Chapter 664
After Heather exchanged her thoughts with Tony, she rushed off to her next location. Actually, she
didn’t have to do so because it wasn’t time for Paige’s lunch break yet.
Nevertheless, Heather was keen to meet Paige. In the end, she tasted some desserts at a cafe next to
Paige’s office while she waited for Paige. Heather was a big fan of desserts and she would always find
that her spirit would be tremendously lifted after the fact, no matter how she felt at that moment.
Heather had already informed Paige about her location and she requested for the latter to drop by as
soon as she was on lunch break. It was because Heather didn’t want to enter Paige’s workplace.
There was plenty of time before their agreed meeting time, so Heather had ordered a lot of desserts.
Since it was rather rare for her to have much spare time, she planned to chill and savor the sweet
desserts.
Word was that sweets could improve one’s mood. It would be great if happiness was that easily
achieved since she felt that happiness was a distant matter for her. She wished that she could be
happier most of the time, but the end result always seemed to be contrary to what she had hoped for.
It took Heather a long time before she replied to Matthias’ message. Most of the time, she didn’t
understand why he had so much patience with her. In the eyes of a businessperson, time and patience
were always driven by gains. She didn’t know what he could gain from her but he seemed to be
enjoying the process.
There was a strong fragrance in the air, which left Heather feeling quite content. However, she
remained lost as to what to say to Matthias.
In the past, she had ulterior motives for getting closer to him, but everything seemed to have
disappeared now. Meanwhile, the waiting time had been indefinitely prolonged and she felt like she had
been waiting for almost a decade.
Paige finally strolled in after a long time. At this moment, Heather took a sip of her cup of drink; in fact,
she didn’t like the taste of it and wanted a cup of coffee.
When Paige saw the plates of desserts in front of Heather, she was aghast. Heather had ordered
heaps, but merely taken a bite out of most of them. As soon as Heather saw Paige, she lifted her head
and responded, “Oh, you’re here. I’ve ordered you some dessert. Try them to see which one suits your
taste.”
Page had already noticed the platters of dessert in front of her, but she wasn’t a big fan of sweets.
Upon seeing so many desserts at once, she felt her appetite wane. “I’m not a fan of desserts,” she
frankly replied.
“Then, just try some of it.” Heather had intended to share the delectable dishes with someone, but she
never expected this to be the outcome.
At this moment, Paige was in a dilemma. Heather’s done a great job of ordering all my least favorite
food.
Meanwhile, Heather looked at Paige’s expression and asked in helplessness, “Is there anything that
you would like to order?” Then, she nudged the menu to the front of Paige.
“I’ve eaten and I’m not hungry.” Paige intended to get straight into things with Heather. Usually, Heather
wasn’t one to waste time, so she felt that Heather’s recent behavior was strange.
It had been quite some time since Paige last met Heather and she sensed that Heather became
distant. Heather’s personality had changed and it was different from who she was before. Furthermore,
there was also a change in her demeanor and her makeup style.
Heather’s makeup and attire are usually flawless whenever she’s out in the public, but her style is quite
casual and simple today. Her demeanor seems softer than usual. She always had a look of rejection,
but now, she looks easily approachable. Paige had a grim feeling about this. In fact, she had preferred
her leader to be outstanding, so she wasn’t keen on this change in Heather because the latter’s
previous personality was much more suitable in setting up and controlling a company.
“I feel like I haven’t paid much attention to the company, so I came over to talk to you about it. I just
wanted to ask, are we able to proceed with the agreed opening date of our company?” Heather had
handed everything over to the Saffords, but she’d expressed her query today with the intention to
pacify everyone. After all, seeing that Heather had been in the limelight lately, the Saffords were rather
worried that the opening day of their company would be affected.
As soon as Paige heard Heather’s words, she felt slightly appeased. She hasn’t been actively keeping
in contact with me for such a long time that I was worried she no longer cares about the starting of our
company.
“Of course we can.” Paige’s face significantly brightened. Frankly, she bore a slight grievance against
Heather and it was at that moment when all of her unhappy feelings dissipated. Heather had noticed
Paige’s awkwardness, but she understood that it was quite normal for Paige to be upset. It was much
better for Paige to express it than to suppress her feelings and secretly resent Heather.
“I know I’ve been quite lax about the company, so I understand that you must be quite resentful about
it.” Heather’s soft tone was quite different from before.
Meanwhile, Paige felt slightly embarrassed by Heather’s words. She’d already expressed her
displeasure, so there was no need to keep harping on the same thing.
“No, I am sure you won’t give up on our start-up. I trust that you’re not an irresponsible person.” Paige
revealed a slight smile as her mood was instantaneously lifted.
However, upon hearing Paige’s words, Heather was ridden with guilt. At the current moment, she
harbored the intention to run away and she realized that she was becoming more irresponsible.
Furthermore, she’d forgotten all the aspirations and dreams she had from before. She realized that her
current ambition was no longer to conquer the corporate world and reap its gains. Moreover, she no
longer wanted to aim for the vast international market.
All these were no longer important in Heather’s mind because she had found something else much
more important. Although it hadn’t been long ago that she had drastically changed from the inside and
on the outside, she was no longer the same as before.
“The situation in Bradfort City right now is extremely complicated and the risk of starting a new
business is quite unpredictable.” Heather suddenly directed the topic toward the overall external
environment.
Paige nodded her head in response. “Yes. Even our company, which is quite a well-known international
brand, has been taken over too.” This came as a huge blow to her.
Although the takeover had mainly involved the Chinese counterpart, she felt that this was something
beyond her expectations. There was such a drastic change in the corporate world in this time and day,
so anything perceived to be impossible could basically happen in the next instance.
“Who’s your new boss?” Heather pretended to ask with an innocent expression inadvertently. In actual
fact, she had intended to talk to Paige about the latter’s workplace. So, it was lovely that Paige had