Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

"No, no, the big boss doesn't want everyone to love him. He just wants the person he loves to love him back."

As I left the company, Xander's words echoed in my ears.

I found myself wondering what this boss looked like.

Another strange thing was that the company's records had no information about this big boss. Could it be that he had something to hide?

Or maybe, like in those CEO novels, he kept an extremely low profile, to the point of not taking photos or leaving any trace of himself online? As I drove to Glorious, the shop that sold all the antiques, I kept pondering about this mysterious boss.

After parking, I didn't get out immediately. Instead, I called Brandon.

He didn't pick up; he was probably busy. So I left him a message on WhatsApp. "Can you come to the Gildon estate with me tonight?" Since he didn't answer the phone, I didn't expect a quick reply to the message either. After sending it, I put my phone away and went into Glorious. "Ms. Crown, you're here," the owner greeted me warmly as soon as I entered.

I was a regular customer, as I came every year to order a special and quite expensive set of calligraphy tools.

lot of brushes and ink every

new good-quality brushes

the others, you won't like them as much," the

looked over everything as

immediately caught my eye. "Can

"This is the latest model that has

compliment

I'll take this one." However, he didn't agree immediately. I looked up to see a troubled expression on his

the only

me

was full of regrets,

regret, getting something you didn't want was a regret, the passing of seasons brought regrets, and even ancient emperors regretted

it go and started looking for another

take your time. I need to attend to