Author: Linus Kuai Lai He Nai Cha 1The day I decided to leave Jonathan Walker was on my birthday.On that day, I wore the dress he bought for me and went to his house with a cake, then made a lot of dishes excitedly.Time flew from 6 p.m. to late at night. I reheated the dishes over and over again.At midnight, his subordinate knocked on the door.Jonathan was drunk and unconscious.His assistant brought him into the house and left. Worried that Jonathan might not sleep well on the couch, I lifted him and walked him to the bedroom.However, I accidentally stumbled upon entering the bedroom, and my head slammed into the door frame.In an instant, everything went dark in my sight, and my ears were buzzing.Nevertheless, I did not care about my wound and immediately checked on his well-being."Jonathan, are you hungry? Wake up and eat something," I coaxed.He grabbed my hand and murmured like a child, "Queenie, don't go."Blood slowly flowed down from my temple and dripped
5"Are you living well?" I asked lightly.He was slightly stunned. "Of course."Perhaps I became timider after living cautiously for a long time while I was with Jonathan. I could not bring myself to say anything hurtful to him to vent my emotions. "That's good. Then forget about the past and move on," I responded."Was I not good to you?" Jonathan leaned over, and his intimidating aura made me nervous enough to straighten my back. He gently lifted the company ID I was wearing and continued, "Didn't I give you enough money? Why must you come all the way here to work?""It's not about money." I covered my ID and avoided his gaze.I saved all the money Jonathan gave me in the past in a bank card. When I left, I also returned all of them to him."Then why?" He gently lifted my chin and turned me to face the window, then asked, "Is it because of that man outside?"Samuel probably wanted to avoid the awkwardness but didn't want to go too far away. Through the glass window, I could s
9I packed some of my valuables and permitted myself to get off work early.Before the elevator doors closed, Jonathan stepped forward and followed me inside.He stopped beside me with a straight posture and hands in his suit pockets. Jonathan looked at me with slight displeasure. "Do you know why I came to this company?"I looked ahead expressionlessly. "I don't want to know.""Yes, I did forget that you can't eat oranges." Even though he knew he was wrong, Jonathan could not lower his ego. This conflict manifested as frustration in Jonathan. He turned me around to face him. "But I'm making up for it, right?"I lowered my eyes and kept silent."Any company is better than yours. I came here solely to take you home." Jonathan said seriously, "Quincey, I won't ask why you left me. As long as you come with me now, I can forgive you for everything."However, I only sighed helplessly.He thought I was swayed by his words, so he continued with the persuasion, "If you want an acknowl
13Half a year later, my work was finally on the right track, and I became Samuel's editor.The communication between an editor and the author was nothing more than a manuscript receiving and discussion. There would not be too much private contact, but probably because Samuel and I shared mutual interests, we gradually started chatting like old friends.It was late that day when he asked for my location through a phone call breathlessly."I'm at home," I said. It was 11 p.m., and I was about to go to bed."Oh." He panted heavily and hung up the phone not long after I answered.I was confused.While I hesitated whether to call him back, my phone lit up with his name on the screen again the next moment."Hello? What's wrong?" I picked up the call faster this time."I forgot to ask." He swallowed. "Where is your home?"Half an hour later, he came to my residential area and asked if it was inconvenient for me to go downstairs. He wanted to talk to me face to face."Mr. Lawrence,
Author: Ling Yu Fu Shu My boyfriend went bankrupt and wanted to break up with me.I disagreed.He said, "Do you dare to get a marriage certificate with me then?"1Bennett Lennox and I got married officially.After coming out of the City Hall, my hands were shaking.Did I just marry like this?The other party was effectively an older man who had just gone bankrupt and only dated me seven times."Are you regretting it?" Bennett Lennox raised his eyebrows when he saw me looking absent-minded.As I hesitated over how to answer this tricky question, my mom called."Yvonne Scott! I heard from your dad that Mr. Arthur Lennox's company went bankrupt and is heavily in debt. You and his son didn't have sex yet, did you?"I blushed and looked at the man in front of me, then I whispered, "No.""That's good. Break up with him now, you hear me?""Yes." Suddenly, I didn't dare to take him home."By the way, if he asks you for money, don't lend him anything!" My mom didn't notice
6After dinner, I hid in the bedroom.His gaze was too intense, and I couldn't sit still while eating.He would occasionally pick up food for me and tell me to eat more, and sometimes, he would use his hand to wipe the imaginary vegetables off my mouth.He was really going all out to seduce me!I picked up a book and sat on the balcony of the bedroom, flipping through a few pages. But the noise from the kitchen was getting to me, and I felt a bit overheated.So, I decided to open the window to let some fresh air in. Just as I opened the window, Bennett pushed the door open and walked in.I was stunned immediately."Go take a shower," he said to me calmly, as if this was his own home.I swallowed nervously and declined his offer, "After you... You go first."He took a quick glance at me and then headed into the bathroom.My bedroom had an attached bathroom with a semi-transparent glass door, and his figure was visible but obscured. I felt both curious and embarrassed and coul
11For the next few days, I was absent-minded.Considering the pressure of future repayments, I started to live frugally.Despite the debt issue that made me a little anxious, every day felt like a honeymoon since I had married him over a month ago."Honey, do you want to find a job?" On the weekend, I lay on the couch, watching him mop the floor. I couldn't help but ask him that.He turned around and looked at me while saying lightly, "I'll find a job after I pay off the debt.""You don't even have a job. How are you going to pay off the debt?" Was he just going to rely on the hard-earned money I gave him every now and then?In that case, we could only finish paying it all off when our great-great-great-great-grandchildren were born.I told him my thoughts, and he sighed while scratching my nose. "Do you think you're trying to move mountains? We're not paying off debt for generations to come.""I'm just worried." I held his hand and looked into his eyes seriously. "Bennett, d
16On the way back home, my mind was blank.But no matter how blank my mind was, I still remembered Bennett's mom easily transferring 450 thousand dollars just like that."Honesty is the best policy!"As soon as we got home, Bennett pinned me against the wall and leaned in to kiss me.He was trying to use his charm to lower my guard.I pushed him away and looked serious."Honesty about what?" Bennett's breath was on my earlobe."Weren't your bank accounts frozen?" Don't pretend to be clueless!"Honey, have you been keeping up with the news?" Bennett picked me up and placed me on the dining table in the entryway."Isn't your family bankrupt?" The Lennox family's bankruptcy was the biggest news in our area recently. How could I be mistaken? Besides, he himself said they were in debt of more than 450 million dollars."I am bankrupt, not my family." Bennett rubbed my nose indulgently. "As soon as I came back from abroad, my dad transferred all the company's shares to me."What