"Are you pursuing Francis?" Hearing this surprising news, Wendy was almost choked by the water.
"That's right!" Tilly admitted, raising her chin.
Wendy, shocked and speechless, broke off a piece of the steamed bun to chew, trying to calm herself down.
Francis had seen Tilly naked after she was drunk, so Wendy thought Tilly, as a proud young lady, would feel displeased, and that was why she threw a tantrum at him. Francis kept avoiding her, for he could not stand up against her. However, the truth was not what she had expected...
So, it was this incident that brought them together.
Wendy, raising her chin, said deliberately, "A few days ago, you looked hurt when seeing other couples kissing or hugging! Also, you wondered how Charlie, whom you had liked for seven years, would fall in love with me in such a short time."
"Wendy, stop making fun of me!" Tilly blushed and stomped her feet in embarrassment. "Humph, if you say more, I might regret my previous choice and compete with you for Charlie!"
"I give up!" Wendy hastily raised her hand to surrender.
Though her face no longer burning hot, Tilly, avoiding any eye contact with Wendy, appeared shyer. "In fact, I didn't expect me to take a fancy to him. When we first met, he didn't impress me much. But when I was drunk at the bar, I felt that he was a gentleman. Later, I asked the hotel waiter, who told me that I was carried back by him all the way. I had drunk myself unconscious, so he helped me take off all my clothes and certainly saw me naked. However, he didn't take advantage of the situation to sleep with me. Instead, he slept on the sofa for a night and let me sleep on the bed. Since then, he becomes increasingly charming in my eyes..."
"Then you can't help falling in love with him!" Wendy said the unspoken words for her.
"Yes!" Tilly admitted, not bashful at all. "He drew and enthralled me. I want to be his girlfriend!"
"What have you done to win his heart?" Wendy asked curiously.
Tilly shrugged and told her, "I've called him whenever I was free. However, later on, he hardly answered my calls. So I began to send him lots of messages so that I can become part of his life!"
Wendy finally knew who made the harassing phone call.
"Isn't it said that men have to take great efforts to get the person they love, but women achieve that easily? He is the only person who attracts me except for brother Charlie. I have the confidence and determination to make him my boyfriend!" Tilly snickered, clenching her fist to vow earnestly.
Wendy replied, "Uh, in spirit, I'm with you!"
After lunch, Wendy went back to the company and found that her colleagues in the office were all smiling. She curiously asked Bonnie next to her, "What's the good news? Why does everyone look so happy?"
"What else can it be? In addition to a salary raise or a bonus, the only happy thing left will be a free feast!" Bonnie smiled and explained to her, "Not only people in our department but also all the employees in our company will go to have dinner together tonight, and our general manager will cover all the expenses. It can be considered as our company's welfare, once in a quarter!"
"Sister Wendy, you are so lucky that you can enjoy the feast as soon as you joined us!" Connie, who was next to them, echoed excitedly.
"Does everyone have to attend it?" Wendy asked hesitantly.
"Of course, none of us will miss it!" Connie nodded and said while holding her hand. "Sister Wendy, let's go there together after work. Relax. You can just focus on eating the nice dishes when you get there. No one will force you to drink because you are pregnant. Besides, Bonnie and I will take care of you!"
Upon hearing that, Wendy answered with a smile, "Okay."
She thought that as a newcomer, it would be better to keep a low profile and attend the company's group activities. If she didn't go there, her workmates and leaders would think she was much aloof. After all, she got along well with them. Thus, she decided to have the feast with them but would not go to the karaoke.
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: Purchased A Mr. Right
Hate deception and Abby and Dylan take the cake ,ugh...
NO!!! Tina belongs with Wilson…. Let Dylan and Abby get together...
Wow, once again the villain messes up the true love, Abby needs to go back abroad. And Tina’s true identity as the daughter of Bill Ambrey needs to be exposed! Then the families can “convenience marry” !! Abby is a witch....
Too bad Wilson can’t figure out that his and Tina’s ex’s and his cousin Desmond are conniving creeps!...
Anthea is so stupid, lying and leaving the man who loves her more than life itself. 🤬...
She deserves to be unhappy, being with someone she doesn’t love because of resentment for the exact thing she is doing, hopefully she ends up with no one. Calvin is a wimp and doesn’t love her, just wants a wife to please his family....
So the same basic story as Simon and Addy but stupid Emily is going to marry him! What a hypocrite! Ugh...
Emily gets more stupid every chapter, when did she pickup Calvin as a fiancé!!?? This story line is awful….very sad to do to Simon what she “thought” he had done but didn’t. She is truly a dumb woman. Simon never loved or really even cared for Addy….what the hell is she doing with someone she doesn’t even know or like/love. Awful 😢...
Emily is a fool, don’t let go of the man who truly loves you. Let go of the past, of which he did nothing but help someone who saved his life, and be happy with him… he is your soulmate....
Nothing like cutting off your nose to spite your face Emily. Just stupid! Ugh 😩...