“Freya, calm down, I told you at the beginning that it’s easy to have a stillbirth with a lot of ovulation stimulating drugs, but you insisted on taking them. What’s more, you’ve been drinking heavily for a while, so the baby is also a bit alcoholic. It should have died two days ago.”
“Dr. Lee you save him. I beg you to save him. This child is very important to me. He mustn’t be dead. He mustn’t be dead!!!”
Freya cried on the ground, and Dr. Lee apologized and said, “I’m sorry, but there’s nothing I can do about that. You can only accept the reality …”
Dr. Lee was introduced to Freya by Celeste. The original ovulation stimulating medication was also prescribed to her. Dr. Lee’s husband held an important position in Celeste’s company, so it was impossible for her to refuse what Celeste asked her to do.
Out of the gate of the hospital, Freya looked like a corpse. She sat on a chair outside the hospital, staring blankly at the ground, muttering to herself, “I can’t let anyone know that my baby is gone. I can’t let anyone know it. What should I do? What to do …”
This child was her only hope to stay in the Jones-Sharp family. Before she was desperate, but yesterday it was hard to get a little bit of a turnaround. Today she was diagnosed with stillbirth. This was unacceptable, completely unacceptable. Without the child there was no protection, so she must come up with a way to save her life …
Bella rested for half a month and finally adjusted her state. Looking at her uncle who got up early every morning to earn money to support the family, she felt that she should also contribute to this family.
It was time to let those hurts go and also time to start a new life.
That night, as the family gathered around for dinner, she said, “Uncle, don’t you know a leader who works at the police station?”
“Yeah, what’s up?”
“So can you get him to change the name of my ID card?”
“Why did you change your name?”
My uncle and aunt asked in unison.
“I want to go out to work.”
“Do you need to change your name for work?”
She sighed, “I want to make a complete end with the past. I don’t want to live as Bella anymore.”
Mika giggled, “It’s because you don’t want those people who knew you in the past to find you, right?”
She didn’t deny it and she did have a reason for that.
“Okay, I’ll talk to him tomorrow then. It shouldn’t be too hard.”
“Good.”
After eating dinner, Bella handed a card to her uncle, “There’s some money in here. You can take it tomorrow and use it.”
“You take it yourself. Why do I need your money?”
“Doing things definitely need to use money, and aunt to take medicine also needs money. You just take it. I’m always a freeload here. I also feel bad.”
Armand saw her persistence and had to take it. Next, Bella began to post her resume online. She submitted her resume to a few large enterprises and then patiently wait for the notice.
Two days later, the matter handed over to her uncle was officially completed. Thus, Bella also officially changed her name to Haley Finger, adopting her mother’s surname.
A long time ago she wanted to change her name because the surname of Burne-Brown made her feel shame. Now, she finally could summon up the courage to completely say goodbye to the past.
In this world, there was no Bella. Her future life would be taken over by Haley.
Two of the four companies that received her resumes called her and asked her to go for an interview, and she picked out one of the more satisfactory, the Gold Group.
The projects operated by this company were quite similar to the Jones-Sharp Group. Having assisted Kevin for a while, she felt that she had a higher hope of being hired.
Receiving the interview notice, Bella was very happy. Her uncle and aunt were also very happy. Her aunt said, “Bella, I’ll go with you to the mall to buy some new clothes tomorrow. You must dress beautifully for the interview.”
“Okay.”
Bella agreed. When she left Jones-Sharp’s house, she brought almost nothing with her, only some of her treasured books, and all those expensive clothes that Kevin bought for her were left at home.
Auntie said that she was stupid as she didn’t want money. She should at least bring some jewelry or clothes or something, but she didn’t regret it at all. She felt that for a man whose self-esteem was completely trampled, there was nothing more important than guarding her self-esteem.
Moreover, she did not bring jewelry. She brought a bracelet, but unfortunately, that bracelet was too worthless. She and Kevin spent eight fifty cents to buy it on the stall on King Hills. If it was thrown on the road, no one would pick it up. But for her, it was the best memories during the dark days.
On the day of the interview, Bella wore a pink professional dress and put on delicate light makeup, and when she came out of the room, her aunt praised her vigorously, “Look, our Bella is dressed up. What a beauty!”
After half a month of psychological adjustments, she looked better and better. Except for being sad at late night occasionally, she was trying to maintain an optimistic attitude the rest of the time.
After breakfast, her aunt walked her to the door, straightened her clothes for her, and said with a smile, “Waiting for your good news.”
“Well, I’m going to make it!”
Saying goodbye to her aunt, she embarked on a job-seeking path with full confidence in her pocket. It was reasonable to say that she had a teaching certificate, so she could have found a job as a teacher. But she didn’t. The reason was simple that what she had experienced in Bella’s life she didn’t want to experience again. She was now living the life of Haley.
When she arrived at the place for the interview, she looked at the towering building in front of her and was nervous. It seemed to be a big company.
After arriving at the front desk and explaining that it was her intention, the lady at the front desk pointed to the lift, “The conference room is on the ninth floor. Today’s interview will be held there.”
“Okay, thanks.”
“You’re welcome.”
Bella turned around. Skimming the lift door just about to close, she raced over, “Hey wait a minute.”
Entering the lift, there was only a man inside, aged twenty-eight or twenty-nine, very eye-catching, but unfortunately aloof.
He was wearing a casual outfit, with both hands only in the pockets of his jeans, a man with a single eyelid, and when he saw Bella come in, he just slanted indifferently.
As the lift slowly ascended, Bella was a little nervous. The previous confidence might be gone outside the lift door. In order to relieve tension, she turned to the man beside her and smiled, taking the initiative to ask, “You are also here for the interview, right?”
Seeing that he was probably not dressed as a company employee, she thought naturally that he was an interviewee like her.
The man was startled and didn’t say anything but nodded.
“You’re pretty calm. I’m going to be a little nervous here.”
She smiled again and tapped her chest, “But … I’m going to get the job.”
“Just do your best.”
The man finally spoke and his voice was beautiful.
“Thanks. I’ll buy you dinner if I get the interview.”
In such a tense atmosphere, with the same competitor, he was able to comfort her, and Bella was so grateful.
The life dinged stopped on the ninth floor, and she leaned to one side, said to the man, and made a fist, “Go for it.”
“Cheer up.”
The man, still looking noble and lazy, was the first to exit the lift.
Before entering the conference room, Bella took a deep breath. She had been teaching at the school since graduating from college, and this was her first interview. She told herself she could do it!
She pushed open the door and there were already several people sitting in there who came to the interview just like her. Just … where was that calm guy earlier?”
Although very confused, she didn’t care so much. She sat back and waited for the interviewers.
After about ten minutes of waiting, the meeting room door was pushed open and four interviewers walked in one after another and sat on the corresponding seats. Bella looked up and almost did not jump in shock. Didn’t that … guy go to an interview? How did he become an interviewer?
She stared at the signage of marketing director: Quintin Stock and was so embarrassed. What did she just say? Why didn’t she remember any of this? …
Quintin was the only man among the four interviewers who wasn’t wearing a suit, and it seemed that he had a pivotal position in this company and could be free of any constraints.
Bella saw him smiling at her. She had been already nervous, but after that, she was even more nervous.
A few interviewers began to put forward tricky and odd questions. Bella answered in a daze and didn’t know whether the answer was right or wrong. Anyway, she felt that she had no hope.
How stupid she was! She even mistook the marketing director as a job applicant to the interview. Quintin must feel that her discriminating ability was too poor.
The interview was over, and the first name to be announced on the spot for the accepted quota, “Haley.”
Bella raised her head in horror, unable to believe her hearing. Did she get the job? No way. …
Six people were interviewed and three of them were accepted. The three who were not accepted got up and bowed and left. Only then did Bella accept the fact that she was hired.
“Congratulations to the three of you for joining us and becoming part of our company. Report to the company tomorrow morning at eight o’clock. Someone will assign you to the appropriate department …”
Bella was dizzy until the interviewer finished and then she got up to follow the two men who had become her co-workers and were ready to leave.
“The one in the pink dress, wait a minute.”
Her heart thudded. Thinking the voice was quite familiar, she turned back woodenly, pointing at herself with a smile and asking, “Me?”
“Who else here wears pink but you?” Quintin crooked his finger, “Come here.”
She walked over in embarrassment, “What else is there?”
She didn’t know if it was an illusion or not, but why did she think that the guy’s eyes were a bit wicked …
Quintin wrapped his hands around her chest to measure her and got out, “Buy me dinner.”