Chapter 35
“The company wants to hold me responsible and make me pay damages,” Ariane snorted. “So, I told them I quit.”
Juliet pressed her lips together. “How much did they want?”
“They wanted 50 thousand for medical bills plus emotional distress.”
Ariane snarled. “That’s ridiculous! I’m leaving. They can call the police if they’ve got the guts to. The company’s got cameras. We’ll see who’s in the right.
“Enough about me. What about you? You look pale. Did Caleb say something again? Don’t let that scum get to you.”
Juliet set her cutlery down. She met Ariane’s worried eyes. Something inside her softened.
“Ari. I was just thinking… It feels like I’ve always been standing on the edge of a cliff.”
Ariane froze.
Juliet lowered her gaze. Her voice was quiet. “When I was a kid in the countryside, all I thought about was how not to be sold off by my dad. Later, when I started staying with the Greenes, I desperately tried to be likable. I was terrified they’d kick me out.
“When I became Asher’s wife, I was afraid they’d think I wasn’t worthy of the position. I studied day and night how to be a proper society wife,” she said, letting out a bitter laugh. “I flattered my mother-in-law. Even buttered up those rich ladies.
“I was like a vine crawling up a great tree. I believed that as long as I climbed high enough, I’d see the sun.”
She gave a self-deprecating smile. “Now I realize I don’t even know how to stand on my own.”
Ariane’s heart twisted. She reached across the table and clasped Juliet’s hand.
“Don’t say that. You’re not a vine. You’re just you. Is it really your fault if you needed a tree to survive? You were born into that world. Did you have a choice?
“The tree was at fault. He made you believe he was your whole world, and then he turned away to shelter someone else.”
Her voice rose with anger. “Leaving him means freedom. It’s your second chance!”
Juliet’s eyes reddened.
“I’m grateful to the Greenes Without them, I’d still be drowning in the mud, wondering who my dad would sell me to Mrs. Gevene always wanted Asher to marry into a powerful family. I should let go and let everything return to where it belongs.”
Ariane handed her a tissue. “There’s nothing wrong with wanting to survive and have a better Bife Without you, Asher wouldn’t be running the company now. He would have become a professional racer and might’ve gotten into an accident then.
right, enough about him.”
Ariane couldn’t stand seeing her best friend cry. She leaned over and wiped Juliet’s tears.
Juliet was breathtaking even when she was barefaced. Her eyes always carried a faint sadness. They had a natural air of melancholy.
Still, she was stubborn to the core. When she cried, it could melt anyone’s heart.
Arian forcibly changed the subject, shrugging with forced cheer. “Anyone, I quit, and you’re unemployed now, too. We’re jobless comrades. Maybe we should start something of our own.”
Just then, a man in a designer suit approached the two with a wine glass in hand. He stopped squarely by Juliet’s table.
“Hey, beautiful. Can I get your number?”
His eyes were glued to Juliet, completely ignoring Ariane.
Juliet’s tear-stained beauty had struck him like lightning. The man finally understood why some would move mountains for someone.
Juliet silently stared at him.
The man smiled, pleased with himself. He slid a business card across the table. “Let’s be friends, I’m Bob Wagner. I’m in finance.”
Ariane was about to explode when a nonchalant male voice drifted from behind them.
She doesn’t taste that bad.”
Juliet stiffened at the familiar voice.
Bob frowned and turned around
The newcomer wore a well-tailored casual suit in muted tones. It was elegant without being flashy. He had one hand carelessly resting in his pocket. His facial expression radiated authority
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Xalue ripped this chits and Bub and deawled, “What firm are you with Business must be bad
if you’ve got time to hit uns were alae’s wife during work hours”
@umillured in front of a beauty, Bub bristled
“And who are you?
Save Your Pleas: I’m With Your Best Friend Now.
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