29I was not in the mood to go to our department's dinner party."You seem down. It's obvious that you've got your heart broken." Lucas shook his head. "Were you dumped?""Mm... Sort of...""Who the hell dares to dump my subordinate?" Lucas jumped up in disbelief."Didn't you say I was useless?""My subordinate, no matter how useless you are, you are still 100 times better than the women outside!"I was rendered speechless.Perhaps I should thank him for comforting me."Don't be sad. Let's go drinking tonight. Whichever guy you take a fancy on, I'll help you get him drunk!" Lucas dragged me along."Huh? T-That's inappropriate, isn't it?""If he's not drunk, you won't have a chance." Lucas had a bunch of tricks up his sleeves.In the end, I had no choice but to be dragged away by him."Lucas, why don't you invite Mr. Yakley?" our colleagues reminded him."You guys go ahead first. I'll go invite him now."Usually, everyone would politely invite Andrew to the dinner party,

35The wedding was next week.Andrew had been treating me very well.He was still restrained, and he clearly separated his professional and personal lives.He showed his true colors as a man at home, but he still acted like a cold boss at work.I seriously suspected that he had dissociative identity disorder. How else could he be so good at keeping his professional and personal lives separate? How was he always so composed?At the company, Lucas was still in an unpredictable mood. He scolded me every day for the proposals I made."No offense, Paulene, but when love is gone, you should focus on your career and improve your sales.""Oh, all right.""Go and change it again.""Okay."I returned to my seat with the proposal and redid it throughout the morning. I didn't even have time for lunch.Andrew was on a business trip again.I was so pitiful.I worked on the proposal until the afternoon. Lucas skimmed through it, and a smile gradually appeared on his face. "You're quite

6In the next class, his seat was still empty.According to my classmates, Yosef was caught smoking, and Zaiden was furious about it.I looked at his empty seat, falling into deep thought.It seemed like I indirectly caused him trouble again...At noon, Sean turned around."You want to change seats, right?" I picked up the book and consciously walked up to him."Yes..." Sean's arrogant expression was a little stiff.Perhaps he didn't expect that I would agree with him without hesitation today.I sat in his seat. As I heard nothing from the back, someone poked my back."I want to eat aglio olio."I turned to look at Sean and had no idea what he meant."I didn't have lunch."He smiled faintly, as if he was very certain that I would buy lunch for him.I heaved a long sigh secretly and stood up. "I'll go buy it for you."After that, I took my wallet and walked out of the classroom.Sean had hypoglycemia, so I was afraid that he would faint.Actually, I also knew that he ju

13Yosef followed me to the entrance of the classroom.He opened the window and asked me, "Where did you put the access card?""It's in my mathematics textbook."It was very dark outside, and the trauma had not yet dissipated.As Yosef had already entered the classroom, I had to wait for him under the window.Suddenly, his voice came from the window. "Do you want to come in together?"I looked at him and didn't know what he meant."It's dark outside. I'm worried that you'll be scared." After saying that, he went to the window, leaped, sat on the window, and reached out his hand to pull me.I hesitated for a few seconds, but I still stretched out my hand. I felt a force come from the hand. Soon, I was pulled up by him.It was the first time I jumped through a window in my life.Yosef landed his feet on the ground. Then, he extended his hands to catch me.I jumped down clumsily and grabbed his waist nervously."Don't grab that part. It tickles..." As his voice fell, so too d

18As it was about two months before the university entrance exam, the English teacher arranged a special class for us.It was about exchanging graduation gifts. Everyone had to prepare a small gift, number it, and get a blind draw on the stage to receive a gift.I thought about it for a week but still didn't know what kind of gift to give.In the end, I bought a card and wrote a graduation letter.I had written the letter for a night, and it was five pages long. I flipped through several books and applied every kind of advice in the letter.On the day that we drew the gift, I asked Yosef, "What kind of gift did you prepare?""It is a secret.""All right, then. I've prepared a letter."He glanced at me and commented with a gloomy face, "That's not a letter. It's a love letter.""Huh? No, it isn't. I copied it online," I explained."You have good handwriting and write a five-page-long letter. Are you that afraid that other boys won't like you?" He was somewhat angry."You're