Louis’s temperature seems to be lingering on her lips, and she feels feverish. Until she goes back to the apartment and takes a bath, she calms down a bit.
On Monday morning, Lily drives Jessie to work. It usually takes 40 minutes, but now 20 minutes is enough.
Jessie keeps shouting that it is so convenient to have a car!
When Lily comes into the office, she finds that there are some candies on everyone’s desk, including hers.
She smiles and asks her colleague, "Why, is something good happening to someone else?"
"Miss Katherine from the planning department." The colleague replies, "It’s said that Miss Katherine is pregnant. Her marriage with the son of the plutocrat in Mencian State is scheduled for next month. Miss Katherine is sending candies to all departments in the morning."
"Really?" Lily is a little confused.
Isn't Katherine hurt when she fell in love with the son of an official in the country F and says she would never marry or have children in her life? Why did she suddenly get married?
She is a few years older than Louis, a risky age to have a baby.
Is there something wrong with the Smith family?
But Lily doesn't think so much. She has a lot of things to deal with.
However, when she sends Louis a message to ask about something, she couldn't get a reply.
There is no reply in the afternoon, and still no reply the next day, and he didn’t show up in the company. Katherine doesn't show up for the rest of the day, except Monday for giving out the candy.
The company is calm.
A few days later, Chloe storms into the Smith Group and goes straight to Lily's department.
Chloe throws a newspaper on the table and says angrily, "But why are you so useless and let outsiders succeed!"
Bewildered, Lily looks down to see the contents of the newspaper and the photos of the young man and woman close to each other. Suddenly, she feels sad and uncomfortable in the heart.
The newspaper headlines in bold black letters reads:
Congratulations to Mr. Louis from the Smith Group and Stella from the Long Peace Group for the upcoming wedding!
Louis is going to get married?
"Lily, you're so useless!" shouts Chloe and pokes on the newspaper, “When did Stella hook up with Louis? I am busy with shooting movie. Don't you know when it happened?"
"Hey! I am talking to you! Why don't you say anything?"
"Lily, are you deaf? Aren't you angry that someone takes your man away?"
During Chloe's endless scolding, Lily gradually regains her concentration. She closes her lips and then says "Chloe, I have nothing to do with Mr. Louis. You think too much."
"God will believe it! If you don’t have any relation with Louis, would he be so nice to you? When you were in Turkey..." Halfway through the conversation, Chloe suddenly remembers Louis's warning, and doesn't go on, just waiting for Lily's reply with discomfort.
Lily asks, "What happened in Turkey?"
As soon as Chloe mentions that, Lily also feels that after she woke up, Chloe came to Louis and said something inexplicable, but she didn't know what happened.
"It's all right. Don't be such a wimp anyway!" Chloe grins resentfully. "I don't like you, but your background is much better than Stella's."
"Do you know what Stella's mother used to be? Stella is so shameless. She's an illegitimate daughter. If Louis really marries her, he would be the joke in the media!”
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