Judy ordered many dishes for Wendy.
Wendy didn't really have appetite.
But she still kept shoving food into her stomach for she did not want Judy to notice her bad mood.
"How are they?"Judy asked Wendy with a smile.
"Yummy, yummy. I like them." Wendy nodded to her.
Seeing Wendy eating happily, Judy said to her, "I knew you will like it. We always have the same taste. You know what, I was overjoyed when you called me in the morning. It's so boring to stay at home."
"Aren't you working at a company now? How can you be so bored?"
"I just got a sinecure at my father's company. He always nags at me, making me feel as a trash for I can’t do anything correctly."
"You're thinking too much. Your father wants to hone you to perfection. Don't be sloppy at work. You should learn how to manage the company. After all, you have no siblings to help you control your family’s company. Your whole family will rely on you in the future."
"Da*n! My girl, since you have became a teacher, you are speaking in an old-fashioned way like my father now. If you were my father's daughter, he would definitely be very pleased."
Wendy just smiled to eat.
"Hey, I am saying how about staying here with me in the company? What's the point of staying in that crappy university?"
"Sorry, but your company is not in my shortlist. I am indeed considering leaving San Diego to somewhere remote to be a teacher. If there is no good choice in middle schools, maybe I will go to somewhere desert to teach as a volunteer teacher." Wendy said as she shook her head.
"What happened? Did that Gorman make thing hard for you again? I knew he would be a obstacle for you when you told me that he also worked in the university. So you must also heard that Gill had gone to find Gorman again, and Gorman refuses to see her at. I thought he had become a new man, but who knows he actually chooses to work with you and tries to get revenge on you."
"It's nothing to do with Gorman on this thing. I only wanted to go to a new environment and start over." Wendy smiled and said bitterly.
"Then just leave the university. But don't go extreme to be a volunteer teacher. I'll miss you too much. By the way, I can have someone to find a suitable school for you here. Teaching here would be easy and happy for you."
"No need to be so hurried. After all, it will be a new year soon.
"
"But, I'm afraid your brother won't agree with you to come here. After all, your family is so powerful and influential that how will they allow their princess to live in such a small city?" Judy hesitated to add.
Thinking of that 'big brother', Wendy felt a sense of suppression in the heart.
"Judy. In fact, he's not my…"
"Hi, would you mind if I sit here with you?"
Suddenly, a familiar voice came to them from the side. Wendy and Judy all froze like they had been stricken by a thunder or seen a ghost.
"Mr. …Mr. Charles." Judy covered her mouth with one hand to pat the table in surprise with the other hand. Judy pointed to him to Wendy, as if she was a crazy fan of Henson.
Henson raised his eyebrows with pride for this was the normal reaction from a girl who saw him.
Wendy was always so calm to see him, although this time she was shocked.
Tsk, such a defeated feeling …
"How did you find here?" Wendy stood up with a stiff expression and asked him in a cold tone.
"It is not a mouse hole, so it's easy to find here."
Henson gently pushed Wendy to a inside place, then he sat down at her seat.
Judy waved her hand to ask the waiter to add tableware.
"What are you still standing there? Sit down please." Henson said as if nothing had happened.
Wendy felt so down now.
But in front of Henson, Judy became an elegant lady again.
"Mr. Charles, your arrival made this restaurant a more splendid place."
"You are exaggerating."
"No, I mean, in our Toronto, we can't find a man as stylish as you now."
"Maybe because you have not seen many men."
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