When His Eyes Opened

On the other side of the phone, Joanna’s mother immediately laughed: “I played poker with your mother! I didn’t expect you and Joanna to meet here! How nice!”

After listening to her mother’s words, the relationship between Joanna and Ellis suddenly became much closer.

The two went to the restaurant Ellis mentioned.

Ellis took the initiative to order a few signature dishes from the menu, and then handed the menu to Joanna: “You can order whatever you want, my salary is quite high, you don’t have to save money for me.”

Joanna saw that the dishes he ordered were enough for two people, so she didn’t order any more.

“Even if the salary is high, you have to save some money. Do you still want to go back to that small county and settle down?” Joanna hoped that he would get better and better in the future, “I don’t want to go back anyway. My goal now is to make money and settle here.”

“You are amazing! You opened your own shop and became your own boss at such a young age. And you also developed my boss into your client, which is amazing.” Ellis praised sincerely.

Joanna: “Ellis, don’t make fun of me. I’m just lucky. My friend invested money in that dessert shop and asked me to take care of it.”

am tired from working overtime, I envy the kind of people who are

part-time job or a boss, it will be very tiring.” Joanna

right. But at his level, I basically never meet him. I don’t know what he’s busy with every day.” Ellis felt powerless when

life, he would never be

a girlfriend, and neither do you. Since we both from the same village, why don’t we try dating?” Ellis cut to the chase, “Your mother and I know each other; you can ask your mother about the situation in my family. My parents own a small business in the county, and we have a good family life. I also have a married older sister. My situation is even more straightforward. When I was in college, I had a girlfriend. We later split up due to graduation. I’ve never been in a loving relationship. I’m of

my hometown is a small place, and

Ellis was very sincere.

embarrassed to

salary. Finding a compatible partner

on me? Is it because my conditions are

no. My situation is more complicated. I don’t know how to tell you. You are not unworthy of me. You are really good. Don’t feel inferior.” Joanna explained with a blushing

sentence meant, “What’s your situation? You should have