The Day He Matured

After shaking hands with the two of them, Brian’s gaze and beautiful hand moved to me.

I had no choice but to hold out my hand for him to hold. He suddenly squeezed my hand, causing me to open my eyes wide and look straight at him.

“Hello, director.”

“Hello.” He smiled and slowly let go of my hand.

I thought I just needed to say hello like that, but I didn’t expect Brian to invite all three of us to his table to have a meal together because everyone knew each other, anyway.

I hoped Richard would decline the invitation but in the end, he was persuaded by a guy named Brian.

So the three of us followed Brian to a long row of tables that were connected by many short tables.

After the introduction, everyone sat down and had a meal together.

This restaurant is so biased. They saw that this table was crowded with customers, so they served enthusiastically and quickly. It only took a few minutes for the food to be brought to the table, unlike just now, Richard and I had to wait for a long time.

Fortunately, I did not sit next to Brian, the unlucky person was Caily. She plays the role of a shield so my limbs are less clumsy.

“I don’t understand why the boss chose the restaurant where you are eating. Looks like it’s fate. Anyway, this is a farewell party for the boss.”

I raised my ear to listen to what Mrs. Erina said but I didn’t understand anything. Farewell party? Could it be that Brian is planning to go somewhere?

Even though I was curious, I didn’t ask, I just nodded and continued eating.

Two hours passed, but it felt like twenty hours had passed. A long time. It wasn’t until Mrs. Erina called the waitress to pay that I felt relieved.

I thought I was about to go home when my ex suddenly spoke up and invited everyone to sing karaoke.

Of course, no one dares to refuse the big boss. Furthermore, the employees in the sales department are all hyperactive people, like crowded places, and like to sing.

Furthermore, they never dreamed that one day they would be invited to a karaoke bar by the second prince of the Hana group. Now that he proactively proposed, who would refuse?

“Mr. Richard and Miss Caily, please come with us.” Brian turned to us and said.

“Okay, it’s okay to hang out for a little while longer.”

Finally, Richard accepted Brian’s invitation. So we continued to move to a new place to sing and dance.

Because the number of people was up to thirty-five people, we had to divide the number of people in half and go into two rooms.

If we were all in the same room, we would suffocate and some people can’t sing until winter.

Seeing Brian inviting Richard to go into room number twenty-two, I immediately held Caily’s hand and rushed into room number twenty-four.This belongs © NôvelDra/ma.Org.

The music quickly turned on and everyone excitedly chose the song.

Caily and I sat still like statues. She said she wasn’t in the mood to sing either because my colleague was too noisy.

The opening act was Mrs. Erina with the song Autumn Leaves Flying, followed by the department head with the song “Building the Grave of Love”.

All those songs are about separation, sadness, and heartbreak.

Brian said that he only sang for an hour and then left because everyone had to go to the company tomorrow. So each person will only sing one song so that others have time to sing. If there is still time left, they will choose the next song.

“Do you have any problems with that guy? I see you lose your temper when facing him. What about when you met him at work?” Caily put her mouth close to my ear and asked softly.

“That’s the same thing. How can I be normal?” I smiled and replied to her.

I had just put the grape in my mouth when the door suddenly opened and Brian entered, his hand holding a beer glass.

Seeing that the guy who was singing suddenly stopped, Brian immediately signaled for him to continue singing, then walked to the table and toasted with everyone.

I held up a glass of water in front of his dissatisfied eyes.

What’s wrong with him? As soon as I came here, I drank filtered water. He thought I changed drinks when he showed up, right? Could it be that he thinks I despise him?

“Pour beer into the glass.” Brian laughed but his voice was extremely serious.

Poor me, I put my hand in the beer case and rummaged around for a while, and then I discovered that there were no cans left. So I held up the empty beer case for him to see.

It’s almost nine o’clock in the evening and everyone’s getting ready to go home, if we order more cases of beer, it will be redundant and we can’t ask the waiter to bring a can of beer in here because it’s very odd.

“Let’s drink together.”

My eyes widened, and before I could protest, Brian brought the beer glass to my mouth.

Oh my god, what is happening? I don’t hear anyone singing anymore, I just see people staring at me.

I am helpless. This is the pinnacle of helplessness.

In the end, I took the beer from Brian, drank half of it, and gave it back to him. And this person quickly put his lips on the place I had just drank and drank all the beer in the glass.

Is he kissing me indirectly? An idiot can also realize this.

“Wow, you two look like the bride and groom drinking together. Boss and Bella should sing a song together. Time’s almost up.”

The skinny guy nearby suddenly spoke, and everyone quickly clapped.

Next, they gave two microphones to Brian and me. Right at this moment, the music of the song Like Been in Love rang out and Brian said he would sing this song, no need to choose another song.

The space now only has soft music and his and my voices left. I didn’t dare look at him, I just looked at the screen.

The song’s lyrics and his warm voice made my heart ache and tears almost fell.

Yes, he came to me with all his soul and I came to him with all my heart, but in the end, we still had to separate, had to try to forget each other and try to forget that dreamy sky.

That sweet memory area will only be in the past, haunting me in my wild dreams every night.

I was singing when Brian suddenly stretched out his hand in front of me.

I didn’t want him to lose face with the staff, so I coordinated and put my hand on his hand so he could take it. His hand was still the same, big and warm, soft as cloth.

As soon as the song ended, I quickly withdrew my hand and ran to the bathroom. The moment the door closed, my tears fell.

The echo of the song still haunts me, his singing seems to be hovering around me. Heartbreaking. So sad.

If only he were just an ordinary employee. If only he were not one of the two heirs to the Hana Corporation.

When I came back, everyone had left, only Brian was standing there. The two of us were silent and looked at each other for a long time.

I wanted to ask him where he was going, but I couldn’t open my mouth, my tongue curled up and stiffened.

“I’ll take you home.”

“Ah… no, I will go with Mr. Richard and Caily. Goodbye director.”

After answering, I quickly walked past him and walked quickly.

Turns out, Caily was waiting for me outside the door. I grabbed her hand and pulled her away.

I thought that the relationship between Brian and I would become as close as before after the chase in the forest.

However, Hellen’s appearance made me leave my dream. We cannot.

As always, Richard took Caily to her house first and then brought me back. During the journey, I easily recognized the unsightly face of the man who was always gentle and pampered me.

When the car stopped in front of the gate, I couldn’t stand it anymore, so I had to ask him why. And in response to me was a very strange look from him.

“What’s the matter with you? You’re mad at me because we went with them, right? Brian proposed, and you agreed, not me.” I lost all patience, so I shouted at him.

“Apart from agreeing, what else can I do? He is your direct boss.”

“No. You could have refused, but you agreed. Richard, you want to see my attitude when facing Brian, right? What expression do you want to see on my face when facing him?”

Maybe what I said was right, so Richard could only stay silent, his hands tightened on the steering wheel, his lips pursed as if trying to suppress his anger.

I found him strange, not like my Richard. I wanted to keep this friendship forever, but it seemed difficult.

I thought I would give him and myself a chance, but today, I realized there was no sympathy between us.

My tears fell. No matter how hard I tried, I still couldn’t hold back. Finally, I burst into tears like a baby.

He doesn’t understand how messed up my mood is. He didn’t understand that I was trying to smile in front of everyone.

He doesn’t understand that I’m trying to patch my heart so I can accept him. He didn’t understand at all. He just wanted to see what he was suspecting.

“Bella, I’m sorry.”

“Please drive carefully.”

I pushed Richard’s hand away from me, opened the car door, got out, quickly unlocked the gate, and ran into the house.

I didn’t turn on the light, but crawled into the corner and sat. Since when have I been afraid of light and felt I was only safe when I was in the dark like this?

Am I sick already? I have depression, right? At some point, I’m going to take my own life, right?

The phone rang continuously, and I saw that the caller was Richard. He still hasn’t left, still standing in front of my house gate.

Finally, he sent a text message apologizing and asking me to come out so he could say a few words.

Honestly, I’m not angry at him and I don’t blame him, either. I just feel sad and pitiful when the person I thought would understand me the most didn’t understand me.

I consider Richard like my brother, how can I hate him?

I used to think he was the second man who was not related to me by blood but could make me sacrifice my life if something happened.