Twins in Her Womb: Sir President, Please be Gentle -
Chapter 27 Choose An Urn In Advance
Bianca returned to the design department.
She had managed to throw Jean off downstairs, but she would still see Jean's face at theirworkstations.
Thankfully, they were seated far away from each other.
Sue Carter watched Bianca take her seat and immediately checked her reflection in her mirror,sighing resentfully, “Both of us went outstation and stayed up all night, so why am I covered in blackcircles while you're perfectly fine, Bianca?”
"What brand do you use to remove your black circles, Bianca?” asked one of her female colleaguesasked anxiously.
Bianca raised her head and said a little awkwardly, “I never used one..."
“Not at all?!" Her colleague was shocked. “Are you a fairy? How could you stay up all night withoutblack circles?! Sooob... We should throw all of the all-nighters here at the department onto you..."Sue put her mirror aside and said teasingly, “Don’t you bully Bianca now. Her boyfriend Jean is righthere protecting her!”
Everyone felt another wave of envy at Bianca!
After that little jab, though, Sue was alert enough to notice that both Bianca and Jean looked a littleoff.
Later, Bianca was so tired that she picked up her coffee mug to get some coffee. Sue followedbehind her. When they went into the pantry, Sue made sure that there was no one outside beforeshe approached Bianca and asked, “Did you get into a fight with Jean?”
Both of them had gone outstation to H City before and spent two days together, so Bianca had avery good impression of Sue. To her, Sue was not aloof at all and treated the newbies well.
“We broke up.”
Sue was stunned. “But it's barely been any time since the trip! You two seemed perfectly fine in thecar on the way back, so why'd you suddenly break up?”
Bianca stirred her coffee, depressed...
"Okay, okay. You don't have to say anything if you don’t want to.” Sue felt somewhat awkward. Afterall, Bianca must be really upset right now, yet she just had to bring it up.
“Couples argue all the time. Just give yourselves some time to calm down, and you'll be a matchmade in heaven again in a few days,” Sue tried to comfort her.
Bianca shook her head.
Sue did not dare to say anything more. After all, they had only just gotten to know each other, soshe could not pry into Bianca's private affairs too much.
That noon, Sue wanted to invite Bianca out to lunch, but Nina was one step ahead of her. That wasfine; Sue knew that Nina was Jean's sister, so the two future sisters-in-law should be able to talkabout it more openly.
On the way to the cafeteria, Nina sighed. “I don't know what on earth happened to my brother. Whythe heck would he believe what that sl*t Marie says?”
Bianca laughed it off. “Forget it.”
The more Bianca forced a laugh, though, the more Nina thought she had been hurt. “Don’t give upon my brother so easily, Bea. Since that b*tch wants to make some drama, two can play at thatgame!”
Just then, Bianca's phone rang.
It was the head of the design department, Aimes.
“The head's calling,” Bianca said to Nina in a whisper.
Nina nodded and let Bianca take the call.
As Bianca went to the window to answer the call, Nina went to the cafeteria to get some food. AsBianca's best friend, she knew exactly what Bianca liked, so by the time Bianca returned to theirtable, she saw two sets of lunch there waiting for her.
Bianca sat down and picked up her chopsticks, saying, “I have to eat fast. The head sent me onanother assignment.”
"What assignment? Is it another outstation trip?” Nina shrieked.
Bianca took a bite of rice and swallowed it before saying, “Not this time. This time, it's the daughterof some director out there who came to visit. The higher-ups are quite concerned about thereception she’s going to get, so Sue Carter and I are in charge of welcoming her.”
“Ha, I don't know what to say to do that anymore.” Nina poked her rice with her chopsticks,muttering, “Newbies have no rights whatsoever, huh? It's one thing if Sue Carter likes to take all thePR and admin stuff on herself, but why'd she drag you into the water with her?! If she getspromoted or gets a raise later, do you get a cut too?
"A director's daughter, huh? Sounds like a pain already!" Nina tapped Bianca's soup bowl andwarned her, “There's no need to keep your head down. If she bullies you, call me and I'll rip her toshreds!”
Bianca gulped down her food and put her lunchbox aside, telling Nina, “Take your time, I need torun for it.” With that, she turned and left.
“Slow down... If you eat that fast, what'll happen to your poor stomach?” Nina was worried forBianca's sake, but Bianca had already vanished in a rush.
The company had sent a car and driver specifically to pick Charlotte Shaw from the airport.Charlotte Shaw walked out of the airport. She was 160 centimeters tall and stood on stilettos thatwere at least another 20 centimeters. Her outfit was part of the new Chanel seasonal line-up, whileher bag was limited edition Hermes.
If they added up her high-end jewelry as well, her complete outfit was worth at least a million.
Sue could not help but mutter to Bianca, “I bet no one’s flashier than Charlotte Shaw. I mean, herfather's still the leader of a related government department. Isn't she afraid of causing her dear olddad trouble with his job?”
Soon enough, Charlotte approached the car.
Bianca's expression was perfectly neutral as she greeted Charlotte politely. “Good day, Miss Shaw.”"Good day!” Charlotte greeted them flippantly, glancing over at Sue's and Bianca's professionaloutfits. There was contempt in her eyes; what peasants!
Jason was the assigned driver, but Charlotte treated him quite differently.
It was probably because Charlotte had done her homework before coming to A City. She probablyknew that Jason was Luke's trusted aide. Since she was here for Luke, how could she not knowabout his relationships with the people around him?
On the way back, Charlotte insisted on taking the passenger's seat, all so she could chat with Jason,the driver, a bit more.
Meanwhile, Sue and Bianca sat in the backseats quietly without saying a single word.
Charlotte asked Jason, “I'm quite curious, Mr. Doyle. Does Mr. Crawford have a girlfriend? Whyhaven't I seen any women around him?”
Jason smiled, but that was not a question he could answer so easily.
If he said Mr. Crawford was single, he would probably end up pushing this pest Charlotte onto hisboss. If he said Mr. Crawford was taken, then... then he might end up misleading the flower Mr.Crawford really wanted to pick, right?
Jason glanced at Bianca in the backseat and subtly pulled his gaze back before telling Charlotte, “Idon't really know about my boss’ private life. Why don't you ask him directly, Miss Shaw?”
"Oh, I see.” Charlotte only stopped talking when she realized she was not getting anything fromJason.
Bianca's eyes were fixed on the freeway zipping past the car window as she let her thoughts wander.Suddenly, she heard Jason add, half-seriously and half-jokingly, “Men like Mr. Crawford are actuallya little scary. He won't easily fall for any woman, not that I've seen at least, but if he actually does fallfor someone, I think he might stick to her for life. If she tries to betray him, or even break up withhim, she might best pick out a graveyard and an ash urn in advance...”
Bianca could not see Charlotte's expression.
However, Bianca herself was stunned. “Either love or death!” How possessive must he be to thinkthat? How could a man love a woman in such a perverse and extreme way...?
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