The more she cried, the more panicked Christopher became.

"What’s up? You don’t like it?"

Janice would not tell him the reason why she cried, she just shook her head, wiped her tears, and continued to eat.

Anyway, it was the last meal. She wouldn’t be able to eat it anymore after today.

However, the more she ate, the more tears fell.

Gradually, she couldn’t control herself and burst into tears.

Her tears made Christopher’s heart tighten. He walked over, hugged her in his arms, and gently patted her back to comfort her.

Janice did not struggle, just rubbed tears and snot against his clothes. His snow-white shirt was instantly wet.

Christopher just let her rub.

After Janice stopped crying, she realized that Christopher’s shirt that had been stained by her. She sniffed, "Sorry, take off your clothes. I’ll wash it."

Glancing at the soaked shirt, he said, "No, I can handle it myself."

Janice sniffed. "Take it off. I don’t want to owe you anything."

Her words made Christopher frown. It was just a shirt. Why did she want to make the boundary of their relationship so clear?

A trace of displeasure flashed across Christopher’s heart. Since she wanted to wash it, he would comply. Then he directly took off his shirt.

Janice blushed at his naked upper body, and quickly looked away in embarrassment.

Seeing her reaction, he directly walked up to her and handed her the shirt.

Janice didn’t raise her head. She just try to take it, only to find that the other end of the shirt was tightly held by Christopher.

She then said, "If you don’t want to give me, how can I wash it?"

Staring at her, he narrowed his eyes and sneered, "My body is also dirty. What are you going to do?"

Janice paused for a moment, and then she realized what he meant. She snorted, "Asshole."

She pulled his shirt over and ran to the laundry room.

Christopher stared at her back, finally feeling better.

Later, Janice came out after washing. Christopher still hadn’t put clothes on. She

blushed again and said, "I’ve washed the shirt and hung it on the balcony. Remember to bring it in before it gets cold. Also, I’ll give you the clothes I’m wearing after I wash them properly. I got to go."

She didn’t dare to look at him, and directly walked towards the door.

Just as she was about to open the door, Christopher rushed up and hugged her from behind. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"Janice, don’t go..."

Christopher placed his chin on her head and called out deeply.

Janice froze in his embrace. She could only feel her heart beating.

But she knew very well that this was not a good omen, because she would be soft-hearted.

No, she couldn’t be soft.

Then she immediately shrugged him off.

"Don’t be like this. I’m leaving."

After that, she ran out without looking back.

Staring at her fleeing figure, Christopher’s eyes darkened with a trace of helplessness.

Because of the hangover last night, Janice felt very uncomfortable, so she simply took a day off.

...

She went back to the small house she rented. As soon as she opened the door, Nino ran out.

Janice realized that Nino would be very lonely because she didn’t come back last night.

Thinking of this, she held Nino in her arms. Her face was pressed against the soft fluff, which let her remember the warmth from Christopher’s arms.

"Nino, tell me, should I be soft-hearted and change my silly principles?"

She sighed to herself when the phone suddenly rang. She then put Nino back, got up, and went to pick up the phone.

"Janice."

A familiar voice came through.

Janice paused for a moment. Just now she picked up the call without seeing caller ID.

If she had known that it was from Benjamin, she would not have answered it.

"What’s the matter?"

"I heard that you asked for leave. Is everything okay?"

Benjamin asked.

Janice frowned. "I’m fine."

He paused for a while and then spoke again, "Janice, although we are not in a relationship, we are still friends. If there is anything up, you can tell me."

Janice disagreed about them being friends. Now the only relationship they had was between superior and subordinate.

However, she didn’t want to talk about this now, so she hung up the phone directly.

There was nothing more to say.

She replied casually and hung up the phone.

Later, Janice couldn’t find the gift for her father. She thought in depressed mood, "Could I have left it into Yvonne’s car?"

Thinking of this, she sent a text message to Yvonne.

"Yvonne, I couldn’t find the tie I bought last night. Is it with you?"

Yvonne replied quickly, "Wait a minute. I’ll find if it is in the car."

Not long after, Yvonne replied, "No, I’ve searched all over the car, but I didn’t see it."

Janice thought, "That’s strange. Where would it be otherwise?"

"Did you leave it in Christopher’s house last night?"

When Janice was confused, Yvonne sent her another message.

Janice thought in surprise. "Didn’t she go back alone last night? How did she know that I went to Christopher’s house last night?"

Feeling that something was wrong, she asked, "How did you know that I went to Christopher’s house last night?"

Only then did Yvonne realize that she had spilled the beans. She quickly replied, "No... I was just guessing."

"Guess?" Janice doubted. "By the way, Yvonne, I remembered drinking with you last night, but when I woke up in the morning, I was at Christopher’s house. Do you know what happened?"

Yvonne thought, "Of course I know. I was the one who planned this."

However, she would not let Janice know that.

"I don’t know. Perhaps you missed your husband, so you went back."

Hearing Yvonne’s words, Janice became confused.

"Is that so?"

She went back last night because she missed him?

However, it was meaningless now. The most important thing was to find the tie.

She ended her chat with Yvonne, then found Christopher’s phone number and was about to ask him.

But she thought of the embarrassing scene in the morning. If she called again, wouldn’t it be strange?

She hesitated for a moment and finally decided to send a message to him. However, as soon as she clicked on his WhatsApp, she saw his new profile picture.

...

Janice remembered that his previous profile picture was pure white. She used to feel strange looking at that picture.

But she didn’t expect to see a certain tie in this new profile picture.

Janice gradually found that the tie was a little familiar, but she couldn’t remember where she had seen it before.

She exited the profile page and was about to send a message to Christopher, but before she could send it, she received a message from him.

"Honey, thanks for your gift."

Janice was shocked by these words.

"A gift?"

What gift?

When did she give him a gift?

However, she immediately thought of his profile picture and quickly clicked on it to have a look again. Only then did she remember that it was the tie she had bought for her father last night.

No wonder she felt a little familiar before.

So this was the gift he was referring to?

While Janice was depressed thinking of this, Christopher was happily looking into the mirror.

In the morning, when Janice left, he still felt very disappointed. Then he went back to the room where she had stayed last night and wanted to comfort himself. Unexpectedly, he found an exquisite box on the carpet.

He opened the box and found that there was a tie inside.

Only Janice had stayed in this room before.

So it had to be a gift from her, right?

But why did she buy a tie?

Did she prepare it for him?

Thinking of this, Christopher thought of the words that Janice had said after getting drunk.

She just cared too much about his identity and did not really want to divorce.

He had planned to give her some time to figure it out.

After all, he could not change the identity.

However, at this moment, when he saw the tie, his mood immediately improved.

Although the color looked a little...old-fashioned, he still tied it because it was bought by Janice.

In the morning, when Christopher entered work wearing his new tie, he received a lot of compliments.

After all, it was rare for him to have such an ordinary tie.

However, his subordinates were only surprised.

After all, Christopher’s mannerisms also made such an ordinary item seem fashionable.

When Christopher assigned tasks to Cecilia, he was much gentler than before, which made Cecilia very surprised.

Rob was most surprised. While he reported to Christopher about the work, a smile lifted the corner of his mouth. After Rob finished, he even deliberately asked Rob to stay.

"What do you think of my tie?"

It was the first time for Rob to see Mr. Bateman show off his tie like this.

After all, Mr. Bateman rarely smiled.

Rob did not quite appreciate the tie.

Although it looked pretty good on Mr. Bateman’s neck, it was only because of his handsomeness and temperament. It was definitely not because of the tie itself.

So, what was the meaning of Mr. Bateman’s question?

Should he tell him the truth?

For a moment, Rob couldn’t figure it out.

Seeing that Rob didn’t answer for a long time, Christopher indicated, "It was a gift from Janice."