‘Turns out he's here for this.’Silvia felt that he really didn't need to wait out here in the cold to explain this matter to her. Besides, Ophelia had already explained it to her, so she said, “Autumn’s grandmother already explained it to me.”But it seemed as if he did not hear her words. He simply stared at her and continued, “But I did say a few words to her.”Silvia was speechless. She did not want to continue listening to him, but he continued speaking regardless. “Do you know why I talked to her?“It’s because she’s a lot like how you were back then. She’s very vocal; she doesn’t know anything about the world, and she kept saying all kinds of things in front of me.“I felt that if I ignored her, I would be going back to the time when I ignored you back then. I felt bad, so I spoke to her.”He laughed in a self-deprecating manner when he said this. “I felt that if I spoke to her, it would be as if I spoke to the old you, and it could then alleviate my indifference tow
Silvia was so angry that she turned around and walked away. ‘So the pained look on his face is simply because his legs are numb? I thought he had some incurable disease!’She did not see the flash of joy in Ryan’s eyes when he saw her turn around. It seemed as if the fact that she turned around and checked on him meant that she would return to him.That was exactly what Ryan thought—that he still had a chance if she still cared about him.No! He would re-enter her heart even if she did not care about him anymore!After Silvia turned around and left, Ryan’s dissatisfied voice sounded behind her. “Hey, it feels awful to have numb legs, okay?”Ryan’s legs were really numb. Everyone must have experienced numbness in their legs before. Although the numbness and pain would go after a while, and one would feel fine after the blood started to circulate, it was really an awful feeling.Silvia paused before she turned back to stare at him angrily. “It’s indeed awful, but it’s not like you'
“Papa told me to ask you…”Silvia was a little speechless. She knew that the little girl couldn’t possibly ask whether she had already reached home on her own accord. It must be Ryan who had estimated the time and asked her to make the phone call.Just as Silvia was about to say something to change the subject, she heard the little girl shouting on the other end of the line, “Papa, Mama said that she’s home.”Silvia was speechless.After the little girl was done speaking, she spoke up happily again. “Mama, Papa said that I don’t have to go to the kindergarten anymore starting tomorrow. Come and pick me up when you have time, okay?”“Why are you suddenly not going to the kindergarten anymore? It’s not time for the holiday yet, is it?”Silvia was a little puzzled. Logically speaking, kindergartens were closed on statutory holidays. The annual holidays should only start on December 27th and 28th—today was only December 20th.The little girl answered, “I don’t know either. Why don’t
“Silvia, I'll cut to the chase. Mr. Sage has approached me several times and said that he wants to poach you over to their company. What do you think about this?”Silvia did not expect Mr. Sage to mention the matter of poaching her directly to Mr. Snow. She was startled for a moment and hurriedly said, “Mr. Snow, you don’t have to worry. I won’t go. I’ve turned down Mr. Sage’s offer.”Mr. Sage had appreciated her greatly since their first collaboration on an order. He felt that she was meticulous and serious in her work; she could coordinate well with the factory department and was also amicable. After working together for half a year, Mr. Sage expressed his interest to recruit her to Detroit, saying that she deserved more space to grow rather than being confined to this small factory.Silvia refused at the time. She felt that she could not be ungrateful. The current factory had cultivated her and made her who she was, so how could she just leave after a few successes? That would
Mr. Snow asked her this question, and Silvia was enlightened when she heard his suggestion.If the clients she would deal with in Mr. Sage’s company continued placing the orders at the factory, the factory might get a little less profit distribution, but if she had a greater development in Mr. Sage’s company, she could get more clients just to make up for these, so there would not really be any losses for the factory.On the contrary, this was a proposal where she, Mr. Sage, and the factory would not suffer any losses, so of course she was agreeable to it. “This is actually a great idea.” Silvia had been wavering on whether she should jump ship to Mr. Sage’s company, but now that Mr. Snow had come up with such a good idea to give her a nudge, she had no choice but to accept his proposal. “Thank you, Mr. Snow.”Silvia thanked Mr. Snow sincerely, then assured him, “Please rest assured. You gave me this job opportunity when I had nothing and made me who I am today, so I will defi
They wanted Silvia to sacrifice for her daughter, just like how they had sacrificed for her. When Silvia told Rosaline about her job-hopping to Detroit after the new year, the first thing Rosaline said was, “You can come and live in my former house; otherwise, you’ll have to rent a place when you come.”Since Rosaline got together with William, he bought a bigger house of about a hundred and fifty square feet, saying that it would be more comfortable to live in with the children in the future. Since they had a boy and a girl, they would certainly need their own rooms, so Rosaline’s original house was vacated. William had been running around all these years and had been busy managing his business after he got divorced, so he had never bought a house in the city to settle down although he had the financial strength to do so.There was no city or woman that had made him want to settle down. He was an adult, but there was no need for him to buy a house for himself. If he had a house,
“Come on in. Autumn isn’t up yet. I’ll go and wake her up.”Ophelia invited Silvia into the house, then she turned around and went into the guest bedroom. Autumn had slept with Ryan last night.Silvia had no choice but to walk in and close the door behind her. Ophelia said that Autumn hadn’t woken up yet, so she might not be ready soon as she would have to wash up, eat breakfast, and get dressed.Silvia thought about talking to Ophelia later to let her daughter have breakfast first so she could go to Rosaline’s place to get the house key from her; that way, she could avoid having to be in the same house as Ryan. Just as she was cooking up her escape plan, she heard the little girl calling out to her from the bedroom.“Mama, Mama…"Silvia responded, “What’s wrong?”“Mama, come and help me get dressed…" the little girl said coquettishly. Silvia remembered that Ryan was also in the bedroom, so she could only coax her daughter gently, “Autumn, you’re a big girl now, and you’ll be
Silvia felt sweat beading up on her forehead. Before she could say anything, she heard the person leaning against the bedframe chuckle and say, “Why are you so nervous?”He then sat up and raised his hand to help his daughter take off the dress and put it back on again.Silvia was also fixing the clothes for her daughter, so as soon as he reached out his hand, it covered hers. Silvia pulled her hand away abruptly and glared angrily at him. He casually apologized. “I’m sorry. I grabbed the wrong hand by accident.”Silvia really could not stand his cunning expression. He had been calm and unhurried since the last time they met in the parking lot. It would’ve been fine if he was as shameless as he was before because she could simply refuse him then.But he did not mention love at all now and was instead flirting with her. This made her feel as if her heart was about to explode. Silvia did not know how she helped her daughter get dressed. She only knew that once her daughter had pu