Love me or leave me (Rebecca and Theodore) novel Chapter 289

However, Charlie was still reluctant to leave. He wanted to see Claire again, even from afar. 'If I didn't see her in person, it somehow feels... not quite real,' he thought. Without realizing it, he sat down at the entrance of Jones Group. However, he merely sat for a while before standing up and forcing himself to leave.

Charlie mused, 'I can't continue sitting here. Hayden will come over in a few days and take me to see Kelly for work-related reasons. By sitting here, I may damage Hoggard Technologies' image. I can't drag Hayden down.' With that, he reluctantly left with his suitcase.

A few minutes later, Charlie checked into a hotel near Jones Group's headquarters. Unbeknownst to him, three black luxury cars appeared at the entrance of the headquarters building just after he left. Among them, the middle vehicle looked the most luxurious and expensive.

The doors of the three luxury cars opened almost simultaneously, with bodyguards rushing out from the front and rear vehicles. They moved quickly to the door of the middle luxury car to guard Kelly as she stepped out.

After the 34-year-old Kelly got out of the car, she walked straight into the headquarters building of Jones Group flanked by the bodyguards.

At the same time, Charlie also settled down in the hotel. However, after putting his luggage away, he couldn't resist opening the window of his room and looking toward Jones Group's headquarters.

Anxiety, restlessness, uneasiness, and an indescribable worry and fear overwhelmed him. He was afraid the files he had previously seen were all fake and that he had rushed over only to be happy for nothing.

Meanwhile, Hayden got his assistant to contact Jones Group for work-related reasons. Given Hoggard Technologies' exceptional global standing, the result was as expected, and they soon secured an appointment.

All Hayden had to do was swiftly accomplish the tasks at hand, and he could head over to Yowhayton to meet Kelly. After arranging this, he immediately forwarded the good news to Charlie to dispel his worries.

Charlie read Hayden's message, and seeing he could follow the latter to meet Claire in two days, he was relieved yet worried. 'I'm relieved because I'll surely meet Claire with Hayden's help. What worries me is... Could she have forgotten me after all these years?' he wondered.

One should avoid dwelling on certain issues too much, as the thought of them would reduce confidence and increase anxiety. Even Charlie couldn't escape it, wondering, 'Why didn't Claire explain to me back then? Why didn't she come looking for me if she still loved me? Even... A message would be nice. I kept my previous phone number all these years, worried she might suddenly want to contact me one day but couldn't reach me. I've also worked hard to maintain my popularity onscreen, to stand in the most conspicuous place so she could easily locate and come to me whenever she desired. I waited so long, year after year, with no news at all...'

While Charlie's mind wandered, Kelly put down her pen and began taking a break after handling a series of contract documents in the headquarters building of Jones Group.

However, the cooperation she just dealt with was always in her mind during the rest, an invitation from Zentiscape's Hoggard Technologies to meet for a pleasant cooperation.