Joseph raised his eyebrows, put the love letter on the table, looked up at her, and asked seriously, "Do you want this as compensation?"
"That was too much!" When Rose heard this, the embarrassment had just now turned into anger, and she replied with a cold face, "Catherine gave it to you. As for the conditions you mentioned before, we just need to treat each other as if we did not know each other."
Joseph was surprised by her tit-for-tat. He silently threw the love letter into the trash can and apologised.
"Sorry, my bad."
After all, it was Catherine's heart. How could he …
Rose bit her lip, and she couldn't help regretting her attitude, but it was over, and there was no way to undo it. After struggling for a while, she chose to turn around and leave.
…….
One morning, the female colleagues of the company gathered around Joseph like bees collecting honey, asking questions about this and that.
Tired of coping with these women, Joseph couldn't help but frown his eyebrows. He suddenly remembered Rose, who had been paying no attention to him, after his wolf cut him off, he thought he would feel relieved after Rose ignored him as well, but why would he feel otherwise?
At lunch, he took out his mobile phone and opened the WeChat page. Looking at the chat interface, there was still only his own message. Joseph couldn't help frowning and was worried about whether something had happened to her.
If he had known, he should have asked for other contact information earlier.
Thinking of this, he wrote a message and sent it out, "Where are you? I am very worried."
So far, there are only two people on his personal WeChat account: his mother and Edward, She is the third.
…….
Rose was conceiving a new plan on the computer, and the mobile phone next to her suddenly shook. When she picked it up, her eyes faded instantly.
It's from Darek.
Darek has agreed to her WeChat request and has sent her a lot of messages in the past two days, most of which are concerned. She has seen them, but she doesn't know what to reply.
What is she going to say about such a thing? She can only ignore or even regret what she did that day, she shouldn't send him such an email.
After hesitating for a long time, Rose clicked on the input box.
"Darek, I'm sorry I didn't reply before, because I really don't know what to say. But you can rest assured that I am fine now, things have been solved, and I will continue to work hard. Promise me, don't ask again, OK?"
A long time later, there came a reply.
"okay."
Only one word made her instantly have tears in her eyes, looking so broken, and the grievances were stacked in her heart, but she could only endure ...
After work, her best friend Emma suddenly sent her a message asking her to come out for dinner at seven o'clock in the evening.
Rose adjusted her mood, went to the place where they often went, and talked about Darek while chatting.
"You have add each other on WeChat, that's interesting." Emma didn't notice anything unusual about Rose, and she stuck with her as usual.
Rose retracts her phone with some displeasure.
"whatever, he agreed that I would add him to WeChat, which means that we have gone further and maybe we can meet in the future!" Rose tried to speak as usual, keeping all her emotions in her heart.
Emma couldn't help but scare her.
"What if we discover he's an old man chasing young ladies?, or, What if he has a wife?"
When she heard this, Rose immediately retorted, "No, he told me that he was in college and he is same age as me
"You ya you... I really don't know what to say to you. Why do you believe what people say?" Emma is quite disappointed. "Come on, let's not talk about him. I'm going to work at Jones's house. Sisy, is there any backup?"
Emma winked at her.
When Rose saw that she had finally changed the subject, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. She smiled and hit her: "You have such strong manipulative ability, and why do you need a backup when you have one already?"
"I love to hear you tell the truth!"
Emma laughed, but after a while, she picked up the topic just one more time.
"so, Rose, I'm not judging you. But why do you need the Internet? Don't you have men in your company? Listen to me, find a suitable one, just talk, and try it."
When she said this, Rose's first reaction in her mind was Joseph's expressionless face and the scene of that night. She suddenly said, "No! The Jones family forbids office romance!"
"That's not fair; once we're in love, how can they stop it anyway?"
Emma curled her lips carelessly.
"Stop it and eat your food."
Rose didn't want to talk about this. She bowed her head and ate, but when the food was put in her mouth, she lost her appetite. How could she tell her best friend that her first night had been given to a completely strange man?
Today, the company worked overtime, and after she had dinner with Emma. Rose couldn't wait to get to the company.
Fortunately, there is still time, but her coworkers are still busy.
She felt a little sorry, so she hurriedly set out to order takeout for everyone. Her coworker cheered and grabbed the mobile phone to order something in full swing.
A female colleague took the initiative to walk up to Joseph and ask shyly, "Do you... do you want something to eat?"
"No, my work is done."
Joseph sorted out all the paperwork on his desk, got up and took his coat without expression, and said "goodbye" to everyone before leaving.
When he left, the girls started babbling about how cool he was, and how he hadn't been around for much time, but staying with them in one place was like winning the lottery.
One of them couldn't help but be jealous: "I don't understand, this is the legendary elite temperament! Wharton double degree! he's really different from others. Why don't I have such a powerful brain..."
Rose looked at Joseph's back, just biting her lips, and breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.
Takeaway was delivered soon, and the garbage that everyone left was collected by Rose and then thrown out.
Colleagues who stayed looked at each other and couldn't help but gossip.
"She is so stupid; how can she really be here?"
"She is so simple, What was she doing at college for four years? I can't believe her."
"I feel that if she were sold, she would still be happy to count money for others!"
Everyone laughed.
"Stop it, she's coming back soon."
then everyone kept silent and did their own thing as if nothing had happened.
Rose came back, smiled at everyone, and walked to her desk.
In fact, her work has been done. The reason she didn't leave is just because she is a newcomer and is too embarrassed to leave early. She simply picked up her mobile phone and sent a WeChat to Darek. "Are you off work?"
During this time, the two resumed their previous mode of communication.
She quickly received a response "I'm off work and driving."
"Well, don't text back, safety first, and we will talk later."
Rose was worried about him, but "Darek" texted back in seconds, which was unexpected to her. She couldn't help but smile sweetly at the corners of her mouth.
There was outdoor activities organised by the company one Friday; this time it was a barbecue.
In order to enhance feelings among new employees, Jones's family often holds such activities.
Rose naturally became the one who ran errands again, and everyone was happy to use her. It was quite interesting to see her like a busy bee alone.
"Rose, how about trying this?" A colleague handed her a golden chicken wing.
Rose took it with some flattery, then took a careful bite; suddenly her face turned red, and "Bah" spit out the bite.
"OMG, that was hot!"
They burst out laughing.
"You are so funny!"
Over the past few days, people have basically understood Rose's character. Although her professional ability is good, in reality, she looked like a little girl, just getting to know the world, and she won't get angry after being teased a few times.
As the old saying goes, some people are so good at being bullied.
After helping everyone get rid of some garbage and the food boxes, Rose just sat down, but then she was pulled up by Catherine.
"Come with me to the bathroom."
Catherine was already dragging her behind her, so saying no wasn't an option.
The bathroom in the scenic spot is naturally not so clean. Catherine frowned and endured the strange smell. but she went to the mirror to fix her makeup anyway; she looked at Rose and couldn't swallow her curiosity, "Rose, what do you think of him?"
"Who?" Rose didn't react to such an off-guard question.
Catherine lifted her chin and motioned towards the corner where Joseph was sitting.
"Him, the elite."
Embarrassed, Rose glanced subconsciously in his direction, then hastily retracted his gaze and whispered, "I didn't think that much about him."
Catherine looked at her as if she didn't understand what she was saying, and Rose added nervously, "I mean, he's not my type."