Chapter 389 Stand Up for a Friend
It was only when Whitney disappeared from sight that Nicole took her eyes off the former. In fact, she noticed the same strange thing about Whitney as Emily did. At the same time, Whitney’s strange behavior reminded Nicole of the exact same way she behaved when she first joined F&M Apparel three years ago.
However, Nicole didn’t ask Whitney about that, thinking she should respect her wish to keep her secret. “I think she’ll be fine. She is probably just not feeling well now,” Nicole said as she didn’t expose Whitney. In the meantime, Emily didn’t press on with any more questions regarding Whitney because she wasn’t close with her after all.
On the other hand, Whitney could no longer fight back her tears when she left the café in a hurry. Her eyes and nose began to turn red as she wiped her tears off with her hands and continued to make her way outside.
Soon, her vision became blurred by the tears shortly before she bumped herself onto someone while making her way out of the café. Reactively, she quickly apologized, with her head kept down. “I’m so sorry. I wasn’t looking.”
“Beauty Whitney?” Whitney heard a magnetic voice from above her head. Finding it familiar, she looked up and saw Mason. She then wiped off the tears on her face in a panicky manner and looked down slightly. “President Schumacher…”
Meanwhile, Mason reacted as if his heart melted when he noticed the tears on Whitney’s face. He then fixed his gaze upon her and caressed her cheek, sympathetically saying, “You shouldn’t be crying, beauty. Your tears are going to ruin how you look.”
Despite hearing Mason’s cheeky reply, Whitney gave a rather rigid response, taking a few steps back while blinking. “I’m fine. Thanks for your concern, President Schumacher.”
Hearing Whitney’s indifferent response, Mason decided not to ask her about that. Instead, he looked down and showed his concern in a euphemistic way. “Why are you crying? Is there something that’s bothering you?”
Whitney took a step back, seemingly unwilling to interact any further with Mason. “President Schumacher, I’m just feeling unwell now, so please don’t worry about me. I called the cab, which is currently on the way, so I should probably excuse myself and get ready.” She finished her words and walked away without a single thought of hesitation. In the meantime, Mason watched the lady slowly disappear from his sight, his smile fading from his face before he walked away as well.
When Whitney flagged down a cab and got it, she finally had all the privacy she wanted for herself. Sitting in the backseat, she then allowed her emotions to take over her while her tears gushed down her eyes like a waterfall.
Deep down, she was overwhelmed by a stab of pain in her heart at the thought of her past with Douglas. After all, she was the one who wronged him and suggested that they broke up; but when she learned he was already married to another woman with whom he had a child, she somehow struggled to embrace the truth, feeling suffocated by the pain.
Soon, she sobbed and sniffled, berating herself for her selfishness and coyness. After all the suffering I put Douglas through, he is finally enjoying his new life now. So, shouldn’t I feel happy for him? She looked outside the window, allowing her tears to continue trickling from her eyes.
Meanwhile, at the restaurant, Nicole and Emily went on to talk about their work. In fact, the idea of building Aimee International first came from Douglas and Emily, but since they didn’t know well about the industry, neither of them deemed themselves fit to run the company.
However, Emily happened to know Nicole, whom she later approached to invest in the company so that they could both watch Aimee International grow together.
Since Nicole was already the chief designer in F&M Apparel at that time, she didn’t think she would lose anything by accepting Emily’s offer either.
Thus, she agreed with her friend, only to be surprised at how well Aimee International had grown over the next three years. In fact, the company had expanded so well that Nicole could just quit her job while still making money.
“I’ll swing by the office for a negotiation. After that, I’ll give you a call when I need you to drop charges,” Nicole said.
Emily had no objection to Nicole’s idea. After all, the reason she attempted to sue the Gardner Corporation was that she wanted to stand up for Nicole, knowing someone was trying to mess with her friend there.
