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Johanna felt Theron’s tone towards her was not as harsh as yesterday. She pursed her lips, showing a faint smile, “Great, I really hope to get the job smoothly so I can settle down quickly.”
Watching her like that, Theron felt that Lizzie did have some strengths over Johanna, but Johanna, who persevered through difficulties, bore children for Efren and continued the family line, was also not easy.
The next day, Theron took Johanna to Ontalita Bookstore.
Chaim used to work as a clerk in the military, but later on, he got out and started working at a bookstore.
He saw Theron, greeted him, and their friendship was instantly rekindled, as if they were back in the army together three years ago.
After exchanging greetings, Chaim looked at Johanna standing next to Theron.
“Is this your wife?”
“No,” Theron denied.
Johanna pursed her lips.
Theron asked, “How was the translation draft I asked you to look ate day before yesterday? When can we schedule the work?”
Chaim looked hesitant, he didn’t know that the paper was translated by Johanna, because he was close to Theron, he said directly, “Mr. Howland, this translation… probably doesn’t meet our requirements. There are many basic grammar mistakes, obviously not very familiar
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with Latin, let alone translating high–difficulty documents like academic journals. Currently not capable of handling this job.“.
Theron’s eyebrows furrowed immediately, he didn’t believe the
outcome.
“Chaim, did you make a mistake? I know that friend’s level, she often reads foreign books, her foundation should be very solid.”
Johanna stood to the side, her cheeks turning bright red in an instant. When Fredrick said she couldn’t do it before, she thought Lizzie was deliberately teaming up with him to suppress her.
Originally, it wasn’t Lizzie messing things up, it was really just her own lack of skills.
-The embarrassment of being rejected surged up again at this moment, burning her with shame.
Theron had a few more things to say for Johanna.
Just then, there was a hearty laugh outside the bookstore, “Chaim, you’ve been talking about wanting to meet the ace translator in my hands, right? Well, I brought him to you today!”
In the middle of the conversation, Lizzie was pushed in by Fredrick.
Lizzie had a stack of translated manuscripts in her hand. She had already translated 30 manuscripts by today.
As long as she passed the review, she could officially become an “advanced translator“.
Fredrick had a satisfied smile on his face, obviously confident in Lizzie’s achievements.
Just, when he saw Theron and Johanna, his smile froze a bit.
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He then looked at them with a strange expression on his face.
Johanna’s face turned even redder and purple, she once again threw her face in front of Lizzie!
Chaim’s attention was totally on Fredrick and Lizzie, didn’t notice Theron and Johanna’s awkwardness.
“Ms. Trevino, finally met you in person!”
Chaim’s voice was filled with undisguised joy, “Fredrick didn’t hesitate to praise you to me, saying you’re a rare talent in our city!”
He greeted Fredrick and didn’t ignore Theron. “Mr. Howland, can you believe this coincidence? Ms. Trevino has the same name as Mr. Trevino’s sister.”
“I’m Aedan’s sister,” Lizzie said, with a slight smile, looking calmly at Chaim, not giving any attention to Theron.
Chaim’s smile froze for a moment.
He quickly glanced between Lizzie and Theron, a flicker of confusion in his eyes.
He got out of the army early and never met Aedan’s sister, but later heard that Theron was dating her.
Now they look like strangers.
Chaim had been in this position for a long time, his ability to read between the lines was top–notch, and he immediately knew that something was wrong in their relationship.
He quickly hid his surprise in his eyes and smoothly changed the subject, “Fredrick, you and Ms. Trevino must be tired from the journey. Give me Ms. Trevino’s draft first, then you two can sit in my
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office for a while, have a drink, and I’ll be there after seeing off the guests.”
Fredrick nodded and pushed Lizzie’s wheelchair towards the office in the inner room.
Theron stood still, not moving.
Johanna noticed that Theron’s eyes were glued to Lizzie the whole time!
Her fingers hanging by her side, nails almost digging into the palm.
Chaim had turned around and politely said to the two of them, “Mr. Howland, Johanna, I’ll walk you out.”
Three of them reached the door, Chaim was ready to go back, but Johanna’s steps suddenly stopped.
She suddenly turned around, her eyes slightly red, “Chaim, Lizzie is just a middle school graduate, and she can do translation work well. I at least graduated from high school, how could I be worse than her?”
After Johanna finished speaking, she bit her lip.
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