Bride to Be, Not Me

Chapter 225

Janice's gaze softened, a faint blush coloring her cheeks. Without another word, she turned and walked away.

But just as she reached the door, she paused and glanced back. "Edward."

Adjusting his tie, Edward looked up, meeting her eyes.

"You're not in this alone anymore. We'll face it together."

She had no idea how much those words meant to him.

Edward lingered in the conference room for another 20 minutes, lost in thought. For the first time, Janice had told him he wasn't standing alone.

If Matilda heard that, she'd probably think, "I guess that makes me a placeholder, then!"

Over the next week, Greenfield City buzzed with activity as seamstresses from out of town and Solterra poured in. With the new year underway, job seekers flooded the market.

Now, as several major companies ramped up hiring, the city had become the beating heart of a crochet renaissance. A craft that had once seemed to fade was now thriving again.

"Prosper Stitch Group, Onley Group, Melody & Loops Creations... and some company called Legacy Twine—they're all hiring."

bustling street, a group of seamstresses scrolled through job listings

Twine is offering such a low salary-only three thousand dollars

"Legacy Twine?"

heard

as you pass the interview, the base pay starts at 12 thousand dollars.

cares about one thing-skill. The better you are, the more

to them, Legacy Twine was a

with applicants, Legacy Twine's office was eerily

situation, Simon remained

in the newly rented

Why wasn't he worried?

his offer was competitive-a

mind, that was more than enough. When he first founded Refined Threads Co. years ago, the base salary had been just 1,200 dollars,

to realize was that the industry had changed. Eight years ago, crochet

Legacy Twine, Elsie had spent the entire morning waiting-yet not a single applicant had walked through the door. Growing impatient,

one has shown up for an interview. We've had a

20 seamstresses. They were employees Elsie had transferred over from