After Wern answered the call, she immediately said, “Mr. Wern, I received your email. I didn’t mind what happened that day because it had no negative influence on me. But as your business partner, I must say a few things to you.”
Her polite but cold tone made Wern both relieved and a little worried. He said, “I’m relieved that you don’t mind it. And please say whatever you want to say.”
“No offense, but I am first a woman and then a businesswoman, so I want to remind you that a girl’s love is precious. If you can’t be loyal and responsible to a girl, you shouldn’t start a relationship with her. Or you will only break her heart and ruin her whole-hearted love.”
Estelle thought of what happened in the restaurant that night and said softly, “I think your fiancée must love you very much. It will be such a pity if you break her heart.”
“Well….” Wern was a little awkward when he heard that and stuttered, “I… I’ll think about it.” Having been a playboy for a long time, he couldn’t change his nature even though he had a fiancée. When he met Estelle, who was beautiful and sweet, he was attracted to her. But it wasn’t until now that he realized he was engaged.
Estelle didn’t intend to meddle with Wern’s private life, so she brought up their cooperation again. “Uhm, I said this to you because I think it will benefit our cooperation. Mr. Wern, my secretary, has sent our design drafts to your company email. Please get in touch with me if you have any problem with them, and I will modify the design according to your requirements.”
She only said she would change her design but didn’t intend to meet him. Besides, she talked more coldly than she did in the café. As a famous playboy, Wern was sensitive to women’s emotions, so he suddenly became embarrassed.
“I’m sorry.” He apologized to Estelle again for the inconvenience he caused her. Then he explained, “But I don’t think I’ll have a chance to give you any suggestions. Actually, my work here has been finished. My other colleagues will contact you for future cooperation.”
Feeling relieved, Estelle said politely, “Okay. I’ll let my secretary contact your colleague on time. I’m happy to work with you, and I wish you all the best.”
Attractive as Wern thought he was, he sighed after Estelle showed no interest in him, “Thank you. Actually, I’ve been promoted. I’ll leave Hadale because my company wants me to work in the headquarters. The only pity is that I can’t see how the jewelry is produced.”
“Congratulations! I wish you a safe flight. I will show your colleagues the detailed information about the jewelry design, so you don’t need to worry.” Estelle could read between the lines, but she deliberately ignored his hints.
Finally, Wern stopped humiliating himself and hung up after saying goodbye to her. And Estelle felt all her stress disappear after solving the big problem. Then she walked to Christina, put the coat on her body, and continued working by her side over her phone.
That afternoon, Cristofer didn’t work overtime, which was rare. Previously, when he was working, all he thought of were Estelle and the children. Once it was time to leave work, he stopped working and arrived in front of the reception room on time. Then he smiled and said to them, “Let’s go home.”
Cristofer’s leg had almost recovered, so he had no problem driving. Later, after they arrived at the parking lot, Cristofer helped Estelle put the children into the child car seats and opened the front door for Estelle. He then said to Estelle gently, “Lady first.”
“Thank you.” Estelle fastened her seatbelt after sitting on the seat, not being coy.
On their way home, Yohan kept talking with Cristofer about what he saw and learned in the company this afternoon. “Dad, I heard from the executives that your company would import many raw stones, and you disagreed on the route with the executives. Can you tell me some more details? I don’t think it makes much of a difference in terms of the cost.”
As a primary school student, Yohan was very confident. He wasn’t scared to talk to many successful people and could listen carefully to their introduction and provide his own opinion. The only thing he was a little confused about was the problem with the raw stones.
“Of course.” Cristofer was proud that Yohan was interested in business plans, saying, “When I was your age, I was also very curious.”
The company wasn’t far away from their home. Cristofer explained the raw stones to Yohan in as much detail as possible while driving. “You must have learned some geography at school and know there are two shipping routes from Africa to our country.”
He could see the talent in Yohan, so he was willing to teach him more, even including some trivial things. Meanwhile, Yohan listened to him enthusiastically. Compared to him, Yvonne and Christina, who were much younger, weren’t interested in business at all.
While they were to start dividing the snacks eagerly, Yvonne said to Christina happily, “This is the jelly. And this is chips and your favorite chocolate.”
All the female staff in Cristofer’s company liked Yvonne, so after they hugged her, they eagerly gave her many snacks, filling her pockets and her hat. Her satchel was like a treasure box, and bags of food had fallen out when she opened it.
When Estelle saw this, she first wanted to persuade Yvonne to eat fewer snacks so that she wouldn’t get cavities, but when she saw that Christina was also very excited, she gave up the idea of raining on her parade. Then she compromised and said to the girls, “After we get home, remember to play for a while before you have dinner.”
“Don’t worry,” Yvonne said to Estelle while giving the snacks to Christina. Then they happily ate the snacks and got their faces dirty. If Yohan had seen this before, he would have quickly stopped them. But now he was listening to Cristofer carefully and didn’t notice what his sisters were doing until Yvonne gave him a bar of chocolate.
Surprised, Yohan reached out his hands to take a tissue, trying to help Yvonne wipe her hands clean. But Yvonne directly put the chocolate in his hands and explained, “We are dividing the snacks. Come on, have a taste of the chocolate. It’s delicious.”
Looking at her hands stained with a streak of grease and sugar and at the tissue he took, Yohan gave up and then put the chocolate into his mouth. He munched and said, “Mom, Yvonne’s hands are so dirty. I don’t think I can clean them with the tissue. We should wash her hands at home.”