Love's New Bloom by Simone Hastings

Chapter 21 Identity Discovered

The meeting lasted for two hours.

Erin went back to her office feeling awful. She had not only received criticism from her supervisor but also needed to work overtime to complete the 20 designs because of the lengthy meeting.

Her hatred for Chandler grew deeper.

Shortly after she went back to work, it was lunch time. Dana and the others came to invite her to eat together.

“You guys go ahead. I won’t have lunch today. I still have work to finish…“ Erin stared listlessly at the computer screen.

Dana pulled her up. “Erin, do you think you’re a robot? How can you work without eating? Although we’re office workers and not manual laborers, our job has high mental demands! Besides, you just recovered from a cold. Do you want to get sick again by damaging your body like this?“

“Yeah, Erin. We know you’re not in a good mood, but we’ve decided to treat you to a big meal. Eat to your heart’s content, then come back to work!“ Even Milly, who was usually stingy, spoke up to invite her. Erin’s heart wavered.

Ella chimed in too. “Let’s go. We’re running out of time, and we all have a lot of work to do. Erin, don’t disappoint us.“

Seeing everybody so eager, Erin gave in to their requests. “Alright, let’s go.“

Since they had agreed to treat Erin to a meal, they went to a restaurant nearby instead of the staff’s canteen. The restaurant had a 300-dollar minimum spend per head.

After ordering a few dishes, they began chatting as they waited.

Dana looked at Erin sympathetically. “Don’t blame me for being nosy, but I always feel like our director is targeting you. If you’re late for a meeting, he threatens to deduct your year-end bonus. He’s not even from the HR or finance departments. Does he really have the power to deduct staff bonuses?”

Sipping on her water, Ella hesitated for a moment before saying, “I have some inside scoop. My husband’s uncle used to collaborate with Frost Corporation. Rumor has it that Mr. Grant and our president are related, so he does have that power.”

another person she couldn’t afford to offend. Since Ella mentioned the president, she

president’s name? His electronic

the signature was complicated, you can still make out the name. It

mumbled the name. “His name is quite unique. It sounds domineering and ruthless! As expected of the

Chandler Frost…

in her mind while connecting some of the clues she

Chandy…

that he could be the president of Frost Corporation made her so scared that she accidentally knocked over

three

“Waiter…”

table was wet, they had to move to another one. When they were seated again, Erin apologized immediately. “Sorry, I was

worries. Besides,

focused on eating. Half an hour later, they had finished most of the dishes and were ready

asked, “Hello, do

She took out her wallet.

paid by this

immediately looked at her, and Dana complained, “Erin, when did you pay the bill? Didn’t

can treat me

generous

“Thank you, Erin!”

Erin smile, the three girls didn’t say anything more. They returned to their respective offices once they reached

some water,

You know I work with Janette, so I might know more information than you. The three head designers in the design department not only handle main designs but also businesses. She previously had some problems negotiating with a company’s president, but she didn’t want to lose that business. Recently, she picked two female designers to go negotiate with her, and you’re one of them. I heard some rumors saying that the president is a lecherous old man,

nodded. “Dana, thank

the same company and need to help each other out sometimes.

“Okay, I will.”

seats and worked the whole

it was already 6 pm.

the company would soon hold a design competition, and the top three participants would be able to participate directly in a new project. If the project went well, each participant would receive a

participating designer could receive roughly 100