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Who writes and reads novels nowadays?

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Her voice came from outside the door. “Oh, by the way, Rosie said that your underwear needs to be replaced, so she threw them all away. You can get new ones from the bottom.”

“Don’t you like this car? It’s also for your sake that I canceled it early.”

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Louisa then pulled me all the way into the bathroom.

In the past five years, I had transformed from a rich second-generation who knew nothing to a first-generation entrepreneur.

I threw the document on the table, interrupting the two people who were staring at each other.

How can someone in your family purposely try to destroy your reputation?

Marco’s eyes slightly lifted and his cold face turned slightly pale.

I put my hands in my pockets, curled the corners of my mouth and a hint of coldness and anger flashed in my eyes.

In his latest X post, he posted a picture of Louisa lying in his arms and sleeping soundly.

What is the best way to end a relationship with someone who has future plans with you?

My hand, which was about to sign, paused and I raised my eyes.

Louisa held my hand and said in a deep voice, “Lionel, why are you so angry?”

“You’re the boss, Lionel, this is a matter of words.”

How can people balance religious beliefs with seeking professional mental health care?

He looked up, a hint of surprise appearing in his eyes.

She took out a bottle of perfume from her eight-digit Hermes bag and smiled dotingly.

She was standing in the crowd, looking at me from afar.

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“Didn’t you give him the car and he accepted it? What’s the point of having me, an outsider, wipe his ass?”

“Notify everyone that there will be a staff meeting this afternoon.” I ordered.

She also said that she liked my innate arrogance and rebelliousness the most.

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“Speak! Marco!”

There was no point to keep a woman who had left my heart.

It seemed like the superior-subordinate relationship between them was closer than I imagined.

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[Driving the car given by my boss to send her home and even the wind was sweet.]

That night, I brought all the top-of-the-line sports cars that I had collected in my garage to her.

His slender fingers gripped the steering wheel and the corners of his mouth curved in just the right angle.

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Louisa and I had been dating since we were in college until now.

Followed Marco behind her.

Until I saw a post on X.

Hello, I have a question about astral projection. I started to get interested in this a little while after my mum passed in april. I thought I may be able to see her and speak with her if I managed to achieve astral projection. Since this interest, every time i sleep on my back I go into sleep paralysis. However, I cant progress into astral projection because it is very scary for me as I feel like I'm suffocating when this happens. I panic and force myself to wake up. This only ever happened about once a year before this. It sometimes lasts a long time. This has happened about 3 times per week since my mum died, as mentioned on a previous post. I no longer try to go into it anymore(due to the suffocating feeling), but it still happens. I read that sleep paralysis is the pathway to astral projection. Why has this started to happen so frequently since simply taking an interest in it? Is this connected to the afterlife? I am concerned about it as I now cannot seem to stop this happening. Could it be my mum trying to communicate? Im asking due to more knowledge around this in this group.

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Rosie paid extra attention to this and checked it carefully every day.

She said the sports car had been cancelled and sent back to the automotive dealership.

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“You have a prominent family background, Lionel, unlike ordinary people like me.”

A side photo taken from the perspective of the girlfriend sitting in the passenger seat.

I wanted to rush downstairs and question that girl right away.

Do you think a lot of sociopaths' parents kill themselves for having brought such disgusting evil into the world? How much shame and disgust must they carry?

Even though the gift she gave was to serve herself.

“If I want to have a future with you, I have to get stronger. Of course, you can act childish and ask me not to go today, but I don’t want to disappoint my subordinates who fight side by side with me.”

If he dared to accept it, he should be able to guess who the original owner of the car was.

My boyfriend won’t tell me his past and it hurts me so I broke up with him what do I do?

I just wanted my favorite supercar back.

Jealousy over a slightly more good-looking male assistant was truly a fall from grace.

No.

When did you realize that your childhood was not normal?

Leaving me only the refreshing fragrance of gardenia that dissipated into the air.

She raised her hand and slammed the table angrily, saying harshly, “We can handle it ourselves. We don’t need you.”

She defended him.

Why do you allow your cat to lie in bed with you?

I picked up the documents she brought back and gave a faint response. “Hmm.”

Only when we did not love could we make rational judgments.

I looked at her deeply and believed her pledge of allegiance for the time being.

I walked out and stood in front of the girl.

“Marco Tucker, right? It’s just a car. I can still afford it.”

The girl’s cold face showed some dissatisfaction.

It was time to end this tangled triangle relationship.

Although I did not want to admit it, I was now so jealous that I was insane.

I turned my gaze away from the door and let out a long sigh.

I handed the breakfast to my assistant and asked him to go out and sell me another one.

Let her pick and send it away.

I saw them exchanging a few words with each other and Louisa smiled particularly happily.

Until my assistant nervously handed me Marco’s X account and said, “Sir, I think I should let you know about this.”

“I feel strange with you like this.”

Louisa did not expect me to speak so bluntly and her face suddenly turned ugly.

Targeting? He was not worthy.

An hour later, her male assistant drove the car and posted a message on his social media.

But I did not expect, Louisa brought me breakfast on the table with the sticky note on the bag.

“Got it! Marco and I have nothing, not now and not in the future.”

She also wanted me to defend him with her despite feeling disgusted.

However, I did not want to leave Louisa, so I stayed in Araya.

“Lionel, Marco has returned the car to the dealer, but I need to go over to cancel the account.”

My father even agreed to a blind date with the Scott Family on my behalf overnight.

After five years of ups and downs, we opened the largest clothing company in Araya.

I had money, good looks and a good figure, so why should I waste my time on someone who did not love me!

I felt a chill in my heart and blurted out. “Go ahead.”

It turned out that all this time she always felt that we were not a good match.

Seeing her smile and express her emotions towards him.

Everyone was in an uproar, expressing shock hearing this news.

A nice and friendly reminder to board the plane sounded at the airport.

She was stunned for a moment, her lips slightly parted, with an incredulous expression.

Getting up early and having breakfast together in the hotel.

I frowned and responded calmly, “Let go, it’s so dirty.”

Forget it, it was better for the person who did not belong to me to leave.

Then, her tone was both coaxing and scolding, brought me back to my senses. “I know you are jealous because you love me, but the others who don’t know will think you’re targeting someone else’s staff.”

At that moment, all my expectations were dashed.

At three o’clock in the afternoon, Louisa pushed the door to my office and stepped in with her high heels.

A message from Louisa popped up on my mobile phone.

“The blind date with the eldest daughter of the Scotts, I’ll go.”

I suddenly felt ridiculous.

And staying up the whole night working on a project together and drinking American coffee at 3 a.m.

The next day, the real estate agent came to register the sales information of the villa.

“First of all, a person of integrity has nothing to fear. If you, Louisa, are doing your job impartially, rewarding him for bringing huge profits to the company and giving him a supercar is understandable.”

 — —

I pulled the corners of my mouth and smiled.

My raging anger suddenly died down and what followed was endless coldness and disappointment.

She took a deep breath and said, her eyes filled with disapproval of me, “You took back the gift I gave him in public and now you’re letting him waste so much time at the dealer.”

“Well, my Baby, here … I bought you a new limited-edition perfume, so don’t be angry.”

On the contrary, Marco posted photos related to Louisa every day.

He uttered a dull response. “Hmm”.

She really took the car that I had been longing for half a year away from the automotive dealership secretly and gave it to someone else.

“Lionel, sorry, I didn’t get back from meeting with my business partners at noon. I just had a quick bite outside. Have you eaten yet?”

This clothing company was co founded by me and Louisa. She and I both hold half of the equity.

“But you have to know, as an assistant, what you should and shouldn’t accept.”

“I would like to inform everyone that I will be stepping down as the general manager. The company will be fully handed over to Mr. Blunt and Mr. Vaughan beside me.”

At one o’clock in the afternoon, I finished dealing with all the documents, but there was no sign of Louisa.

Ms. Louisa?

“You dare to give a supercar worth two million seven hundred dollars to the man who adores you, Louisa ….”

A majestic roar came from afar and a limited-edition supercar with black and gold paint appeared in front of the villa.

A pair of gleaming silver stiletto heels stepped on the ground.

With an annual revenue of nearly 10 billion, she said we were not a match.

“Am I thinking of myself?”

Marco took two steps forward with his long legs and blocked me.

A series of notifications popped up on my phone and it was an X post that Marco had just posted.

“Louisa has been with me for nine years and has seen a lot of things. I don’t think a supercar is a big deal.”

The perfume in her hand was more of a brand I had long since disliked.

I waited for her for so long that I was starving. I then opened my mobile phone and saw Marco’s social media.

She knew that I loved cars as much as my life, yet she dared to steal it and give it away to someone else.

“Also, today, I suddenly remembered that you had ordered a supercar, so I picked it up and gave it to him.”

“I don’t care if you misjudged his contribution to the company or you feel sorry for him for accompanying you on business trips and driving every day. The company has given him enough salary and if it’s not enough, he can ask for more, instead of you secretly using my supercar to compensate him.”

I was already angry and hearing these words only added fuel to the fire.

[Having a boss who cares for her subordinates is my happiness.]

Now, he even called her “Louisa”.

Now everything had changed.

The guilt I felt for impulsively agreeing to the blind date last night completely disappeared.

I stared at it for a long time.

We had been in relationship for nine years and this was the first time I had gotten so angry over another man.

“But the fact is, the value of these orders is far less than that of a supercar.”

In what capacity was he asking me not to blame my girlfriend?

“Rosie is taking a day off today. You take a shower first and I’ll go fry you a steak,” she said.

“It’s my fault, Mr. Gilmore. Please don’t blame Ms. Louisa.”

[Finally, from crush to girlfriend ….]

She and Marco would go back to the company to work overtime tonight and would not go home.

I stared at the perfume in her hand and recalled every moment of us for the past nine years.

“I can’t help it. This is the girls nowadays.”

I dragged my suitcase towards the security checkpoint and ran into Louisa and Marco who were rushing back.

The way he called her changed to be more intimate.

“This is an irrefutable evidence. Do you want me to expose all the dirty things you have done?”

At three o’clock in the afternoon, I walked into the largest conference room of the company with Reymond on time.

I did not need to be too concerned.

I lit a cigarette and blew a puff into the air.

Louisa Watson, who was showing off her affection to me on X a second ago, quietly took away the limited-edition sports car that I had reserved for a long time in the automotive dealership.

I saw admiration and heartache for another man in her eyes.

“Can’t you go tomorrow? Why do you have to go out so late?” asked me in annoyance.

Nine years of giving everything for a girl, but in the end, she still did not appreciate it.

She frowned and pouted.

A relationship that had changed in quality was like an unappetizing breakfast. There was no need to force ourself to eat it.

“I haven’t said anything yet, but you’re eager to put the blame on me.”

But now everything had changed.

Her eyes were a bit red and her gaze was full of charm.

“Lionel, I don’t know how the news about the sports car spread in the company. The staffs are all talking about Marco behind his back. Can you come and help Marco explain it for the sake of signing big orders today?”

Louisa, took my underwear and gave it to his assistant?

My assistant shook the mobile phone in his hand with a look of surprise.

[Congratulations for becoming a boyfriend and becoming a regular employee officially.]

Since the argument that day, Louisa had blocked me on X and WhatsApp.

I bent down and opened the bottom cabinet.

As soon as I arrived, the airport lobby was crowded with people.

“It’s too late now. It’s not safe to go out. You can go tomorrow.”

But in the cabinet, a box of men’s underwear was missing.

“As the marketing director, you have a keen eye, so you shouldn’t miss it.”

As a cold and aloof beauty, men pursue her and compete to get her.

I did not even glance at them, just brushed past them.

Spending their time together watching the sunset on the beach after chatting with their bussiness partner.

I nodded and looked at her leaving back, then opened the cabinet where my underwear was stored.

She had some impatience on her face, but she still held back her patience to explain to me.

“Alright, Lionel, doesn’t he have to pick me up and drop me off every day for work?”

Faced with his provocation, my gaze turned a bit cold and I found it somewhat funny.

I was furious instantly and lost my sanity.

At first, I suspected that Marco took the photos secretly behind Louisa out of vanity.

As a man, he should know why I was angry.

“Louisa, do you want to hear what you’re saying right now?”

It was her handwriting.

When we were in love, she once whispered in my ear that she would only love me and only me in her life.

In a flash, I remembered the X post Marco posted two days ago.

“Do you want me to use my authority to force the people below to shut their mouths up?”

Just overnight, he changed the way he called his boss from “Ms. Louisa” being “Louisa”.

I took out my mobile phone and called my father who was far away in Brimstone.

“I still have over a dozen supercars in my basement. Choose any one you want and consider it as a gift from me.”

Having been in society for so many years, everyone had gained some insight.

I frowned.

I did not have any emotions more, I just smiled indifferently and returned the phone to my assistant.

A supercar worth nearly two million seven hundred dollars was not something that a marketing director with no background like Louisa could afford.

Marco took a step back, lost his composure and apologized several times.

I had Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, so everything had to be neatly laid out.

“You can prepare dinner yourself.”

Louisa was stunned and frowned.

“This is your own problem. I shouldn’t have to put on a leadership role and help you solve it.”

Louisa stepped in front of him and pulled my sleeve.

In his post, there was a box of underwear of this brand.

She said I was her life.

Before getting off work, I received two business trip applications for two people and clicked “agree”.

“Mr. Gilmore, good evening. Ms. Watson and I just had dinner outside and came back a bit late. Please don’t blame her.”

“My words were harsh, but you should know that Marco is the man in the company who can help me share the workload the most. You made him lose face in public today and I can’t just abandon him now.”

My face turned cold and so did my heart.

I, who felt heartbroken at first, became numb in the end.

He bowed to me, his voice pleading. “I’m sorry, Mr. Gilmore. I didn’t think carefully about this matter. I will solve it myself. Don’t blame Louisa.”

She grabbed her assistant’s hand, pushed the office door and left without looking back.

“On X, her assistant posted a message thanking Ms. Louisa for treating him to a delicious meal.”

I laid in my bed and stayed up the whole night.

She did not let my hand go, instead she patiently said, “I know you’re angry, I apologize to you, okay? But Marco and I really have nothing, you’re sold your shares and broke up ….”

She pulled out a chair in front of the table and sat down, sighing.

When the salesperson sent me a message in the afternoon, I thought Louisa was trying to give me a surprise secretly, so I spent three hours happily in the dressing room choosing an outfit.

“When is your blind date with the Scott Family arranged? Have you really decided to leave Araya?”

I leaned back in the recliner and sneered.

Wasn’t it normal for people to criticize a boss who gave his or her assistant a luxury car?

I had loved her for so many years, what storms had I not seen.

Love did not become a burden when two people’s hearts were truly together.

The breakfast box she brought in the bag was my least favorite lamb sandwich.

I stepped down from the stage and left the conference room.

“Are you used to driving?”

“I’ve been waiting for this car for almost half a year and no one can take it away, not even you, my girlfriend.”

I was too lazy to argue with her, so I just opened X and showed her Marco’s X account.

I ignored her shock, put away my mobile phone and walked past her.

Seeing that I had given in, she pushed the door open and left without any hesitation.

“It’s my fault, Mr. Gilmore. I shouldn’t have accepted Ms. Watson’s gift.”

Since we wanted to sever ties, we naturally had to settle everything.

Her eyes were fixed on Marco, who opened the car door for her, with a hint of aggressiveness.

“She just feels too tired being with you. No matter how hard she tries, she can’t earn even one-tenth of your family’s money and she can’t spend your money with peace of mind.”

“Lionel, you can’t just think about yourself.”

My assistant suddenly pushed the door and casually said, “Sir, I saw Ms. Louisa and her assistant went to eat seafood. What do you want to eat? I’ll order it for you.”

“I’ll cancel and return it to the dealer as soon as possible.”

Louisa became anxious. She frowned and said in defense, “How can this be a small matter? You follow me on business trips every day and I don’t want others to criticize you everywhere.”

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“Mr. Gilmore is already busy with work, so it’s better not to trouble him with these small matters.”

“No, I do.”

After all, there was no evidence that they were having an affair.

I nodded and responded, “Next week, I’ll transfer the management rights of the company to you and leave.”

As early as yesterday, I had entrusted someone to send her a breakup message.

I took a sip of my mojito without saying a word.

I squinted as I walked into the villa in a cold voice.

Did she know what it meant to give a man underwear as a gift?

I got in the car and headed to the airport.

But she refused decisively and stayed by my side wholeheartedly.

My head exploded with a loud bang.

Just as I was trying to calm my emotions and go downstairs, she pushed open the bathroom door with the flip-flop sound of her slippers.

Hearing those words, both of them were stunned.

Louisa who was wearing a white suit and holding a white crocodile leather bag, stepped out of the car.

Marco reacted earlier than Louisa.

“With so many supercars you have, you don’t mind, do you?”

Haha … I sounded like a stingy person from his words.

I was really reluctant to leave everything behind and return to Brimstone now.

Whatever Louisa wanted to do, I accompanied her.

He joked that I should have changed a long time ago.

I was sure now.

She reacted, quickly stopped me and angrily said to Marco behind her, “What the hell is going on! When did I lie down with you?!”

Louisa stepped on her high heels to protect the man behind her and hugged my waist.

No man could bear to see the girl he loved using his own money to buy gifts for other men.

“The way he looks at you is not the way an ordinary subordinate looks at his superior.”

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Marco Tucker walked around the car to the passenger seat and opened the passenger door gently and considerately.

I got it.

Marco pursed his lips and said no words.

In the past, I admired her rational and clear nature the most.

The next day, I came to the company with hungry stomach from the night.

Shouldn’t we have anticipated such a result?

Marco was the partner who could stand shoulder to shoulder with her.

“Am I strange?”

I fixed my gaze full of pressure on him.

Louisa, after nine years of our relationship, did you have any feelings for me?

[Marco and I go to meet some clients and have lunch together.]

Five years ago, after graduating from university, my father asked me to return to Brimstone to inherit the family business.

Not only did he dare to accept it, he also dared to post it openly on his X post and another social media to show off.

In the evening, I stood on the balcony of the villa and gazed the sunset.

“You took the car without my consent. I just wanted to take back what belonged to me.”

It was obvious that it was not what she was prepared for me.

Marco behind her spoke up, “It’s okay, Mr. Gilmore, a few rumors can’t hurt me.”

Seeing I stopped talking, she sighed.

At night, my best friend, Reymond Blunt called me to drink.

I was stunned for a moment and frowned. “Where did you see them?”

The atmosphere was silent.

[Wow, after reading your secret stories on your crush for four years, you finally got her love!]

I spent the next whole week busy with the transfer.