I chuckled, “I see Justin treating you well. Are you guys together?”
Her face turned dark at the mention of Justin. She was keeping her anger in check, but I was still able to discern it. She answered after a short pause, “We’re just friends. He has someone he likes, and it’s not me. So please don’t misunderstand. I am dating anyone at the moment as I want to focus on my career.”
I nodded with understanding. “Both career and relationship are equally important. A woman will only get married once in their lifetime, so you have to take your relationship seriously. When Ashton and I were younger, we didn’t get to experience the whole dating scene. We just got married. Now that I think about it, it is quite regretful. I think it is best if people could date more before getting married.”
Her eyes sparkled at my comment. “Did you and Mr. Fuller got married without dating first?”
I nodded and replied, “Ashton and I were an example of love after marriage. Our grandparents were the ones who arranged our marriage. His grandfather and my grandmother were good friends.”
Surprise crossed Stella’s face. “So you and Mr. Fuller didn’t have the freedom to date.”
I nodded in agreement. She couldn’t hide the look of surprise. “I thought that both of you had dated freely, and it turned out that it was actually because of your grandparents’ friendship. But I heard from my colleagues that the Fullers prioritize status above everything else.”
from the truth. Not many of the employees knew my background. Rachel had always thought that Ashton was way out of my league all these years. She considered herself to be on par with me and that she could marry Ashton as
laughed at my thought. “Ms. Collins, are you close to Ms. Zimmer from the
head
head and prepared to leave. “It’s getting late, and I have a date with
close when she
an apology text from Ashton. I gave it a glimpse, then stuffed
mad at him. Sometimes, some things
are you doing right
yet. He went to search for Zachary in the morning, then was busy searching for me. So all his
Why are you not talking? What’s wrong?” Nora’s questions from the phone dragged me back from my thoughts. “I’m
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