Chapter 317

After she finished speaking, she pressed the elevator button without waiting for Maverick's reply. The elevator had been waiting at this level; it opened quickly. Giselle stepped inside. Just as her feet entered the elevator, her wrist was grabbed once again. But this time, Maverick merely held onto it. Giselle turned around. Maverick was staring at her unblinkingly, his eyes dark and suppressed. "So you can start a new life this quickly?" His tone was still one of interrogation. Giselle drew a breath, then raised her red lips towards Maverick, and spoke nonchalantly, "What else can I do? Am I supposed to die over a failed marriage?" She pulled her wrist out of Maverick's grasp. The smile on her face increased rather than decreased. She leaned closer to Maverick, her red lips opening and closing in front of his eyes. "Maverick, you can't possibly be unable to let go, can you?" The two of them were extremely close, Giselle's face full of provocation. Like she was challenging Maverick to see who was better at letting go. Maverick stared at her. Giselle now looked like her old self. As if their past didn't exist in her memory. She-- She didn't set it aside. She never even bothered to pick up those feelings. Maverick scoffed and let go of Giselle's wrist, "You really are..." he squinted his eyes, voicing in a solemn tone, "Can't live without men." Giselle paused for a moment, the smile on her face becoming stiff. After a while, she retracted her smile and casually replied, "Perhaps." Maverick left. As he was leaving, he was extremely upset. Even though he was the one who said something hurtful, in the end, he was the one who seemed to be distressed. Giselle stepped into the elevator and pressed the floor button, leaning against one side. She was very tired. She pressed her temples and finally chuckled again, in self-mockery. What's there to mind? In Maverick's eyes, she has never been the virtuous, kind, and beautiful woman. .... Since that dinner, Nolan's behavior has become more and more reckless. Giselle receives flowers in various ways at the office every day. She's so annoyed that she tells Nolan to stop hanging around doing nothing all day, even clearly expressing that she doesn't like his ostentatious displays. Yet, Nolan is nonchalant, even seriously discussing with her over the phone, "You don't know how wonderful it feels, give it a try, it's really 'wonderful'.” When it comes to having a thick skin, Giselle admits she has never met her match. Meeting Nolan, she truly surrendered. Nolan is a man of action. Besides sending flowers, he also delivers gifts to her home. From top to bottom of the Hawk family, who doesn't know? That Giselle has a crazy suitor. Always blocking her at the front gate. Of course, there are almost no one who knows that this person is Nolan, except for Gloria. Recently, Gloria has been going on dates with Andrew. Andrew was often who she avoided, but she was more often drawn to him. Despite being the backup option, Andrew was rarely given much importance by Gloria. This isn't to say that Andrew wasn't good enough, after all, the Fengs were also a distinguished family. However, when one gets used to being flattered, hardly anyone pays attention to the most loyal "lapdog" around them. But this 'loyalty' now seems fluid. Even though Andrew still liked her very much, Gloria could sense that his affection had changed significantly from before. In the past, Andrew had been revolving around Gloria, as if in a circle. But now - It seemed that she was no longer the center of his world. In the past, if Gloria called Andrew in the middle of the night complaining of a stomach ache, within ten minutes, Andrew would certainly appear with medicine at the foot of Gloria's building. But now, he would simply say, "Take some medicine and drink some warm water." There is a natural gap between verbal care and action. Gloria couldn't accept this gap, she wanted Andrew to always revolve around her. It is necessary to pull the leash when the dog drifts away, to make it return to where it should be. Giving some sweetness occasionally was necessary. Thus, she would frequently ask Andrew out on her own initiative, and in her words and actions, reveal indications of her own feelings for him. That night, they had a date. Gloria, slightly drunk, leaned into Andrew's arms and said, "Sometimes, I really envy my sister." Perhaps distracted by the beauty in his arms, Andrew asked absently, "What about her do you envy?" "Her always being liked by many," she said. She soon informed Andrew, "Do you know she's dating Nolan? Doesn't her ex-lover just died not long ago? Hasn't she just gotten divorced? And yet she already found someone so quickly." Andrew said, "I didn't know." But he was skeptical, "They are merely tabloid fodder, aren't they?" "Why do you think it's just tabloid news?" Gloria was somewhat displeased, "Don't you believe in what I'm saying?" "No," Andrew said, "Isn't there any solid proof yet?" "You just don't believe me." Perhaps it was the alcohol, or maybe due to Andrew taking Giselle's side, Gloria frowned, "You think I would deliberately fabricate her personal affairs?" With a small hint of resentment and annoyance. The old Andrew would definitely have tried to coax Gloria. But today, he said, "Peipei, let me take you home." Gloria's high profile in front of Andrew did not allow her to back down at this moment. She said, "No need, I can go home by myself." She had been drinking. Instead of letting her go home by herself, Andrew drove her all the way to the front of the Hawk family's villa. Throughout the journey, Gloria had a cold look on her face and didn't say a word, showcasing all her emotions openly. When she got out of the car, Andrew gripped her hand and said, "Don't be upset, get some rest early." Without uttering a word, Gloria withdrew her hand and got out of the car. She was holding her breath, expecting Andrew to coax her. To her surprise, not even ten seconds passed, she hardly took a few steps when Andrew's car sped away. Gloria turned around incredulously, only to see the tail of Andrew's car disappearing. For Gloria, who had always been pampered by Andrew, this felt like a hard slap in the face. And the reason behind this slap was none other than Giselle!!! ... To prove to Andrew that she wasn't making things up, Gloria took out her phone and took a picture of Nolan confronting Giselle again. Then, she sent the photo directly to Andrew. Andrew, who always replied to her instantly, took a long time to reply this time. He said, "Peipei, could you stop focusing on Giselle so much?" Gloria could have died from exasperation. As if her woes weren't enough, too many things were adding to her annoyance. The Hyland Group had sent back the contract for the cooperation project, expressing their dissatisfaction. Compared to Gloria's double blow in her career and love life recently, Giselle had a smooth sailing since she joined the Yan Corporation... Every project spearheaded by Yu Hongsheng had Giselle in it. She had attended numerous business dinners and parties, experienced office drinking culture, met lots of familiar and unfamiliar faces, young and veteran executives of the various top companies in Finceland... Until, she met Maverick. At the same dinner party. He was the most celebrated person there, The honored guest of the client. And she was, at the bottom rung, Assistant to General Manager Yu. No one knew Maverick would make a grand entrance towards the end, causing a frenzy. Least of all Giselle, who was mid-toast, raising a glass of wine to all the important figures present when Maverick walked in. Everyone got up to greet him, completely ignoring Giselle who was proposing the toast. It wasn't practical to put down the glass once it had been raised. So, Giselle was left standing half-raised with her glass of wine, waiting for the crowd to finish their pleasantries with Maverick.