Chapter 58: If You Hadn’t Fallen in Love With Her Long Ago


    A smile was still stered on Kevin''s face, though the smile was more yful than before.


    Hans, who was usually calm, showed a hint of impatience in his eyes after noticing Kevin''s strange


    look.  "Kevin, that was not funny."


    "I have never seen you care so much about a woman."


    On the other side of the screen, Kevin was showing his white teeth, with rare seriousness in his smile.


    "Even when we were at school, you didn''t even take a proper look at the arrogant popr girls, let


    alone asking me which woman I didn''t take seriously. Hans, you are really serious this time."


    A trace of strangeness shed across Hans''s face, and he avoided Kevin''s eyes. "It''s just a woman.


    There are so many women in the world, and no one is indispensable."


    "So do you mean that I can woo her?"


    "No way."


    Hans said that without even thinking, he reflexively nced at Kevin on the screen.


    "Oh, okay then..." Kelvin shrugged and shook the screen a few times.


    "I knew you would be like this. Back then when I pestered you for a month, you didn''t even let me see


    her once. When I realized how overprotective you were over her, I knew that you like her more than a


    sister."


    Hans frowned and looked like he wanted to refute.


    "Hans, don''t lie to yourself. You said no one is indispensable, but you won''t know it until you lose her."


    "Kevin, I..."


    "Well, I''m going to have a date with my ''gori'' princess. Let''s just stop here. I think you''re in a good


    mood recently. I hope you can introduce her to me next time as your girlfriend..."


    Kevin''s face broke into a grin. "Remember, it''s not that I''ve failed to woo her. I let you have her because


    you''re my best friend. If you hadn''t fallen in love with her a long time ago, I would never have missed


    such a good opportunity. If there''s no progress next time, I''ll take the initiative. Don''t regret it then."


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    Although he knew that Kevin was joking, Hans still felt inexplicably nervous.


    The video on theputer shed a few times and returned to the main screen''s blue interface.


    Hans frowned for no reason and looked up at the door of the president''s office as if he could see the


    busy figure inside the secretary''s office through the door.


    In the afternoon, half an hour before they finished work, Rose just came back from the nning


    Department with a pile of food and drinks. It was obvious that she heard something good there.


    "Here, these things are for you." Rose put most of the food in her arms on Jennifer''s table, and said


    with a smile, "Let''s go to the nning Department dinner after work."


    Jennifer was busy crosschecking data and did not look up. "Did John, the manager of the nning


    Department invite you to dinner again?"


    "He didn''t just invite me, he invited the whole secretary''s office."


    "You go ahead. I have something to do after work."


    "What''s the matter? What''s this important thing you need to do? You have to eat, don''t you?"


    Rose grabbed her wrist and refused to let go. Jennifer couldn''t focus on work because of this so she


    looked up at her. "Come on. I have to finish this as soon as possible so I don''t have to work overtime. I


    have to buy a new pher."


    She hadn''t had the time to buy a new phone after breaking it outside thepanyst time. She was


    using an old phone but it was not convenient. She even missed customers'' calls several times.


    "It''s just a mobile phone. You can''t buy it at any time. Just go with me to dinner first, I''ll go shopping


    with you after dinner..."


    Jennifer frowned. "I don''t drink..."


    "Who said we are drinking?" Seeing Jennifer was giving in, Rose looked happy. "You don''t have to


    drink. If someone asks you to drink, I will drink for you, alright?"


    "I have to go home before 10 o''clock."


    "All right, all right..."


    Rose looked as if everything was negotiable.


    Jennifer had a headache thinking about Rose''s track record. She always said yes in the beginning, but


    the reality was thatter on, it would spiral out of control.


    Before getting off work, Jennifer knocked on the president''s office door.


    "Come in..."


    Hans said with a hint of authority.


    Jennifer closed the door and stood a little far away from Hans.


    "The nning Department is having dinner tonight. I might go home a littleter tonight."


    She didn''t want to repeat the same mistakes. It was better to inform Hans in advance about any


    gathering in the evening in order to avoid the same thing from happening again.


    Hans seemed to be thinking about something, he looked absent-minded when she came in. He was in


    a daze when he heard what Jennifer said and frowned. "What does the nning Department''s


    gathering have anything to do with you?"


    "The manager of the nning Department, John, was close with Rose. Their department has always


    cooperated well with us, so it was their manager''s idea to invite us to dinner..."


    The department manager could make decisions about the private gathering of each department, they


    didn''t have to ask Hans for permission. Moreover, it seemed that they were paying for themselves for


    this dinner and it was after work hours, so they really didn''t have to get Hans''s permission.


    When Hans heard Rose''s name, his face slightly rxed.


    He said indifferently, "This is your own business. You don''t need to ask for my permission."


    Jennifer was slightly stunned, and she looked incredulous.


    Hans had always been overbearing and liked to intervene in everything. Now Hans was saying that it


    had nothing to do with him, she felt as if she was in a dream. Thinking of how he had been polite and


    estranged these days, she felt a twinge of sadness.


    Coming out of the president''s office, Jennifer looked lost. Rose had already packed up her own bag,


    picked up Jennifer''s bag, and locked the door of the secretary''s office. She carefully approached her


    ear and whispered. "Did he say yes?"


    Jennifer was stunned for a few seconds and nodded.


    He said that it had nothing to do with him so he did not really agree or disagree. It was more like he did


    not care.


    Rose did not know what had happened, and she thought that Jennifer looked upset because Hans had


    ridiculed her. She could not help but be a little angry. "What the hell, do you even have personal


    freedom? Let''s just ignore him, Jennifer."


    Jennifer stopped for a moment and forced a smile looking at Rose. She pretended to be rxed and


    said, "Never mind. Let''s just leave early, otherwise, we won''t be able to squeeze into the subway during


    peak hour."


    Speaking of this, Rose gave her a knowing look.


    "Taking the subway? Don''t make meugh. The people in the nning Department are buying us


    dinner. They have eight managers in four departments and all of them earned over a million dors


    each year. If they don''t even have cars, how can they bring girls to dinner?"


    "Girls?" Jennifer''s face grew serious. "Other departments? Isn''t this a nning Department dinner?"


    Rose snickered. "Yes, the nning Department nned it, and it was a perk for all the eligible


    bachelors in thepany. We are both honoured guests..."