Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Xia Yangyang wanted to turn and leave.
However, Lu Haotian noticed her and got out of his car. He rushed towards her and grabbed her hand. “Yangyang, I need to explain.”
Xia Yangyang spun around and replied coldly, “All right. Say it. I’ll listen.”
Lu Haotian said, “I was drunk that day. So I thought that Xuer was you.”
Xia Yangyang replied, “Have you finished explaining? In that case, I have to go.”
There were many people leaving the building at this hour.
Xiaoman was driving out from the car park. Xia Yangyang waved at her and got in conveniently.
Lu Haotian didn’t pursue her.
When the car entered the expressway, Xiaoman asked, “Who is that good-looking guy? Is he the one who sent the roses today? Boyfriend?”
Xia Yangyang denied it. “He used to be.”
“Ex-boyfriend? Seems like he is here to reconcile with you. Why did you break up with him? He is so handsome and he looks like he comes from a rich family. Yangyang, how could you bear to let go of someone like him?”
“Xiaoman, I have a headache.”
Xia Yangyang always appeared indifferent, and even if the president were to berate her, she had hardly looked like this.
Xiaoman didn’t press on.
Xia Yangyang looked out of the window as she gazed at the sky. Her thoughts wandered back to three months ago.
11th November was Xia Yangyang’s birthday. And Lu Haotian’s birthday present for her was for her to witness him with another woman in bed.
And that woman was her best friend Guan Xuer.
In one day, she was betrayed by two of the closest people in her life. And that was why she had gone drinking at a place like the Night Palace. And it led to subsequent events.
For the next three days, Xia Yangyang’s table appeared with bouquets of expensive rainbow roses. And then, Lu Haotian would wait outside the office building in the evening.
The entire office knew that a good-looking guy was pursuing Xia Yangyang madly.
Xia Yangyang didn’t explain, so only Xiaoman knew that that wasn’t the story.
On the fourth day, a bouquet of expensive rainbow roses appeared on her desk.
Other than that, a person came too.
It was Guan Xuer.
Xia Yangyang frowned at the sight of her.
Guan Xuer scuttled to her quickly and said, “Yangyang, you refuse to meet me and avoid all my calls. So I had no choice but to come here. Can we talk?”
There were a few colleagues in the office, and everyone cast them curious glances.
Xia Yangyang had no wish to attract so much attention. She muttered, “Come with me.”
She led Guan Xuer to the nearest conference room.
After they were both inside, Guan Xuer teared up and grabbed Xia Yangyang’s hand. “Yangyang, I’ve let you down. Can you just forgive me this time? I don’t want to lose a good friend like you.”
Xia Yangyang replied coldly, “If you were truly my friend, you wouldn’t have done such a thing. I remember that you didn’t drink that day.”
Sobbing loudly, Guan Xuer replied, “Yangyang, you have no idea that I’ve been in love with Young Master Lu for a long time. Yeah, I know both of you are childhood sweethearts and I shouldn’t have come between the both of you. But if love can be controlled, that wouldn’t be love.”
Love…
Guan Xuer pleaded amidst sobs. “Yangyang, we have been friends for years, can’t you just give me Young Master Lu? You’re the young mistress of the Xia family and adored and loved by all. Even if you don’t have Young Master Lu, you can still find a better partner in future. But if I lose Young Master Lu, I really have nothing at all. Yangyang, you don’t like to fight and compete for anything, can you just give up Young Master Lu?”
Xia Yangyang was rendered speechless by her pleas. She had never pestered him before.
After that incident, Xia Yangyang knew that it was impossible between Lu Haotian and her.
She turned around and asked, “You came here today just to tell me this?”