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.”

Since Ella mentioned the president, she immediately asked. “Do you know who

even know the president’s name? His electronic signature was on our employment contract before

complicated, you can still make out

name is quite unique. It sounds domineering

Chandler Frost…

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

Chandy…

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

getting their dresses wet, the three girls instantly jolted

“Waiter…”

was wet, they had to move to another one. When they were seated again,

Besides, we managed to avoid it in

chatted for a while, and the dishes arrived soon. Since they were pressed for time, they focused on eating. Half an hour later, they had finished most of the dishes and were

asked, “Hello, do you need

took the initiative to pay. She took out her wallet.

paid by this young lady.” The waiter pointed to

her, and Dana complained, “Erin, when did you pay the bill? Didn’t we agree to treat you to

You can treat me next

generous

“Thank you, Erin!”

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

some water,

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

“Dana, thank you for

We’re all in the same company and need to help each

“Okay, I will.”

to their seats and

work even when it was already 6 pm. Her fingers were sore, but she still had ten designs

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

participating designer could receive roughly 100