Remy was incredibly annoying. Why did he want to make the other employees think Westley had a special hobby?
"Westley, the coffee was amazing. I should have brought some for you. To make it up for you, I brought you these desserts. Good friends should share delicacy." Remy sounded calm and reasonable.
He looked pissed off. "You're being unreasonable, Remy."
"Remy, what kind of coffee do you have? I would love to go next time." Carol joined the conversation. She had never liked being ignored.
"I'll take you next time." She probably wouldn't have the time and would she really want to drink coffee made by Gabrielle?
And would Gabrielle want to make coffee for her love rival?
"Really? Thank you!" Carol smiled.
"You still haven't told me why you returned. Does your brother know where you are?" Remy noticed the white suitcase next to him. The boarding pass was still attached to the handle. Carol had come straight from the airport.
She had always liked Westley. Every time she came to town, she went to see him first.
How would Jonas, Carol's brother, react if he knew?
"Of course not. If he knew, he would have picked me up from the airport. Then I wouldn't have seen Westley at all. I couldn't miss the chance." Carol stood and walked towards Westley. Instinctively, he stepped backwards, but his back pressed against the wall.
"If Jonas knew what you said, he'd be angry. You've always been so heartless," Remy said with a glare.
The young girl was madly in love with Westley and desperate to marry him. Nobody took her affections seriously.
"My brother will understand," Carol replied with a smile. She got closer to Westley.
"If you take one more step, I will make sure you'll never be allowed in Morris Group again," Westley warned her.
She had always been clingy.
He tried to avoid her as much as he could.
Her smile vanished as soon as the words left his lips and she stopped. "Westley, why do you treat me like this? Don't forbid me from coming to the Morris Group to see you, please?"
"Then sit back down!" Westley ordered her.
If he followed through with his threat, Jonas wouldn't be pleased.
The man loved his sister very much. An insult to her was one to the both of them.
"I'll go back now." It didn't matter if her feelings were hurt, she still listened to him. She sat on the sofa but her eyes were wide, shiny with unshed tears.
Remy put the plate of food in front of her.
"Carol, why don't you have something to eat? You'd be so much happier if you moved on from him. You know that, right?" Remy said, hoping his words would be listened to.
"I have to protect him," Carol told him, her expression serious.
"What do you mean?" Looking between the two of them, he wondered if something had happened before he'd arrived.
"I know Nellie ran away! So, I came back," Carol informed him.
Westley's eyes turned cold. "Who told you that?"
The news of Nellie and Bryce eloping was a closely guarded secret. Even Jonas didn't know. How did she find out?
"Westley, why are you so mean to me?" Carol asked, her voice broke and Remy thought she might cry.
"Who told you?" Westley asked again.
Carol wouldn't let him know the truth.
She was thrilled when she found out what happened. It didn't matter why Nellie left. Westley no longer had a fiancée, which was great news for her.
"Westley, it doesn't matter how I found out. All that matters if that I'm here to help you. You are the master of the Morris and the CEO of the Morris Group. The newspapers will have a field day when they find out. I couldn't let that happen to you, so I came to take her place. I'm old enough to be your bride and I love you very much." Carol looked so happy, as if she had answered all his prayers and saved his honor.
"I will never marry you!" Westley said with a scowl.
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