Yvonne’s onboarding went smoothly. She had strong work abilities and a gentle demeanor, quickly integrating into the Sheppard Group’s Department of Design.
However, Yvonne played with the flowers on the table and sighed with some distress.
The colleague next to Yvonne heard her sigh and asked, “Did someone send you flowers again? If I had someone sending me flowers every day, I wouldn’t be sighing like you.”
Yvonne took out two roses and handed them over, “I hope you can also get out of singlehood soon.”
Yvonne’s worry was not about having a suitor sending flowers, but that this suitor was Mar- quis, who was also her current boss. This added another layer to their relationship, which made Yvonne a little concerned.
On one hand, she was not in the mood for dating because of Colin’s situation, and on the oth- er hand, she was afraid of pursuing a relationship being discovered, and their leader–subordi- nate relationship would be gossiped about by other employees.
“Yvonne, can we have dinner together tonight?” Yvonne received another invitation from Marquis.
Before receiving the message, Yvonne always directly refused.
However, today Yvonne deleted the message rejecting the chat invitation and replied with a simple “Okay.”
Marquis on the other side replied instantly, and Yvonne could tell from his texts how excited
he was.
“I made a reservation at a restaurant, how about Italian food?”
“Sure.”
Yvonne agreed to Marquis‘ invitation because she wanted to take the opportunity to clarify
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things between them.
When Yvonne arrived at the restaurant, Marquis had already been there,
The waiter led Yvonne to her seat, and Marquis handed a bouquet of flowers to Yvonne. “I
saw you giving the roses to someone else today. Don’t you like them?”
Yvonne lowered her head and gently sniffed the beautifully packaged jasmine.
“No, I didn’t like the flowers.”
“Where is the person who sent the flowers?”
Yvonne was asked a question and took a long time to respond.
“Marquis, I felt like we weren’t compatible.”
“Yvonne, I was serious about you.”
Yvonne couldn’t give Marquis an answer, she just remained silent.
Marquis was a qualified pursuer, who would send fresh flowers and various gifts mixed with love letters every day.
Although he was ambitious, he did not show any exceptional actions in the company.
He was moderate and had proper manners in both advance and retreat.
The two of them remained silent, with only the sound of the violin in the restaurant filling their ears.
“Let’s eat first.”
In the end, it was Marquis who broke the silence.
Yvonne was feeling a bit frustrated, she didn’t eat much of her food but instead drank quite a bit of alcohol, feeling slightly tipsy.
Marquis took Yvonne’s glass and whispered, “Don’t drink anymore, you’ll get drunk later.”
After drinking a little, Yvonne finally let out the grievances that had been weighing on her
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heart.
“I thought I had already forgotten about him, why does my heart still ache?”
“How did he treat you?”
Marquis was puzzled by who “he” was in Yvonne’s mouth.
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Yvonne drank until slightly tipsy, muttering, “It was my fault for clinging to him for so long, but I have let go since I lost my memory.”
“Why didn’t you listen to my explanation before pushing me into the water? Why did you be- lieve it was my fault just by hearing her side of the story?”
Yvonne spoke while revealing the burn scars that, although healed, still looked somewhat fierce.
Marquis looked at the scar, his pupils uncontrollably dilating, his fingers trembling as he touched Yvonne’s scar.
From Yvonne’s few words, Marquis could also infer roughly.
It is estimated that Yvonne had encountered a scumbag before, which broke her heart, lead- ing her to reject his advances multiple times.
Marquis was full of heartache; he lowered his head and kissed Yvonne’s scar.
“Yvonne, I made you completely let go of him and accept me.”
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