The night had fallen, and the snow was falling. Through the dim street lights, the pure white flowers were falling, standing out in the night.
Every day, every time Donna distributed charity food, Daniel ran to help her.
Although she hated him, she couldn't show her displeasure for fear that the homeless would feel awkward.
Anyway, this winter, Daniel brought a lot of warm clothes and blankets for them. So, for them, he is a benefactor.
Every day, Donna would distribute the food quickly and then run straight home, avoiding him, but today, she was so tired that she couldn't stand it anymore, so she stopped running, and just walked slowly, and of course, Daniel drove behind her.
When he saw her stopping in front of the alley but standing still without entering, he got out of the car and approached. Before he could even open his mouth, she glared at him and poured out a series of words.
“Are you trying to make me angry? Do you want me to go to jail?”
“Donna, it's not that, I miss you...”
“Please, please let go of my hand, don't appear in front of me again. If you continue like this, I will kill you and receive the death penalty.”
Donna shouted at him and quickly walked away. Every time she saw him, she became more tired and her mind was chaotic.
Yesterday, a friend in a famous newsroom informed her that someone in her department was about to quit and told her to submit her job application and wait.
Because the job there was very good and the salary was quite high, Donna decided that tomorrow she would start going to the nightclub to work part-time, to get money to cover her living expenses while waiting for the interview day.
Stepping into the rented room that held so many memories with her younger sister, her tears fell like rain. She sat holding the photo of her and Alma taken together while going to the amusement park with Daniel and cried until late at night.
Somewhere in the city's suburbs, there was a person in a bad mood just like Donna. Seeing that it was late, Nancy turned off her computer and was about to go to bed when Jolie knocked on the door and entered.
The two women came and sat by the small glass window looking outside to enjoy the scenery.
“If Stephen agrees to help us, I just need to do a few projects and I can pay off the bank loan, pay off your debt, buy a car, and move to a better place.” Jolie's eyes sparkled with hope.
To be honest, Nancy wanted to refuse Stephen's help, but when she heard her best friend's words, she had to reconsider.
The money invested in the SN Group project was lost, causing Lucky's company's finances to fall into a deadlock. All the money from publishing books and selling film adaptation rights was also lent to Jolie to rebuild the company.
The profits from the small contracts were only enough to cover food and business management costs. It would be difficult to rely on that to have enough money to pay off debts and have a better life.
Nancy sighed and told herself that she would have to hide under the shadow of the old trees.
Life is always stressful and difficult like that, for Donna, for Nancy and even Rosalind is no exception.
After the incident of SN Group, Rosalind did not receive any film and advertising projects. Although Alisa tried to build relationships everywhere, no one wanted to cooperate.
On the morning of the first day of the week, the two girls were sitting gloomily when the phone suddenly rang.
“It's the phone number of the assistant to the director of the cosmetics company Evelyn.” Alisa said softly.
Rosalind was silent, putting her ear close to Alisa. After every "yes" from Alisa, she also nodded in agreement.
“Yes, we will arrive at five o'clock this afternoon.”
After the call ended, the two girls jumped for joy.
Evelyn Cosmetics Company is quite famous in the cosmetics industry with the most popular skin care product lines today.
Their offer to let Rosalind be their representative will give her the opportunity to return to the entertainment industry.
At the same time, the meeting between Lyle and the creative director and jewelry designers in the large conference room of Global Group officially began.
And then after three hours of discussion, Lyle decided to use the image of lilies combined with stars as the main idea.
Everyone agreed to use the name “Stars shining in the night sky” to name this high-end collection.
After the meeting, Lyle stopped by Dylan's office to report, and at the same time asked Dylan to agree to let Rosalind join Global Group and become the exclusive management actress.
Normally, all matters related to the entertainment industry have always been decided by Lyle, but this time the artist was Rosalind, so he had to ask Dylan's opinion.
Hearing Lyle explain his classmate's wishes and condition, Dylan was a little pensive but then nodded in agreement.
Seeing Lyle still hesitating, Dylan frowned and spoke.
“Is there anything else? Just say it, don't hesitate.”
“Dylan, these days you often participate in big events. Can you let Rosalind accompany you?” Lyle hesitated a bit.
“You want to let her regain her glory this way?”
“Yes, that's the fastest way.”
“Okay, I'll tell Paul to tell you the schedule later.”
“Thank you. Goodbye.”
After the door closed, Dylan quickly searched in the desk drawer. The only painkiller left in the bottle had been dropped by him and rolled away.
While he was crawling on the floor looking for it, Daria arrived, carrying a progress report on the construction of the school and the tourist area in L province. She saw his face grimacing and immediately ran to help him up.
“Are you okay? What are you looking for?”
“Painkillers. There's only one left, but I dropped it.”
“You sit here and wait a moment, I'll go to the medical room to get it right away.”
Daria hurriedly ran away and quickly returned. She was so tired that she couldn't breathe anymore.
She silently handed the medicine, poured water into a glass, and gave it to the chairman. Without asking, she knew the reason for his pain.
It's cold like this, if he stays inside, he'll be fine, but if he keeps drinking and standing on the balcony enjoying the wind and snow, of course, his body will ache.
“Don't abuse drugs too much, it's not good.” She said, her voice a little annoyed.
“I know. What have you brought here?” Dylan quickly changed the subject to avoid Daria's nagging.
“It's a progress report on the project in L province. You told Stephen to urge me to do it.”
“Oh. Now I remember. I'll check it myself. You go do your work.”
After saying that, Dylan attentively flipped through the pages and checked the reports. He had planned to take Nacy there to travel and sightsee when the projects in L province were completed, but now everything was broken.
He didn't even know where she was. He told himself to hate her, but then he loved her even more.
When Dylan finished handling his day's work, the clock struck five in the afternoon. He tiredly stood up, arranged his documents, and returned home.
When he stopped at the traffic light, he realized that the car parked next to him was Rosalind's. Thinking about Lyle's request, he was even more worried, but he had already agreed, so he had to do it.
As soon as the traffic light turned green, Alisa quickly pressed the accelerator pedal and drove away.
Soon they arrived at the meeting point, which was a pub only for the upper class because the price was very expensive.
The two of them had just reached the door of the room when the assistant blocked them. According to him, the director of the cosmetics company Evelyn just wanted to meet Rosalind alone to negotiate.
Although Alisa was worried and wanted to take Rosalind home, Rosalind quickly reassured her assistant and quickly walked in.
The middle-aged director was so fascinated by the beauty that he squinted, and quickly stood up to invite her to sit.
Rosalind politely bowed her head to thank him and then walked over to the sofa. Outside in the hallway, Alisa was pacing back and forth anxiously.
Not long after, Lyle called. On the other end of the phone, his voice was filled with worry.
“Is Rosalind with you? Why can't I call her?”
“Deputy general manager, we just arrived at the pub, she is negotiating with the director of the cosmetics company Evelyn...”
“Evelyn Cosmetics? Quickly read me the address of that pub.”
Lyle's urgent voice made Alisa panic, she quickly read each word.
She also had a feeling that something was wrong, so she ran to the assistant, asking him to open the door and let her in to take a look, but he pretended not to hear.
Then suddenly two tall men jumped forward, grabbed her, and pulled her away.
While being dragged by them, she suddenly heard several “thud, thud” sounds.
She widened her eyes to see the two men writhing on the floor. Then the assistant and a few others rushed over and shared the same fate.
The tavern manager bowed his head and walked straight to the front of the room, trembling as he inserted the key.
As soon as the door opened, the scene that met Lyel's eyes made him so angry that his face turned pale.
He rushed forward and grabbed the collar of the director who was trying to hug and kiss the beauty despite her struggling and begging.