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.

an ugly heart. She had been making Queenie’s life difficult, often making her work overtime until late at night. When Queenie told Flynn, he said that Queenie had no prior

he shut her down impatiently, saying that they could never build a future together if she couldn’t deal with this hardship.

to say, Queenie had

the house he

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knew that he had come back from

told Queenie to reconsider the relationship. She shouldn’t settle for

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us that she wanted to wait for a bit. Perhaps he still loved her but he was just

to convince Julia and

I lost even more faith in her relationship with

But I’m so tired and disappointed. What if I can’t stand it anymore one day and

him up one day, it’d be as if she had lost

hurt a

leave but you don’t know where to go,

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