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.

her and Kimberly with a caption of

took a deep breath and locked her phone, before turning to stare outside the

comment much

home, Aurelia set her purse aside and turned

eat something casual,” she said in a weak voice.

waiting for Leslie to answer, Aurelia darted into the kitchen.

came out with two servings of mushroom

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

wondered if Aurelia pour half

looked at

we talk?”

for today, even though the

awful when she smiled at this moment.

took two glasses and a bottle of wine from the liquor cabinet. “Want some?”

the red liquid and bit

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this moment, she felt 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

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