Love in Twilight

Chapter 87

Chapter 87 It’s Not up to Her to Decide

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“I went to the audit department to drop my resume, and Lucas accepted lil’in going to sit for the written

test on Friday.” She was pleased with hersell. Though she had to go about in a roundabout manner, at

least she load achiloved hier goal.

“Oh? You?” Damien was a little surprised. Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.

“Yes, me. Howard’s offer is really lempting, though.” “You Lold Laicas I was the one who translated your

resume?” Damien asked indifferently “No. I didn’t want people gossiping about me using my

connections.”

“It’s good to know you haven’t been throwing my name around.”

Clarissa had a feeling that Damien was insinuating something. Yes, his name had been written on her

resume, but what did that have to do with throwing his name around? Or had he found out about her

calling him by name during lunch?

How had he found out, though? Why did he seem to know everything?

“Looks like gelung: rejected by the human resource department didn’t allect your confidence,” Damien

said calmly.

“Well, I’ve always dreamed of working in auditing ! won’t give up till I’ve achieved my goal.” Clarissa

balled licr hands into determined fists,

Damien didn’t say anything, Since she fought for this opportunity on her own, I’ll leave her to her own

devices.’

He casually pulled out a hardcover book that was still wrapped in plastic,

“This is for you.”

Clarissa was a little puzzled, but when she saw his name printcil on the cover, she gasped.

“You wrote a book, 100?” she asked in surprise,

“Too? Do you know anyone else who’s written a book?” Damien pretended not to know anything

Clarissa realized that she’d almost exposed herself and quickly amended her words. “No. 1 don’.”

She flipped brough the book. It was titled “Common Mistakes and Countermeasures in Performance

Evaluations”.

“Did you write this? Clariss.kullor instinct told her that everything that Damien had said and done was

pointing toward something

“The human resource department wrote II. They just put my me on the cover. From now on, This is the

only book you’re allowed to eity in your . Don’t you dare have any other books in there. Either that, or

don’t let me catch you carrying another book. You know what the

consequences will be.” His tone was as serious as usual.

Clarissa’s heart sank. Did he find out about Josepli’s book? if he didn’t, he was acting very pointedly. It

seemed she would have to be even more cautious around him. Otherwise, she was dead meat. “Fine!”

She sounded rather sullen. She’d already finished reading Joseph’s book, anyway.

She carefully put Damien’s book into her bag.

The next day, Lucas went to Damien’s office to discuss a few matters.

The new department had yet to be fully set up, so there were naturally a lot of issues to tackle.

“Clarissa Johnson gave you her resume?” Damien asked Lucas in German

“Yes, she’s an employee from the finance department. I have a pretty good impression of her. She’s

quick on her feet, logical, and clear-headed. Her results are pretty good, too.”

Damien suddenly felt proud. He lowered his head and cleared his throat. “You may not know this, but

she’s my wife.”

In truth, he was doing this so that Lucas would be a bit more lenient toward Clarissa. She’d been on

her best behavior lately. She hadn’t made him mad, and she hadn’t been in contact with Joseph.

Howard was lacking in some aspects, and he wouldn’t be able to groom anyone that was truly

outstanding.

Lucas was shocked that the president’s wise would maintain such a low profile and personally come to

submit her resume, not to mention her stellar background. “You’re weaker than I thought, though.

Clarissa told me you guys won’t be having kids within the next five years. Is everything alright with

you?” Lucas joked. “Is that what she said?” Damien frowned.

“Yeah, she looked very serious.” “That’s not up to her to decide!” Damien said.

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He glanced at his watch. It was almost time for him to get off work, but since she was working at New

East Mall at the moment, she would only get off work when the mall closed at ten.

Damien went out for dinner, and then returned to the office for a while. After that, he drove to New East

Mall without letting Clarissa know beforehand.

At around ten past ten, Clarissa walked out of the mall, looking exhausted. She was holding a smoothie

She was wearing a while shirt and a pair of jeans, and she carried a canvas bag. No matter how one

looked at her, she seemned like a university student. But at this moment, her eyes were drooping,

perhaps because of her fatigue. It made her look rather pitiful.

When she got to the mall’s entrance, Damien honked a few times.

She looked at him dazedly before getting into the car, still drinking her smoothie.

“You’re having junk food again?” Damien frowned at her smoothie. Clarissa was tired, and her brain

wasn’t working as well as it usually did. She looked at her smoothie and mumbled, “It’s being sold in

your mall. It’s not like I’m the only one drinking

it.”

“Well, none of those people are my wife. I don’t care about them.” He started the car.

His words woke her up a little. She couldn’t help feeling sweet.

She silently put the smoothie into the trash can by the dashboard and turned to look out the window.

“Why aren’t you going to the audit department anymore?” Damien got down to business.” Haven’t you

always wanted to transfer there?”

“Lucas told you? I ran into Nicole on the day of the written test. She passed the test as well.”

“So? What does that have to do with you?”

“I was afraid you’d be upset.” Clarissa lowered her head and started playing with her fingers.

Her words made Damien inexplicably happy. She was starting to care whether he was happy. He

turned to glance at her. “What would i be upset about?”

“Do you remember her brother, Anthony? We ended up going to the police station last time. If I

transferred to the audit department, I’d be working together with Nicole. If we butt heads, Anthony’s

definitely going to blow things out of proportion. I know he’s nothing but a hooligan, and I’m afraid he’ll

kick up a huge fuss and embarrass me in front of the whole department. That’ll definitely make you

mad. That’s why I decided not to go. Anthony can’t do anything to me while I’m still in the finance

department. I can try again next year after I get my certification. I can continue to learn in the finance

department for now.” Clarissa recalled how Damien had walked out of the police station and into the

rain the last time. She didn’t want something like that to happen again.

Damien’s hands rested on the steering wheel. The wind was blowing lightly, and it felt comfortable.

“Have you really made up your mind?” he asked.

Clarissa nodded seriously. “Yes.”

Al this moment, Damlon’phone rang. It was placed 130l woon thoir mouth.

Clarissa glauced or it and saw that the call was from Madelynn. Her mood soured immediately Damien

answered the call using his earphone, so she couldn’t hear what they were talking about. It sounded

like they were just chatting, though. She looked out the window again. She was upset, but she didn’t

havo the right to say anything, Damien didn’t say anything to her after hanging up, When they got

home, he went to take a shower while she flung herself onto the bed, falling asleep almost immediately.

She knew he’d been restraining hinsell for the past few days and that he wanted to have his way with

her. But Clarissa wasn’t in the mood, especially alter Madelynn’s call.

Clarissa was already deep asleep when Damien walked out of the bathroom. He could see how fair

and smooth her skin was up close, and he couldn’t resist tracing alinger over her face. He thought of

how she had looked when she said she was afraid that he’d be upset

Damien went downstairs to give Lucas a call and, without providing a reason, told the latter not to hire

Nicole,

After that, lie called Howard and told him to send more people to help out at New East Mall. Howard

agreed with trepidation, correctly guessing that Damien was doing this for Clarissa’s sake. He quickly

arranged for two more people to be mobilized to New East Mall. Damien considered getting someone

to watch Clarissa and stop her from buying smoothies, but this wasn’t possible.

Fortunately, the month-long assignment was soon coming to an end.