hearing that, Ryan shot a look at Freya with a grin. “I’m sorry, but it might not have been possible for your mom to give birth to a younger brother like me a few months after you were born.”This meant that he was denying it.A female colleague who was in her 30s laughed and said, “That’s what I said. Both of you seem to be around the same age, so how could he be your brother? Plus, both of you don’t look alike.”Freya was worried that they would misunderstand her, so she promptly explained, “Actually, he—”“Let’s go and eat.”Before Freya could finish her sentence, Ryan directly draped his hand around Freya’s shoulders and left.The colleague behind her said with a sigh, “Sure enough, there’ll always be excellent men pursuing a rich and pretty woman even if she’s divorced.” “Isn’t this good? Is she supposed to wait for her ex-husband to change his mind? Forget it. She might as well get in a relationship with a handsome young man and live freely to piss her ex-husband off
“Really?” Freya looked at Ryan curiously with her chin propped up on her hand. “Can you tell me whether you’re the top or bottom?”“... I’ve never experienced it.”After a while, Ryan uttered the sentence while gnashing his teeth.He secretly glared at the woman beside her. Sooner or later, he would let her experience whether he was the top or bottom.“Oh, I see.” Freya nodded discreetly. “I think you’d better not experience it. That part… will surely hurt a lot.”Ryan was speechless.Upon noticing his grim expression, Freya continued to advise him. “Really, I’m not lying to you. I’m a woman, and I’m most experienced in it. It hurt so much the first time. If men like you were to stand in my shoes, it would be unbearably painful for you. Who would be able to stand it?”“...”Ryan took a deep breath, feeling terrible.Why was he here listening to her story about her first time?He was extremely disgusted.Freya averted her eyes and said boldly, “What I’m saying might sound unp
Although it was nighttime, there were many visitors around. Some came with a group of friends, while some were young couples. As the weather was a little chilly, everyone was dressed in thick clothes and hugging each other.Freya was quite dazed by the bustling scene around her.During her university years, she used to go out and have fun with her friends like this too. However, she hardly did so ever since she started working. In fact, she was quite young and was now at her best age. Nevertheless, she was devastated by what had happened in recent years.Being here at this moment made her feel as though she was taken back to her younger days. Those days were wonderfully and rashly spent. Also, the future was filled with endless possibilities.As such, she had forgotten that Ryan was holding her hand.“Hold me tight. There are too many people here. Don’t get lost.” Ryan turned around and reminded her.“Okay.”Freya nodded. When she lowered her head, she saw her hand being tig
Ryan turned around and promptly swallowed the ice cream without being bothered about Freya. After finishing it, he gasped in pain. “Stop hitting me. The coldness of the ice cream is hurting my teeth.”“Serves you right. Who told you to snatch my ice cream?” Seeing him in a sorry state, Freya was both amused and angry.“I’m worried that you’ll get a stomach ache…” Ryan threw a helpless look at her while making the same remark. However, Freya was swayed this time.After pursing her pretty, thin lips, she took out a brown scarf from a paper bag and handed it to him. “I bought it for you just now. You’re not allowed to dislike it for being ugly, or I’ll break off our relationship.”Ryan swiftly unfolded the scarf to take a look at it. He wrapped it around his neck and flashed a smile, showing a row of white teeth. “Am I handsome?” Freya burst into laughter. “That’s tacky.”“How is it tacky?” Ryan’s face darkened right away.“I mean the way you’re wearing the scarf is tacky.” Freya
“Let’s get off after the Ferris wheel completes one rotation,” Freya said helplessly.“Don’t be scared. I’ll come and sit with you.” Ryan headed toward her.With that, the Ferris wheel shook twice. Freya yelled and wrapped her hands around his arm. She was so nervous that she did not dare look outside. Ryan extended his hand to hold her shoulders. With a gentle voice, he said into her ear, “Look at the night view…”Bewitched by his voice, Freya looked down. Bang! Suddenly, beautiful fireworks were set off from the palace attraction. The two of them happened to reach the top of the Ferris wheel ride, so the fireworks were so close to them as though they were only a stone's throw away.Any woman would be fond of beautiful things.Freya had never seen such beautiful fireworks from such a high vantage point in her life. On this starry night, there seemed to be an extremely gorgeous galaxy around the two of them. Those red, yellow, blue, green lights… resembled daisies and flying com