Seconds passed and the call was answered from the other side.
“Hello? You’re awake.”
“Yes… It was you who picked me up from the restaurant last night, right? Thank you so much.” Rosalind didn’t immediately start questioning who had changed her clothes, after all, his gesture of picking her up was well-intentioned.
“No need to thank me.”
“Was it just you who came for me last night?” Rosalind tentatively asked, “I mean, I think I was very drunk, and you managed to handle it on your own.”
She was still finding reasons to explain why she asked.
The driver broke it straightforwardly, “It was a female friend of mine who changed your clothes.”
“Ah, that’s good… uh, I mean…”
“It’s fine, you don’t need to thank me, you’ve helped me a lot too.” He had indeed let the girl go in to change Rosalind’s clothes.
After the craziness of last night, Ulric regretted it! Not for any other reason, but because… she was a married woman now, and despite his self-proclaimed fastidiousness, he ended up becoming the other man!
Morally, he couldn’t withstand the self-reproach.
So, he settled Rosalind and left the hotel.
Rosalind got her answers, exchanged a few words, and then ended the call as she still had others to respond to, to avoid them worrying about her.
As she thought about getting up for a shower, she dialed Natalie’s number, but no one answered.
Rosalind put down her phone and walked into the bathroom, only then noticing a faint pain in her lower abdomen and an uncomfortable sour feeling somewhere.
Could it be her period was about to start?
She checked her phone again, yes, it was due in a few days.
Rosalind turned on the shower and stood under the warm water, letting it wash over her body, hoping it would ease the soreness.
Suddenly-
A fragment flashed through her mind!
“Rosalind, stay alert!”
She abruptly opened her eyes, her heart seemingly stopping.
That was-Ulric’s voice!
After a moment of shock, she felt it was just a hallucination, her mind cluttered with all sorts of things.
Lately, she didn’t know what was wrong, maybe it was the reluctance to leave the country, which kept bringing Ulric to her mind.
…
Lion arrived at Zenith Corporation, furious, truly frightening Mr. Sanderson.
He hadn’t expected Rosalind to be so important to Lion.
“I sent my people here to discuss a collaboration, not to get them drunk!”
“Yes, yes, it’s all my fault.” Mr. Sanderson, seeing Lion’s urgency, could do nothing but nod and smile apologetically, “I was just too happy and didn’t think much. Then Miss Ruell honored me by drinking when I toasted. I thought she could hold her liquor, but…”
Lion glared at him sharply, “Are you suggesting my employee got greedy with the drink?”
“No, not at all!” Mr. Sanderson waved his hands earnestly, “I understand how you feel, I’m anxious too! I thought she went back to rest yesterday since she didn’t return. I had a lot to drink myself, otherwise, this wouldn’t have happened. Anyway, it’s all my responsibility, and it happened in my territory, so I must take responsibility.”
After saying this, he called a few security guards, “Go out there and find her, don’t come back until you do!”