NovelOnlineThere was a hint of sadness in Nathan's eyes. “Don’t look atlike that. | lost a lot of close family. That's why |
realized life's short and can end anytime. So | want to spend my limited
tdoing what | love.”
4 froze for a moment, realizing Nathan had a tough past. | whispered, “Sorry, | didn’t mean
to sound rude.”
Nathan shook his head, “I know,”
The mood got a little heavy. Just then, our appetizer arrived. We ate quietly without talking
much. But | suspected Nathan wantedto take him hbecause he was eager to move
up fast.
| thought it was funny. | glanced up, and Nathan was looking attoo. My heart skipped a few beats for no
reason, and | didn’t dare glance at him again.
After we finished the gruel, it was already past midnight, so we each went home. After a
long, busy day, having a good-looking guy around to lift my spirits made life feel a lot better
all of a sudden.
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Thinking about Nathan's sad eyes, | felt that maybe losing close family made someone
want less and focus more on health and the present moment.
The next day was Monday, and all the meetings were at the company. | got there early. Since the hotel was doing
well, | was getting noticed more at work.
Before, everyone just knewas Jared's wife. Now, they politely called“Ms. Murphy". That kind of
recognition slowly built up my confidence.
Amy was at the company now, and Tracy's legendary status seemed over. No one talked about Tracy anymore.
Even sof her team members had switched over to Amy. Amy was good at winning people over.
My source quietly toldthat Jared and Amy didn’t have any rumors about them dating, mainly because Jared
traveled for work without Amy, unlike before, when Tracy always went with him.
The last tAmy askedabout Jared's preferences, | refused right away, and she never
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brought it up again. But | could tell she got a bit hostile toward me.
At the morning meeting, Jared cin and looked straight at me. Seeing him, | suddenly remembered that
Warner had said Jared repeatedly played the song | liked, | didn’t even remember which song I liked back then in
my previous life.
But Jared doing something like that surprised me. Warner said Jared seemed calm on the outside but had a lot on
his mind. Maybe that was true. He was that kind of person. That was also his strength: mysterious, charming,
and hard to read.
After the meeting, Amy brought Jared coffee. | returned to my office, handled stasks, and then decided to
ask Jared if | could work at the hotel unless there was an important meeting at the company. Otherwise, I'd work
at the hotel.
When | knocked and went in, Jared was talking business with Amy. I planned to leave quietly, but Jared called me
back, “Cin.”
Amy smiled atand said, “I'm talking to Mr. Holcomb about you.”
“About what?” | asked.
Amy smiled and said, “It’s about opening a new branch of the hotel in Shaville. Also, speople have
approached us about franchising the hotel.”
| was surprised. | only managed the hotel, but the company still handled the operations
behind the scenes. | didn’t expect they had started looking for franchisees.
The profits generated from operating the hotel were better suited to be treated as fixed assets, used to further
develop the hotel business. | hadn't expected that Jared wanted to
expand this business so much.
Jared looked atand said, “Victoria, there's a property development in Shaville that’s
attracting investors. The location’s good. | plan to send you there to build a new store.”
“Sendto Shaville?” | hadn't expected my work location to change.
Jared nodded, “Yes. Tomorrow night, you'll go withto Shaville to check out the details.”
Amy immediately suggested, “Mr. Holcomb, maybe | should go with you first. Ms. Murphy might be hard to get
away.”
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“No need. Let her go,” Jared interrupted Amy with a raised hand and looked at me. “There's
a property in the divorce settlement in Shaville. You should go see it too.”
| frowned, not understanding Jared's real purpose. | suspected he wanted to forcibly separatefrom Nathan.
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