Chapter 1328

They’d spend Christmas Eve together, and as soon as the midnight bells chimed, they’d be the first to wish each other well. But now, the person celebrating Christmas with her had changed.

Everything from before was in the past.

As Cornelia reminisced, the midnight bells rang once again. At the same time, Cornelia’s phone buzzed. She thought it would be a message from Abigail and Zack, but the name on the screen read ‘Ben‘.

After the collapse of the Hartley Group and the news of Marcus‘ death, Ben had disappeared. Cornelia didn’t expect him to call at this moment. She picked up. “Merry Christmas, Ben!”

Ben replied, “Merry Christmas, Cornelia! It’s been a while, how are you?”

Cornelia answered briefly, “I’m good. You?”

Ben replied, “I’m good too.”

Then, they fell into silence. Ben tried to break the silence, “What have you been up to?”

Cornelia answered, “Work.”

asked, “What kind of work? Can you

told him, “I’m writing

“What kind

simply replied, “A TV script.”

Cornelia answered, each response brief and

to mend things, “Can you tell me more? After all the time we’ve

Ben, “That’s all with my

“I’m at a start–up. Would you be interested? If you want, I could

I really like my current job.”

again. Ben started another topic again, “I heard you’re pregnant. How many months are

Cornelia answered, “March.”

working? Have you considered taking a break to prepare for the baby?”

spoke from their time working together.

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