Chapter 862


    Austin slumped in his chair, his tone tinged with frustration.


    "I''m just looking out for you, you know? You''re about to leave the Lopez Corporation, but you''ll still


    need to work, right? Are you done with investment banking altogether?"


    A resume alwayses in handy when job hunting!


    Austin truly had Dorothy''s best interests at heart.


    "I''ve already made ns for all that, but thanks for your concern, Austin." Dorothy offered a distant


    smile and then strode into the conference room.


    Clearly, she didn''t want to discuss it any further.


    "Man, I just don''t get it," Austin sighed before following her in.


    The morning meeting was pretty standard stuff: everyone shared updates, nothing out of the


    ordinary.


    After the meeting, Dorothy returned to her office, gathered the documents she had organized and


    headed over to Austin''s.


    "I''ve sorted everything that needs the director''s attention into different folders for easy ess," she


    exined. "This way, it''s easier to manage, and the new director can hit the ground running."


    Seeing how thoroughly she had prepared everything, Austin felt even more indignant on her behalf.


    "Once you''ve done all the heavy lifting, any Tom, Dick, or Harry could step in as director without


    breaking a sweat!"


    "It''s only right to leave everything in order for the next person. I don''t want to hold up the project."


    Even though she wouldn''t see it through to the end, Dorothy had poured her heart into the project


    and naturally wanted it to seed—she wanted everyone on the fourth project team to get their


    holiday bonus!


    "What can I say about you?" Austin shook his head, perplexed. Maybe this was the confidence of


    the Lopez Corporation boss''sdy?


    "Alright, leave this stuff with me. I''ll pass it on to the new director. When your notice period is up, just


    wrap things up with HR."


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    "Got it." Dorothy nodded and left Austin''s office.


    Back at her desk, she felt her stomachache had subsided enough to start working. She stood up,


    poured herself a warm cup of water, and instinctively checked her phone, only to see a tweet from


    Keh at the top of her feed.


    [Got a girlfriend.]


    The picture showed a man''s hand holding a woman''s.


    Dorothy had never paid much attention to Keh''s hands, so she couldn''t tell if it was really him.


    But his quick announcement took her by surprise!


    It looked like the blind date went well!


    Karen was the first toment: [What? Bro, when did you get a girlfriend? That came out of


    nowhere!]


    Sure enough, Keh replied: [Met her yesterday, made it official today.]


    Karen replied: [Epic! Set up a date; I wanna meet her!]


    Keh responded, [OK]


    Dorothy didn''t really know what to say, so she just liked the tweet and put down her phone.


    Keh taking the step to find a girlfriend was a weight off her shoulders—no need to carry that


    heavy stone around anymore.


    She looked at herputer screen, filled with construction material details and price lists from


    vendors. She took a deep breath before diving into the sea of numbers.


    Several hours passed with Dorothy engrossed in her work until, finally, it was time for lunch.


    She stretched and checked her phone again, spotting a few unread messages from Karen.


    [Keh really got a girlfriend?]


    [Keh''s serious about this? Did he tell you?]


    [I can''t help but feel he just randomly picked a girl. It''s like he doesn''t care who he marries as long


    as it''s not you. It seems so rushed!]