Susan's eyes widened at her mother. She didn't expect that her mother's reaction would be like that when she saw Lorenz. Susan quickly pulled her mother into the house. Lorenz, who was still at the door, was no less surprised to hear what Susan's mother had said."Future husband?" he said softly as he watched Susan and her mother in the living room.“Why do you have to be quiet? I've been asking you to get married for a while. You are smart to choose a man, Susan.” The woman smiled broadly.“Mother… he is not…”"Okay, I have to meet him." Susan's mother turned and walked quickly back to Lorenz.“Hello, it's nice to see you. I am Madeline, Susan's mother." With a friendly smile, Madeline extended her hand to Lorenz."Oh, hello, Mrs. Madeline Harrison. Nice to see you too.” Lorenz replied kindly."Come in, of course, you want to know where Susan lives." Madeline cheerfully invited Lorenz into her house."Mom, it's getting late, you have to get some rest. Mother has only been healthy for
Lorenz's words, which jolted her slightly, made Susan shrink even more. She didn't want to argue anymore, immediately turned around, and left Lorenz's room. Shame, it was how Susan felt. If she had known that the accident would happen, it would have been better if Susan rejected Lorenz and had taken her going home last night. Susan was sure Lorenz had judged her, so badly he had turned cold. “What do you expect, Susan? Even though Lorenz was just an employee, he was an important person in this company. Who are you? Your goal is not to work for a career, but for Lorenz. You left a job that was already good enough, your comfortable life, finally…” A hint of regret welled up in Susan's heart. As she started work while waiting for the meeting time, Susan's heart continued to wrestle. Frankly speaking, Lorenz's attitude really got to her. Her mood, which had been bad since leaving, was getting messy because she had to face Lorenz. "How can I make him understand?" Susan's heart struggled
Ann-Mary's graceful steps stopped in a room upstairs. Ann-Mary opened the room and entered. From the front door, Clarabelle looked at the entire contents of the fairly large room. Clarabelle was stunned. The room was like a kid’s room. The walls were painted white with a mix of bright blue and red.On the main wall was a large frame with a photo of a boy. There were shelves full of books and toys. Also, the big boxes, Clarabelle sure were full of toys too. In the middle of the room was a table and some child-sized chairs.Ann-Mary sat in one of those chairs. She gestured for Clarabelle to come in and sit next to her. Questioningly, Clarabelle complied. What did Mrs. Hayden want?“This is Jordan and James' playroom when they were kids. Every day they spend here. Laughing together, joking, and fantasizing about things develops their imagination.” Without being asked, Ann-Mary began to tell her story.Clarabelle listened seriously. She was also curious about the relationship between Jord
"Of course. You are my brother, I will miss you.” James looked at Jordan with a big smile.Jordan looked at James unrelieved. The smile was still on his lips, but the look on his face was clearly displeased with James' words."Come on, let's just get started. This is a rare moment in this house. Looks like a great start to your special day, James." Ann-Mary looked at her eldest son."Do you mean on my birthday?" James raised his eyebrows."Yes. If only we could all gather like tonight.” Ann Mary smiled. Her hand scooped up one more soup from the large bowl."Of course. I will be present on my big brother's birthday," said Jordan. He turned to Clarabelle. "My beloved wife will also be present, accompanying me, to enliven the brother-in-law's event."Jordan accidentally mentions the word brother-in-law as spelled. He wanted to show his happiness because he could have Clarabelle as his wife. James' suspicions that his marriage was just a game have clearly been dashed. And, Jordan wants t
In the following days, the sweet atmosphere dominated Clarabelle's time. Going all out with Jordan feels good again. There was no anger and upset, no annoying news that made emotions rise. Unfortunately, Clarabelle's wish to conceive had not materialized.Jordan touched Clarabelle almost every night, releasing his passion and love. However, Clarabelle still had a monthly guest.“Come on, why did it have to fail again? I want to give Jordan a surprise." Clarabelle was a little disappointed. She began to imagine a wide smile and Jordan's eyes sparkling when he found out that Clarabelle was pregnant."Be patient. Maybe a little more. Don't give up, Laura." Clarabelle patted her cheek, comforting herself.Filling her days alone, Clarabelle returned to help at the cake shop. She was happy to be doing something even though money is no longer his goal. The shop owner didn't mind whenever Clarabelle could come and help. For Clarabelle, the store was a kind of place where she poured out her ho
It had been more than fifteen minutes that Susan was still hugging Clarabelle with tears in her eyes and the occasional cry. Susan didn't want to cry. But she couldn't hold back the sadness and anger in her heart. Disappointed, very disappointed, that was how she felt.Susan left Lorenz at the restaurant and met Clarabelle at the shop. Clarabelle was of course surprised that Susan had appeared so suddenly with a messy face. Clarabelle spoke to Susan in a quiet room.“Lorenz is not as good as the wrapper. He's not a playboy like Jordan, but he's meaner in my opinion." Susan pulled away and wiped her eyes, cheeks, and all over her face with a tissue.Clarabelle looked at her broken friend."If he doesn't like me, why should he embarrass me like that, Lala? It's better if he pretended not to know and still behaved normally. Wicked, he's so mean." Susan shook her head vigorously."So, have you already known what you're going to do?" Clarabelle felt sad too about what happened to Susan."I
Jordan tried to remember. He lay down looking at the ceiling of the room.“I didn't pay much attention. I accidentally overheard him talking to one of the employees. I think Lorenz's best friend at work. And they talk about a woman. Could it be Susan?” Jordan leaned back. His hands played with Clarabelle's wavy hair.“Susan likes Lorenz. He moved to the main Hayden company because of Lorenz. I…” Clarabelle hung her sentence. She felt maybe it wasn't right for him to say that to Jordan."Why?" he asked. He waited for Clarabelle to continue."I don't think this matters to you, Jordan." Clarabelle honestly spoke her mind.“Hey… how do you think I'm going to take this for granted?” Jordan propped his head on his hands and looked at Clarabelle.“Yeah… Susan is my best friend. She's your employee. But she has a real motivation to work … yes, to get Lorenz's love.” Finally, Clarabelle continued her sentence too.“Isn't that amazing? Love makes her work so great and excellent. Why would that
Lorenz knocked on Jordan's office door. His boss was sitting staring at the screen in front of him, but his expression was strained."Good morning, Mr. Hayden." Lorenz greeted then walked to Jordan's table.Jordan lifted his head to look at Lorenz. “You have made a mistake, Lorenz. I didn't expect you to be so careless.”Lorenz raised his eyebrows, surprised by Jordan's words and not understanding what Jordan was talking about."Me? What do you mean, Sir?" he asked."What did you do to Susan?" asked Jordan back.Lorenz was even more surprised. Why did Jordan suddenly ask about Susan? Of course, Susan and Lorenz had a problem, but it was personal. Was there something else that Lorenz didn't know?“I… did what?” Lorenz looked confused.“Ah, you are indeed a strange man.” Jordan stood up, stepped closer, and stood by Lorenz's side. “I want you to meet Susan and sort out your business. I don't want it to impact the job and this company."“Oh? What do you mean by the effect on the company?