After leaving the restaurant, ra didn''t go straight home. Instead, she went to see Selina.
When Selina saw ra show up alone, a flicker of surprise crossed her face. "Where''s Durnon?"
"He had something to take care of after you lett. Since I''ll be starting at thepany in a couple of days, I figured I''de by and check it out first,"
ra d
Selina didn''t think much of it. She had just wrapped up her work, so she happily showed ra around the office. After work, the two of them grabbed dinner together, and only then did ra head back to her ap Once she was home, she checked her phone and saw that Damon had sent her a follow request on Instagram. Suddenly, his words from earlier came back to her.
"Since you''ve made up your mind about the divorce, I''ll respect that, I don''t deserve your love. I let you down, and I''m sorry. But we''ve been married for three years, Can we still be friends after everything?" Friends? Why would ra stay friends with Damon?
She couldn''t think of a reason for it. She thought they''d just part on good terms and leave it at that. So, she didn''t ept his
follow request right away. ra was just about to call it a night at 10:00 pm when she noticed
another follow request from Damon, this time with a message. "There are a few uses in the divorce agreement 1 need to go over."
est right away. Damon wasted no time and sent over the sections he wanted to revise, marking since it had to do with the divorce, she epted the request them in red.
Looking closer, re saw that he''d changed the original asset-
division terms to an even 50-
50 split. In other words, she''d walk away with half of Demon''s total assets once the divorce was finalized
It was like a sudden windfall, but ra couldn''t shake the unease creeping up on her.
She sent him a voice message. "Let''s just stick to the original agreement for the asset division. You don''t have to give me that much because of the marriagew. I''d feel bad taking it."
Damon''s reply came almost immediately as though he knew she''d say that. "I low you didn''t marry me for money. I''m not changing the contract to make it up to you. This is just what thew says. It''s what you''r ra tried exining, but Damon kept giving her the same response. Eventually, she got too tired to argue and just let it be,
Days went by, and ra
officially started her new job. She gradually got the hang of things at work. A monthter, she got her divorce decree, along with a pile of property deeds, shares, and other assets.
Staring at all the zeros in her bank
ount, she had no idea what to do
with it, so she just set it aside and carried on like nothing had changed.
The harsh winter gave way to spring. Asusual ra went to work
She had barely stepped through the door when Selina called her into the office for a meeting."panies in their home country.
The Lord topic was a potential partnership with several IT
During the meeting, Selina mentioned that she needed to pick an assistant to travel back and help with negotiations. Her eyes scanned the room before settling on ra "ra, you''lle with me!"
ra waspletely caught off guard. She''d only been with thepany for only three months. There was no reason she should be given such a big. responsibility.
But since Selina had already made her decision, rah
Selina got straight to the point. "ra, we''ll be meeting with four
had no choice but to agree. After the meeting, the two of them stayed behind.
Croft Group? The name stirred something in ra''s mind.
She turned to Selina with hesitation in her eyes. “Damon?"
Selina nodded. She thought for a second before deciding to be upfront. "After ourst gathering,
Damon got in touch and askedet
meet with me alone. That''s when we set things in motion for this projec?. He told me a bit about what happened between you two.
"Since it''s personal, I never brought it up. But now that we''re at a critical stage need your help to make sure: everything goes smoothly I know this might feel a little intrusive, but I hope you''ll understand."
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