A Second Chance with the CEO After Divorce

Chapter 166:

She quickly texted Fred, “You’ve taken on such a task?”

Fred sent back a smiley face emoji, responding, “Just a broke college kid, ready to take any gig that pays.”

Belinda read his words and pressed her lips together in a silent nod of understanding.

Five years earlier, when she herself was a student, she’d been just like Fred — eager to snatch up any paying gig. During her stint as a waitress, she had even rescued Joyce from a near assault. That incident had bonded them tightly, closer than family. They had once made a bet; when Joyce lost, she cheerfully called Belinda her “sister” and joined her in the hustle of part-time work.

Lost in these memories, Belinda felt a deep pang of nostalgia. She remembered her days of scraping by.

a moment, she took a deep breath and typed out another message to Fred. “Will this undercover job jeopardize your chances for future gigs? If there’s any risk, don’t worry about

his voice tinged with anxiety. He left a voice message. “Belinda, you’re overthinking this. I don’t usually handle these kinds of jobs. But there’s a big payout involved, and they needed a lot of people, so I jumped in. I do

hearing this, Belinda’s worries eased. With a smile, she replied with a voice message of her own, “Okay, then help me collect as much information as you can. When

to troll people online, headphones in to catch every word from Belinda. She sounded

at all. Imagining her calm, graceful demeanor, a smile unwittingly crept over Fred’s

nudging him playfully. “So, you’ve got yourself a

in the mirror, a surprising surge of happiness welling up inside

see why you’ve been hunting for new part-time gigs. Trying to make an

his roommate returned to the topic of their current part-time job. “But really, the drama in these wealthy

lady of wealth to get mixed up with another