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Packing up the day before had drained her energy. Her calves were sore and aching-she really wanted to stay in bed.
But it was a weekday. She had to go resign from Jones Corp.
All those years with John, she’d built her life around him.
When he was struggling, she worked herself to the bone to pay for his treatment. After he became successful, she became his personal assistant and cared for him in every detail.
Now that she was done with him, there was no reason to keep that job either.
She wanted to chase her childhood dream-to become a great voice actress.
“Lily, my stomach hurts so bad, I can’t hold it anymore!”
Lily had just arrived at the secretarial department when the new girl, Yulia Xander, ran up to her in a panic.
Yulia looked absolutely pitiful. “Mr. John needs this file urgently. Can you please bring it to the CEO’s office for me?”
She was clearly in crisis mode.
Before Lily could even agree, Yulia had already dashed off toward the restroom in a very awkward pose.
Lily didn’t want to see John.
But it was obvious Yulia was desperate.
She had a good impression of the girl and didn’t want her getting chewed out by the boss. So she took the file and headed for the CEO’s office.
The door was slightly ajar.
Lily raised her hand to knock-then froze.
She heard Elsa’s coy, flirty voice.
“John, my ankle suddenly hurts so much!”
Her hand hovered over the door, then lightly pushed it open a crack.
Through the narrow gap, she saw Elsa’s body suddenly go limp-and fall into John’s lap.
“Elsa…”
John seemed startled and instinctively grabbed her waist, probably afraid she’d get hurt.
But even after regaining her balance, Elsa didn’t move.
She hooked her arms around his neck, bright and alluring like a rose in full bloom.
“John, I suddenly want to kiss you. What should I do?”
As she spoke, her dewy red lips slowly pressed toward his-
And John didn’t move away.
“Lily…”
Wayne Hunter had come to the CEO’s office to give his report.
Most employees at Jones Corp had no idea about Lily and John’s relationship.
But Wayne, trusted by John for years, knew everything.
Seeing Lily, he instinctively greeted her-only to catch sight of what was happening inside the office.
He froze, horrified.
Then quickly slapped a hand over his mouth.
He looked at Lily, his eyes full of awkwardness and sympathy.
“Elsa, I’m sorry.”
John had been momentarily distracted, stunned for a good ten seconds before he quickly pulled away from Elsa.
“I’m not blaming you,” Elsa said coyly, cheeks flushed. “My shoelace came undone.”
Hearing that, Lily’s dull gaze dropped to Elsa’s shoes.
Elsa was stunning.
Bright, bold, beautiful in an almost aggressive way.
Today, she wore crisp designer white sneakers, paired with a white blouse and a pleated pink skirt. Youthful and radiant, she looked exactly like a campus sweetheart.
John didn’t say anything.
But his actions spoke louder.
He gently lifted Elsa onto the desk, then knelt to tie her shoelace. His movements were so careful, they almost looked reverent.
Watching his long, elegant fingers slowly and intently tie the lace, Lily couldn’t help but remember something.
Back then, when their love was still new, he had once said to her, “Lily, meeting you is the happiest thing that’s ever happened to me. I’ll protect you, treasure you, never let you suffer. Never betray you.”
She had believed him with all her heart, like a fool, thinking she was the luckiest girl in the world.
One day, while they were walking hand in hand, they saw a guy bending to tie his girlfriend’s shoelace. She’d snuggled into John’s arms and teased, “Would you tie mine if it came undone?”
He had answered that it was pointless to compare things like that too childish.
It was obvious what he meant: no, he wouldn’t.
John was like a cold, distant mountain capped with snow. She thought his aloofness made sense-it wasn’t in his nature to stoop for something so small.
As long as she had a place in his heart, it was enough.
But now, seeing him so tenderly kneeling for Elsa, Lily finally understood. Love could win anyone over if their love was with the right person.
All his so-called principles, all his “can’ts,” were never about principle.
He just didn’t love her.
And that was fine. They would both start new lives.
It was fine.
She stood outside the door, quietly watching as he tied Elsa’s laces, then began to massage her ankle.
Watching the way they looked at each other, the unspoken affection sparking between them….
She watched as the boy she had once loved so deeply blurred into a vague, unfamiliar shadow.
When Elsa threw herself into John’s arms again, Lily didn’t linger.
She turned and walked quickly toward the stairwell.
“Ms. Lily!”
Wayne had seen everything Lily had done for John over the years.
The moment she turned to leave, he ran after her, worried.
Normally quick with words, he found himself at a loss. That scene just now had been too damning. He didn’t know what to say to comfort her.
Pushing his gold-rimmed glasses up his nose, he finally spoke awkwardly. “Don’t… don’t read into it. Honestly, the boss still really loves you. The last time you two fought, he got drunk and kept calling your name. He-“
“Wayne, I’ve already broken up with John.”
Lily knew Wayne meant well, but she didn’t let him finish.
Ignoring the shock in his eyes, she continued, “He loves me? He loves me, so he married Elsa on my birthday? He loves me, so he’s tangled up with her like that, unable to let go? That kind of love-I don’t want it. Wayne, I’ve already written my resignation. Please sign it when you have a moment.”
Wayne was the head of uit need his.
“You’re really sure about this? Does the boss know?”
Wayne had always been loyal to John.
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