Chapter 140

Leslie glanced at how red Aurelia’s ears were and remained silent.

After settling her mother down, Aurelia left the hospital.

Linda said that she needed to go home for her beauty sleep and left in a taxi.

Aurelia followed Leslie into the car and the two didn’t speak throughout the journey.

Her phone kept vibrating and that was the only noise in the car.

She took out her phone and saw photos of Kimberly partying with her colleagues. The others had nothing but praises for Kimberyl.

“Thank you, Kimberly, for taking us out.”

“Anyone will benefit from following Kimberly’s lead.”

“Here’s to our department. Let’s hope we will get even better in the future.”

There were photos of them drinking in a high–end restaurant.

There were eighteen people in the department and seventeen of them were present with the exception of Aurelia.

She exited the group chat and saw Millie’s latest post on her social media account.

was a photo of her and Kimberly with

hands trembling. She took a deep breath and locked her phone, before turning to stare

did not comment much and focused on

Aurelia set her purse aside and turned to walk

she said in

to answer, Aurelia darted into the kitchen.

later, she came out with

bowl, intending to chat with Aurelia after they finished eating. However, when he took the first

if Aurelia pour half a bottle

at him with lifeless

can we talk?”

fine. I have to thank you for today, even though the result …isn’t great.” Aurelia forced a smile and

must look awful when she smiled at this

bottle of wine from the liquor cabinet. “Want some?”

looked at the red liquid

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an overwhelming urge to grab the bottle and chug it down. Maybe

She nodded. “Sure.”

wine. He pushed one towards Aurelia and then raised his own glass to take

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