Chapter 12

Ellinor had swapped her top for a guy’s T-shirt. Feeling a bit cold due to the open car window, she decided to also wear the suit jacket that the man just draped over her.

“I heard that you lost your job?”

While aimlessly staring out of the car window, Ellinor heard Theo’s deep voice.

Ellinor smirked, “Yes, all thanks to you!”

Theo nonchalantly flipped through the files in his hand. “I gave you guys a chance, but you messed up. By my standards, that plan was not worth investing in.”

Feeling a bit sleepy, Ellinor yawned.

“Oh! I’m no longer a Nexus Industries employee, you don’t need to justify anything to me.”

Theo flipped another page, casually saying, “If you’re looking for an internship in a company….”

“Mister, could you stop up ahead?”

Ellinor cut him off, looking out of the window as if she spotted something. The moment the driver stopped the car, Ellinor hopped out. She ran to the bus stop up ahead and jumped onto the bus that just pulled in.

She found a window seat, stuck her hand out of the window, gave the Mercedes behind her a thumbs–up, and then slowly rotated it 180 degrees downward in a dismissive gesture.

The bus slowly drove away, and only then did she pull her hand back in.

Watching this, Collin’s temples were throbbing. This Ms. Mendoza was incredibly bold, no one in Greenhaven would dare disrespect Mr. Blanchet like that.

“Mr. Blanchet, your suit jacket was taken by Ms. Mendoza. You have a project completion ribbon–cutting ceremony this afternoon…”

“Just have someone deliver a new one.”

Theo frowned, his face stern, as he continued to scan through his documents.

“Understood!”

added, “Veronica just called to say she’s been hospitalized.”

“Why was she hospitalized?”

bowl and made her drink a few mouthfuls of toilet water… Veronica is a bit of a clean freak,

did the doctor say?”

fine after an IV, a good meal, and a couple of days of rest. But, Veronica has been crying non–stop, she insists that you go back

be a bit hotheaded, but she doesn’t go looking for trouble. Let Veronica taste some hardship this time,

Don’t bother with

aback, noticing that Mr. Blanchet seemed

ask, “Then, since Ms. Mendoza lost her job today, should we find her

do anything to damage the reputation of

“…Understood!”

special feelings for Ms. Mendoza, but it appeared he was overthinking it.

Mr. Blanchet’s heart only had room for Ms. Howard, and

couldn’t be fulfilled. And so, Mr. Blanchet remained single, which greatly worried

her things. She would be staying with the Blanchet family for the next three months. She couldn’t just keep wearing

ran into Sheila, who was home because she lost her

treated Ellinor arrogantly. When she saw Ellinor come

you. I thought it was

engage Sheila, she just

was relentless, blocking her way and looking at her with contempt.

You didn’t come home last night. Did

could explain, Sheila started

at what

face turned serious upon seeing the

you wearing men’s clothes?

you’re an unmarried girl, how could you just casually wear men’s

in, “Dad, Ellinor refused to meet the guys mom set her up with, but she spent the night out with a

he angrily said, “Ellinor, explain yourself right now. What’s the deal with

my clothes got wet due to an accident,

return them.”

scoffed, “Borrowed clothes? Who

suspiciously asked. “Then where did

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