Chapter4
I had never been a drinker, but I got drunk and passed out again.[]
The next morning, I was awakened by a string of urgent phone calls.
I saw it was my boss, Austin Stevens.
“Ariella, shouldn’t your vacation be over today? Why aren’t you at the office yet?”
“Sorry, Mr. Stevens. I was planning to take one more day off, but I overslept…”
“Do you remember when I mentioned opening a new market in Crawford?“[]
Half a year ago, Austin saw my potential and wanted me to be the general manager of the Crawford branch.
But the office was in Hawkin, and I carefully mentioned it to Xavier, who immediately rejected it.]
He didn’t give me any reason, just said he couldn’t accept a long–distance relationship, let alone one in another country.
He said if I decided to go, we’d break up.
I refused Austin without hesitation, choosing to stay by Xavier’s side.[]
“I remember. Didn’t you send Vincent instead? Why…“]
“Sigh, just yesterday, Vincent suddenly passed away from an illness. It really caught me off guard. I thought about it, and only you have the ability to take over the branch.“]
To be honest, I deeply regretted giving up that opportunity.[]
In the past six months, I hadn’t made much progress at the head office.
I never thought I’d get a second chance. I wasn’t going to miss it this time.
“Okay, Mr. Stevens. I’m willing to take it on. I’ll come to the office right away to discuss it.“[]
Austin gave me a lot of business documents about the Crawford market from the past six months.]
I threw myself into studying them, determined to master the business and get there as soon as possible.
After a long day, I finally went home, only to be startled by a dark figure on the couch.[]
“You’re back? Why didn’t you turn on the lights?“]
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