Helen‘s POV:
As I went back to my old apartment, my head was in the clouds.I had been away from here for a week.
Once I entered the apartment, I felt inexplicably cold.
Because the window hadn‘t opened for a whole week, a strange smell pervaded inside the apartment.It
was getting dark outside, so the room became a little darker.
If this had happened in the past, I would‘ve panicked already.But now, I knew the cause of this matter,
and I was no longer as scared as I once was.
Thereafter, I turned on the light and opened a window.
Afterwards, I called Lucy.
"Lucy, are you free tonight? Can you come over and keep me company?"
"Sure! Wait for me.I‘ll be right there."
Lucy had been on a business trip before, and it had been a long time since I last saw her.I was worried
that she might be too busy with work and that I might be distracting her from it with my issues.
Thus, there had been a lot of things that I hadn‘t told her, such as the fact that I had a psychological
problem, and that I had married George.
Just then, George called.
"I just got off work.I‘ll pick you up and take you to the therapist later."
He sounded so caring.If this had happened before, it would‘ve warmed my heart.
But now, hearing his voice again only annoyed me.
Trying to sound as calm as possible, I replied, "No, thanks.The meeting ended ahead of time, so I went
to see my therapist by myself."
"Why didn’t you wait for me to come with you? What did the therapist say?"
George sounded like he felt useless.
"She told me that I‘ve recovered and I no longer needed to go there again," I answered honestly
"That‘s great news!"
George then asked, "Where are you now? I‘ll pick you up and make you dinner.What do you wanna eat
tonight?"
"That‘s not necessary.Lucy will be sleeping over at my place tonight.I‘ll ask her to come with me to the
hospital, so that I can pick up my mother tomorrow morning.You don‘t have to accompany me."
George sighed and complained, "I see.In that case, I won‘t trouble you and your best friend for
tonight.But tomorrow morning, I‘ll come pick your mother up with you."
Politely, I responded, "Maybe next time.Lucy doesn‘t know that we got married yet.I still haven‘t figured
out how I‘m supposed to tell her.You know, she’s always been adamantly against me being with you."
"Fine." Fortunately, George didn‘t insist upon it anymore.
Once the phone call ended, I noticed that Lucy had come in.I was too focused on the phone call that I
didn‘t hear anything else.
Lucy locked her gaze at me.
"Were you talking to George on the phone just now?"
"Yes, I was." I didn‘t intend on hiding anything from her.
Surprised, she asked, "You‘ve made up?"
I didn‘t answer the question, and I had no idea how to answer it.It almost seemed as though George
and I never really got together, so a breakup between us never happened, either.
If there was no breakup, how could we ever make up?
"You never listen to me! Don‘t come crying to me if you get burnt again," Lucy grunted.
I chuckled awkwardly and decided to change the topic.
"Let‘s stop talking about me.How are you and Dyer? Has there been any progress in your
relationship?"
"It‘s not bad."
Lucy was acting kind of strange.
Normally, whenever she was in love, she‘d talk about the man twenty–four hours a day, and would
constantly send me pictures of the guy, forcing me to say that her man was the best.
I didn‘t expect that she‘d be so calm this time, and that she wouldn‘t let me know anything about her
relationship with Dyer.
Lucy complained, "We‘ve just been too busy.It‘s the first time I‘ve had a workaholic boyfriend like
him.He‘s not only busy with his job, but he‘s also forced me to work with him.Do you have any idea
what a freak he really is? Once, right after we had sex and I was exhausted, he pulled me up from the
bed and said that we needed to get back to work."
I broke into laughter.
Lucy never had that much ambition when it came to her career.
All she wanted was a carefree, comfortable life.
Now that she met a workaholic boyfriend and was forced to work with him, she must be having a really
hard time.
In order to comfort her, I said, "He just came to work for Zhester Technology, and he‘s already in charge
of the newly established department.Clearly, he wants to garner some achievements to prove himself.
Try to understand him, okay?"
Even though Lucy was complaining, there was a sweet smile on her lips.
Suddenly, she changed the subject.
"George really is the most conniving capitalist I‘ve ever met.He‘s–squeezing the lives out of us, poor
employees.On the surface, he let Dyer take charge of the new department and gave him full trust, but
in reality, he set targets that are simply too high to achieve!"
As I listened to her in silence, I agreed with every word she said.
George was indeed good at making people believe in him.
No matter how determined the other party might be, that person would end up following through with
George‘s plan in the end.
Suddenly, I thought of Jane.
"Will Jane really be staying at the headquarters of Zhester Technology and never come back?"
George wanted to hide the truth and defend her, but I wasn‘t going to let her off the hook just yet.
One way or another, I would settle the score with that awful woman!
"I heard that George personally ordered it.She probably won‘t come back again.But lately, she seemed
to have gone to Philly to accompany her mother to visit their relatives.Man, George is ruthless, isn‘t he?
I have no idea what Jane did to him that made him exile her abroad.She may be the person in charge
of the research and development department by name, but she‘s not really allowed to deal with any of
the R&D matters."
Lucy sighed, leaning against the sofa.I looked back at her intently.
"I need a favor, Lucy."
"What is it? Why are you so serious?"
Lucy slowly got up from the sofa, putting on a solemn expression.
Tentatively, I asked, "You‘ve been a headhunter for many years, so you probably have a wide range of
contacts, right? Do you know any professionals in data management? It would be better if the person
you find is as capable as or even more capable than Jane or George."
"I‘m afraid there are only a handful of people who can be as talented as those two in this field.What is it
that you want to do?"
Lucy frowned, looking at me in confusion.
I pondered for a moment and replied, "I want to check if the data of the intelligent system I installed in
the apartment before can be restored.Lucy, I really need this."
I didn‘t tell her about my hunch.
On the one hand, I didn‘t have enough evidence to support my claims.
And on the other hand, based on my best friend‘s personality, if she were to know what Jane did to me,
she‘d probably cause a scene in Zhester Technology.I didn‘t want Lucy to get involved in this matter,
and I wanted to solve it by myself.
Asking nothing more, she replied, "Fine.I‘ll ask around."
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