After this one video incident, Stanley had no desire to work.
Once the secretary had cleaned up the office, he stayed in his chair in contemplation.
It wasn't until Violet called in the afternoon that he barely managed to find some spirit.
"Honey, are you busy today?" Violet asked over the phone.
Stanley lowered his eyes, "No, why?"
"Uh ......" She was not sure if it was an illusion, Violet felt that his tone was a bit cold, but he said so little that she wasn't sure.
Maybe it was really her mishearing.
Thinking like this, Violet didn't take this to heart and smiled, "Usually you come over to pick me up at this hour, but you are not here today, so I call you and think you are busy."
"Well, I'll be right there." Stanley said.
"Ok, be safe." Violet nodded her head.
Hearing that, Stanley's pupils twitched, his face went icy. The image of the red car that had crashed through his parents came to his mind.
Stanley put down his phone, got up and walked out to the balcony to let the cold wind cool his mind down.
If he couldn't calm down, he wouldn't even know how to drive.
After about a few minutes, Stanley left the office and drove to Violet's company.
Violet chatted with Aimee and Jessie on the first floor of the company.
Aimee was about to go abroad to participate in a competition, so she came to say goodbye to Violet and Jessie.
As the three were talking, a black Maybach pulled up and parked next to them.
"Violet, your husband is here." Aimee nudged Violet with an ambiguous smile.
Violet gave her an blank look, "Play well in your competition, I'm also going abroad for an international competition next month, so maybe we can meet there."
"Sure, I heard from my teacher that the international competition of your clothing design has a link with our jewelry design competition in the final, so as long as we can both make it to the final, we can definitely meet." Aimee patted Violet's shoulder.
Jessie said with a smile, "You two are excellent, so it is easy for you to enter the final."
"That's true." Violet and Aimee gave a smile.
Violet waved at the two, "Alright, Jessie, Aimee, I gotta go."
"Bye!" Aimee and Jessie nodded their heads.
Violet walked up to the Maybach, pulled open the passenger door and sat in, "Sorry, Stanley, for having you been waiting for you long."
Stanley didn't say anything, but stared at her face.
She had a beautiful face. She was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen.
It reminded him of the childish face in the video he had watched today.
Whether or not they hit his parents, they were involved in the incident.
What, exactly, should he do with her?
"Stanley? Stanley?" Seeing Stanley had a wandering mind, Violet frowned suspiciously and reached out to wave her hand in front of his eyes.
Stanley pulled back his thought, "What's wrong?"
"I wondered what happened to you. You were in a daze and did not hear me." Violet said.
Stanley lowered his eyelids to hide the emotions in his eyes, and his voice trailed off as he answered, "Sorry, let’s go."
"Ok." Violet nodded, but she was confused.
What the hell was wrong with him?
He had something in his mind but she wasn't being told, was something wrong with the company?
Neither spoke on the way. The carriage was quiet with only the sound of shallow breathing.
Originally, Violet wanted to spoke, but Stanley didn't answer her, but just stared at the road ahead, as if he heard nothing.
Violet naturally couldn't say anything more.
After all, it was kind of awkward to talk when no one was responding.
Soon, they reached the kindergarten.
But why didn't he break up with Violet?
Ivy looked towards Violet with doubts.
Violet was taking Stanley's briefcase.
Stanley gave it to her.
Seeing a scene of the two getting along as usual, Ivy pursed her lips and felt resentful.
What the hell was going on?
Didn't Stanley already see the video? Why did he still treat Violet like that?
Did he think the video was fake?
At this thought, Ivy bit her lip.
If so, a video was not enough, other evidences were needed.
She must make Stanley and Violet break up, so she took out the video she had saved for so many years.
After all, that video was recorded by her ......
Ivy's eyes went dim and she did not think more. Seeing Violet and Stanley approach, she greeted with a smile, "Stanley, Miss Hunt, welcome back."
"Miss Ellis." Violet nodded and responded lightly.
Stanley looked at Ivy wearing only two thin clothes and frowned, "Why are you wearing so little?"
"I was in the living room, and it was not cold." Ivy fixed her wig and gave a smile.
"Let's go in." Stanley nodded and lifted his feet towards the villa.
Ivy followed closely behind.
Stanley didn't hold Violet's hand like he usually did, but chose to walk alone.
Ivy turned back and smiled meaningfully at Violet, and then she jogged to walk alongside Stanley, "Stanley, wait for me!"
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