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,

said, “Erin, you don’t even know the president’s name? His

can still make out the name.

It sounds domineering and ruthless! As expected

Chandler Frost…

her mind while connecting some of the clues she had. She recalled Claire calling

Chandy…

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

three girls instantly jolted

“Waiter…”

they were seated again, Erin apologized immediately. “Sorry, I was too careless

hand. “No worries. Besides, we

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

respectfully asked, “Hello, do you

to pay. She took out her

paid. It was paid by this

when did you pay the bill? Didn’t we agree to treat

You can treat me next

generous of

“Thank you, Erin!”

girls didn’t say anything more. They returned to their

some water, and

to the hallway and whispered, “Erin, let me tell you something. 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.

Erin nodded. “Dana, thank you for

nothing. We’re all in the same company and need to help each other out sometimes. If you ever hear any gossip,

“Okay, I will.”

to their seats and worked the

when it was already 6 pm. Her fingers were sore, but

participants would be able to participate directly in a new project. If the project went well,

participating designer could receive roughly