Love me or leave me (Rebecca and Theodore)
Chapter 290

Kelly instantly frowned, obviously unhappy.

Anna took out her phone, dug out some photos, and passed her phone to Kelly to see.

Kelly did not want to look at them, so she turned her head away and leaned back in her seat.

Anna started seriously, "Kelly, the person introduced this time is actually quite good. He's tall and gentle, and I hear he's quite decent in private too. Lydia has tried her best to replace the best match for you."

"I don't like him." Kelly opened her eyes and stated unhappily. She continued coldly, "Tell her to stop trying so hard to replace someone for me. No matter who it is, I don't want it." The next moment, Kelly turned on the computer in front of her and continued to work.

Anna was silent for a moment before concluding, "Kelly, you just haven't seen Aiden right now. If you did, you would fall in love with him."

When Kelly heard his name, her mouth twitched. She blurted, "In Zentiscape, Brayton sounds like beaten."

"Huh?" Anna was stunned, but then it dawned upon her. She did not understand at first, but once she did, she was surprised. She thought, 'Does the name Brayton sound that bad?' She really wanted to laugh. "Okay, sure. If you want to beat him up in the future, you can do so any time. I'll probably be happy to see it happen," Anna gloated.

She smiled and teased, "Kelly, seeing that you like Zentiscape so much, I heard that there's a saying in Zentiscape called 'tough love.' If you can hit Brayton so often, it means you love him very much right?" Kelly was speechless and ignored Anna.

Two days passed quickly, and Hayden arrived in the blink of an eye. Charlie rushed to the airport early in the morning to pick him up. He couldn't wait anymore.

Looking at Charlie's anxious face, which he found a little funny, Hayden still comforted him. "Don't worry too much."

Charlie replied, "I can't help it."

"I understand," Hayden said with a smile.

Charlie took Hayden back to the hotel. He knew that Hayden would be coming back, so he booked a suite that had several rooms in it. Once Hayden arrived, he could just stay in one of the rooms. That was settled in the morning. In the afternoon, Hayden took Charlie to the headquarters of Jones Group. As they had made an appointment in advance, they went in smoothly this time.

Kelly also arrived not long after. When she stepped into the conference room and saw the man standing beside Hayden, she stopped in her tracks.

Charlie was also excited. He almost wanted to go over immediately, but Hayden gently grabbed him.

Charlie instantly realized that he could not be too obvious, as there were outsiders present.

Hayden walked over and greeted politely, "Ms. Jones."

"Mr. Hoggard, please take a seat." Kelly quickly reacted and immediately extended her hand to invite him.

They soon arrived at the conference room.

Hayden sat down and asked with a smile, "Would you mind if we talked alone?"

Kelly's heart was beating quickly, but she appeared composed. She glanced at Charlie calmly and suggested, "Let's go to my office."

The reception room had company surveillance cameras that many people could access. However, in her office, the surveillance cameras could only be viewed by the direct lineage of the family, preventing monitoring by those with ill intentions.

Hayden nodded and said, "Okay."

Charlie was anxious, but he knew that Claire's current status was special, so he couldn't casually pull strings.

Kelly quickly got up and led them to the office. Once they entered the office, Kelly closed the door. Almost immediately after closing the door, Kelly looked at Charlie.

Charlie was also nervous, or rather, aggrieved.

"No one except my parents, grandparents, and me can check the surveillance cameras here. Don't worry," Kelly said the next moment.

Charlie's eyes immediately turned red, and he went over and wanted to grab Kelly's hand.

Kelly froze slightly and instinctively dodged.

Charlie also knew that with Hayden here, he should not be too clingy with Claire, especially since she had always been very sensitive about her image. Hayden fell silent for a moment and then said, "I came here mainly because he wants to see you."

Kelly was speechless.

"If it's convenient, you can exchange contact information so that you can chat privately next time," Hayden added.

Hearing that, Charlie immediately looked at Kelly and asked anxiously, "Claire... Can we?"

Although she really wanted his contact information, she hesitated again after hearing him call out her name.

Kelly replied in a hoarse voice, "Chuck, we're not suitable for each other."

Charlie was desperate. "Why? I..." Charlie had a lot to say and he wanted to defend himself. Yet, when he looked at her, he did not know what to say.

Charlie's eyes were teary, and he

begrudgingly uttered, "Why not? et

least give me a reason. You were

like this before, and it's still the same now... You're too much!"

Kelly's eyes turned red too. She looked away, took a deep breath, and said, "Go back. Don't come and replace me again next time."

"No way!" Charlie got angry instead. He ran to Kelly and declared angrily, "I'm not leaving unless you can give me a good reason to convince me this time!" Hayden remained silent.

Kelly did not say a word. She didn't want to talk.

Hayden also knew that the conflict between the two was not something that could be resolved quickly, so he chose not to interfere.

Knowing that Stacey was probably

still worried about this at home, he

took out his phone and sent a message to Stacey, informing her that he had already brought Charlie to see Kelly.

Kelly was indeed Charlie's first girlfriend, but there might still be some misunderstanding between them now that needed time to resolve.

The tense atmosphere persisted for a long time until there was a knock on the door outside.

Kelly got up, went out, and opened the office door.

"Kelly, these documents need your urgent attention," said the assistant as he handed Kelly some papers.

Kelly took the file and acknowledged, "Okay."

Then, Kelly closed the door, blocking the assistant's curious glances at Hayden and Charlie inside the office. Outside, the assistant looked at the closed door and couldn't help but secretly lean against it and peek inside. Just then, the door of the office opened again.

"Zea, what are you doing?" Kelly asked coldly, glaring at the assistant, who was clearly eavesdropping by standing at the door.

Zea panicked and quickly replied, "Nothing... Nothing, I'm leaving right away." After saying that, Zea hurried away.

Kelly knew she couldn't delay any

longer. She closed the door once again and went back to her office. Then, she walked up to Charlie and started, "There is a fierce internal struggle in the Jones family. I don't want you to get involved." Kelly said with a wry smile, "Chuck, you don't have to be with me. You can marry another woman. In fact, no matter who she is, it should be better than being with me."