Semua Bab Beneath the Trampled Rose: Bab 11 - Bab 20

The person beside Miranda smiled. "The manager's standards have gone up lately. This new waiter is quite good-looking. With that build, he must be pretty good in that department, too."I knew I had to leave. Otherwise, there was no telling what would happen next. "If there's nothing else, I'll be going."I was just about to leave when she stopped me. "Where are you going? I didn't say you could leave. It's my birthday today, so stay and have a few drinks with us."I finally understood the look the supervisor had given me earlier. "I'm sorry, but I don't drink with customers. If you need company, I can call someone else in for you."Miranda's expression darkened immediately when she heard me. "Really, now? But I want you to drink with me! I don't like any of those ugly ones."The others were goading her on."It's your lucky day that Miranda has taken a liking to you, yet you're turning her down?""You don't know your place, do you? Just the tip will be more than your monthly sala

I stopped at the door and turned around, looking at Miranda. "I can't take the money because I was the one who crossed you earlier. Drinking the bottle was my way of apologizing. Besides, this is Ms. Scott's money, so I can't take it either. I have nothing to do with her, so I have no reason to accept it."I then looked at Samantha. Since we were cutting everything off, we might as well cut it clean!Miranda burst out laughing. "You really do have a backbone! It's so rare to see people like you, but I like it. What's your name? Why don't you follow me from now on? I happen to need someone like you by my side. I'll make it worth your time if you follow me. You can have whatever you want."Of course I knew she would make it worth my time if I followed her, but I also knew what kind of person she was. So, I said, "Thank you for thinking so highly of me, but I don't want to change jobs right now."When Miranda saw me deliberately choose the more difficult choice instead, her expression

I looked coldly at Samantha. If I really had hurt her back then, then I would take this punishment myself. However, we would truly be strangers after this. Since there was no going back, this was fine, too.When Samantha heard what I had to say about drinking the last two bottles, she was so angry that she stopped herself from saying whatever she had wanted to say. She glared at me and said, "Exactly. We don't know each other. How would I know someone like him? Since he's so capable, let him finish it."My stomach churned in pain. I felt so awful that sweat broke out across my forehead, and I wanted to throw up. But if I threw up, that twenty thousand dollars would have nothing to do with me. To avoid drinking every drop earlier, I had deliberately spilled quite a bit, but even that was not enough against so much alcohol.Seeing how terrible I looked, someone shouted, "I think he can't take it anymore. His face is turning pale already.""Looks like he can't hold it in. This money i

Just when I thought that there was something hidden underneath all of this, Harry appeared. He rushed over and pulled Samantha into his arms, then asked with concern, "Sammy, how are you? Are you okay?"Samantha did not say anything as she only looked at Harry sadly, as if she had finally found something to hold on to. "I'm fine. Let's go."When Harry saw her red eyes, he looked at me coldly. "Arthur, did you say something? How did you make Sammy cry?"I had no way to defend myself.Seeing that I did not speak, Harry continued, "Haven't you hurt Sammy enough after all these years? It was already hard enough for her to support the entire Scott family. Now that she has finally made it through... You have no idea how much she suffered through all this!"Of course, I knew how much she went through.One needed a lot of courage and had to make plenty of sacrifices in order to take over a ruined company on the brink of bankruptcy and revive it. Not to mention, she had made it even bigge

"If you ever loved her even a little, you should let her live a better life. The person you are now has no way to give her that, after all. Not only that, you still want to keep hurting her!" The person on the other side of the call growled.I did not know who was on the other side of the call or what they wanted, but the more he spoke, the clearer his purpose became. They wanted me to leave and stay away from Samantha.If I was right, there were two people most eager to make me leave.Other than Samantha herself, Harry was the other one.I smiled. "I said I won't leave."Before they could speak, I hung up and blocked the number.Then, I lay down again. It wasn't long until my stomach churned again, and it only eased a little after I took a few more painkillers.The night sky was dark, and everything was quiet, but I could not calm down for a long time…-The next morning, the nurse said to me after I woke up, "Your mother's condition is a little more stable now, but she still