Menantu Pahlawan Negara by Sarjana

Chapter 10

Aurelia opened the door slightly, extending a hand to push out a copy of the agreement without stepping out from her room.

“Sorry about your coat. My wet hair got on it. I’ll wash and return it tomorrow.”

“And the clothes you left on the sofa should be done in the washing machine. Dry them yourself.”

“Oh, if you have any secrets you find hard to share, I’ve organized events for hospitals before so I know many doctors. I can introduce you.

Leslie hesitated. A hidden secret? Did he seem like the kind of person involved in such matters?

Just as he was about to inquire, Aurelia’s bedroom door had already closed.

Well, should he bother explaining to her what a hidden secret meant?

Leslie turned towards the laundry room on the balcony, opened the washing machine, and found it filled with clothes Daniel had bought to create chaos.

Displeased, Leslie took out the clothes, preparing to throw them away, and a pair of underwear fell out.

Leslie finally understood what Aurelia meant by a hidden secret.

It seemed Daniel was asking to be fired.

Leslie angrily threw all the clothes into the trash bin.

On his way back to the room, he passed the guest bathroom.

Earlier, Aurelia mentioned the shower in the guest bathroom was broken, and he always felt she was just making excuses.

Leslie, almost involuntarily, entered the guest bathroom, turned on the shower, and found not drop of water coming from the overhead.

After inspection, he realized there was a problem with the water pipe. Such an issue couldn’t be intentional, so Aurelia didn’t lie to him.

Which of her statements were true, and which were false?

At 6:00 am, Aurelia reflexively woke up to her alarm. She stretched and quietly headed to the kitchen after a quick wash–up.

Aurelia habitually opened the fridge to minimize her presence and avoid encounters with Leslie.

However, she was puzzled by its sparse contents–just a few eggs and half a bag of toast.

sustaining himself on such a meager fare,

proper meal, she settled for a

taking a bite, Aurelia found Leslie’s ethereal face

breakfast for him, acknowledging the struggles of a working person who

am, Aurelia briskly made her way to the subway

an hour

him to pause.

scent of food in

then realized there was an additional presence in the house, but seeing the vanished shoes at the doorway,

women who knew when

shoes, Leslie left the

Aurelia entered the office, the company

One Technology, she quickly sat down and opened her computer

with a head full of only those few words from the materials, she decided to

agencies in Seacester, with over a decade of planning experience and a history of managing

turned down by the owner of One

kind of opening banquet

the liaison for this collaboration

immediately went online to look up Jason’s

her from seeking information from someone else,

no matter how many times she called, it

trickling into the office, laughing and chatting,

need to push yourself

the manager in charge of this collaboration. I heard he’s leading this project, and you managed to clinch it

I both studied abroad, so we had a lot to discuss. You guys wouldn’t understand. We chatted until midnight, still feeling

Aurelia’s desk, laughed

cleavage drew

and, using the excuse of wiping the desk, gently pushed Kimberly’s soft body

I heard. Staying late chatting with him–his wife must be

words suggested that Kimberly

shared amused glances with a hint of

and critics. Some of them

world works. Connections are resources. So, I think you better not waste your time. Spare some time to accompany your mom,

lifted her cup and replied, “Whether it’s a waste of time or not,

dispenser, she poured herself a cup of coffee and stood at the pantry, gazing into the

say that it wasn’t urgent to come up with

had her influential uncle backing her up, doing everything a

Aurelia must put in extra effort

sip of her coffee, energizing herself, ready