“Forget it,” Stanford did not dare to go to their home where there were too many memories that he did not dare to recall.
The driver knew that he decided it in a moment of impulsion and would calm down after some time. The driver would ask him again where to go after that. The driver started the car, drove off, and drove down the streets in the city without direction.
Stanford closed his eyes and leaned back in the seat to have a nap. After a long time, he took his phone and made a call.
Soon the call got through, and he said, “Atwood.”
“Yes,” Atwood was standing in front of the door of Stanford's office at this time. He was going to deliver documents to Stanford, but then he saw Lindsay was sitting and crying on the floor in the office.
They had been working under Stanford for so many years. Although sometimes he did not think she acted right, he considered her as his friend.
He went over to Lindsay and helped her up.
In the car, Stanford turned his head to look out of the window. He looked at the street scene rapidly went by and said, “Have an investigation on Simona.”
Stanford did not like the fact that he always treated her like Amanda, and he even disliked that he would do things that made him unlike himself because of her.
He needed to know the truth about her.
Who was she?
Why did he always have to think of her as another person?
Atwood was stunned for a moment. He did not expect Stanford to ask him to investigate Simona for no reason, “Investigate how she joined RM Group?”
“All about her.”
Atwood said in a low voice, “I got it.”
Stanford hung up the call.
Lindsay looked at Atwood, “Is Stanford asking you to investigate Simona?”
Atwood nodded and asked, “Did you and Stanford quarrel?”
Otherwise, how would Lindsay sit on the floor? She was in the company, and she was also the head of the planning department. It would be an ill scene if people saw she sat on the floor.
Lindsay pursed her lips, “Do you think that Stanford has changed?”
Atwood shook this head, “No, I don't think so.”
Lindsay said with great certainty, “He has changed. He asked me to apologize to Simona, and now he's asking you to investigate her. What does he mean?”
Was he interested in her?
“We are the people working under him, and we all know his nature very well. Stanford will not have such an interest in women. He was with Amanda for revenge back then. After that, Stanford never has any other woman, but he is working so much on Simona now. Does he get a crush on her?” Lindsay only felt blocked up in the chest. She could hardly kill Amanda back then, and there was another woman, called Simona, getting close to Stanford!
Atwood pursed his lips and said, “Lindsay, after Stanford and Mrs. James got married, no, even before they got married, he had no other woman either. In my opinion, he doesn't look for other women because he loves Mrs. James, and not because he doesn't have an interest in women.”
Lindsay suddenly widened her eyes, and she stared at Atwood, “How could he possibly love Amanda? She was his enemy and the fact that they already divorced. Why do you still call her Mrs. James?”
Atwood knew that Lindsay liked Stanford, and she was paranoid about it and refused to accept the truth.
The same went to Stanford, who could not recognize his thoughts and feelings because of hatred.
Stanford's nature was getting more indifferent this year, and he did not have contact with any women. All of these were because he lost Amanda.
Atwood sighed. It was hard to reason with a person who had got into a blind alley.
“Lindsay, behave yourself,” Atwood said, turned around, and walked out of the office.
Lindsay suddenly stepped forward and grabbed him by his arm. She looked at him pleadingly, “Atwood, we're friends, right?”
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