Patrick repeated his words.
I, who couldn't be more overjoyed, looked at him as I asked over and over again, "Really? Is what you said true?"
I was so afraid that after Patrick gave me hope, he would disappoint me again.
But this time, Patrick nodded firmly.
At that moment, I didn't struggle and let him hold my hand in his big palm. And I felt that my slightly cold hand became warm little by little.
The next day, I went to work.
Patrick proposed to send me to work. This time, I agreed.
I sat in his car. He left after dropping me off at the cafe. But some sharp-eyed colleagues saw his car and came over. Then they asked, "Charlotte, is your boyfriend so rich? How come he is driving such a good car?"
I looked at Patrick's car and didn't know how to explain it for a moment.
"Am I going to tell them that Patrick is my husband? They certainly won't be convinced by the fact that I, who has a rich husband, is
working in a cafe."
Moreover, what Seth had done before made it even more difficult for me to tell them the truth.
"That's his boss's car," I said vaguely.
Sure enough, when my colleagues heard what I had said, they seemed to be somewhat psychologically balanced as they said, "That's right. Your boyfriend is driving such a good car. How could he bear to let you work here?"
That morning, someone ordered 20 cups of coffee for takeout from the cafe.
I took the initiative to deliver the coffee. As I looked at the address on the order slip, it showed that it was at a nearby venue.
However, after I arrived at the entrance of the venue and saw a big board standing in front of it, I realized that I shouldn't have come here.
It was clearly written on the big board that a press conference about a new book's publication held by the genius designer, Caroline Archer, would be held here today.
In less than a month, Caroline had published her design works as well as her books.
No wonder she cared so much about the design draft in my hand.
After all, once I exposed her, all of her
"efforts" would be ruined once and for all!
But since I was already here, I could only take the coffee in.
After I went in, a staff member came to pick me up, asking me to put down the coffee and leave.
Caroline was surrounded by a group of people for an interview not far away from me.
I didn't want to get involved with her. So I walked over, put down the coffee, and was about to leave. Then I heard someone on the side say, "Oh, this deliverywoman looks a lot like Miss Archer."
Everyone was staring at me after hearing what he had said.
I tried my best to lower my head.
I wanted to leave, only to be blocked by the ones who swarmed over.
Then, I heard Caroline shouting behind me, "Charlotte, is that you?"
In desperation, I could only raise my head, turn around, and look at Caroline. Then I said generously, "Yes, Caroline, are you going to tip me?"
Hearing my words, everyone knew that Caroline was a well- known designer and I, who was her younger sister, was nobody but a deliverywoman.
All kinds of comments rang around me.
Someone said, "Oh, different people have different fates. Although they have the same face, one is a designer and the other is a deliverywoman. Sure enough, comparisons are odious."
Some others said, "Caroline is so heartless. She, who is so rich, didn't arrange a job for her sister. Even if she arranged her to be her assistant, the job would be better than delivering takeout."
I heard different comments.
Of course, Caroline heard their discussions as well. She looked at me, frowning. Before she spoke, I knew that she was going to put on a show.
After that, as expected, she put on a pathetic look and said, "Yes, Of course, I will tip you. How much money do you want? I'll give it to you."
As she spoke, she asked her assistant to give me money.
Someone asked Caroline why I was just a deliverywoman.
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