Love My Friends with Benefits

Our order was soon served. I added the milk and sugar into the coffee and slowly stirred it.

Austin sipped his coffee and asked, "What do you think of the prospect of our companies working together?"

Prospects, huh?

This project would affect our company's revenue for the second half of the year as well as my job. However, I didn't know much about the Internet industry.

What's more...

I hesitated, then answered truthfully, "Austin, it's really not the best decision to have me handle this project. There are other people in our company that know this industry much better than I do... Perhaps you'd like to consider having someone else handle this?"

Austin shook his head gracefully. "You're the only one that's included in my consideration."

This was almost like an obscure confession.

I could feel my heart skip a beat and my face warm. I had no choice but to sip my coffee to conceal my awkwardness.

There was no denying that Austin was an outstanding, handsome man. However, his confession still put me in a tough spot.

The atmosphere had barely lightened before turning awkward again.

"Miss. Jones, you..." Austin started to say.

At the same time, a familiar, shrill voice rang out from the table behind us. "You mean that old hag? She's in the hospital."

Was that Gail?!

I stiffened and gestured to Austin to stop talking.

He looked at me in confusion but stopped anyway.

Gail continued speaking behind us.

I rummaged through my bag and took out a small makeup mirror. I carefully observed what was happening at the table behind us.

the mirror, I saw Gail sitting together with another woman dressed in expensive clothes. There was hatred and jealousy written all

disdainfully and continued, "Phoebe's her granddaughter too, but she's never been on her

the Jones family's matters. She merely smiled in

to find such an outstanding partner, yet that little b*tch ruined the wedding!" She grabbed the other woman's

woman nodded. "Yes, she's

interest. I was really curious to know how Phoebe was

someone familiar. I have something to say to them, so can we talk about work some other

this with you. See you tomorrow." He pushed the document on the table towards

"Thank you." 

and tucked the

leave, waving at me before

on Gail and her

this?" Gail dabbed her tears away with a napkin. "That pregnant

almost

my bed the night before, would she still say such

twitched, looking

it that way. Mr. Nell maintains a low profile, but

down without hesitation, sounding agitated. "It has to be fake! Leonard's nothing but a

I thought to myself. "After all, he's

slept with me. Did he still need

it possible for a man who's had the main course to

she hasn't even had a boyfriend before Leonard. She's so humiliated that she even wanted to

she wanted to laugh, but she tried her best to hold

that Gail probably wasn't aware of all the articles minutely analysing every single detail about

that rumoured ex-boyfriend of hers. Although those articles were probably more fiction than fact, they

have read

because of that

pregnant woman showed up, I just

her on the shoulder. "Maybe you're

has always hated and been jealous of Phoebe. It has