"No, it's not." He looked at Richard with a strange look on his face. He did not mean to say that Richard was not a good person, but he could understand why Richard offended his words. "I did not mean to make you feel disturbed, that was not the intention of my words sir. I misspoke, I apologize."Rachel immediately corrected her mistake by apologizing to Richard. She realized that her words were not what she should have said because they seemed to accuse Richard of something Rachel did not even fully know.While Richard reacted differently to Rachel's apology as soon as she felt she was wrong, the woman immediately apologized to him without hesitation and prestige for what she had done. She did not try to make excuses and passed the blame directly to him.Richard smiled faintly at a glance. He felt that he was not wrong in recognizing her. Seeing her reaction directly made him sure that this woman was indeed a different person from the usual women he met. She was not captivated by wh
"Ah, that sucks," Rachel complained softly after she had checked her cell phone.From there, she learned what she did not know about spreading the news. She knew there was a rumor about Richard and her being in a relationship, but the responses to the unconfirmed rumor were mixed, and most of the reactions were negative towards Rachel.No one knew for sure where the rumors came from, but people started condemning Rachel for the rumors. They said she deliberately approached Richard for social purposes and deliberately targeted him for political purposes. Rachel used her father's status to approach Richard and talk about marriage. Everything was about Rachel taking forceful and bad actions to approach Richard.While the opposite happened, she received an invitation to meet with Richard, but the invitation was unilaterally canceled. Then suddenly, Richard came to her with a marriage proposal. Rachel felt that all the rumors were really unfair to her; she didn't deserve to be treated like
Rachel stared at the woman fiercely. She didn't know the woman well, but she knew which family she came from. "What are you talking about?" She tried to ignore the woman by saying that and getting out of there, but the strange woman named Stevia blocked her.She prevented Rachel from just getting out of there. "You think you're better because you came to be with him and now want to ignore me?" She snorted in annoyance.Rachel didn't know exactly what the woman was talking about, but she knew that she was unhappy with what had happened between her and Richard. This still made Rachel feel very unfair. She was not the one who made all this happen, but it felt like she had more explaining to do and more people to deal with than Richard himself.Somehow, Rachel was sure that this would never happen to Richard. No one would ask Richard to explain his decision, but for him to attack and corner her like this.Stevia ran her eyes up and down Rachel and laughed dismissively. "Obviously, you're
"You've gone crazy, huh?" Rachel backed away slowly, staring at Stevia's strange transformation. She looked at the woman with a frowning gaze. What's wrong with you? It's obvious that you're the one looking for trouble first."He looked at Rachel strangely, trying to surmise her reason for suddenly dropping down and acting in front of her. "Suit yourself, I don't want to deal with you." Rachel was ready to leave her by turning to walk away and leave her there.But Stevia prevented her by holding her toes. "I've known you since the beginning. You're the one who's always been rude and mistreated others."Hearing that, Rachel turned around and looked at her, annoyed. "Are you crazy? You know me? When did we ever meet and talk in person? What the hell are you doing? Stop giving me a headache with your talk."Stevia got up slowly and looked weak. She did that on purpose to get the attention of the person who had been watching them. "Yes, I know you. I know you have a bad attitude. Your rep
"No, no, sir. None of that is true. It's just a misunderstanding." Stevia denied that by trying to hold Richard's arm.Richard flicked his arm away from her, making her flinch. "What's not true? You want to call me a liar?"That flat, cold look in Richard's eyes bothered her again, making her blush and feel that she shouldn't be doing this to bother Richard.But he had no choice but to insist that he was not wrong and had not done the things Richard was accusing him of. "Sir, you just don't know me yet. I'm sure there is a misunderstanding between us that causes you to think that way about me. I am not that kind of person, sir. Please understand and give me a chance to explain, sir."Richard was fed up with what she was saying and became even colder towards her. "I was not wrong to see and recognize you. You are what you appear to be in my eyes, so stop talking nonsense and get out of my sight. I don't want to see you again.""No, sir... sir." Stevia panicked. She tried to straighten
"There is no other reason for me to doubt you," Richard added his words.Rachel didn't understand. Just a moment ago, when he came up with the plan to get engaged to her and marry her, she felt angry; she hated that crazy idea and cursed it in her mind, hoping that the plan would be cancelled as soon as possible, even a moment ago she hoped so. Still, right now, she didn't know what she expected.Her finger, between Richard's hands, sent strange signals that tickled her, but she realised that she did not want to escape from the touch and feeling that tickled her. Instead, she wanted the moment to last longer.Richard leads him to a place on the side of the road; a flower shop catches Richard's attention and makes him think of Rachel beside him. So he pulled over and sorted through the flowers there."Afternoon, sir, how can I help you?" The old man who owned the flower shop greeted the couple with a smile.Both smiled simultaneously at the friendly old man, but Richard responded to hi
"What's all this?" Wilona, who opened the door for the arriving guests after the front guard called that someone from Richard's delivery had arrived, now looked surprised.She stared aghast at the well-dressed servants who came carrying many parcels down from their car without stopping. One box after another was unloaded neatly in her living room, but even though they had almost covered the centre of the circle in the room, the parcels were not finished. They finally stopped after putting down one last parcel that needed to be delivered directly to Rachel."Please, sign here, Miss." They gave the receipt letter to Rachel, who had been called down by her mother.She glanced at the piles in confusion, then quickly signed what they asked when her mother pulled her and urged her to do so, not wanting to keep the people waiting.After signing it, she handed them the receipt. "Thank you ladies. We'll take our leave." He bowed politely to both of them.Willona, who was happy, gave them a fri
"Is she still inside?" Richard asked, glancing over at Smith, who stood beside him.Smith turned to him. "Yes, Mr. Richard, she's still in the room. They're likely discussing something important between them. You don't need to worry, they should be done soon."Richard smirked sarcastically. "I'm not so sure. Do you know why? I have a feeling that my father is talking about something that might make her hesitate to marry me. You know, he's capable of that."Smith shook his head. "I don't think so, sir." He turned away, organizing the files scattered around the table. Richard had been busy with work just moments ago, and even now, he was still occupied. Still, he had taken a break because he couldn't stop thinking about what Rachel and his father might be discussing inside.He was confident the conversation was serious. That thought made him anxious, worried that his father might say something to offend Rachel, and there was nothing he could do to defend her."I'm sure Mr. James wouldn'