A Call That Changed Her Entire Life novel Chapter 1425

"Have your parents finally decided on a date?" Carlos interrupted without a single shred of emotion in his voice. Then he added, "This kind of thing should've been settled as soon as possible."

Upon hearing what he said, the three people present all had a surprised look on their faces.

Cherish's hands started to uncontrollably shake. She pressed her red lips together to stop herself from saying something inappropriate. She thought to herself, 'He must be out of his mind!'

The surprise on the two elders' faces turning into an expression of discomfort. They stared intently at Carlos. But suddenly, Leah cleared her throat and replied, "Of course they have, they're just waiting for me and your father to check the calendar."

Leah and Chuck walked out of the room as soon as the former finished speaking, leaving behind Cherish, who was still in a dreamlike state.

"Are you sure you've already left the past behind you?" Cherish asked Carlos, still feeling like she was walking on clouds. At that moment, she still felt that her senses were quite distorted due to being overwhelmed by tremendous satisfaction. "Or did you say that just to shut your parents up?" she added hesitantly.

Carlos had his usual look on his face when he responded. "Can't I be engaged to you simply because I like you?"

His straightforward answer extremely surprised her. She couldn't bear the enormous emotions so she hurried out of the room.

She felt like she was about to go crazy!

Later that night, Carlos bid Nora a sincere farewell. The next day, Cherish accompanied Carlos to bury the urn at the cemetery.

Upon reaching the place, they stared at the old black and white photo of Nora on her tombstone. In the photo, she was smiling like she had used to when she was still alive. The final burden that Carlos carried in his heart slowly disappeared.

But it was still hard for him to let Nora be buried there, due to the negligence of the cemetery staff and the fact that this whole incident had been used by Darren to threaten him. But now, all of it was finally over.

Cherish placed some fresh flowers on the tombstone and joined Carlos in lighting a few incenses. Carlos then asked her, "Is there anything you wish to say to her?"

"I don't know what to say. I'm afraid I'll only make you feel uncomfortable," Cherish replied. She then slowly shook her head and stared at him with her bright eyes, as if she had thousands of words to say. Eventually, her lips moved. "Aren't you afraid that she'll get upset with you for bringing me here?"

"I'm not even worried about you being upset." Carlos quickly replied and rolled up his sleeves. He then briefly added, "People have to say goodbye to the past in order to welcome a new life, don't you think?"

She simply nodded at him and wondered, 'Am I included in his new life then?'

Meanwhile, in the conference room of the KING Group, the managers of various departments lowered their heads while holding documents in their hands. They didn't have the courage to raise their heads.

"What's wrong with these data? These numbers are preposterous! Why does the group only have this much income?" Darren's screams could be heard way beyond the walls of the conference room.

Everyone in the room couldn't help but tremble in fright. Although Darren had only recently been appointed president, it was in his power to fire senior employees. No one dared to speak nor raise their head.

When his question was met with silence, Darren turned around. He then scanned the room, as if scrutinizing every single one of them. The department heads couldn't do anything but to remain quiet. Their face was full of concern and anxiety no matter how hard they tried to hide it.

"No one wants to explain this to me? So that's how you want to do this. Fine. Everyone will work overtime until midnight. Don't even think of going home before one of you can explain it to me! And I don't want any bullshit reasons. Make sure it's clear and logical!"

Darren slammed the document furiously on the desk and stormed out of the room in a heartbeat.

"Alas, history repeats itself."

"This is horrible! Absolutely horrible!" The cries of the department heads were heard as soon as Darren was out of the room.

Meanwhile, Darren went straight to his office, still enraged by what had happened. He looked at the documents on the desk and felt awfully distressed.

He had spent all of his assets in acquiring the company. If the company could not recover from its status right now and start to make the profits that they needed, they could be closer to bankruptcy than ever before.

"President, the human resources department is asking if you need to recruit anyone." Harlan came in with the draft documents from the said department.

His words brought a glimpse of hope to Darren. All of a sudden, a brilliant idea came to him. Why hadn't he come up with this idea sooner? Now that most of the former key employees were gone, he could go ahead and train new ones!