Chapter 344

Ella mumbled, “There’s a celebration dinner tonight, I have to go. Might be back really late. I may not have time to collect your reward.” On the other end, a man’s voice came through, low and composed, “No matter how late, I’ll wait for you, Mrs. Davies.” Ella figured, yeah, they should have a proper talk tonight. … Just after hanging up, a young female colleague walked over. “Ella Richards, you're treating us tonight, right?” The girl was April Sutherland—a designer at the firm, about the same age as Ella, and also from Caelmoor. She used to be pretty popular in the office. But after Ella showed up, everything shifted. All those guys who used to hang around April were now fawning over Ella. Ella acted all nonchalant, pretending to reject them, but April could tell she was playing the long game. April smirked, clearly trying to stir things up: “There’s over ten of us in the department. You better go big—say a 5,000-yuan table at least? Then maybe some karaoke? Everyone's watching you,