In the end, I couldn't persuade Caroline otherwise.
And as such, I could only carefully drive the BMW back to the office.
After heading inside, Caroline reminded me, "As a newbie, you need time to get used to driving. You should get off earlier these days and find a place with fewer cars to train.
"Right. You can also ask Mr. Irvin to go with you."
"Huh?"
Caroline raised her eyebrows and replied, "You guys have the same car."
It was no wonder I felt a sense of familiarity when I got in the car.
I wanted to say something else but stopped after seeing Cindy happily leaving the pantry.
When our gazes met, Cindy suppressed her happiness and whispered, "You're back."
"Yup."
"Bruce told me that something urgent came up for you. That's why you couldn't make it to the party tomorrow. Is that right?"
After she said that, everyone turned their attention to me.
Meanwhile, Caroline's expression darkened.
My tone was soft as I replied, "That's right. I'll have to trouble you to attend the party tomorrow with Ms. Whittaker."
After Cindy got my confirmation, she grinned and humbly replied, "Don't worry. I'll definitely do my best."
I thought Cindy was quite interesting.
Bruce and Caroline were the ones giving her the opportunity. Yet, she was thanking me for it.
"Oh. Did you buy a new car?" Vanessa poked her head over. Then, she stared at the car keys in my hand and sighed. "It's a BMW too."
I didn't pay her any heed.
However, when I glanced over to Cindy, she was staring at the car keys in my hand too. Then, a displeased look flashed through her eyes.
But when I looked over again, she had returned to normal and smiled, saying "With her salary, a BMW is nothing to her."
Cindy spoke quite highly of me. But she didn't know that it was all thanks to her that I had the downpayment for the car.
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