Winnie looked at Emily, and then at Leo. He thought about his own time before giving his answer.
"Not now. This overbearing president is not going to let you go, and I don't have time. Maybe tomorrow,
Doctor Burns is on night shift, and we can go to Daenerys’."
Winnie arranged everything but did not invite Leo.
"Ok, I agree."
"I have to go first. Don’t be late tomorrow."
Winnie said, picked up her bag and was to leave.
"What about me, can't I go with you?"
Leo asked Winnie.
Winnie looked at Leo and then spoke to Emily.
"Remember, it's just the three of us. No men are allowed."
Winnie could not help but laugh, and then left happily.
Emily and Leo were the only people left in the office.
"Are you busy, if not, let’s go out for lunch."
Emily asked Leo.
Leo looked at the time, and then answered.
"Yes, but you'll have to wait for me. I have a few papers to do."
After patting Emily on the shoulder, Leo returned to his desk and began to work.
Emily walked to the sofa and sat down quietly, waiting quietly for Leo.
Winnie said that Leo was her man, which she could agree with.
She was his girlfriend, he was her boyfriend, so it was ok so say he was her man.
Leo was gentle and polite to her, but why couldn’t she feel that enthusiasm?
Emily had already booked a restaurant while waiting, and decided on a western restaurant without
asking Leo's opinion, because she thought every man and woman in love would prefer a western
restaurant because of its romantic beauty.
Fortunately, Leo finished his work soon and the two of them went to have lunch together.
Leo drove the car and Emily sat in the passenger seat.
"Leo, I bought a gift for you."
She took out a gift box from her bag.
"It's me should give you a gift. Why do you give me a gift?"
Leo said, glancing at Emily and then driving on, seemingly not too excited about the gift.
"It's just a small gift and it doesn't matter who gives it."
Emily opened the gift box.
Then she reached out to unfasten the pendant hanging there, and continued.
"Last time I took your car and found your pendant is too old, so I bought a new one for you. I'll put the
new one on for you."
"Don't touch it..."
Leo suddenly raised his voice with a serious look on his face, and Emily stopped her action.
“What's the matter?”
Emily's hand stopped in the air with a puzzled look on her face.
"You can't replace that pendant. The old one should be hanging there."
Leo’s tone was serious, and he frowned.
It made Emily feel upset and embarrassed.
"It has special meaning? Then I won’t replace it."
Emily whispered. Then she took back her hand and silently put the pendant back into her bag.
She felt that since Leo did not want to replace the pendant, he would not want this new one.
Although it was only a small thing, although she was thoughtless, Leo's reaction made her sad.
Emily did not know a pendant had special meaning and did not know who gave it to him. Why he
cherished it so much?
Emily was embarrassed and looked outside keeping silent. Leo finally found he was rude and looked at
Emily with an apologetic face.
"Angry? You should be angry, I talked to a beauty with that attitude."
Leo's way of apologizing was self-punishment type.
"I'm not angry, but I'm uncomfortable. We haven't been together for a long time and I am surprised by
your attitude."
Emily said frankly. That was her character.
"Sorry, It is my fault. That pendant has been hanging for years and I've gotten used to its presence.
And I failed to control myself."
Leo apologized sincerely.
"I know I was wrong, you can punish me. How about you eat and I just watch you?"
Leo finally became gentle and his tone was softer.
"Why should I punish you, I'm not angry.”
Emily was indeed not angry. She just felt uncomfortable and was curious about the story of the
pendant.
Emily said she was not angry, but Leo knew that her mood was affected.
"Why have you taken away the gift you gave me? Take it out and hang it up."
Winnie's pendent could not be taken down, but this one could be hung up. As long as Emily was in a
better mood, he didn't mind an extra pendant.
Emily finally looked back at Leo, sighed and took out the pendant again.
"I won’t hang it up myself. If you like it, hang up yourself, if you don't, it is at your disposal."
Emily didn't want to be yelled at again, and didn't want to be embarrassed. She put the pendant on the
position between the two and allowed Leo to deal with it.
In the evening, Winnie came home and helped her children finish their homework. She then took a bath
before going to bed.
On the bed she remembered the advertising.
Although Leo had analyzed the pros and cons, she was still worried about it. But she could not
persuade Leo.
She knew Leo well who was very informal in personal matters, but in business it was difficult to change
what he had decided.
Winnie made the worst plain at that moment she decided to cooperate with Leo. She could earn
nothing, but she didn't want Leo to lose too much.
She was in a quandary about how to deal with the matter.
Winnie casually looked up and saw the necklace on the bedside table. She leaned and took it. Her
attention also turned to the necklace.
It was the first gift she had received, and the most precious one she had ever received. From now on,
she had a ‘friend’ to accompany her to her old age.
Winnie carefully looked at every detail of the necklace, suddenly she found a letter inside the pendant.
Winnie took a closer look and saw a W.
She did not understand what this meant, so she sent a message to Brian.
"What does W stand for?"
No sooner had she put down her phone than she received a reply. She didn't expect that Brian would
reply so quickly.
"W stands for Winnie"
Seeing that, Winnie felt warm in heart.
It turned out to be a capital letter of her name. It seemed that Brian was considerate.
"Thank you!”
Winnie replied, she felt she should do so. At the same time she became aware of the question of
whether the necklace could have been customized given the lettering. So she sent a message to Brian.
"The necklace was customized? Does it cost a lot of money?"
"No but the letter was added afterwards. Not much, more than a thousand."
How could Brian tell Winnie the value of the necklace? He knew that Winnie was sensitive to money. If
he told her the truth, she might return the necklace.
"Ok."
It was acceptable, if too expensive, she would have pressure.
Winnie put her phone away. Then she turned off the light and lied down to get some sleep.
As she found a comfortable posture, there was another message.
"Are the children asleep?”
The message was sent by Brian.
"Yes."
Winnie replied, but she didn't put the phone down. She kept it in her hand, looking at the screen.
Soon after, Brian sent a picture. Winnie clicked it and saw a picture of instant noodles.
"Late snack?"
"No, it's dinner."
Then Brian sent over a poor emoji.
"You eat dinner at this hour?"
Winnie felt distressed about that.
"I've been working, and I didn't feel hungry at dinner time. Now I'm going to bed, but my stomach cries.
It's late, so I get instant noodles."
Since the separation with Winnie, it often happened. When there was no party, he had no appetite. If
he was really hungry, he would eat instant noodles.
"Are you still in the company at this hour?"
Winnie felt Brian poor, but why didn’t he ask Wendy to take care of him?
"Yes, in the break room."
Brian then sent a picture of the break room to Winnie.
"Why don't you go home?"
Winnie looked at the familiar rest room, feeling bitter.
"I have been living in the company since we separated. The house has been given to Penny. I have no
home now."
It was true that Brian did not have a home of his own, and the break room was the warmest place for
him.
"How about the wedding house? Go back to live. You can't cook in the break room. Do you eat take-out
every day?"
Winnie was worried.
"The wedding house has not decorated, so I can't live there. I can only order takeout if I live in the
company."
Brian had no expectation of the wedding house. In his view, without Winnie, it was not a home.
Winnie did not speak for a long time. Now she had an impulse to run over and take care of Brian.
He had Wendy, had family, why she did that?
"Get married. Get married early and have a home, so you can eat and sleep well."
Winnie could only comfort Brian like that, because she did not have the right identity to take care of
Brian, because Brian might not like being cared by her.
"I've never seen anyone like you try to persuade the man you love to get married."
Brian felt bitter seeing Winnie’s message, regardless, he could do nothing.
Even if he got married, without his children, without Winnie, he still did not feel at home.
Whenever Brian couldn't fall asleep at night, all he thought about was when he was with Winnie. The
four of them lived a regular life together, ate every meal regularly, hurried home after work and slept
soundly at night.
Not he was alone and fell asleep in memory every night.
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