“I didn’t expect that…you initiated it, I thought…”
Maja was a bit taken aback. If it was business, of course, she had to approach lan. There’s no way lan would come to her.
“Did he ever say no?”
Though it might not be appropriate to pry into private affairs, Connie was curious. She thought he was the cream of the crop in the Raymond family.
“He turned me down a few times, but eventually he agreed.”
Maja chuckled, not understanding why Connie suddenly brought this up.
Connie’s cheeks flushed a bit. She hadn’t expected Penny to go to such lengths just to get close to him.
If Carlene found out, she might blow a gasket.
But she wouldn’t spill the beans. After that, she clammed up for the rest of the ride.
Once they arrived at the studio, Maja got ready to hop out of the car. As she was about to shut the car door, she thanked Connie and was about to take off when Connie spoke up.
“Penny, can we still be friends?”
Maja was taken aback. She really liked Connie’s personality, but if Connie found out she was the wife of lan, whom she wasn’t exactly a fan of, who knows what she would think?
“As long as you’re up for it, we can be friends.”
She had to reply like this, even though Connie might not want to be friends with her in the future.
Connie sighed in relief, “Don’t worry. You can rest assured that I’m not that shallow. I won’t have any prejudice against you.”
With that, the car door closed, and the car slowly drove off..
Maja stood there, not quite getting what Connie meant by her last comment. But she didn’t dwell on it and headed towards the studio. However, she felt something was off.
Her first time was with lan on the night he returned to the country. Since then, she hadn’t had any other experiences. But now, walking felt a bit off. Her back was aching, and her legs were sore.
Not being experienced in this, she wasn’t sure if it was because she fell off the bed or if she actually did something last night.
Confused, she headed to the studio.
Today, Maxwell was in, giving her a raised eyebrow when he saw her.
“What good deed have you done lately? Silverstone Enterprises is suddenly being very generous to our studio, giving us materials at the lowest price.”
Maja had previously made a deal with Silverstone Enterprises regarding the material prices for Greenfield Gardens. She didn’t expect Silverstone Enterprises to bel so understanding, benefiting the studio as well.
She explained the construction mishap and then sat down.
“Once lan’s project wraps up, I might no longer work at the studio.”
That was her plan all along. She wanted to return to painting.
“How are things at home?”
Maxwell’s eyes softened as he rubbed his forehead.
“That issue just got resolved. I don’t want a cut from Greenfield Gardens. Whatever lan gives, you take it.
Maja didn’t want to stand in the ceremony with him. After all, the studio was out of the woods now, and Maxwell certainly wouldn’t be strapped for cash in the future.
“I won’t hand in my resignation just yet. I’m not sure if I can take on the work Ryan Elston offered me. If he insists, I’ll take his work after I finish the Greenfield Gardens design and might open a painting studio. You know I’ve always loved painting.”
Maxwell wouldn’t stop her. He nodded and said, “Once lan’s work is done, just text me. As for Ryan’s work, I won’t take a cut. Those jobs were all brought in–by your own ability.”
“I won’t stand on ceremony then, but I have some beef with Ryan’s girlfriend. If she wants to replace me, I’ll pass the work to others in the studio.”
And then there was the current work at Greenfield Gardens. Ian had been upset today, so she didn’t know if she would receive a message from lan later about terminating their cooperation.
So she decided to go to the studio and see which designers were available. She couldn’t just give the job to someone Carlene knew.
After all, this was a design fee of several hundred thousand dollars. If someone from the studio could take it over, it would be doing Maxwell a favor.
After explaining everything to Maxwell, she returned to RosenGarden. She felt exhausted and uncomfortable. It was probably due to the hangover, and her stomach was hurting slightly.
She took some stomach medicine, then soaked in a bath, only to discover a discreet mark on her inner thigh.
The mark was red, looking like a love bite.
She froze, her eyebrows furrowing.
hey there and thanks to your information – I have definitely picked up anything new from right here. I did on the other hand experience some technical points the use of this site, as I skilled to reload the website lots of instances previous to I may get it to load correctly. I were considering in case your web hosting is OK? Now not that I am complaining, but sluggish loading circumstances instances will often have an effect on your placement in google and could damage your high-quality rating if advertising and ***********|advertising|advertising|advertising and *********** with Adwords. Well I’m including this RSS to my email and can glance out for a lot extra of your respective fascinating content. Ensure that you update this once more soon..
This is a very good tips especially to those new to blogosphere, brief and accurate information… Thanks for sharing this one. A must read article.
I?¦ve learn several just right stuff here. Definitely price bookmarking for revisiting. I wonder how so much effort you place to create one of these wonderful informative website.
Hello. impressive job. I did not anticipate this. This is a excellent story. Thanks!
Keep up the wonderful piece of work, I read few posts on this website and I think that your weblog is very interesting and has circles of fantastic info .
hi!,I really like your writing very much! proportion we be in contact more about your article on AOL? I require a specialist in this area to resolve my problem. Maybe that is you! Taking a look ahead to peer you.
I am glad to be one of many visitors on this outstanding web site (:, thankyou for putting up.
Hey very cool blog!! Man .. Excellent .. Amazing .. I will bookmark your web site and take the feeds additionally?KI am glad to find numerous useful info here in the submit, we want work out extra strategies on this regard, thanks for sharing. . . . . .
With havin so much content do you ever run into any issues of plagorism or copyright infringement? My website has a lot of exclusive content I’ve either created myself or outsourced but it seems a lot of it is popping it up all over the web without my authorization. Do you know any techniques to help reduce content from being ripped off? I’d certainly appreciate it.
I loved as much as you’ll receive carried out right here. The sketch is attractive, your authored material stylish. nonetheless, you command get bought an nervousness over that you wish be delivering the following. unwell unquestionably come further formerly again since exactly the same nearly very often inside case you shield this hike.
Your place is valueble for me. Thanks!…
great points altogether, you simply won a new reader. What might you suggest about your publish that you just made some days ago? Any sure?
Very nice post. I just stumbled upon your weblog and wished to say that I have truly loved browsing your blog posts. After all I will be subscribing in your feed and I hope you write once more soon!
I think this site holds very excellent pent articles content.
FitSpresso is a weight loss supplement designed for individuals dealing with stubborn body fat.
Some genuinely prime posts on this site, saved to fav.