Love That Wasn't Meant to Last

Chapter 74

Hearing this, Zion quickly put on a smile and explained, "It's like this. Our

company has a special benefit for the family members of our employees. We send them on trips for free. Hudson has performed well over the past two months, so this is a special reward from the company. If you're interested, we can arrange it for you right away."

"Family benefits? A free trip?" Sylvia looked puzzled, turning to me with a skeptical look.

She leaned closer, looking warily at Zion, and whispered in my ear, "Hudson, I've been at my company for three or four years and never heard of family benefits or sponsored trips. Since when did they get so generous? Is this guy a scammer?"

I looked at Zion and frowned. Then I thought for a moment and decided to play along.

"The policies here in Adenville are different from those in Carzonia. This is a recent employee incentive at our company, and it's probably exclusive to us. You're not an employee of our company, so it's normal that you wouldn't have heard of it."

Sylvia still looked doubtful.

was questioning the policy itself

the company didn't actually have such a policy. This was just a story that Zion and I had come up with to get Sylvia to

and now I was forced to spend money to send her away and even lie to her about

that you have some free time, and the company is covering the costs. Why not go on a trip? Work can be exhausting, and

Zion jumped

tell you,

though a free trip sounds tempting, I would rather leave this opportunity to someone else at

and spending time with the person I care about." With that, Sylvia moved closer, holding my

looked at her, speechless and somewhat

probably annoyed him even more was that I had ended up with a girlfriend who was so romantic that

refusal gave me a