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.”

asked, “What kind of work? Can you tell

him, “I’m writing a script.”

“What kind of

simply replied, “A TV script.”

response brief and

“Can you tell me more? After all the time we’ve worked together,

herself, she turned the conversation to Ben, “That’s all with my work, nothing much to say. Ben, where are you working

start–up. Would you be interested? If you want, I could help you get a

I really like my current job.”

started another topic again, “I heard you’re pregnant. How many months are you? When’s

Cornelia answered, “March.”

working? Have you

about his personality and the way he spoke from their time working together. This

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