He hasn't seen Nora for several days.
Hal was absent-minded while he was working in the company. Sitting on the sofa, he was not in the mood to pay attention to the important contracts submitted by his secretary.
Nora refused Hal to pick her up at the company. Confused, Hal has been to Daniel's Agency several times secretly. Every time Nora got off work, she would wait for the bus alone.
Hal also got the evidence that Nora had no boyfriend.
It turned out that Jasmine had already heard from Grace that Nora was single. At present, she didn't have a boyfriend, and they were in the same car shop, so it was easy to get in touch with each other. The two girls were a sales woman and a financial cashier.
The two became good friends. When Grace's boss fired her, Jasmine also persuaded her, but she didn't listen to her and left the car shop.
Hal couldn't figure out why Nora refused him all the time.
Love could make people lose their way, and Hal was not in the mood to deal with the company's affairs at all. His secretary urged him several times and arranged a time for him. He needed to meet two important clients in person.
Hal didn't listen to the secretary, and secretly sent his assistant to the meeting. The secretary thought that Hal went to meet his clients on time, so he called back the chairman.
Hal escaped and could go to see Nora.
He drove to Daniel's Agency and waited for Nora to get off work.
The security guard of the company recognized Hal and knew that he was here to pick up Nora, so he didn't stop him.
Waiting was the longest and most torturing thing. He felt that time passed so slowly.
Finally, it was time to get off work. People in the company came down one after another.
Several groups of people has passed, but Hal still couldn't see Nora. He was confused. Before he came, he had called her and told her that he would pick her up later.
When Nora answered Hal's phone, Murphy was beside her. There were only two people in the office, Murphy and Nora. Murphy heard the content of the phone clearly.
Perhaps in order to make Murphy give up on her, Nora agreed Hal to pick her up from work. Although this was not her real thought, it was the only way.
She knew that it was unfair to Hal. She was taking advantage of his love. She had to find a chance to explain it clearly to him, or the misunderstanding would be deeper.
It was not a good thing for anyone to go on like this.
Murphy deliberately procrastinated, taking the opportunity to cause misunderstanding between Nora and Hal.
Nora's phone rang. It was a call from Hal. Seeing that Murphy didn't intend to get off work, she knew that he did it on purpose.
In order to make Murphy give up on her, she had no choice but to do so. Since she has made up her mind, she stood up and said to him, "It's time to get off work. I'm leaving now."
When Murphy saw Nora go out, he felt heartbroken.
Nora's heartache is hard to express in words.
When it was time to let go, she had to let go. She could cut the mess quickly and maybe it could be painful for a short time.
Nora went downstairs and got into Hal's car. Seeing this from upstairs, Murphy's self-esteem was greatly damaged.
Hal didn't know what to do and couldn't calm down for a long time.
Hal drove through the downtown to the suburb. He said that he would take Nora to a very special place, a farmhouse in the suburb today.
The farmhouse was located in the west of Beijing City, an open space close to the suburbs. It was quiet without the hustle and bustle of the city.
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