Chapter 22\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kingston\u2019s coat had gotten soaked that day at the hospital when Vivian\u2019s clothes got wet. After being discharged and returning home, she washed it by hand and hung it in the laundry room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
With a second chance in hand, Vivian felt some of her previous despair lift. She quietly encouraged herself as she mentally rehearsed how she would convince Kingston to buy\u00a0<\/p>\n
Whitfield Group\u2019s shares.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She walked to the laundry room and froze, staring at the coat on the drying rack. It had shrunk\u00a0<\/p>\n
considerably.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vivian frantically took the coat down, checking it repeatedly to confirm it was indeed Kingston\u2019s. She stood there stunned. It seemed she had ruined it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After a moment of chagrin, she pulled out her phone and searched online for solutions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHow to fix a shrunken wool coat?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Most of the posts were advertisements that offered no real solution. She could only take the shrunken coat to a dry cleaner.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The staff examined the coat\u2019s brand and politely refused her request.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Clothing from this brand is extremely expensive. We can\u2019t guarantee we can fix it, and if it gets damaged, we wouldn\u2019t be able to compensate you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vivian didn\u2019t want to trouble them further. She left and sat in her car, calling the unfamiliar number she had received earlier.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The call was answered quickly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She took a moment to organize her words and spoke quietly, her voice tinged with guilt.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMr. Hart, I\u2019m so sorry. I\u2026 I think I ruined Mr. Howard\u2019s coat when I washed it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
There was silence on the other end.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vivian quickly continued, \u201cI\u2019m truly sorry. It was my carelessness. I\u2019m willing to reimburse the full cost\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Before she could finish, a low, indifferent voice cut in.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, you really are something,\u201d Kingston said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Embarrassed, Vivian clutched her phone and whispered, \u201cI\u2019m sorry.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
52-158\u00a0<\/p>\n
Harbor\u00a0<\/p>\n
X CLOSE\u00a0<\/p>\n
Play now\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 22\u00a0<\/p>\n
2\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cJust bring the coat back to me first, then we\u2019ll talk,\u201d he said, then hung up.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vivian slumped in her car and let out a groan. Lately, it seemed nothing had gone right, and now she had to face the one person she least wanted to see her humiliated.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She forced herself to calm down, started the car, and drove to Kingston\u2019s luxury penthouse. Because of her previous visit, security had been stricter this time.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The property manager called Theo to confirm that Vivian\u2019s visit had Kingston\u2019s approval before letting her in.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vivian smiled faintly, realizing what had happened. The last time she had left, she had only spoken curtly, yet Kingston had had her added to the visitor\u2013approval list.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She stood at the door and pressed the doorbell. Her sullen expression softened into an apologetic smile as the door opened.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kingston opened the door to see her, forced a polite smile, and held the shopping bag with the coat carefully in both hands.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sorry, Mr. Howard. My carelessness caused the coat to shrink. I\u2019m willing to reimburse you the full cost.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He took the bag and pulled out the coat. It looked even smaller in his hands.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vivian avoided his eyes, her face marked with an awkward smile.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHow much did this coat cost? I\u2019ll transfer the money to you right away.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 22\u00a0 1\/2\u00a0 Kingston\u2019s coat had gotten soaked that day at the hospital when Vivian\u2019s clothes got wet. After being […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-i-cancel-the-engagement-and-level-way-up"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":365,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329\/revisions\/365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}