After a while, Gerald stood up and went to the washroom. Not long after he had entered the gents, Xella stood up to head to the washroom herself. After washing his hands, Gerald bumped into Xella who had also left the bathroom at the same time. The meeting was awkward, to say the least. “Speaking of which, I haven’t had a chance to properly talk with you. How’ve you been recently?” said Xella with a bright smile as she tried to conceal her awkwardness. She knew how her relationship with Gerald was like in the past, and she was also very aware of the conflicts between Gerald and Waylon. However, now she had become quite close to Waylon. Even if he didn’t say it, Gerald would definitely not feel alright with that. “Not bad!” said Gerald as he wiped his hands dry with some tissue paper. “I heard that you haven’t found a job yet, is that true? Do you have any plans for the future?” asked Xella. “I plan to make a name for myself,” replied Gerald honestly. Xella frowned s
The roar had come from none other than Waylon himself who had just left the private room. Earlier, another girl had left for the washroom but as she was about to exit the private room, she saw a man blocking Xella’s path. Once Waylon learned about the fact, he immediately got up and headed toward the washroom alongside a few others. “What’s this? A group of uncouth b*stards! Who’re you yelling at?” Though perverted, Mr. Zabel was certainly no small fry. His expression was cold as he asked the question. “That girl’s my classmate. Why are you blocking her path?” asked Waylon, unafraid. Xella was so frightened that she instinctively hid behind Waylon. “Xella, I’ll go ahead and say this. The colleagues waiting for me this time around are no ordinary people. If you know what’s best for yourself, follow me. Also, why don’t you tell these b*stards who I am?” replied Mr. Zabel, his arms folded behind his back. “Waylon… His name is Charlie Zabel… And he’s the deputy manager of m
Due to his father’s power and influence, Waylon had always done as he pleased, acting smugly and arrogantly in front of all his classmates. It had never occurred to him that Charlie’s subordinate could act even fiercer. They had even severely beaten him up. At that moment, Waylon was a wreck both physically and emotionally. “He needs medical attention immediately!” shouted Morgana before taking her phone out and calling for an ambulance. The ambulance soon arrived and since Morgana herself was a clinician, she entered the ambulance as well to help bandage his wounds. She left for the hospital together with Waylon. “Waylon was beaten up and now he’s being sent to the hospital… What should we do?” “Let’s just leave for now… What if those madmen come back with reinforcements?” “You’re right! They don’t seem like ordinary people…” The classmates continued discussing the situation among themselves, all of them quite indecisive on whether pride or safety was more important.
“F*ck! A Mercedes-Benz G-Class is worth more than three hundred thousand dollars!” shouted a classmate in a worried voice. Though the two cars had collided, the Mercedes-Benz G-Class had suffered much less compared to Cameron’s own car. However, if compensation was required, Cameron knew he had to fork out at least a hundred thousand dollars. He quivered slightly in fear. “I’m so sorry Cameron! If it wasn’t for me you wouldn’t have hit that car!” wailed Xella as another burden was added to her heart. She sighed internally while holding back her tears. ‘If it wasn’t for me, none of these incidents would have happened today…’ ‘Waylon’s been beaten up, and now Cameron’s just crashed into another car when he was just trying to send me to the hospital to visit Waylon! What can we even do now?’ Xella’s mind was filled with negativity and it only made her feel more flustered and agitated than she already was. The others were starting to feel afraid as well. They began discussing
Whatever the case was, Cameron’s car certainly wasn’t going to be driving anyone anywhere with that damaged hood. Everything that had gone wrong had stemmed from Xella, but there really was no use crying over spilled milk. Besides, Gerald didn’t think that it was appropriate to just leave them like that. They were friends in the past after all. “Come on, get into my car. I’ll give you a ride to the hospital!” said Gerald calmly. This new mature and calm Gerald felt quite strange to the others. Thinking back, no wonder he seemed so calm and casual earlier when he was talking to them at the bus stop. They honestly hadn’t paid much attention to his demeanor then since they thought he was still a loser. However, now when they paid more attention to the way he spoke, they found that his tone sounded cold and composed as opposed to the old Gerald they knew. It was somewhat awe worthy. “Gerald! Is… Is this your car?” asked Rae, her eyes wide open. “Yep. It’s still pretty new
Waylon was definitely asking Jaxon for help. However, before they could hear about the specifics, Waylon had already hung up. This was because he had noticed Xella and the rest entering the room. “I’m so sorry Waylon! It’s all my fault!” said Xella apologetically. “What are you talking about Xella? I was just caught by surprise when they started beating us up without even making the situation clear first! Don’t worry, my dad’s subordinates are dealing with them right now! My dad’s heard about your troubles as well!” said Waylon in a fierce voice. Xella was just about to say something when her phone began ringing. Taking in a deep breath, she answered it. It was only a brief talk and she hung up not long after. “…It’s all over now! The call was from my president and he informed me that I was fired!” said Xella weakly. She knew that she had just lost her chance of having a great career. Since she was now fired, she would no longer be able to enter any excellent subsidiary
Everyone was stunned. In their minds, they were all thinking the same thing. ‘…What? That’s such a drastic change! And so quickly too!’ “…Xella, I definitely think that someone’s been pulling the strings behind the scenes to help you… Otherwise, why would your boss even step forward to deal with the pervert in the first place? Investigating the matter doesn’t require the boss’s involvement and yet he still called your personal number to apologize! What more, the pervert’s been fired!” “I agree. You said it yourself that the decision was made by the superiors. Someone must definitely have used their connections to do this!” Rae and the others were openly discussing their speculations now. “I think that’s the case as well. It’s extremely difficult to get appointed as a potential trainee for the personnel department. I can’t help but wonder who has that much power to make even the boss and my superiors take action…” said Xella as she rubbed her temple gently. Suddenly, she fro
He rubbed his hands together excitedly as he asked the question, a smile on his face. “…Eh? Mr. Crawford?” The others in the ward were dumbfounded when they heard the name. This was especially the case for Waylon who had been ready to greet the president and act smugly in front of the others. He was twice as stunned as anyone else in the room. ‘Why did he address Gerald as Mr. Crawford?’ “You know who I am, president?” asked Gerald. He was stunned as well. “Of course I do! Back then when Mr. Winters had been admitted to the hospital, I went to pay him a visit as well. However, I wasn’t able to catch you in time before you left!” said the president as he continued to smile. Thinking about his words, Gerald pieced the puzzle together quickly. When Mr. Winters had been admitted to the hospital, he had bumped into Morgana at the cafeteria. Back then, Morgana was troubled with her issue at work. When he left and met up with Zack later, he had told him about Morgana’s job i