Several days passed, and it was time for Carol to leave the hospital. Diana went early to pick her up.

Carol was still weak, though she had been in the hospital for weeks. She was tormented by her feelings of guilt. Moreover, she had lost a lot of weight.

Diana felt so sorry for her. "How can you not take good care of yourself? If your parents found out, they would be heart-broken."

Carol smiled bitterly. She was still torn up about losing her baby.

"Diana, please, don't say anything to my parents." Carol grabbed Diana's sleeve and begged. She didn't want her parents to be worried about her.

"All right, all right. I won't say anything to them. Don't worry," Diana conceded.

Diana helped Carol out of the hospital. When they got down to the exit, they saw Kyle's car waiting outside.

Carol was caught off guard at the sight of Kyle's car. He hadn't been to visit her once while she was in the hospital. Now he was here to pick her up.

Diana looked at what she was staring at and saw Kyle standing beside the car.

"Diana, you…you can go home. I will…" Carol murmured.

"Carol, do you really want to go with him? It was his fault that you lost your baby, and you still want to go with him?" Diana was a little angry.

"He is still my husband."

Diana sighed, not only for Carol but also for herself. She herself was still in love with Brian. How could she convince Carol to give up Kyle?

"Okay. It's your choice."

"Thank you, Diana." Carol felt immensely grateful to Diana. She had really helped her a lot.

After leaving Carol with Kyle, Diana left at once, doing nothing to hide her hostility towards Kyle as she went.

"Did you come here to pick me up?" Carol asked. She was still not sure.

Her words reminded Kyle why he was here. He said yes to Carol and opened the door for her. Carol was delighted about the apparent change in him. But Kyle didn't truly care about her; it was all an act. Even at that moment, he couldn't help looking in the direction of Diana as she got into her car.

Kyle didn't say anything more to Carol once he got back in the car.

Observing his reaction, Carol tried to reconcile their relationship.

"Kyle, we have to let go of what happened before. Let's live a happy life together. Okay?"

However, for whatever reason, Kyle didn't like her tone. The small part of him that still felt guilty for what happened had already disappeared. He nodded impatiently.

Carol took his agreement as a positive step. "Maybe there is still hope for us yet?" she thought.

***

At the William group, Brian continued chasing Diana, always using work as an excuse.

One day it was time for lunch when Brian walked into Diana's office with a lunch box in his hand.

"What's the matter?" Diana was still doing her work without looking up at Brian.

However, Brian picked up the doc.u.ments she was looking at and said, "No matter how busy you are, you have to eat lunch."

Diana tried to take back the files, but Brian held the doc.u.ments over his head. Since Diana was much shorter than him, she couldn't reach.

With no choice but to accept his offer, Diana opened the lunch box. Inside, she saw a heart-shaped egg, sitting prettily on top of a piece of steak.

Diana was rather hungry. So when she saw the delicious food, she started tucking in without hesitation.

As she ate the steak, she pictured it as Brian. When she bit the steak, she was biting Brian.

"Bastard. Why are you here to bother me?" she thought.

Diana bit the steak excitedly with this in mind, while Brian thought she was simply enjoying the food.

After Diana finished her lunch, Brian really did have some business to discuss.

"Miss Anderson, I'm planning to find a poster girl to advertise Anderson's medicine."

"What?"

"It is a kind of marketing strategy. If we can invite a star to advertise our store, hopefully, we can get more people excited about it."

Diana agreed; it seemed like a good plan.

"Who do you want to invite?" she asked.

"I was thinking of 'Luna'? I heard that she is a big hit now. She just came from the Cannes Film Festival. And I believe she is in between filming at the moment. I think she is suitable for the job."

Diana thought for a while. She had never dealt with such things before. And Brian was far more experienced. So, she agreed.

"I think it's okay. You can invite her."

Brian wanted to reach out and touch her hair, but he soon gave up when he saw Diana's angry glare. Instead, he smiled and said, "Okay, I will get in touch with her today and begin negotiations."

Then he left with his lunch box.

***

It was dark outside, but the bar was full of exciting music and colorful lights.

As she walked in, Carol was a little nervous. She caught hold of Kyle's sleeve and begged, "Kyle, let's go home, please."

Kyle was impatient. He wouldn't have taken Carol with him, but those whom he wanted to cooperate with all admired the Jefferson Group. He had no choice but to take her with him.

And Carol was certainly an obedient girl. The last time she had been at that bar was to look for Kyle, the night she lost her baby.

"You want to leave? I don't think so. Last time you were here, you wanted to drink, so let's do it," Kyle said coldly.

Carol was hurt that Kyle could talk so flippantly about that fateful night. On the other hand, she was happy, for this time she was here together with Kyle, not searching for him. She thought it was a good sign that he wanted to take her with him. So, she held onto Kyle tightly and walked into the bar.

Antonette and a middle-aged bald man were waiting at a table. When they saw Kyle, they waved him over.

It was the first time that Antonette had ever met Carol face to face again after Carol marrying Kyle. She hadn't pictured her to be so fragile-looking. Antonette deeply resented Carol, but she still pretended to be enthusiastic and shook hands with her, pretended not to know her.

"Hi, my name is Antonette, I'm Mr. William's secretary, and also his ex-schoolmate."

"Hi, I'm Carol." Carol paused, then added, "I'm his…wife." looking at Antonette, who was pretending.

Antonette smiled with contempt. But the man beside her was delighted with Carol's presence.

"Mr. William, I must congratulate you, you have a truly beautiful wife." The man stared at Carol.

Kyle knew the man by reputation and already didn't like his looks towards Carol.

Antonette meanwhile, was supremely jealous; she had been trying to seduce the man, Chapman Miller, for several days. Now he couldn't take his eyes off Carol.

"Mr. Miller, let me propose a toast to you." Antonette held her glass up to Chapman.

However, he completely ignored her and instead raised his glass to Carol, saying with a smile, "Mrs. William, let me propose a toast to you."

Carol didn't expect that she would be asked to drink. She didn't like alcohol and was quite uncomfortable to be made to. So she turned to Kyle for help.

Yet Kyle had no intention of assisting her. He just said, "Mr. Miller invited you to drink, it would be rude not to."

Carol had to drink the wine while Chapman looked on eagerly.

As the conversation and alcohol flowed, Chapman was still staring l.e.w.dly at Carol, which made her feel very awkward. She couldn't help asking, "Why are you staring at me, Mr. Miller?"

"Because you are so good-looking," he answered.

His words made Carol shy and made Kyle increasingly furious.

Antonette could tell Chapman wanted Carol. So she asked, "Mr. Miller, you know we are here for business. What do you think about the contract we discussed?"

"Of course… no problem…" Chapman kept staring at Carol and paid no attention to Antonette's words.

Understanding his meaning, Antonette winked at Kyle. He took out the contract immediately and said, "Mr. Miller since there is no problem, let's sign it now."

Chapman gave Kyle a telling look, and Kyle finally understood what he wanted in return. He looked at Carol, feeling conflicted, but agreed.