Fia's brow twitched. "Hmm... Are you sure? She seemed overly enthusiastic when she saw you."Conrad frowned but then briefly told her of the incident when he had driven too fast and almost hit Annie.Fia listened, then gave him a helpless smile and said, "Oh, so that's what happened..."But even though she couldn't see, she could hear the adoration and eagerness in the girl's tone just now.Should she say anything about it? But it was obvious that Conrad didn't care about the girl at all. It would seem petty of her if she were to bring it up.For now, she would put it aside. She and Conrad had started over, and getting here had been a difficult journey. She didn't want to make a big deal out of nothing.After entering his office, Conrad had to attend the morning meeting. He placed Fia on the couch and made sure she was comfortable before leaving the room.Before entering the conference room, Conrad looked at the senior executives in the room and stopped."What's wrong, Mr. Maxw
"Silas," Conrad said sarcastically after being silent for a moment."Yes?" Silas replied, looking up in confusion."Check if Fia has been in contact with him lately."Silas seemed to piece together the pieces as he thought back to the pictures he had printed."Do you mean that this designer is Madam...?"...Fia sat rigidly on the couch in Conrad's office. She was tense as she was afraid that someone would walk into Conrad's office at any time.About half an hour later, the door opened, and she turned her head in that direction.Conrad walked in and met her dull eyes with a somewhat cold expression.He hadn't needed Silas to look into it. He was sure it must have been Fia's work just by looking at the picture.No matter how unpleasant things had become between them before because of Esme, they were still husband and wife, weren't they? Why didn't she tell him before she helped Jason?"Is that you, Conrad?" Fia asked, straining her ears. She felt uneasy as she had only heard
Did Fia simply like plain-style designs, or was it because Jason was a factor in it?Everyone knew that Argonauts Corp's line, Gentle Stream, was a reflection of their chairman, Garett's love for his beloved Clarice!And as Jason was Argonauts Corp's successor, Fia must be aware that Garett's love for Clarice was a great irony and hurt to Conrad!Yet, she still helped Jason?!"What's wrong?" Fia asked, sensing that there was something off about Conrad, and reached out to touch his arm.Conrad swatted her hand away instinctively, and the atmosphere between them froze momentarily.Like a bucket of cold water had been thrown on her, Fia bit her lip and panicked. "A-are you angry because I don't want to specialize in extravagant and alternative designs?"Conrad looked at her but said nothing.Fia grasped her earbud tighter. "When my eyes get better, I'll still draw those kinds of designs. You can always talk to me and give me suggestions if there are any in mind."After a pause,
Fia's phone couldn't register her mutterings, so it went into standby after a few minutes of being idle.Fia counted on her fingers and said to herself, "There are still two days and a few more hours till Conrad's birthday."Thinking that Conrad would be in his study for at least half an hour, she spoke to her phone and had it call Eileen.Eileen was currently lying in her hospital room, staring at the ceiling with a blank expression. When her phone rang, she turned to check the caller ID before hurriedly answering it."Hey, Fia! What's up? Tell me all about your day, hmm?"Fia briefly told her about going to work with Conrad, and Eileen suddenly thought of the message from Jason this morning. She hesitated for a few moments before saying, "The design I pitched for you before this has earned quite a sum for the company that bought it. The boss wanted to ask you out for dinner. Do you have time for that?""I don't think it's convenient for me to go out in my condition.""Well,
The following day, Conrad and Fia had breakfast and went to the office as usual.Conrad still had his morning meeting to attend, and Fia waited for him to leave before calling Eileen to continue their topic about what to get for Conrad's birthday.Eileen whined from the other end of the line, "Fia, this is such a difficult question! You might as well ask a guy for suggestions!""Who would I ask?""You could ask Mr. Whitley.""No way. Mr. Whitley is tacky. He'll probably suggest things like limited branded goods. That's so gaudy! It wouldn't have much meaning!"Eileen hesitated, then said, "Then... Do you want to ask Doctor Evans?"Fia was stunned. She hadn't spoken to Jason in a long while."Well? Have you been in touch with Doctor Evans lately?""No. It would be best if I didn't ask him about this. It's weird.""Well... you're right. You owe him a favor, after all. Asking him about a gift for your husband is like stabbing him in the heart too.""If you already know that, wh
Annie didn't lose her temper at the amount of work her colleagues shoved into her hands. She simply accepted them and buried her head in work. At noon, Silas went to the Foreign Affairs department for an inspection and asked a few people for their opinion about Annie, and they were only full of praise for her."Don't worry about her, Mr. Whitley! Annie is brilliant. All of us like her!""She's quick in her work and has plenty of ideas!"Silas listened patiently to their words, then approached Annie with a document in hand that he had translated before.He rapped his knuckle on the table and said, "Annie.""Mr. Whitley!" Annie's eyes lit up, and she jumped to her feet. "Do you have some work for me?"Silas nodded. "Translate this document and hand it to me when you're done.""Okay!" Annie said, accepting it with both hands as she tried to contain her excitement.Since it was Silas giving her work, it meant that the translated documents would definitely be given to Conrad.Jus
"Conrad, do you think... Do you think she could still be alive?" Fia whispered, clutching Conrad's hand as if holding onto a lifeline.Conrad frowned, bringing up his hand to pet her head gently."She's dead."He pressed a finger to smoothen the furrow between her brows and continued, "She'll never hurt you again."Fia shook her head, her body trembling as she felt like her nerves were fried from the terror of her dream."It felt so real...!"Conrad felt his heart ache at her state, and he carefully pulled her into his arms."Fia, it's all over now. It was just a dream."A suffocating feeling overwhelmed Fia when she thought about the dream again, and she pushed Conrad away."I can't breathe. Don't hold me too tightly."Conrad was stunned. He hadn't been holding her too tightly, but he released his grip on her when he heard her words.She fumbled around the bed frantically and said, "Where's my phone? Where is it? I want to listen to my lecture."Listening to her lectures w
She actually felt a little bit of admiration seeing the two’s father-daughter relationship.If they weren’t close, why would the daughter follow her father back to Gryphon the moment she returned to the country?“Tell me, if she is the precious daughter of a director, why would she come to Maxwell Corporation to work?”She turned her head sideways, her eyes which were no longer able to see looking at Conrad Maxwell who was by the side.“Is it you? Or is it something else?”Conrad’s expression was solemn and cold, his dark gaze sweeping a glance at Silas.Silas immediately replied, “It should be that Miss Parker recognized that Maxwell Corporation has a bright future ahead and thus came over to apply for a vacancy. I think that she doesn’t have any other intentions.”“Really?” Fia thought about the girl that blocked Conrad in front of the company’s entrance, her tone full of respect and anticipation.That was something she had once thought of doing, but never had the guts to.S