Chapter 13

“Take care of your health, though. Since Cornelia became the president’s assistant, no one knew better than Zack and Abigail how much stress she was under.

A lot of times, they would hear her talking in her sleep about work when they woke up in the middle of the night.

hey had advised her multiple times not to work so hard. Their manga studio was doing well, and she didn’t need to work as the CEO’s special assistant. She could still live a comfortable life.

But she didn’t dare to let herself relax. She was afraid that having too much free time would make her overthink and remember those bad experiences from the past…

She could only keep working non–stop and making money. Seeing her bank account balance grow bigger and bigger would make her feel a little more at ease.

Wiping away her tears, Cornelia said, “Ugh, I really can’t drink. It makes me cry”

Zack rubbed her head, “It’s okay to cry, no shame in that.”

Cornelia, “Ugh…”

Zack patted her back, “How much did you drink, anyway?”

Having not eaten much that night, the burning sensation in her stomach made Cornelia feel like throwing up, “Not too much, just had a bit of white wine, red wine, and champagne…”

Zack was so mad he didn’t even want to scold her, “Come on, let’s go home.”

“Okay, let’s go home.” Cornelia agreed, still tipsy but not forgetting the task the president assigned her, “Help me carry those things on the ground to the car.”

“What are these?” Zack helped her into the passenger seat, fastened her seatbelt, and then went to move the stuff.

sell them all and give him the money? With the items being worth millions, she couldn’t just throw them away. Selling them and giving the money back to Marcus was the best

Zack got back in the driver’s seat and wanted to curse, “He left you like this but still asked you to do things for him. What was

money, “The workload is a bit much, but the salary

didn’t want to deal with her money talk and texted Abigail, “Abby, Nelly’s drunk. Can you make some hangover soup for her when she

Keep an eye on

the passenger seat. She was staring blankly ahead, her eyes empty and pitiful, “Nelly, what are you thinking

dad wouldn’t have taken on extra jobs driving at night to give me a better life. Then he wouldn’t have had that car accident, and maybe my life would have turned out

thinking, but she never liked showing her vulnerable

the days when the three of us were

it. He said, “That is

on a road trip together. I heard the

money again, Zack thought of some good news, “Nelly, your romance comic has been very well–received, and several film and TV companies

lit up,

of the

excitedly asked

in the industry, with great ratings and box office records, as

mouth.

discuss it. We know you’re very busy and only have time on weekends,

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are

weekend. If you agree, I’ll have Abby book the tickets, and

for the next two days, and since he was free on the weekend, she agreed,

day,

were a bit strange. She greeted her colleagues warmly, but they avoided her like the plague, with some whispering

same, huddling together and whispering. When

confused, she received a message from Yolanda, “Cornelia, go check the company

her phone, not noticing Eden approaching her head–on, nor

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