Chapter 59 In that moment, his heart was twisted like a knife (1)
were Darrin and Rose.
The two of them walked side by side on the square corridor of the food court, talking and laughing.
Darrin flipped his phone with one hand, scanning the surrounding restaurants, and then held the phone up to Rose’s eyes, seemingly asking her to make a choice.
Rose shook her head and took a bite of the candy butterfly in her hand.
It was a butterfly…
Ab bie felt particularly dazzling.
Only she, who grew up with Darrin, knew that he really liked butterflies.
In his house, there were several large volumes, all of which were specimens he had made by himself by going to the wild during his holidays.
She once pleaded with him to give her a book.
But Darrin was very stingy, he wouldn’t even give her one, let alone a whole book.
Ab bie then coquettishly asked him to give her butterfly jewelry.
He simply and directly gave her three words: “Buy it yourself.”
But now, he bought a sugar painting butterfly for Rose, so big, as big as a phoenix, obviously specially instructed by the sugar painting
master.
Finally, the two of them arrived outside a barbecue restaurant.
Ab bie clearly saw Darrin frown.
But when Rose said something, he immediately laughed and the two of them walked into the store together.
Ab bie’s hand, holding the cup, had bulging veins.
She knew that Darrin hated the smell of cooking oil and usually had a light diet. He didn’t like food that was heavy in oil and salt.
In order to cater to his preferences, she always specifically instructed not to have hot pot or barbecue every time they had team building activities.
Who would have thought that he actually followed Rose into a barbecue restaurant on the street!
There were a row of refrigerators placed outside the barbecue restaurant, containing various skewers.
In no time, Ab bie saw Darrin walking out alone and picking and choosing on the outside table. He selected a basket that he thought was not too dirty.
Then he rolled up his sleeves and started to open the freezer to get some food.
He was holding something while looking towards the store, as if he was discussing something with Rose inside.
Ab bie didn’t want to cry, but she eventually ended up lying on the
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table.
Lucy sat across from her, too shocked to say a word.
At this moment, any words are pale, as the fact is like a slap, hitting the face heavily.
But what Lucy was even more afraid of was that Darrin would catch on to their plan and target her because of something Rose might say.
Ab bie could have promoted her, but Darrin could have directly fired her.
Ab bie had cried enough.
I sat up, tidied myself up, and then with a fierce gleam in my eyes, I said to Lucy, “What I just saw, don’t tell anyone!”
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“Did you hear? Rose from the Entertainment Department is coming to our department.”
“What? What misfortune did our department bring upon ourselves?”
“Do all the relationship holders try to bribe the finance department?”
“Oh no, oh no, the finance sector is going to become the bottom of Flourish Media…”
“Don’t worry about the department, focus on everyone’s performance!”
“Why?”
“Don’t you know? Rose is in the entertainment department, known as the performance harvester! The best resources in the department are
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always given to her first. Previously, she had Judson’s reports,
interviewed Hector, and later it was Maverick… With her around, well, we can just have the leftovers.”
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“Why? What qualifications does she have?”
“Face, you had such a face, whatever resources you wanted, you had them.”
“I would like to see what face she has to come to our department and compete with us!”
“I don’t believe Ab bie could tolerate her mischief…”
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The finance department was noisy, but Rose still came in the end.
She was led by the personnel and greeted each person in the department one by one.
Everyone in the finance department was also a talented actor.
The previous complaints were so intense, but now they are so attentive to Rose’s laughter.
Ab bie walked out of the office and glanced at the work area.
“Rose came?” There was no extra expression on her face. “Um, Lily, could you show the newcomer around?”
The editor named Lily stood up and looked around with a troubled expression. “But Ab bie, we don’t have any available seats here.”
“It’s okay, isn’t there a table over there?” Ab bie casually pointed to the
front of her office.
There, there was a dusty little table, cold and lonely, completely out of place with its surroundings.
Although everyone in the finance department buried their heads.
But Rose still saw them laughing…..
Since she had come to someone else’s territory, Rose could only accept the situation and make the best of it.
Last night during dinner, Darrin asked her, “What would you do if you were in a difficult situation?”
Rose’s business ability goes without saying, but she has not experienced the setbacks of the workplace.
Some of the dark secrets in the office, often not grandiose or earth- shattering, can reveal the darkest part of human nature.
In the entertainment club, Lakisha at least stood up for her, and Lucy also somewhat restrained herself.
But the finance department…..
“Was I really that troubled?” Rose nonchalantly gnawed on a piece of spare rib, her murmurs drifting in the evening’s lingering glow.
“I couldn’t have gotten any lower…..”
She had already fallen so low, buried in the dust, that there was nothing difficult enough to truly defeat her.
“Actually, actually…” Darrin hesitated to speak, “Back then, our family also wanted to adopt you…”
However, the Roach family had a strong attitude, while the Carroll family only had Darrin’s insistence.
When the Edwards family had an accident, he went to the hospital to see Rose and was discovered by Judson, who punched the ground.
“Stay away from her.” He looked down on Darrin from above, sneering arrogantly. “Remember how you deceived her and left her at the milk tea shop. Even your own parents were too ashamed to come and ask for her. What right do you have to come here?”
Later, Rose was discharged from the hospital and Darrin found out that Judson had gone to boarding school. He went to wait for her outside her school.
However, she no longer remembered him…
“Rose, when you were a child, your parents used to often entrust you to me for care,” Darrin found an opportunity to get to know her and told her.
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But Rose’s eyes were only filled with vigilance and caution.
“Is that so? Why?”
“Because my family started out by doing financial and economic news,” Darrin patiently explained, “we have a deep collaboration with Autao Finance. Some authoritative news, we have to confirm through Autao Finance. Similarly, they also need to obtain some information from us.”
Rose’s face had eased up a lot.
“Oh, really?” she became more enthusiastic towards him, “Can you tell me about my parents then?”
There was a period of time when he would wait for her outside her school every day after class.
Darrin told her about the glorious achievements of Autao Finance in the past and what he knew about her and her parents’ relationship.
“Autao Finance has a great influence in the domestic financial sector. If Rose grows up and wants to work in the news media industry, she can come to Flourish Media, and we will give her the finance section. The earliest Flourish Finance, and your family’s stake in it… can be considered as returning to its original owner.”
But now, she is going to work in the finance department.
Darrin, however, was unable to fulfill his past promises.
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The territory that originally belonged to her has now been occupied by
others.
Darrin always remembered that Friday when he picked up Rose from school as usual.
But outside of school, I ran into Judson.
He stood in front of the car, looking at Rose standing beside him with a gloomy expression, and called out to her, “Rose, come here.”
Rose even forgot to say a simple goodbye.
Without any hesitation, she ran towards Judson like a butterfly that couldn’t be held back, and threw herself in front of Judson, following him onto the car.
When the car drove past Darrin, he heard Rose apologizing to Judson inside the car, “Judson, don’t be angry. Rose will never talk to him again. Please don’t ignore me…..’
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The exact same words, the exact same tone…
In that moment, Darrin’s heart was being twisted like a knife.
