My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)
Chapter 361

Irvin's face darkened. His expression did not look good.

I lifted my hand to take my glass of beer but was stopped by him. With a low solemn voice, he said, "You're a little drunk."

For a moment, everyone on the table turned their gaze to us. I withdrew my hand from his grasp and said lightly, "Yeah, I'm feeling a little tipsy."

It was really uncomfortable when everybody's eyes fell on me. Plus, Irvin was sort of embarrassing me in front of everyone and that made me feel even more uneasy.

As usual, he continued serving me food and did not let me drink anymore. Instead, he was caring and considerate enough to give me a glass of milk.

The meaning behind his actions were a little too evident. Everyone at the table seemed to catch on and they all knew what he was doing.

I felt even more uncomfortable with the current situation. It was hard to replace the words to explain the situation as it was a meaningless thing to do. Hendrix's message flashed through my phone screen. "What are you doing now?"

I replied, "The contract is signed. I'm now out having dinner."

Hendrix texted back. "Did you drink?"

I then replied, "Yeah, but not too much."

After a while he texted me again. "Can you send me the address?"

I puckered my lips. He was in Jarold City. It was impossible for him to come and pick me up from the restaurant. I texted him back. "Fortunate Restaurant. I'll head back soon."

After that, there was dead silence from him. Putting my phone down, I made a trip down to the bathroom. I was feeling a little dizzy because of the shots that I downed just now.

I splashed cold water onto my face in the bathroom. As I staggered out, I accidentally knocked over a waitress.

"I'm sorry!" The waitress apologized repeatedly.

A little dizzy, I shook my head and waved my hand. "It's okay. Just be careful next time."

"Director Reid!" A loud sound called out for me. I was stunned for a while before I turned over to look.

It was Kelsey. She was wearing a wig and had heavy makeup on. The miniskirt she wore made her look like an escort in a nightclub.

I couldn't help but to frown. It was quite a coincidence to meet her twice in a day. But... I couldn't help but to ask, "Why are you here?"

She was abused by her husband in the morning and at night, there she was, working. How did she turn up to be in this state?

Kelsey lowered her head and said in an extremely low voice, "Mr. Roberts had given a strict order to all the real estate companies in Ucrebury not to employ me. Since I'm out of job and needed to earn a living. I can only come here to work."

I didn't understand. "Why did Hendrix do that?" Although he was bad- tempered, he wouldn't treat a person in such a way.

She looked up at me and lowered down her head even more. "It's because I meddled in Alford Audit's and Advancer Tech's matters previously. Because of that, you were fired by the Roberts Group. A major part of it was because I manipulated things and I imitated your handwriting for a majority of Alford Audit's documents."

I knew about that. When I found out, I was mad at Kelsey. But I decided to forgive her over the deep bond we had for that past two years. I gave her a word of warning and asked her to leave the Roberts Group voluntarily.

Nonetheless, I totally did not expect things would play out in such a way.

Saying that, did that mean that Hendrix knew the truth about this matter?

After a pause, I said to Kelsey, "It's over. I'll tell Hendrix when I get back. You're capable and have great potential in your job. He probably did it because he was angry at that time. I'll make it clear to him. By the way, don't continue working here. It isn't great. If you can, try to leave Calvin too, he isn't that great of a person for you to stay with him."

Life was short and it was not her wish to meet such an evil man.

Still feeling dizzy, all I could think about was getting back to the villa. I patted her on the shoulder and then turned to leave.

Kelsey, however, unexpectedly pulled me back and knelt down. She cried, "Director Reid, I'm sorry. It was all my fault. I shouldn't have done it back then. I'm sorry, I'm pretty sure that I have received my retribution for it."