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“I’d get out of the department now if I were you. Wouldn’t want to end up in another humiliating situation.” There was a jealous gleam in Victoria’s eyes as she gave Ruka a freezing look before storming away.
After that, Ruka made her way back to the office absentmindedly. She never thought she would run into such troubles here at the workplace, and while she would love to stay in the Translation Department, she knew that she did not stand a chance for progress if Victoria continued being petty like this.
Upon returning to her desk, Ruka watched as everyone around her got the notice for the second assessment while her inbox remained empty. There was no better proof of unfair treatment than that.
Ruka exhaled slowly. She had made up her mind, and even though she really wanted to stay in the Translation Department, she knew that she had to earn herself a place by taking the entry assessment the next time the department was hiring. Victoria would never let the matter of her getting in through connections rest otherwise.
More importantly, her decision to quit the internship was to keep anyone from accusing Ren of abusing his power.
Caspian noticed Ruka packing up her things and asked anxiously, “What are you doing. Ruka?”
She smiled and said, “I hope you’ll make your mark here, Caspian. I have to leave because of, well, personal reasons.”
“Will we see each other again?” he pressed, standing up. He had every intention to pursue her romantically, and he didn’t want to miss out on her.
“I guess that’s up to fate, huh?” Ruka flashed him a grin, then waved goodbye to everyone as she said, “Bye, everyone.”
Inara and Michele looked decidedly cheerful to see that she was leaving, and their tones were considerably warmer as they sang, “Goodbye!”
Ruka slung her bag over her shoulder and made her way over to Victoria’s office. She knocked on her door, and heard Victoria say, “Come in.”
Ruka did just that, and when Victoria saw her standing there with her bag, she immediately realized what was going on. “Leaving already?” she asked, raising a brow.
“That’s right,” Ruka answered unaffectedly, but her tone was firm. “But I’ll try my luck to get in next year if the opportunity presents itself.”
Victoria smirked. “I’m going to be frank with you, Ruka. For as long as I’m here, you’ll never get into the Translation Department.”
Instead of getting angry, Ruka merely said patiently, “You know, Miss Parfait, I’m going to leave you some sage advice before I walk out of here-stop wasting your youth by trying to force someone to love you because that will never happen.”
A dark look passed over Victoria’s face as she seethed, “What gives you the right to tell me that, Ruka?”
“As I said, it was only sage advice, and it’s up to you whether to take it or not, Ruka answered calmly, then spun on her heels to leave.
Victoria stood up as anguish washed over her. She had found sweet revenge in picking on Ruka the way she had, but the rush was short-lived, and she still could not have Ren to herself. At the end of the day. Ruka might have left, but Victoria felt like the biggest loser.
Meanwhile, Ruka headed down the sidewalk while gripping onto lier bag. She had left her job. but it was as if a huge weight had been lifted off her shoulders.
As she walked, she decided that she was going to call Ren and tell him about this. She fished her phone out of her bag and found her way to the park, then sat on a bench as she called his number.
His husky, magnetic voice filled the other line immediately after he picked up. “Hello?”
“Are you busy?” Ruka asked.
“No, I’m on my way back to the house.”
“I have something to tell you,” she said openly. “I quit my job.”
“Why did you do that?” Then, he asked icily, “Did someone make you?”
While Ruka was technically forced into quitting, she did not want him to pick on Victoria over this, so she chose to evade his question instead by saying, “I decided to quit all on my own.”
“Where are you now?”
“Walking around the park. I’ll go back to my parent’s place in a while,” she replied.
“T’ll have someone pick you up.”
“And where will I be going?”
“To see me.”
She wanted to see him badly as well, so she nodded and said, “Okay then. I’ll send you my location.”
Twenty minutes later, she slid into the backseat of the car Ren had sent for her. Soon, the car drove out of the bustling cityscape and into a well-guarded area.
Ruka saw Ren immediately when she arrived at a teahouse. He was sitting at an ornate table that looked like it dated back to the olden days, making him look like a prince or a king as he went through his documents.
Next to him, Elijah was helping him sort out the paperwork. When he registered Ruka’s arrival, he smiled and greeted politely, “Miss Singed, have a seat.”
Ruka’s heart careened from beat to beat when she saw how imposing Ren looked as he worked. She then took the seat next to him. Just as Elijah rose to leave and accord them some privacy. Ren glanced up and said, “Do as I say.”
“Yes, sir, I’m right on it,” Elijah replied while giving Ruka a meaningful look before closing the door behind him when he left the drawing room.
Ruka looked around the ornately decorated place and asked curiously, “Is this one of your workplaces as well?”
Ren gave her a sympathetic look and handed her a cup of tea. “Here, have some tea to warm yourself up.”
“But I’m not cold,” She paused mid-explanation when he grabbed her hands, which were freezing. At that moment, he had caught her lying. She flushed but did not try to pull her hands out of the warm cusp of his.
A beat or two later, Ren drawled grimly. “I’ll give Victoria a stern warning. You can go back to the Translation Department anytime you want.”
Sliaking her head, Ruka said, “I don’t want to go back. I want to try out other departments. I’m thinking of Public Relations, so I can work with my parents.” It was not as if she had taken up the internship at the Translation Department without a backup, and she thought Public Relations was not too shabby of a choice.
However, Ren’s eyes darkened when he heard this. “I’m afraid I can’t let you.”
She blinked. “Why?”
“I don’t want you any further away from me than necessary,” he bit out in an almost demanding manner.
She gazed into his depthless eyes and felt her heart melt. There was something about him that made her want to give up everything, including her good sense, just for him. He only needed to ask and she would have said yes regardless of what his request might be.
That was how Ruka ended up saying, “Okay. I guess I’ll consider something else then.”
“You don’t have to work, you know,” he said hoarsely. “I make more than enough for the both of us.”
She blushed at his sentimental tone, but she stood her ground and gave a firm shake of her head as she said, “No, I can’t just have you bankroll me. I want to make something of myself: I don’t want to stay idle.”
A small smile curled on his lips as he asked teasingly. “Is it that embarrassing to be a housewife!
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