Love at the Next Stop

Chapter 24

Chapter 24 I’ve Underestimated You

Stella was a new employee to begin with, so she didn’t hold much weight in the company, and she wasn’t given anything important, nor was there any value in persuading her to stay. In the eyes of her colleagues, she had a rich husband, so she didn’t need to support the family. Thus, the company approved her resignation very quickly.

However, it so happened that Miles came to the human resources department to have them prepare some employment documents for a new general manager who’d be joining the company soon. Subsequently, he caught sight of her standing in the human resources’ office, so he picked up her termination papers, looking all business-like as though the man who’d forcibly kissed her the previous wasn’t him. “Come with me,” he said to Stella.

Uneasiness gripped Stella as she wondered why he wanted to talk to her. When she arrived at the president’s office behind him, Miles was already sitting in his chair and signing something with a flourish, seemingly her termination papers. Upon seeing this, she breathed a long sigh of relief. He approved my resignation instead of forcing me to stay as I’d feared.

She’d always felt that Miles was an unfathomable person. He doesn’t talk much, but one remark from him is worth ten from others. He also rarely shows any expression on his face, so I can’t perceive anything from his countenance. Plus, he never wears his emotions on his sleeve other than the one remark he uttered yesterday—‘I kissed you. So, what about it?’—that carried a tinge of anger, so I can’t tell the kind of person he is.

Miles

be working. I’m impeded in my work here, and I naturally wish to find a place where I can showcase my abilities. I’m not a delicate princess or just a stay-at-home wife. I’m from an average background, so I hope to be independent since men are never reliable.” This was the first time

Stella who was before him. She’d been wearing that bomber jacket Zane Levitt gave her for the past few days when she usually changes her clothes once a day. This time, however, she didn’t change it for some reason as though mink is filth-resistant. After

that, Stella lowered her head in embarrassment since she’d groused about him striking her name from the landscape project back then. She was actually quite resentful, but she stifled her complaints because of

work at Miles Conglomerate,”

Miles’ name, so she lifted her head and

fixed on her, Miles languidly repeated, “Miles

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