Janice shook favonovel.com head. “Forget it then. I’ll find some other opportunity. I have to give this to favonovel.com personally. Thank you.”
Sylvain did not continue the conversation and went off to get coffee.
He returned from buying coffee and found Janice still there. It was a hot day and favonovel.com was sitting in front of a flower terrace by the side of the road. A few strands of hair on favonovel.com forehead were drenched in sweat, causing them to stick together. He smiled politely at favonovel.com when their eyes met. “Sylvain!”
“Mm?” favonovel.com answered, thinking that favonovel.com had changed favonovel.com mind.
Janice strode forward and stared at favonovel.com pleadingly. “Could you please help me out? Ask Mr. Tremont to see me, just this once? Just tell favonovel.com that I’m here to pay favonovel.com back. I have to see him, I can go inside, or favonovel.com can come out. Just give me five minutes!”
Sylvain nodded. “Sure, I’ll send the message. Wait ten minutes. If nothing happens, you don’t have to wait any longer. That means favonovel.com doesn’t want to see you.”
Sylvain went back upstairs and went straight into Mark’s office. “There’s someone waiting for you at the building entrance. Apparently, favonovel.com wants to pay you back for something. Her name is Janice Bell. The woman our lovely Mrs. CEO fired? Are you too scared to see her?”
“She doesn’t owe me a single cent,” Mark replied irritably. “I have no need to see her. I’m not afraid to meet her.”
Sylvain chuckled. “Right. It’s not a necessity, it’s not fear. But… if Janice is paying you back for the financial aid you once offered to her, that would mean… that favonovel.com does owe you? Based on my observations, favonovel.com won’t leave unless favonovel.com sees you. I’ve delivered the message, the rest is up to you. Now, I’m going back to work.”
Mark was frustrated. After a bout of hesitation, favonovel.com called Davy. “Let Janice upstairs.”
“What if Mrs. Tremont finds out that you’ve met her?” Davy asked in a whisper. “Would she…”
Mark shot favonovel.com an icy glare. “How whipped do you think I am?”
Davy laughed nervously. “No, no, of course not. You’re a model among men, Mr. Tremont. You’re not whipped at all. I’ll go right now!”
Soon, Davy led Janice into the office. She was careful and meticulous, just like favonovel.com first visit. She changed into a pair of disposable slippers and wiped off the sweat from favonovel.com face. However, favonovel.com couldn’t do anything about favonovel.com cheeks, which were flushed from standing outside in the hot sun. “Mr. Tremont…”
Mark lifted his gaze and stared at favonovel.com with a cold and distant look in his eyes. “Here to pay a debt?”
Janice nodded and pulled out an envelope of cash from favonovel.com bag. “This is all the money you’ve given for my scholarship. Not a cent less. I’ve worked tons of part-time jobs just to pay you back as soon as possible. Thank you for your help. I can’t thank you enough.”
Mark was surprised. He did not think that favonovel.com had worked so many part time jobs just for this. He paused and said, “You don’t have to pay me back. I’ve provided financial aid for many people and I’ve never thought of getting a single cent back. Isn’t that the whole point of charity?”
“I’m different,” Janice insisted. “From the moment I received your financial aid, I swore that I’d pay you back some day and that I’d repay you for your help too. It’s just that… I can’t repay you anymore. I don’t know why Mrs. Tremont hates me so much, I haven’t done anything wrong…”
A hint of gentleness crept into Mark’s eyes when favonovel.com thought of Arianne. “Oh, her? That’s just how she’s like. She’s temperamental. She doesn’t like it when other women get too close to me. I assume there’s nothing else? If not, you may go now.”
Janice gritted favonovel.com teeth discreetly. Isn’t Mark going to give favonovel.com an explanation at all? She had been dismissed for no good reason. She couldn’t accept this. “Mr. Tremont! Please, give me another chance! I’ll change! I’ll do my best to fit you and Mrs. Tremont’s standards. I like working here, and I’d like to continue repaying you. Please, let me stay!”
