Love's New Bloom by Simone Hastings

Chapter 21 Identity Discovered

The meeting lasted for two hours.

Erin went back to her office feeling awful. She had not only received criticism from her supervisor but also needed to work overtime to complete the 20 designs because of the lengthy meeting.

Her hatred for Chandler grew deeper.

Shortly after she went back to work, it was lunch time. Dana and the others came to invite her to eat together.

“You guys go ahead. I won’t have lunch today. I still have work to finish…“ Erin stared listlessly at the computer screen.

Dana pulled her up. “Erin, do you think you’re a robot? How can you work without eating? Although we’re office workers and not manual laborers, our job has high mental demands! Besides, you just recovered from a cold. Do you want to get sick again by damaging your body like this?“

“Yeah, Erin. We know you’re not in a good mood, but we’ve decided to treat you to a big meal. Eat to your heart’s content, then come back to work!“ Even Milly, who was usually stingy, spoke up to invite her. Erin’s heart wavered.

Ella chimed in too. “Let’s go. We’re running out of time, and we all have a lot of work to do. Erin, don’t disappoint us.“

Seeing everybody so eager, Erin gave in to their requests. “Alright, let’s go.“

Since they had agreed to treat Erin to a meal, they went to a restaurant nearby instead of the staff’s canteen. The restaurant had a 300-dollar minimum spend per head.

After ordering a few dishes, they began chatting as they waited.

Dana looked at Erin sympathetically. “Don’t blame me for being nosy, but I always feel like our director is targeting you. If you’re late for a meeting, he threatens to deduct your year-end bonus. He’s not even from the HR or finance departments. Does he really have the power to deduct staff bonuses?”

Sipping on her water, Ella hesitated for a moment before saying, “I have some inside scoop. My husband’s uncle used to collaborate with Frost Corporation. Rumor has it that Mr. Grant and our president are related, so he does have that power.”

couldn’t afford to offend. Since Ella mentioned the

even know the president’s name? His

complicated, you can still make out the name. It was probably Chandler

“His name is quite unique. It sounds domineering and ruthless! As expected of the top businessman in

Chandler Frost…

mind while connecting some of the clues she had. She recalled Claire

Chandy…

the president of Frost Corporation made her so scared that she accidentally knocked

getting their dresses wet, the three girls instantly

“Waiter…”

another one. When they were seated again, Erin apologized immediately. “Sorry, I was too

hand. “No worries. Besides, we

they focused on eating. Half an hour later, they had finished most of the dishes and

over and respectfully asked,

pay. She took out

paid. It was paid

other three immediately looked at her, and Dana complained, “Erin, when did you pay the bill? Didn’t

You can treat me next time.

generous of

“Thank you, Erin!”

say anything more. They returned

some water,

to the hallway and whispered, “Erin, let me tell you something. You know I work with Janette, so I might know more information than you. The three head designers in the design department not only handle main designs but also businesses. She previously had some problems negotiating with a company’s president, but she didn’t want to lose that business. Recently, she picked two female designers to go negotiate with her, and you’re one of them. I heard some rumors saying that the president is a lecherous old man, and Janette might make you two entertain him. You

thank you for letting me

it’s nothing. We’re all in the same company and need to help each other out sometimes. If you ever

“Okay, I will.”

their seats and worked the whole

was already 6 pm. Her fingers were sore, but she still had ten designs to

design competition, and the top three participants would be able to participate directly in a new project. If

participating designer could receive roughly 100 thousand dollars as