A Night To Remember novel (Diane and Norman) novel Chapter 28

Chapter 28 I Didn’t Break My Promise to You, Did I, Norman

Displayed on the screen of Christopher’s cell phone was a text message. It read, ‘I’m back. Let’s meet up, shall we?’

The phone’s screen showed that the text message was sent by someone named Q, which was precisely what froze Diane’s blood. People usually filled in someone’s full name or last name with a prefix like ‘Mr.’ or ‘Miss’ attached to it in their contact list. According to Diane’s habit, only a very special person would have a peculiar display name such as an alphabet in a person’s contact list.

Judging by the tone of the text message, it was probably sent by a woman. Diane knew that Christopher never lacked women around him, but she had a feeling that this woman was different.

This message wasn’t long, so the whole of it was displayed on the phone’s screen. After reading the message, Diane put the cell phone back down and pretended that she had never touched it. While Christopher was still in the bathroom, she kept her eyes fixed on the cell phone without withdrawing her gaze even once. Who is this woman? This question twisted itself around her like a poisonous snake, making her unable to shrug it off as much as she wanted to.

After a while, Christopher came out. Instead of looking at his cell phone, he merely wiped his damp and inky black short hair with a towel. Soon, he noticed the strange look in Diane’s eyes. “Why are you looking at me?”

His question snapped her out of her thoughts. “Uh, n-nothing. I’m going to shower.” She immediately flipped over and got up without looking at Christopher.

Just as she was about to go into the bathroom, Christopher spoke. “Report to Evergreen Incorporated next week.”

“Huh?” Diane was startled by this. She then turned around to meet Christopher’s clear, deep eyes. “Are you telling me to quit my job at NG Enterprise?”

“Suit yourself.”

Christopher’s words were always so brief that it was quite difficult to figure out what was going on in his mind. After giving it some thought, Diane answered, “That’s not necessary then. I like working at NG Enterprise.” Evergreen Incorporated would definitely be a better workplace, but wouldn’t I have to face him every day if I work there? Forget it—this is too scary.

Luckily, Christopher didn’t force or even persuade her into doing so. He merely replied with a nod and said, “Just do whatever you want.”

Diane went into the bathroom without saying anything else. When she came out of the bathroom, Christopher was no longer in the bedroom; the cell phone on the bedside table was gone as well. She went out of the bedroom to take a look, but when she heard a sound in the study, she retreated into the bedroom instead of going there.

The next day, Diane went to her company. Shortly after she reached the office, she heard that Norman had resigned. It didn’t surprise her, for Norman had once been a director. After suffering such a huge loss of face by being demoted back to a salesman all of a sudden, it was impossible for him to continue working there.

To Diane’s surprise, Stella stayed in the company. This incident made her and Norman lose face completely, yet she didn’t quit her job. Diane surmised that this might have something to do with what Stella said previously about their recent purchase of a new house.

Now that Norman was unemployed, their family and the unborn baby would have to starve if Stella also lost her source of income. Such a helpless situation probably never occurred to them back when they were carrying on behind Diane’s back.

However, Diane didn’t have the leisure to sympathize with Stella. Stella also learned her lesson, for she didn’t cause trouble for a long time after being transferred to the Administration Department.

As such, several days passed uneventfully until Emilia called Diane when the latter finished work one day.