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I didn’t plan to make a scene with her, but I was prepared to confront her if she tried to make trouble.
Seeing that I had really dialed the police number, Fiona was shocked.
She quickly snatched my phone and hung up.
“Lucas, have you gone mad?”
“I’m not mad. I just want to ask if the law recognizes what you say.”
Perhaps because she had never seen me push back so hard before, Fiona visibly panicked.
She bit her lip lightly: “Alright, Lucas, stop this nonsense. I know you mind about Zack, so from tomorrow on, I won’t meet him alone anymore. Is that okay?”
“And about our wedding ceremony, !‘ll book it right now.“”
She took out her phone: “I’ve been looking at this wedding design company for a long time. After coming back from this business trip, I wanted to discuss the wedding with you. Look…”
She held her phone in front of me, showing me her chat history with the customer service.
I glanced at it.
Indeed, it was her discussing the wedding with the customer service.
But there was one line where she asked the customer service if they had blue wedding dresses and suits.
I remembered that blue was Zack’s favorite color.
And I had told Fiona before that this was the color I disliked the most.
So who was this wedding really prepared for? I didn’t need to think to guess the answer.
I sneered and said calmly.
“Alright, I have a flight tonight. If there’s nothing else, I’ll be leaving now.”
“I’ve left the house keys in the mailbox. Don’t contact me in the future if there’s nothing important, and try not to contact me even if there is.”
After saying this, without waiting for her response, I headed straight for the door.
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After saying this, without waiting for her response, I headed straight for the door.
Just as I opened the office door, Zack, who had been eavesdropping outside, stumbled in.
“I’m sorry, Fiona, I was worried you two might argue because of me, so I…”
He acted “flustered“, his expression aggrieved: “Brother Lucas, I just heard you want to leave because of me. Please don’t do this. Fiona loves you very much, she can’t live without you.”
“I’il apologize to you. I’ll leave the company today, okay?”
As he spoke, he made a show of taking a blank A4 paper from Fiona’s desk and was about to sign a resignation letter.
Looking at his exaggerated performance, I found it amusing.
But Fiona couldn’t see through it. She anxiously snatched the paper and pen from Zack’s hand and righteously said, “This has nothing to do with you. You’re innocent. If anyone should leave, it shouldn’t be you.”
“But what about the company if Brother Lucas leaves?” Zack asked.
“I don’t believe the company can’t run without Lucas,” Fiona said coldly, glaring at me.
Perhaps stimulated by Zack’s offer to leave, she now showed no intention of trying to keep me.
“Lucas, think it through. The company can run without you, but if you leave the company, you might not find a boss who treats you as well as I do.”
“If you want to leave, I won’t stop you…”
Before she could finish, I had already strode out of the office.
Fiona’s exasperated voice came from behind: “Lucas, don’t regret this.”
Of course, I wouldn’t regret it.
That evening, I took my luggage to the airport and boarded a flight abroad.
On the night of my arrival, my advisor had already arranged everything for the research institute. The next day, I smoothly entered the institute to continue my former dream.
Back then, Fiona said she liked robots, so I chose this major at the beginning of university and later devoted myself to research
Later, as time passed, her interests changed again and again.
But I became more and more engrossed in my daily research.
Over these years, even though I had been working at Fiona’s company, doing work unrelated to robotics, I still kept up with developments in the field during my spare time.
Therefore, when I resumed my research, I didn’t find it too challenging.
During this time, Fiona sent me a few more messages, essentially saying she still didn’t believe I would really leave her, and offering me a few more chances to back down.
I didn’t reply.
Fiona then sent me a few photos.
It was Zack’s transfer notice.
“I’ve figured it out now. Your resignation wasn’t approved by me, it was Zack who made a mistake in processing it. But he didn’t know the applicant was you!”
“I’ve transferred him to logistics now. He’ll never touch company affairs again. Isn’t that enough to satisfy your anger?”
Soon after, Zack also sent me an apologetic text message.
It was long and seemingly sincere.
But! could still tell it was an acrostic poem. If you looked carefully, you could see the hidden message mocking me.
Clearly, Fiona had asked him to write it.
Fiona sent it without even reading it.
In the past, if I did anything slightly questionable, Fiona would think I was alluding to Zack. Now Zack was openly insulting me, and Fiona turned a blind eye.
I sneered, unsurprised, and couldn’t be bothered to waste any more of my precious time on them.
I simply deleted them from my contacts.
I thought this matter was over, but unexpectedly, late one night, Fiona suddenly video called me.
