She half sat up and glared at him hard, “Neal Williams, I’m your wife! You’ve gone too far in treating me like this!”
Neal Williams grunted and laughed, looking down at her with a leisurely glance, “My wife? You went to a lot of trouble to get the position of Mrs. Jiang. How’s that? How does it feel to sit in this position?”
“You … you did it on purpose? You’ve had this day in mind since the day you agreed to marry me, haven’t you?!” Penny Brown screamed.
“It’s too late to know that now.” Neal Williams’ almost sympathetic eyes admired the breakdown on her face, “Penny Brown, you’ve pined away after not seeing you for a month. There seems to be a few more wrinkles on your face.”
She was stunned and her face went white.
The hand trembled and caressed his cheek, “No … it can’t be … I can’t be old!”
She’s young!
Haven’t done anything yet! Not enjoying married life, not being a mom, not watching your kids grow up …
Neal Williams no longer want to stay to go, pull open the door and ready to leave. penny brown suddenly rushed up, from behind to hold him firmly, “Neal, do not go … I beg you, please stay, OK?”
He frowned and broke her fingers without mercy, “Penny Brown, you’ve had enough!”
“No! I forbid you to go!” She went back up, even around him, and turned in front of him, her eyes full of pleading and pleasing, “I apologize! I shouldn’t have forced you to marry me before, now I apologize, okay Neal, let’s start over, okay? Let’s have a child … child can enhance the relationship …”
This moment of Penny Brown, extremely pathetic.
However, this step, it is her own choice. He really can’t sympathize.
“I’m sorry, but I’m not interested in having a baby with you.” Neal Williams unceremoniously broke her hand away, his eyes never rising and falling with any emotion at all, “If pressed by my family, you could have told them that I never even touched you. Later …”
He paused slightly and spoke again, his tone a little heavier, “Much less touch you!”
Her whole body was shaken on the spot. The door was pulled open and slammed mercilessly. He, without a thought, left.
A cold chill ran from the bottom of the feet directly into the heart. She cried so much that her body was shaking, and still felt no relief, grabbing the bottle on the bar and slamming it on the heavy door with a bang.
The fragmented debris, Biao all over the ground.
Stunned, she looked at the pieces and fell to the ground crying in despair. Such a life, I’m afraid, is a hundred times more painful than being locked in hell, a thousand times …
Anyone of your own choosing, even Lewis Brown, would not have ended up where they are today.
Sitting in the car, Neal Williams took out the brocade box from his pocket. The heart’s thoughts suddenly grew wildly, like wisteria vines, a root out of his heart, tightening his heart, making it difficult for him to even breathe.
Two years have passed …
She hasn’t come back yet. Maybe … will never come back in this life …
Every once in a while, he would park his car underneath that block. And then, like the father once, sitting there looking up at a window in a daze. Many times, a sitting is a whole night …
He looked forward to the day when that window would light up with a tiny light. But, two years …
Not once.
Maybe …
This jade bracelet and this ring, really can no longer wait for their owners …
The following day.
The whole city, the sun is just right.
At the airport, the plane of international flight slowly landed. The young woman sitting at the window, in a sharp orange professional suit, her long hair pulled up and coiled behind her head with a simple hairpin. Occasionally, a few fine hairs fall down, outlining her small, snow-white face. She looked out of the window in a daze.
After two years of absence, everything, it seems to be little change, but, it seems to have all changed …
Whether the heart has changed or the scenery has changed, she can’t say for herself.
“This passenger, you may remove your seat belt and disembark the aircraft. Please be careful.” The flight attendant came to remind her, and only then she snapped back to her senses. Only then did she realize that all the passengers on the plane were gone and she was the only one left sitting there. Looking outside the cabin, everyone was standing on the car waiting for her alone.
“Excuse me.” Busy sharp unbuckle the seat belt, carry the computer hurriedly down the plane. Squeezing into the crowd, standing inside the car, busy flipping the phone out and inserting the sim card used two years ago – good thing, it had been charged in advance while abroad.
The card was inserted into the slot and the phone turned on smoothly. She quickly searched for her boss’s phone number from the phone book, flipping through the numbers one by one, and suddenly, the action stopped. After two years, this string of numbers she had thought was completely unfamiliar, but only now did she realize that something remained in her memory, and as soon as she touched it, she remembered it all with little effort.
How is he … doing now?
Two years is not a long time to say that maybe … he has started a new life …
Don’t want to think about it anymore, fingers continue to swipe down quickly and accurately find the boss’s phone number to dial over.
“Hello.”
“Yes, I’m already here, just got off the plane.”
“2:30 p. m., is that right? No problem … Yes, that’s right, I’ve read the proposal given by the other party, and I will talk more about the specific situation with the other party when we meet. So, can you ask this financial company is …”
Before the question was finished, the boss had already given her an accurate answer. Hearing that familiar word, she was confused for a while.
“Miss Jones, are you all right?” Hearing that she didn’t make a sound for a long time over here, the female boss asked a follow-up question. Busy coming back to her senses, she smiled slightly and immediately returned to normal, “Sorry, because IG company happens to be the place where I used to work in China, so I just got a little excited to hear it.”
“Is that so? Such a coincidence, it’s really fate then. It looks like this afternoon is the time for you to catch up with your previous boss.”
Andrea Jones tightened her grip on the phone and asked as calmly as she could, “Will he be at the afternoon meeting …?”
“That’s a given.” The lady boss laughed, “Hearing this tone of voice, you seem to be very nervous. What? Was your previous boss a very harsh person? You know me, I don’t really like to work with people who are too old-fashioned.”
“Don’t worry, the other side isn’t curmudgeonly at all.” Andrea Jones, not sure why she was that eager, explained, “Meet and learn, you’ll love that team. I promise!”
The other party smiled brightly, “You are my financial advisor, your words, I believe!”
Hanging up the phone, Andrea Jones stood in the car, lurching with the swaying of the car. Thoughts followed and became confused.
In the past two years, I worked for my boss while studying in New York, starting from the most insignificant employee and now I am a member of the advisory board. I have traveled to more than a dozen countries and cities, and this time, I returned to my hometown.
When she got the job in New York, she tried very hard to stay calm, but that night, she stayed up all night. She dreamed over and over again about that man.
However, she still never expected that the company her boss was working with would be the IG company. And, this afternoon … they might meet up …
Realizing this, inexplicably became a little nervous. Originally intended to just meet up with the boss, but when I got into a cab, I still changed direction and went straight back to the neighborhood where I used to live.
After a long flight, at this moment she, face obviously have tired look. The coiled hair is also a bit disheveled.
This is a terrible look!
She glared at her tired self in the glasses with disgust. Quickly flipped out a light yellow suit and changed into it. The bright color made her look younger as well. After ruffling the water and washing her face, she rubbed on her skin care products and began to apply her makeup skillfully. In the past two years, her life in New York has made her accustomed to a tense rhythm, and when she is busy again, she will take care of things in an orderly manner.
After putting on makeup, through the mirror, looking at the weary look completely covered, has been bright spirit of the woman, a slight light smile. So, you still care about this meeting like this …
So, what about him?
How would he feel if he knew he would see himself this afternoon?
In the past two years, he has changed a lot. How is he, again?
In the afternoon, at 2:30, Neal Williams walked out of the office with his bags, followed by Marshall Johnson and Zoey Baker. Walking downstairs, Marshall Johnson went to the car, while Zoey Baker and Neal Williams stood on the marble floor in front of the building.
Zoey Baker looked down at the time and asked Neal Williams, “Mrs. Ning from New York will be at the office in a few minutes, do you want to say hello before you leave?”
Neal Williams raised his wrist to check the time, by this time Marshall Johnson had driven up, he handed him his luggage and said with Zoey Baker, “No need, Garret Miller is ready, let’s go.”
“Good.” Zoey Baker pulled the car door open for him and he leaned over and got in.
Neal Williams’ car, pulling out from the right side of the building, and another car, slowly pulling in from the left side of the building.
Two cars, just missed each other, and neither one ever saw the other.
With the computer in her lap, Andrea Jones curled up with both hands, holding her knees. When she reached the first floor of the IG building, she forced herself not to look into it immediately. On the side, Mrs. Ning looked at her with a smile, “What’s wrong with you?”
“Hmm?” Andrea Jones looked at her in disbelief.
“Is it my illusion? It feels like you’re especially nervous today. No, not only are you nervous, but you’re prettier than usual.”
Andrea Jones smiled faintly, “Really?”
Andrea Jones and her boss came out on either side and waited for a moment until Mrs. Ning came to the front before she walked into the building with the other people she had brought with her. She looked away as much as she could, telling herself over and over that she was here to work. She was a professional financial advisor and had to concentrate on her job.
Mrs. Ning looked at her and couldn’t help but laugh, lowering her head and speaking to her quietly, “It’s the truth, was it a relationship with a staff member here before going to New York?”
Andrea Jones was stunned, but couldn’t deny it, so she just nodded gently.
“A woman who pleases herself, tsk, that’s really not a bad thing to say.” Mrs. Ning, who was never a curmudgeon, was envious of these young people’s feelings and squeezed her eyes mischievously, “If this project is successful, you’ll probably need to stay here for a few months. If you really still have feelings, why don’t you try again with him.”
Before Andrea Jones could say anything, she shook her head again and said, “Look, I forgot – if you really make up with someone, you can still accompany me back to work in New York? I don’t want to be without one of my advisors. I’ll tell you what, I’ll find you a Chinese in New York, I’ll make sure it’s not worse than your old one.”
Andrea Jones smiled lightly and joked with her as well, “Then that’s what you said, you can’t forget it.”
Three points.
Meeting on time.