Chapter 10
“Oh, right. Has the Klein family been pushing you to go on those nonsense blind dates recently? Do you want me to introduce you to my seniors? You could use this opportunity to take a quick break.”
Helena naturally knew all about Aurora being forced to get married.
Aurorafelt heractions slow. Altri awhile, she couldn’t even look at Helena as she mumbled, “It’s fine. I’m married.”
“WhatY–You’re married?
Helenscouldn’t help but grip Aurora’s hand tightly as the questioned sharply, “Who is it? When ijf this happen? Didn’t you …”
Amora hastily answered her before she could contine rambling, “Chen Jenson of Corix Corporation. It happened todays ago
-Own?Chris Corporation? Chen Jenson‘
Helena wasn’t a stranger to Gerix Coperation, Frankly, Helena could barely believe it. Although she was astonished, she still had the mind to keep her voice down. She whispered ungently, “Are you sure? Are you positive it’s that Owen? That mysteriousbig shot?”
Asanodded calmly.
Helena could only state at her, her eyes as wide assavers. After a while, she muttered dazedly. “How did you manage to bag that guy? Wait a minute. Doesn’t he have a beloved girlfriend? Leven heard he’s dating the infamous gambler’s daughter
“We’re keeping our marriage under wraps.”
“What? Under wraps? Are you gins têming a drama or something?”
“It’s just less troublesome that way,”
As Autosa said this, she checked her watch, placed her cutlery down, and rose to her feet. “I need to head back to the lab. You should get back to work”
Helena could only stare as Aurora left the cafeteria, able to come up with a proper response.
I want to talk about it.
She had a hunch that things weren’t all that simple. Still, she wouldn’t pry, especially since Aurora dudiv’t want to la
Astrait University was far from peaceful during the attemoon. The students‘ graduation thesis deadlines were just about done soon, Next, they would have to defend their thesis with their lives if they wanted to graduate. The miversity was also organizing a recruitment drive.
Aurora could hear the enthusiastic shouts and discussions as she passed by the field. Alas, she had no time to soak in their youthful vigor and was about to take a shortcut to the lab when she heard a familiarvolce up ahead.
“And here I thought you were so amazing. Yet it turns out you don’t even have a job! Didn’t you say Aurora’s brilliant? Why didn’t she
we get you a job?” It was none
other than Linna
Whitney was standing right next to Linna, she didn’t have much makeup on. This time, she was dressed in a white dress and had worn her hair in a high pomtail She looked like an innocent and delicate angel
However, this angel and her minion were bullying a trail–looking girl.
Aurora immediately recognized who the victim was. It was Stella, who had defeated her at Mitchell’s birthday party.
“Hey, I’m talking to you! Aer you mute? You made Whitney look bad in front of everyone. You’ve got quite the audacity to do so, you ungrateful mutt! You’ve benefited from the Klein family for years. How could you bite the hands that fred you? How dare you show up at Astrait University for an interview?
“Are you expecting Aurora to help you out? Do you think she’d bother wasting her time on the likes of you?”
Linne had always loved to attack her victims with her poisonous barbs.
just stating facts–! Stella refuted meeldy.
Lima promptly allenced Stella’s words with a harsh slap. Then, the matched Stella’s resume and tossed it aside carelessly.
Stella gopped her swollen cheek with a hand as she best to retrieve her resume with another Alas, Linna didn’t hesitate to skewer Stella’s hand with her high heels, causing Stella to cry out in pain. Linna didn’t stop even in the face of Stella’s tears
“Look at her, Whitney! the looks so pathetic. She really is þist like a mult, thou’t you think she looks just like her aunt, all submissive and useless? Her aunt has always been proveling before the Klein family, just
Hey, why don’t you give us a bark? Maybe I’ll let you work at tulum Enporation if you do well. Whitney might evenaleign to hire you as her assistant if you
Whitney’s lips curled into a serale. Nevertheless, she portended to stop Lina, tugging on her sleeves as slie advised, “Oh, you’re so cheeky, Let’s not bully the poor dear. Look at her. She’s crying leeves.”
Then, Whattary Lapar slightly to look at Stella with a smile. “Please don’t Lake Lama’s andeness to heart. Still, she has a point. Team Bine you as my assistant as long as your clarify things on Instagram and Twitter, stating that Aurora has been using you for years, brainwashing you into inwaiting me. What do you think?”
Stella raised her head and shook it tradutely
There was no way Stella would ever fie about uneething like this. Aurora was a good prison who had always treated her kindly. Meanwhile, these mean harpies had
es to slander Ancora all those years ago. There was on way she would stoop to their level!
Linna stomped toward Stella, wanting to slap her again. However, she didn’t expect me to grab her willst inly and twist it. As a result, her raised palm ended up whacking Whitney right across the tace.
whitney screeched in pain and lost her ballance, taking a quick tumble down the slope. She rolled several times before finally landing in the flowerbed below
“Whitney!”
Linna instinctively ignored the pain she telt as she cried out to Whitney. Then, she redirected her fury at the person who had rudely interrupted them.
“Aurora! Do you have a death wish, you bitch? Linna yowled angrily as she rushed to help Whitney.
Aurora’s eyes were stone cold as she glared at the two bullies before wallding over to help Stella up
“Aurora…” Stella whispered. She felt a sudden rush of emotion the second she laid her eyes on Aurora, causing her tears to fall
Aurora nodded lightly before bending down to pickup the scattered papers.
“What are you doing here?”
Aurora organized the papers into their proper order before returning them back to Stella.
Stella accepted them and said, “Thank you. I heard Astrait University was holding a recruitment drive, so I came to apply for a position.”
“What’s your major?”
Aurora didn’t know Stella as well as she wanted.
Although they were indeed good friends when they were younger, they barely interacted due to her skipping several grades. As a result, they barely interacted with each other. In fact, Aurora would only bump into Stella whenever Wendy was around.
