Chapter 358

“Flynn’s grandpa is celebrating his 73rd birthday this weekend. They’re throwing him a huge birthday banquet.”

“Are you attending it, then?”

Queenie laughed. Her crisp chuckle traveled from the other end of the line. It was a joyous laugh, but it sounded sad to me.

“He’s going with a female companion, but it’s not me. Do you know? He has never invited me to any formal occasion. Never. It’s like I bring him shame or something. He won’t let anyone see us together.”

Her laughter slowly vanished, replaced by a croaky voice.

“The contract will be over soon. What’s your plan next?”

After Queenie graduated, she was headhunted by a state–owned company. They offered an attractive employment package and promised her a promotion. However, Flynn persuaded her to quit her job and join his company, citing his unwillingness to be separated from her

as an excuse.

Perhaps Queenie was a lovesick girl, or perhaps she was smitten with Flynn, she moved to where Flynn lived without paying any heed to her family’s opposition. She joined his company as a rank–and–file employee, working under Flynn’s childhood friend, Daniela.

work overtime until late at

impatiently, saying that they could never build a future together if

to say, Queenie had a hellish year.

would visit her and drive her to and from work every day. They would live together in the house he had bought her. As time went by, he stopped dropping by as often as before, saying

¿

knew that he had come back from

Queenie to reconsider the relationship. She shouldn’t settle

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treated her badly like Flynn. But she told us that she wanted to wait for a bit. Perhaps he still loved her but he was just very occupied. If he no longer loved

Julia and

even more faith in her relationship with Flynn. Love was nothing before

so tired and disappointed. What if I can’t stand

one day, it’d be as if she had

It’d hurt a

decide to leave but you don’t know where

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