They’d spend Christmas Eve together, and as soon as the midnight bells chimed, they’d be the first to wish each other well. But now, the person celebrating Christmas with her had changed.

Everything from before was in the past.

As Cornelia reminisced, the midnight bells rang once again. At the same time, Cornelia’s phone buzzed. She thought it would be a message from Abigail and Zack, but the name on the screen read ‘Ben‘.

After the collapse of the Hartley Group and the news of Marcus‘ death, Ben had disappeared. Cornelia didn’t expect him to call at this moment. She picked up. “Merry Christmas, Ben!”

Ben replied, “Merry Christmas, Cornelia! It’s been a while, how are you?”

Cornelia answered briefly, “I’m good. You?”

Ben replied, “I’m good too.”

Then, they fell into silence. Ben tried to break the silence, “What have you been up to?”

Cornelia answered, “Work.”

“What kind of work?

“I’m writing a

“What kind

simply replied, “A TV

brief and

After all the time we’ve worked together, we can’t be that

Cornelia didn’t want to talk about herself, she turned the conversation to Ben, “That’s all

be interested? If

laughed, “No need, I really like my

they fell into silence again. Ben started another topic again, “I heard you’re pregnant. How many months are you? When’s the due date?”

Cornelia answered, “March.”

working? Have

way he spoke from their time working together. This concern didn’t

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