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.

up a lot of brushes and ink every year. This was something he loved and would

have any new good-quality brushes this year?" I asked while

the others, you won't like them

he said that, I still looked over everything as usual before arriving at the

of dark green brushes immediately caught my

course!"He carefully took it out. "This is the latest model that has just

subtle compliment to my good

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

the only

over me for a

was full of regrets,

regret, the

let it go and started looking for another set. Just then, I heard footsteps

and said, "Ms. Crown, take your time. I need to