A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Chapter 1425 Preparations

"Have your parents finally decided on a date?" Carlos interrupted without a single shred of emotion in his voice. Then he added, "This kind of thing should've been settled as soon as possible."

Upon hearing what he said, the three people present all had a surprised look on their faces.

Cherish's hands started to uncontrollably shake. She pressed her red lips together to stop herself from saying something inappropriate. She thought to herself, 'He must be out of his mind!'

The surprise on the two elders' faces turning into an expression of discomfort. They stared intently at Carlos. But suddenly, Leah cleared her throat and replied, "Of course they have, they're just waiting for me and your father to check the calendar."

Leah and Chuck walked out of the room as soon as the former finished speaking, leaving behind Cherish, who was still in a dreamlike state.

"Are you sure you've already left the past behind you?" Cherish asked Carlos, still feeling like she was walking on clouds. At that moment, she still felt that her senses were quite distorted due to being overwhelmed by tremendous satisfaction. "Or did you say that just to shut your parents up?" she added hesitantly.

Carlos had his usual look on his face when he responded. "Can't I be engaged to you simply because I like you?"

His straightforward answer extremely surprised her. She couldn't bear the enormous emotions so she hurried out of the room.

She felt like she was about to go crazy!

Later that night, Carlos bid Nora a sincere farewell. The next day, Cherish accompanied Carlos to bury the urn at the cemetery.

Upon reaching the place, they stared at the old black and white photo of Nora on her tombstone. In the photo, she was smiling like she had used to when she was still alive. The final burden that Carlos carried in his heart slowly disappeared.

But it was still hard for him to let Nora be buried there, due to the negligence of the cemetery staff and the fact that this whole incident had been used by Darren to threaten him. But now, all of it was finally over.

Cherish placed some fresh flowers on the tombstone and joined Carlos in lighting a few incenses. Carlos then asked her, "Is there anything you wish to say to her?"

"I don't know what to say. I'm afraid I'll only make you feel uncomfortable," Cherish replied. She then slowly shook her head and stared at him with her bright eyes, as if she had thousands of words to say. Eventually, her lips moved. "Aren't you afraid that she'll get upset with you for bringing me here?"

"I'm not even worried about you being upset." Carlos quickly replied and rolled up his sleeves. He then briefly added, "People have to say goodbye to the past in order to welcome a new life, don't you think?"

She simply nodded at him and wondered, 'Am I included in his new life then?'

Meanwhile, in the conference room of the KING Group, the managers of various departments lowered their heads while holding documents in their hands. They didn't have the courage to raise their heads.

"What's wrong with these data? These numbers are preposterous! Why does the group only have this much income?" Darren's screams could be heard way beyond the walls of the conference room.

Everyone in the room couldn't help but tremble in fright. Although Darren had only recently been appointed president, it was in his power to fire senior employees. No one dared to speak nor raise their head.Content from NôvelDr(a)ma.Org.

When his question was met with silence, Darren turned around. He then scanned the room, as if scrutinizing every single one of them. The department heads couldn't do anything but to remain quiet. Their face was full of concern and anxiety no matter how hard they tried to hide it.

"No one wants to explain this to me? So that's how you want to do this. Fine. Everyone will work overtime until midnight. Don't even think of going home before one of you can explain it to me! And I don't want any bullshit reasons. Make sure it's clear and logical!"

Darren slammed the document furiously on the desk and stormed out of the room in a heartbeat.

"Alas, history repeats itself."

"This is horrible! Absolutely horrible!" The cries of the department heads were heard as soon as Darren was out of the room.

Meanwhile, Darren went straight to his office, still enraged by what had happened. He looked at the documents on the desk and felt awfully distressed.

He had spent all of his assets in acquiring the company. If the company could not recover from its status right now and start to make the profits that they needed, they could be closer to bankruptcy than ever before.

"President, the human resources department is asking if you need to recruit anyone." Harlan came in with the draft documents from the said department.

His words brought a glimpse of hope to Darren. All of a sudden, a brilliant idea came to him. Why hadn't he come up with this idea sooner? Now that most of the former key employees were gone, he could go ahead and train new ones!

He believed that things would work out in the end. He shouldn't give up without trying to acquire his own loyal employees!

So he told Harlan, "Post an advertisement online to recruit outstanding graduates from different universities." And after a short pause, he added, "I'm going to recruit the new employees myself. The HR department will only be responsible for accepting their resumes, but I'll interview them myself."

"Yes,"

Harlan briefly replied and went straight to the HR department to convey the order of the president.

After a while, the latest recruitment information of the KING Group appeared on all major recruitment websites. The number of applicants was endless. In a lot of job-seekers' hearts, the KING group's reputation made it an ideal workplace. Many people wanted to apply for the job but felt like they were unqualified to do so.

A countless number of resumes were received by the HR department. The staff there had so much work to do that they even had to work overtime. They kept printing and sorting out everyone's resume around the clock so that the president would get them on time.

"Attention everyone! We must be very thorough in sorting out these resumes. It should all be done by tonight," the HR manager loudly exclaimed to his subordinates. Then, he added, "We still have a lot of work to do. You can only go home when everything is finished!"

"Oh, my God!" Quiet and discreet complaints could be heard among the employees.

After the endless efforts of the HR department, all the resumes were sorted out that night.

Meanwhile, in his office, Darren was staring intently at the financial reports on his computer screen. He then thought to himself, 'The company should've made this much and..'

Suddenly, a light knock on the door was heard, which managed to break his train of thought. He immediately came to his senses and said, "Come in."

Harlan had a hard time walking with such a thick pile of resumes in his arms.

He then politely said, "President, these are all the resumes of suitable applicants. Please have a look." When he finished speaking, he carefully sorted out the resumes and placed them neatly on the empty desk next to Darren.

Darren simply nodded in response. Harlan then proceeded to walk out of the office and went back to his desk right away to resume his own work.

Even though Darren was still busy with the work at hand, he stretched out his arms and devoted himself to reviewing the resumes on his desk. He closely scanned them one by one.

"Oh, a Master's degree. This one is highly educated," he read out loud with interest.

"This one looks like a decent person, but doesn't have the most ideal education."

"This one has an extensive work experience. I might consider her." Darren talked to himself out loud while he read through the resumes.

"Wow! This one looks like Bonnie," he mumbled while looking at the photo of one of the candidates. It was only then that he realized that he hadn't gone back to the manor to see Bonnie for quite some time.

When he thought of her, he let out a deep sigh. But when he looked at his watch, it was already six o'clock in the evening! He quickly stood up, put on his suit jacket, and buttoned it. He then strode right out of his office.

Harlan stood up as soon as he saw his boss step out. He approached him and asked, "President, is there anything I can do for you?"

"Get the car ready. I need to head back to the manor," Darren hastily replied.

Harlan was left stunned. He couldn't believe what he had just heard. The president who always focused on work had decided to go home early today. He was totally confused.

"Hurry up and bring the documents along. Don't you want to go home as well?" When Darren saw him still standing in place, he turned around and snapped at him.

"Sorry, sir, I'm on it now," Harlan responded and dashed into the office as fast as he could. He picked up the documents and ran to the underground parking lot. He then quickly pulled the car and stopped right in front of the building gate. Shortly after, Darren came out. Harlan immediately opened the car door for him. Without wasting another second, Darren got into the back seat.

As they drove to the manor, a sweet melody flowed inside the car. The scenery outside swept past the window like an animated picture.

While he watched the trees and buildings quickly fall behind, Darren took out his phone and dialed the number of the manor.

In the study of the manor, there was a big round table on which all kinds of medical books were placed. Compendium of Materia Medica, Acupuncture Manual, and Medical Manual were among them. Bonnie went through every book aimlessly and thought, "Why hasn't Danny come back yet? Why did he leave me by myself?"

Suddenly, a loud noise pulled Bonnie back to reality. She quickly closed the book in front of her and saw shards of glass on the ground. It turned out that when she turned over the book, she had

accidentally knocked over the glass of water beside it. She hurriedly went to the bathroom and picked up a broom to sweep the shards on the ground before throwing them into the trash can.