After Jepherson left, Raeleigh went back to work in the office as there was already a mountain of documents piled up on her table, waiting for her to complete.
For a moment, she regretted starting Bloom Aksea Group.
If she had known that Jepherson would eventually buy her company, she wouldn't set up one in the first place.
In the end, she had fallen into her own trap.
After last night, Raeleigh learned the lesson and no longer dared to ask Jared to drive her. Instead, she took her own car to the office.
Mr. Zoman was equally worried, so he drove to Raeleigh's house early in the morning and waited for her.
On the other hand, Jared was nonchalant. He did not care whether Raeleigh wanted to sit in his car or not.
On the way to the office, Zoman said to Raeleigh, "I always had the feeling that this Jared is not a trustworthy person. Why don't we arrange someone else to protect you, Miss?"
"No, it's not necessary. If someone really wanted to hurt me, they would always find a way. It would be useless. Mr. Zoman, thank you for your hard work. I'm worried that I'll drag you into trouble. If this doesn't work out, we may hire another driver. One with experience in the special forces."
Upon hearing this, Mr. Zoman said hurriedly, "Miss, please don't think that I'm a coward. It's just that Jared doesn't look like a reliable person. How should I explain it to Mr. and Mrs. Osteen if something happens to you?"
"There's no need to explain. They'll understand and I'll be fine. You see, I am fine now, right?
Jared's not even our family. We have no reason to ask him to work for us.
Besides, Jared's different from Stuart. He is extremely faithful to Jepherson.
He would take a bullet for Jepherson without hesitating. But for others, it might not be the case.
The reason why Jepherson trusts him so much and believes that he would risk his life to protect me is that he's absolutely loyal to him. I also believe that Jared is the smartest and bravest one among all.
There are only a few people on earth that Jepherson trusts. Jared is definitely one of them.
In fact, he had been willing to protect me for
Jepherson in the past. However, I let him down."
Zoman could not understand what Raeleigh was saying at all. He only sensed that she was acting differently that day. Thus, he said nothing more.
After they arrived at the company building, Raeleigh got out of the car and began to work. Fortunately, she had a thoughtful assistant. Every time she needed to review a document, Ariana would open it for her, and she would only need to check the document and sign on it.
After a busy morning signing most of the important documents, she finished the rest of them in the afternoon. Finally, she stood up and called Ariana, "Let's go. I'll take you out for a meal. I know you've always wanted to eat nice food, so I'll take you to a nice restaurant."
With that, Raeleigh stepped out of the door, Ariana following behind her in excitement.
When the two of them left the office, Jared requested to tag along. He was going to grab some food too.
Raeleigh had taken the two of them to a gourmet restaurant. Ariana felt a little embarrassed when Raeleigh said she wanted to treat her to a meal.
She thought that serving Raeleigh was her duty, so she did not expect Raeleigh to repay her with such an expensive meal.
Raeleigh told Ariana to choose whatever she liked. Initially, Ariana refused, but later, she took over the menu and began choosing her favourite dishes.
Meanwhile, Raeleigh fixed her gaze outside the window, staring at the snow as the people passed by the restaurant.
She liked sitting and watching others during her free time. As a result, she had become too focused on those people that she paid no attention to what was happening around her.
Staring at the outside world in a daze, Raeleigh failed to notice the person standing beside her. Ariana panicked, and she kicked her gently with her feet. Then, she came to her senses and looked at Ariana.
"What's wrong?" she asked weakly.
Ariana chuckled awkwardly and glanced at the seat beside Raeleigh. Raeleigh turned to look beside her, then noticed someone standing by her side.
She jumped when she saw the man standing beside her, then asked, "What a coincidence!"
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