At that time, Azalea went on, “Don’t worry, I already warned the people who bothered you.”
“If you still care, I can give you more compensation, so you can rest longer.”
I shook my head. “No need. I will only take what belongs to me.”
“Also, the perpetrator already compensated me; it’s at least half a month of my pay.”
I blew on the beef soup with my spoon, like I was talking about something small.
Seeing that I stayed calm, she raised her voice a little.
“Zayden, weren’t you always so strong-minded? What happened to you?!”
Just then, a customer suddenly walked up to Azalea and said, “Aren’t you Azalea, the travel blogger everyone’s talking about lately? And I heard you’re also the boss of a public company, a real big shot!”
“I’m your fan, I never thought I’d see you in real life!”
“You look even prettier than in the videos! Would you mind taking a photo together?”
Azalea smiled a little awkwardly, but still agreed.
She took a photo as well and on purpose or by accident, she also caught me in it.
The customer looked at me. “Aren’t you Azalea’s old partner? I saw you at a business meeting with my boss before, but I haven’t seen you two together recently. I thought you had broken up, but it looks like you’re still getting along.”
I paused a bit, focused on eating my beef soup, then looked up with a smile. “You got the wrong person. We’re only sharing a seat.”
“Is that so? It does look that way.”
The person scratched their head and walked off. But the anger in Azalea’s eyes only grew stronger.
She pulled out a video they recorded together years earlier and showed it to me.
“Look at this, who else could it be if not you!”
But I tapped open her latest video. It showed her and Zekeiah in a close moment in Iceland. Right then, her expression changed a lot and she grabbed the phone and turned it off.
Seeing her scared look, I suddenly thought of the year when we first crossed paths.
At that time, I was already a rising star with the power to shake the business field.
At the success seminar, she kept asking me about the ways to succeed.
I slowly explained everything to her for quite a while. And in the respect she showed me, there was also another feeling hidden underneath. But I knew that at that moment, we were simply standing on different steps.
If one day she stood at the same level as me, her view of me might change.
So, I acted as if I did not notice her feelings at all.