"It's alright to look for a boyfriend, but you must think clearly before jumping into marriage!"
Coralie was giving advice to Felicia as someone who had weathered through such hardship in marriage.
If Coralie could choose again, she might not have dived into a marriage at such a young age. Fortunately, she had no child with Howard. Otherwise, the child would be the one suffering.
All mothers wished for their child to grow up in a healthy and happy family.
......
Coralie wanted to register for the examination, so she brought home the textbooks to study in the living room at night.
After all, if she gained a raise of 800 dollars each month, it would amount to almost ten thousand dollars a year!
Although she was with Skylar, she tried her best to spend her own money. In fact, the only time she accepted the money from him was when they first started. She even used her own money for the groceries. After all, Skylar had given her more than enough at the beginning.
The next day, when Coralie returned home, she saw several workers standing in front of the door.
They came down from the study on the second floor.
"Did you buy a new set of furniture?"
Coralie put down the bag and coat in her hand.
"I saw you studying in the living room yesterday, so I added a desk for you in the study."
Skylar embraced Coralie from behind after he got out from the car.
When he came downstairs the previous day, he saw Coralie curled up on the sofa and looking so pitiful studying on her own. He immediately ordered a desk for her to be placed in the study.
"For me?"
"Yes, let's go up and take a look."
Skylar's study was substantially spacious. Aside from the big window, it was completely surrounded by bookshelves. There was only one desk in the middle before, and now the addition of a new desk served somehow as an accompaniment. The color was slightly lighter than that of Skylar's, but the style was the same. There was even a computer of the similar model placed on the table.
"Thank you."
Coralie did not expect for Skylar to pay so much attention to this matter.
Later that night...
After brewing a cup of hot tea for Skylar, Coralie went into the study with a glass of water for herself.
This was the first time for her to use the study.
She sat facing Skylar, and it was the first time that she saw Skylar working.
Although her textbooks were in front of her, but in such a quiet study, Coralie's heart was wagging up a storm.
She held the pen in her hand and peered at Skylar from time to time.
He seemed to be reading his e-mail as he fixed his handsome eyes on the screen. Sometimes he seemed to be lost in thought, and sometimes he typed on the keyboard with his fingers, making a crisp clicking sound.
He was serious and focused.
Coralie kept staring at him for almost two hours.
Skylar finally turned his face and propped his cheek on his hand. He asked her, "Are you planning to look at me for the whole night?"
"Huh?" Surprised by the intrusion, Coralie flipped swiftly through the book in front of her and replied with a blushed face, "No, I was just taking a break."
She felt guilty when she looked at the textbook she had neglected the whole time.
Although Skylar would not be aware of the fact that she hadn't finished a page at all...
"Huh."
He looked at Coralie who was knocked to her wits' end, and the cold and hard lines on his face finally eased a little.
This was probably their happiest moment together throughout this year.
......
As time went by.
It was already April. As usual, Coralie was still going to work in Skylar's car and got off a few hundred meters away from the company.
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