Chapter 30 The Wage of Sin Is Self-hurting
Jane's heart was seen through by him. She didn't know whether to deny it or acquiesce. The keychain on the bag was like a hot potato. She didn't want to accept it, but refusing at this moment was equivalent to slapping him on his face. After thinking about it, she said, "Thank you, Mr. Smith."
Edward sent her back to the company at about 8:00 in the morning. It was the rush hour.His black Bugatti was parked on the side of the road. It just took a few seconds for Jane to open the door and get out of the car, however, some eagle-eyed people saw it was Edward that drove the car.
The people in Forward Education have never seen Edward before. Since Jane had been transferred, they have seen him twice. Jane's colleagues went upstairs while texting to their acquaintances in the office, "Guess who I saw? Jane Cooper! Edward sent her here!"
The message came back quickly, "Really???!!"
"It's true. I'll wager that Jane will be on her seat within five minutes."
Of course, there was more than one person who saw Jane getting out of Edward's car. So, when Jane walked out of the elevator and went upstairs, all the people in the office knew that Edward sent her here. Where could they come from in the early morning? From home or the hotel?
Mary knew that Jane had come to the company early. But, she didn't explain it at all and just let the gossip spread.
Jane had scarcely entered the door and sat down when Aaron opened the door walked in. When he walked past her, the screen of Jane's mobile phone lit up -- a WeChat message came.
Jane clicked on it and saw Aaron asked, "Why did you come here by Edward's car?"
Jane replied, "Why do you know that?"
Aaron said, "I saw you downstairs. Not only me, there were four or five people who came together saw that. Now I guess all the people in our company know about it."
Jane said, "Well, I don't mind. There is a lot of gossip about me. It won't hurt me to add more."
Aaron asked, "Where did you go last night?"
Jane sent him a roll-eyed emoji, "Have you lost your memory? We went upstairs together last night!"
Aaron said, "Oh, I remembered that. I drank a little bit. Last night, the toilet leaked and it was noisy. I didn't fall asleep all night."
When she first came to S City, she didn't get her salary. She didn't dare to be extravagant, so she could only choose a cheap house. She was afraid that it would be unsafe for her to live alone. In order to accompany her, Aaron also chose to live in this old and poor community. Thinking the keys to the new house inside her bag, Jane asked, "Do you want to move to another place?"
Aaron immediately replied, "You finally want to change your house?"
Jane said, "The client provided me the welfare, a new house for me."
Aaron said, "Which client? Edward?"
Jane replied with a nodding emoji. Aaron's astonishment was within Jane's expectation. She faced a volley of questions from Aaron. Jane replied calmly, "I'll make an appointment with Jennifer to see if she has time to eat with us at noon and I'll report it to you together."
She suffered from explaining repeatedly, so she decided to tell them together.
Then, Jane texted Jennifer, so did Aaron. When Jennifer was informed that Edward had given Jane the key to a new house, she even wanted to come over and eat breakfast again right now. The lunch didn't matter, but Jane's things did.
Just after the lunch break, Jane and Aaron went to the restaurant downstairs. Jennifer had been waiting for a long time there. She couldn't wait to ask, "What's going on? Hurry up! Hurry up! I was in no mood for work all morning because of you."
Jane replied expressionlessly, "Miss Baker, you said that I ventured a lot to gain this opportunity so as to bring so many 'intelligence'. Now you blame me for wasting your work time?"
Jennifer immediately replied, "Ha ha ha! I worked. It's just an exaggeration."
Aaron sat down and interrupted, "Don't digress from our topic. Hurry up and tell me. By the way, I'm the one who really didn't have the mood for anything all morning."
The three ordered something. After the waiter left, they closed the door of the private room. Jane then recounted what had happened last night and this morning. Jennifer and Aaron were both nervous when they heard Eden come to Jane's home.
"Do you know where he lives?" Aaron said with a somber expression. He was so angry that the masseter muscles around his cheeks were looming.
He asked Eden's address. Jane said, "Just forget it. Don't worry about it. Edward won't make life easy for him."
Jennifer also frowned and looked sulky. She said, "I've heard that there was a handsome guy pestering you, but I didn't take it seriously. I didn't expect him to be a scumbag. It's right for Edward to beat him. The police station is heaven for this kind of man."
Aaron asked, "Who is that woman? You just simply humiliate her?"
Jane said, "I don't know her. I just know that her name is Beth Brown. I noticed that she likes Edward, but Edward can't beat her. He humiliated her in front of me. It is a kind of punishment and I can no longer pursue the matter."
Aaron was unhappy. Just as he was about to say something, Jennifer frowned and said, "What did you say? The woman's name is Beth Brown?"
Jane nodded, "I heard Edward call her Beth Brown once. What's the matter?"
Jane said, "I am wondering whether she is the second daughter of the deputy director of the customs of S City."
Jane and Aaron were both bewildered. They were both foreigners. They even didn't know the mayor of S City, let alone others.
Jennifer took out her mobile phone to search. After a while, she showed the screen to Jane, "Is that she?"
The photo didn't show her frontal face. It was on an occasion that people cut a piece of ribbon. The photographer was supposed to take a photo of someone else, but it happened to record half of the woman's face. However, Jane recognized her at one glance. She nodded and said, "It's she."
Jennifer was dumbfounded, while Aaron said indifferently, "So what?"
Jennifer said, "She is not only a child of a high official. She's excellent herself. She graduated from the Department of Architecture of Loughborough University, one of the best in the world. She participated in the auxiliary design of several landmark buildings in the UK during her school days. Maybe you have no idea of those buildings abroad. She was the chief designer of the new economic and trade building in S City last year. At that time, she was found having a gorgeous background, which was blazed for a day all over the papers. But, it disappeared then. People even couldn't find her face on the Internet. It is estimated that the Brown family intended to keep a low profile."
Aaron said with a cold face, "No matter how glamorous she is, she is a woman with an evil heart. It is shameful for the news headlines to describe her as a cold and low-key woman. They should dig for the dirty things that such people did secretly."
Jane was calm and analyzed rationally, "I guessed that she is definitely not an ordinary person. It turns out that her father is an official. No wonder Edward couldn't really beat her but just made a few sarcastic remarks."
Aaron was sullen, "You suffered from visible trauma. The punishment was too soft to her."
Jane said, "You don't understand. Being humiliated in front of the one you like will be more painful than being traumatized. Anyway, if you let me choose, I'd rather smash my leg than let anyone else humiliate me."
The two were debating the issue when Jennifer suddenly said, "Now you must move to the Rhine Garden, so that Miss Brown will know that the wage of sin is self-hurting."
Aaron said: "I agree. The key point is that I really can't stand the toilet in my present house."