The Day He Matured

“That’s just a side thing, I came here this time mainly because of Brian.”

I thought if I spoke so softly, Harold wouldn’t hear. I didn’t expect that his ears were better than I thought.

But I don’t fully understand the meaning of what he said. He said he came here for Brian, huh?

“Do you know Brian had a traffic accident two years ago?”

Facing Harold’s determined eyes, I didn’t dare lie that I didn’t know, I just said I had read the information in the newspaper but then the news disappeared so I thought it was a mistake.

“Brian struggled in the hospital bed for a year, constantly suffering from high fevers. There were times when I thought death had called his name.”

I dug my nails into my knees so that the pain spread throughout my body to suppress the throbbing pain in my heart.

I could somewhat feel the pain that man had to endure.

Harold stopped talking for a while and then continued to speak. He said that after Brian recovered, his personality was not the same as before, he often wandered around, spoke much less than before, was sometimes forgetful, remembered and forgot, and liked to lock himself in his room.

In short, Brian couldn’t concentrate.

It was not until the middle of last year that Brian’s grandfather let him come to Hana Group to work, but only dared to give him the position of an employee in the marketing department.

The president of Hana Group was afraid that Brian had a problem with his mind and would mess everything up, so the president wanted to observe him slowly before returning him to his original position.

“After a few months, I see that Brian is also very focused on his work, and also contributes many valuable and interesting ideas to the marketing department. However, my grandfather often worried too much, so he told him to come here and set a goal for him to conquer. If Brian can sell a quarter of the apartment to raise capital for this upcoming project, my grandfather will let him return to Sunshine Bank.”

The project that Harold mentioned is the project that Brian once assigned me to propose ideas for an advertising campaign and was approved by the board of directors.

As far as I know, Mr. David gave deposits to buy many apartments. The ratio is almost a quarter, not to mention other customers.

I calculated and realized that more than half of the apartments in the project had signed contracts and received deposits from customers. So Brian has exceeded his target.

The results far exceeded his grandfather’s request even before the advertising campaign had begun.

“So…”

“Yes, Brian will return to the position of bank president in the near future. When I say this, you already know what my mission is. My task is to observe Brian, from his work style to his behavior with employees.”

It turns out that this is the reason Harold chose AD company as his residence during the past time.

This camera named Harold is really good. But it seems that his grandfather trusted the wrong person.

“Mr. Harold, you know Mr. David from before, right? And that day you went to the party as a guest, you didn’t go with the city president, did you?” I chuckled, looking him straight in the eye.

“Why do you ask that?”

I laughed and revealed to Harold that I had accidentally seen the congratulatory envelope with his name in Mr. David’s wife’s handbag.

When she came to greet me, the bag’s zipper was open and what caught my eye was the envelope of the person who arrived late, the general manager of Hana Corporation, Harold.

“Oh, I’m so embarrassed. You have found out I lied already.” He rubbed his eyelashes with his hand and smiled wryly.

In the end, Harold had to reveal that because he wanted Brian to return to that position soon, he secretly helped Brian.

He knew that Brian was a capable person, sooner or later, this cousin of his would also achieve his target.

However, he wanted his grandfather to have complete confidence in Brian’s ability and recovery, and this was the fastest way.

Perhaps I was tricked by Hellen. Harold treated Brian very well. I have to say he treated Brian extremely well.

Or maybe it’s because he always hides the things he does for Brian, so Hellen doesn’t know.

He had no intention of pushing his unrelated cousin out of the Hana group, on the contrary, he even thought of a way to help that person.

“Bella, please don’t talk about this with Brian. He will consider it an insult. I meant…”

“I see. This is a secret between you and me.” I quickly interrupted him.

“So it’s fine. Maybe my grandfather will make an appointment decision after my engagement ceremony. After Brian returns to Sunshine Bank, perhaps his and Hellen’s engagement ceremony will also take place.”

The man’s deep voice sounded in my ears like a thunderbolt. He said that Brian was about to get engaged to Hellen, right?

What’s wrong with me? Didn’t I already know this? I already knew that they had been together for the past two years.

If Brian has decided to marry Hellen, why does he still say words of love to me and show actions of caring and pampering me? Turns out he was taking revenge on me. Exactly, he is taking revenge on me.

I even thought I was evil for having bad thoughts about him.

Did he intentionally put those photos on the table for me to see?

I suspect what happened in the forest was also part of Brian’s plan. He knows clearly that I still love him, care about him, and will definitely come back to give him medicine.

Through a scene of life and death, he took all my trust.

“Bella, what’s wrong with you? Why is your face so pale?” Harold quickly asked.

“Ah, maybe it’s because I ate too much chili just now, so my stomach protested.” I quickly lied.

“You should eat less chili. I also like chili very much, but I abstain from it.”

“Yes, I’ll take the stomach medicine later and I’ll be fine.”

We left the noodle shop and crossed the street. I walk like a sleepwalker. If Harold hadn’t held my hand, I wouldn’t have known where I would have gone.

In the middle of crowded traffic and even though my hand was in his big, warm hand, I felt so lost, as if I were standing alone on a high mountain top, the wind blowing from all directions.

“Please go to the timekeeper, I will go upstairs first.”

Harold’s voice pulled me out of my cluttered thoughts, I quickly nodded and put my index finger on the timekeeper.

It wasn’t until the fifth time that I succeeded because my hands kept shaking and the machine couldn’t recognize my fingerprint.

When I entered the office, only my desk was empty. Today, I was the last to arrive at the company.

As soon as I turned on my computer, I received a message from a former customer. He said he wanted to buy an apartment as a gift for his fiancee and made an appointment to meet with me to discuss.

Maybe the universe heard my prayers, knew I needed to go out, and didn’t want to sit in front of Brian’s eyes, so it gave me this opportunity.

Although that man wanted to give the house to the person he loved, his budget was tight, so he asked me to find an apartment that cost about one hundred thousand dollars.

While I was rummaging through documents of apartments with average prices, the text message tone rang.

When I saw that the person who sent me the message was Brian, I immediately looked into his room. He still looks very leisurely.

Perhaps Brian didn’t expect Harold to tell me his private story, so he still looked confident, like he was waiting for me, a pitiful prey slowly falling into a love trap.

The content of the message was that Brian wanted me to come into his room.

I’m so unstable right now, if I go in there, five minutes later, the room will explode.

So, I quickly texted back that the customer was waiting for me at the coffee shop and I had to go there quickly.

Not long after the message was sent, the landline phone rang. When I saw Brian holding the phone, I knew he was calling me and no one else.

“Come here for a bit, if necessary, I will drive you there to meet them.” He spoke as soon as I picked up the landline phone.

As a result, a minute later I was standing in front of Brian. Why didn’t I know he was a good actor before?

He can participate in the movie, he will pass the casting round in one minute and thirty seconds.

After the movie is released, he will receive the Best Actor award.

Oh, I forgot, he acted very well in the love affairs he used to deceive his grandfather. I forgot about this.

“Are you tired? Your face…”

I quickly pushed Brian’s hand away from my forehead and stepped back. Fortunately, as soon as I entered, he lowered the curtain so no one could see this scene.

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“Are you still angry at me because I secretly filmed you? I didn’t mean to secretly film you, because you came into my room and I just wanted to tease you a little. I deleted it, I’m telling the truth.”

“If you ask me to come in here just to talk about these private matters, then I’ll go out. If you have a job you want to assign to me, please send it via text message or email. Allow me to go out.”

After saying that, I turned around and walked quickly towards the door.

You want to tease me, don’t you? Why don’t you just say that you’re cheating on me? Bastard.

I know he was hurt both mentally and physically. I know he fought for life in every moment with death.

If he hates me, uses work to make it difficult for me, and torments me, I can still understand and accept. But who gave him the right to deceive my feelings?

The accident that year also left me with injuries all over my body. I couldn’t play the piano and was always inferior when doing the same job with others.

I even forgot how to love someone until the day I met him again.