Dave stepped forward and opened the door to the bathroom, only to find that it was locked from inside.Clothes were scattered all over the floor outside the door.Helen said with a squeaky voice, "Lita is naked. I, I dare not let them in.""Which is more important? Your daughter's naked body or her life?" I scolded her. It wasn't that I didn't feel sorry for Lita. It was just that I felt Helen was quite illogical. However, I also realized that this was likely a trap set by Helen, Lita, and Thomas together.What was inside the room was what they wanted to show us.Dave pushed the door as he said, "Where's the key?""There isn't any spare key available for this door. Since it's locked from inside you'll have to kick it down." I said.The reason why I knew so much about the room was that this room used to be mine. The lock inside was a little broken and no one tried to fix it..Helen nodded awkwardly.We could hear the rustle in the room and the faint cry, indicating that Lita was still
There were two attachments on the website, which were my work and Trish's work respectively.I downloaded the two attachments and clicked open them to have a look.I could tell at a glance that Trish's work was the previous draft of my final draft. At that time, I originally decided to submit the previous draft of the current final draft then I made small changes on the lights. The only difference between her work and mine layed in the lights."Reed Defiant, come to my office!"When I was comparing the two paintings, Bryan appeared at the door. His expression was serious and he looked a little angry.On the other hand, the colleagues on the side were all gloating and watching on.I followed Bryan into his office.He closed the door and then looked at me with a serious look on his face, "Reed Defiant, why did you do that? Mr. Mitaka is helping you get to the finals and you had to copy someone else's work?!""I didn't copy her work. She copied mine instead." I said calmly."She plagiari
I looked at Bailey and then at Trish, "Don't shout. It's not whoever is louder that is right. Besides, the works are similar but why does it have to be me who plagiarized your work? Can't it be you that plagiarize my work on purpose?"After I said that, Trish was stunned but Bailey acted indifferently. She sneered and said, "Did she plagiarize your work? Everyone knows Trish's design level. Why would she copy the work of a third rate designer like you?""How would I know?" I shrugged.Seeing the situation, Bryan said, "How about this? We can't get a result even if we continue quarreling here. Go back and you two will sort this respectively to prove that the work is yours. We will find a time to see the evidence presented by you two and then let some people be judges."What Bryan had proposed was feasible however, Bailey wasn't willing to do so. She said, "Why? She plagiarized Trish's work. How come we still have to present evidence? You need evidence? The fact that Trish submitted he
The meeting room was on the seventh floor.The only way there was to take the elevator.As Bryan, who originally looked a little tensed saw them, he could only pretend to be relaxed. He straightened up, tidied up his suit, and calmly said, "This work belongs to Reed Defiant. We are fully prepared.""Really? Let's wait and see."Mrs. Bailey glanced at me with her eyes full of contempt.The elevator came just in time.The four of us went up together.On the seventh floor, people were already seated in the conference room. I looked around and found most of them unfamiliar however, a few of them were familiar.One was the manager of Haick Designer and the other was Evangel.It was understandable that the manager of Haick Design was here and Evangel being Dave's assistant, I couldn't figure out why he was here.The meeting would begin at 9 a.m. and it was only 8:30 a.m.Trish and I sat on the side respectively.Bryan kept asking me in a whisper, "Do you have confidence or not? Are you sur
When he walked in, all the executives, especially Bailey, rushed to the front to greet him.Dave came in and asked about the general situation.Everyone started to scold me heatedly since they ascertained I was the one who had plagiarised Trish's work.According to them, I, who was shameless, disgraced Mitaka Group and that I was the loser among the designers, and so on.Their words sounded harsh. They used all the words they could think of and assumed appropriate to scold me.Dave listened on. Although he didn't look at me, he deeply furrowed his eyebrows. His face was terribly cold and his black eyes were filled with deep unhappiness.The group of executives next to him were all shrewd. Seeing Dave in a bad mood, they said a few more words and waited for him to pass his judgement.Dave finally looked at me and said, "Tell me. Whose work is it?""I'm the one who made it. That's my work."Dave should be more clear about it. At that time, he and I lived together and he had watched me
Hannah and Trish who were standing at the door watched me hang up the phone.I then said, "Ms. Bailey, Ms. Smith, please wait a moment."Trish said, "Reed Defiant, our time is precious."She had already accepted I could no longer find any other evidence. When she spoke, she was full of vigor."Just for a moment. My friend got new evidence."As soon as I finished my words, Trish's face became a little pale. She looked at me and said unhappily, "Don't waste everyone's time.""Since you've all come here and most of your time have been wasted, why would you wanna leave before the end?" I looked at the people around me. "I think everyone else also wants to know who the design really belongs to."I didn't know what Haick was going to do but I had absolute trust in him.I knew Trish was already feeling guilty when she said, "We don't have so much time to watch you make a scene.""Sit down. Let's see what she got."Trish was unwilling to stay but Hannah wasn't afraid. She pulled Trish back to
Dave glanced at everyone present coldly.With his hands in his pockets, he said word by word, "If what happened here today is spread out, I won't track down the source but I guarantee that all of you can't hang around in this industry again."After he said that, he walked over to me and said, "Let's go."I was in an extremely complicated mood and I wasn't in any mood to say anything to Dave."Thank you, Mr. Mitaka." That was all I said before taking my stuffs and walking out the conference room.I could hear the sound of Dave's heel hitting the floor as he walked behind me at a faster pace.I quickened my pace and arrived at the front of the elevator in no time. The elevator was on the last floor and it would take a couple of minutes for it to get to my floor. Thinking about Dave catching up to me if I waited, I could only helplessly take the stairs.As soon as I stepped down, Dave caught up with me and hugged me with his one hand.I was so angry that I struggled and pushed him away.
After Lita was helped up by Dave, she looked at me and immediately explained to Dave, "I'm sorry. I can't even stand properly."I thought she was about to say it wasn't me who had pushed her down.I couldn't fathom what she was on about.Dave patted the dirt off her body and shook his head, "Why are you here? Didn't the doctor say you're not allowed to go around?""I... I just don't recall what you look like when you are at work so I came to see you. I didn't expect to meet Reed."Lita stood next to Dave. She was shorter, which made her look like a tender and delicate woman. As they stood together, it was a beautiful scene.Why am I still standing here?I turned around to leave just then I heard Lita's voice behind me, "Reed, let's have lunch together."Hehe.I turned to look at them. Dave, who had been staring at Lita, finally looked at me but the way he looked at me was different from that he looked at Lita.He wasn't distressed when he looked at me.It makes sense. After all, I am
When I saw this line of words, I finally heard footsteps.Looking up, I saw Jason on the second floor of the viewing platform with a teddy bear, which was almost as tall as him, and then he began to get down.As he walked, he said, "Alina, I like you. I know you think I'm young, but I can grow up for you. I didn't know the feeling of liking someone before, but after I have seen you and got along with you for some time, I know what it is like.""I want to see you all the time. I want to share my happiness with you at the first moment. I'm very happy as long as I can be at your side, I..."When he said this, he had already walked down. However, when he saw that I was crying, he was stunned and said nervously, "Alina, why are you crying? I..."I didn't wait for him to finish. I got angry.I stood up, walked over, and raised my hand."Pa!" A slap landed on his face. I uttered, "Boring!"Then I turned around and left.Jason quickly put down the big bear in his hand and chased after me.He
It took me about 20 minutes to get to the Viennese Restaurant.I looked at my watch and found that it was exactly seven o'clock.I stopped my car at the intersection and looked over. There was no car in the parking place of the restaurant, and several waiters were standing in a row at the door.Dave had booked the entire venue again.When I was about to start the car and move in...My phone rang.I looked down and found that it was Jason.I picked up the phone. Just as I was about to speak, it was noisy at the other end of the line and a voice came from there, "Is this Miss Alina?""What happened?"I was a little surprised because the voice on the other side of the phone was very loud as if he was very anxious.Also, that was not the voice of Jason."I'm Jason's roommate, Steve. Do you remember me?"Steve? Well, it seemed one of Jason's three roommates was called that.I admitted, "Yes.""Can you come to our school now? Something happened to Jason!" Steve said."What's wrong?"Hearing
When we got in the car, he sat in the copilot seat of my car, and I drove back.All the way, he was giggling.I looked at the rearview mirror on my right several times and saw that he was smiling. I was a little speechless and asked him, "What's wrong? Have you lost your mind because of the fever?""No, I'm just happy." Answered Jason.I shook my head, "You are really silly. How could you be happy when you are sick?"Jason said nothing.The car drove home.I went upstairs to see Bryan. Fortunately, he was not awake, so I was relieved.I watched as Jason took his medicine and took a quilt for him before I went to bed.In the next two days, Jason got injections on time before returning to school.When he was about to leave, I touched the boy's forehead to make sure that he had recovered from the fever. I also prepared a lot of ordinary medicine for him and reminded him to take pills on time.When he left, I recalled and felt I was nagging as if I were an old mother.Life still continue
"Jason," I interrupted him, "You'll have your own life in the future at last. When you meet a girl of your own, you can take her out on weekends or hang out with friends. You don't have to help me all the time. And then Bryan will be older, he can take care of himself and doesn't need others to help."I had to make it clear to him. Otherwise, I was afraid that he would go further and further on a road that should not belong to him.Jason lowered his eyes and said nothing.He turned to face the gas stove and said, "The meal is almost ready."When I looked at him, I only felt that the boy's face was blushed scarlet, and it was somewhat abnormal.That night, after dinner, Jason played with Bryan for a while. At 9:30 p.m., I brought Bryan upstairs to sleep.Bryan didn't fall asleep until I told him two extra stories.After he was asleep, I tiptoed out of his room.I thought it was time to talk to Jason. I was considering that I would not ask him to come since the winter vacation ended.W
After taking a shower, I wore his bathrobe, and Dave was only wrapped in a bath towel. He sat on the edge of the bed, hugged me, and said in a very gentle voice, "I miss you so much."When he said this, a kiss fell on my forehead.Then, he continued, "I miss you so much every day." A kiss landed between my brows."I miss you when I get up in the morning, and I miss you when I have my meetings. I miss you when I am attending a banquet. When I close my eyes, I can't fall asleep."Every time he said he missed me, he would give me a kiss.As I stood in front of him, my heart beat faster and faster.Finally, I hooked my arm around the man's neck and kissed him back. Then, I pouted and said, "Unfortunately, I don't miss you. I work hard every day and make myself very busy so that I don't have time to miss you."Hearing what I said, he was not angry, "You don't have time to miss me, but it's not that you don't miss me.""Is there any difference?""Yes, there is." Dave turned over and put me
The boy's back was wrapped in the night sky. Even if he was wearing a down jacket, he looked very thin and lonely.My car was parked in the university.Dave and I also went to the direction of the school. Dave had been holding me in his arms. When we were about to arrive at the school gate, he suddenly asked me, "You don't like him, do you?""What? ""That boy just now. The little boy who wants to fight for my woman's favors with me."There was sort of childishness in Dave's voice.I cast him a sidelong glance and wondered why he was so different today.It had been ten years since the first time I met him after I came of age. I'd never seen Dave like this before.He was too childish to describe!I said incredulously, "Dave, you really haven't been bewitched?""Yes, maybe." Dave's arms around me tightened a little more, "I think I was bewitched by you."Dave had ever been drunk before, but was he like this then?Not in my memory.Finally, we came to the car. He looked at my car and fr
Hearing this, the president looked at me and said, "Alina, please don't leave, okay?"Alas, the president is about the same age as Kelvin.As he had requested, I couldn't refuse for saving his face.I had no choice but only found an excuse, "Well, president, I'm joking with him. I'll just go to the washroom.""Then I have to go to the washroom." Dave immediately said."Then I won't go.""Oh, I suddenly don't want to go either."Dave'll say whatever I had said.The president looked at the two of us and seemed to have seen some ins and outs, "All right, you two should sit together."I had to sit back in my original seat, and Dave followed me. I sat down, and then he sat down.He tag along with me every where I went.The surrounding people were all looking at him, but he didn't mind at all.His eyes were always looking at me, and he refused to leave for a second.I kept my head down, eating without looking at him.Dave didn't seem to mind at all.During the time, people kept coming over
The principal walked up to the stage again and said, "During the anniversary this year, Mr. Mitaka of the Mitaka Group donated money and built a library for us." Hearing this, I suddenly became nervous.Thinking of the purpose of the banquet today, I had a bad feeling.Sure enough, the principal then said, "Today, Mr. Mitaka took time out of his busy schedule to come to our reciprocal banquet. For this, please applaud warmly to welcome Mr. Mitaka as he gives a speech to us on the stage!"As expected, the principal spoke in a bureaucratic tone.At this time, everyone applauded. I looked around, only to find that unexpectedly, Dave was sitting at the forefront table. And I was sitting at the most rear table.He, who was too far away from me just now, was surrounded by others. So I didn't see him.Dave slowly stepped onto the stage and took the microphone over from the headmaster, speaking to the microphone in a magnetic and pleasant voice, "Fine Arts Academy is the oldest fine arts scho
"Oh, you're right, you're right. To be trusted by a girlfriend can be more motivated!" A boy in glasses nodded."Alina, I know that you run a studio. Are you recruiting someone?""Yes! Please recruit me! I can change the light bulbs, repair the toilet, and fix the computer and the hard drive. I can even install anti virus software as well we reorganize the laptop! I'm good at dealing with people as well!""I... I... I... I got a perfect score in a French and Japanese exam. Do you need an interpreter?""Phew! Do you speak Japanese well? We know how your Japanese is better than anyone else, okay? You learned it from Japanese porn movies! Aren't they all about making love? There are no lines in them!"These three boys were indeed amazing.As long as any one of them initiated a topic, the other two could perfectly fit in the conversation.Hearing their words, I couldn't stop laughing.Sitting in the milky tea shop, I felt like I was listening to a cross talk.Time passed by quickly. Then