After a long silence, I asked again, “Is it because of me?”
He suddenly looked up, meeting my eyes before quickly avoiding them, his expression guilty.
Although I had never seen Chris in person in five years, every year on my birthday, I always received an extravagant gift from him. He spent a fortune on it.
He would also occasionally transfer money into my account
It was as if he gave me everything he had earned. I had turned down his offers countless times, but he never gave
- up.
One day, I called him and finally let my frustrations out.
I said, “Chris, you saved me once, and I’ve helped you once we’re even. My father brought you into the company, but everything you’ve achieved since has been on your own. You don’t owe me anything. I’m not your creditor. What you’re doing will only ruin my marriage and make Nathan misunderstand my relationship with you.”
After that conversation, Chris stopped transferring money to me. The gifts were more modest from then on.
“Chris, I told you, you don’t
we me.”
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As soon as I finished speaking, Chris pressed his lips together, then said softly, “That’s not true.”
“What?”
He looked at me, his lips curving into a slight smile, a soft affection in his eyes.
“I love you, but I know you’re out of my league.
“I never imagined you’d see me that way, but my heart belongs to you. I can’t pretend otherwise or lead anyone on.
His words lingered in the air. I looked at him quietly.
He was the same age as me, but he had matured much faster.
The first time I met him, he had been shy and out of place. But he had grown to become the company’s backbone, one of my father’s most trusted people.
When I returned home last night, my father had spent a long time talking to me. He talked about the future of the company and my future.
In the end, he asked me two questions.
The first one was, “Do you still love Nathan?”
I shook my head, giving him a definite answer.
But when he asked the second question, I fell silent.
He asked, “Would you be willing to marry Chris?”
My father had plans to retire, and while Chris had been with him for many years, he was not part of the Caldwell family.
At first, I had been confused, but now I had an answer.
“Chris, would you marry me?”
Two days later, in Narla, Nathan sat in the studio, his gaze fixed on the interview, during which the intern had asked me if I still loved him.
