Chapter 598


    It was mid-August, and it was payday.


    Norman handed me the pay slip and said with a smile, "You should treat me to a meal!"


    Seeing that the sry had doubled on the pay slip, I nodded and said, "What do you want to eat? It''s


    on me!"


    Someone heard our conversation and shouted, "Since you are treating, you can''t treat one person only.


    Arianna, we''re all your colleagues. Since you got a promotion and a pay raise, you should bring us


    together to celebrate with you!"


    "That''s right! I haven''t gone out for two months."


    Norman looked at me with a faint smile but did not express his opinion.


    I chuckled and said, "Then, how about we have dinner together tonight, and go to the bar after that?"


    "Wow, that''s great!”


    They were all young and lively girls. Eating and ying were the main things in their life.


    Once the hubbub subsided, Norman could not help butugh at the sight of me. "Your sry is only


    eight thousand dors, and there are more than twenty people in thepany. You will need to spend


    at least one or two thousand dors on the meal. I guess you won''t have much of the money left after


    going to the bar."


    I smiled and said, "It''s okay. I don''t have much expenses right now. I don''t need a lot of money. I don''t


    mind as long as everyone is happy!"


    "Alright. I''ll ask my mom to pick Anne and Bet up tonight so that we can go back a bitter. What


    do you think?" he asked.


    I nodded.


    The restaurants in Hovell were not expensive. I found a rtivelyrge restaurant and booked two


    private rooms on the second floor. There was not enough space in one room to fit in all the people, so I


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    simply booked two.


    While several colleagues were ordering the food, someone started to joke. "This ce that Arianna had


    chosen is probably the best restaurant in Hovell. It will cost more than two hundred dors per person


    to eat here. She is really generous!"


    "That''s right. You will spend more than half of your sry on this meal," a colleague told me.


    Someone answered, "What are you afraid of? Miss Reid doesn''t need this few thousand dors of


    sry to survive. Why do you all need to feel bad?"


    It was Cecil who spoke. I smiled lightly but did not say anything. I signaled everyone to make their


    order.


    Since they were all colleagues, there was no need to introduce each other when they sat down at the


    same table. Instead, they began to chat among themselves.


    Someone looked at me and asked, "Arianna, do you n to settle in Hovell temporarily or


    permanently?"


    I replied, "I''m not too sure as well!"


    "I heard that Roberts Group and Granger Group arepeting fiercely with each other. Both of them


    are trying to win over the Reid Family. Arianna, can you tell us more information so that we can gossip


    about it?"


    When a group of people sat together, it was all about gossip. I smiled and said, "I only lived in Jarold


    City for three years. I don''t really know much about the things in Jarold City."


    After all, Cecil had always been in the spotlight. Without her father''s support, she was feeling extremely


    unhappy to be left out and neglected by others.


    This topic was pretty scandalous indeed.


    Immediately, everyone turned to look at me. One of them said curiously, "Arianna, it seemed that I had


    never heard you mention your daughter''s father."


    I didn''t like to talk about other people''s gossip, nor did I like to be the center of discussion. Cecil


    had also deliberately brought up this topic.


    People in Hovell were pure and kind. But because they had a lot of free time, they tended to gossip a


    lot.


    After hearing what I said, everyone did not continue to ask me about it. We enjoyed quite a harmonious


    meal together.