A Successful Career After Divorce

Brendon didn’t like it when she brought up Jedidiah.

Sure enough, Brendon’s eyes sank slightly and his tone was not very pleasant as he said, “Haha! You and your brother have a lot of memories together!”

Sour.

Ranita didn’t hear it clearly and lowered her head in silence, feeling guilty.

They rented a tandem bike, with Brendon in the front and Ranita in the back, making it easy for her.

After a round trip, they went to return the bike.

Ranita noticed that Brendon was sweating on his neck, so she helped him buy a bottle of water. She also selfishly bought herself an ice cream.

Just as she took a bite, Brendon pressed down on the back of her neck.

“Aren’t you on your period? Why are you still eating cold things?”

Ranita felt guilty and blushed, “It’s too hot!”

“Just a little bit? Okay?” Ranita’s tone was soft and sounded like she was being coquettish.

Brendon squinted and said, “Then you can only take one more bite.”

Ranita looked at the ice cream she had just bought and felt extremely distressed. “But it’s so expensive! It’s such a waste to throw it away after only two bites!”

Brendon looked at the ice cream and then at her pink lips. He took the ice cream and said, “I’ll eat it!”

Ah?

Ranita thought she had misheard!

What she had eaten, Brendon said he wanted to eat? Ranita’s mind felt dizzy like a firework exploding, and her heart followed suit with brightness.

“Do you want to eat? But don’t you… not like these?”

“Wasting is shameful!” Brendon paused and urged her to take a bite of the ice cream, placing it near her lips. “You can at least have a taste!”

Ranita stuck out her tongue and licked it.

Cool and sweet, it surged into her chest.

“… There’s saliva; maybe you shouldn’t eat it…” Before she could finish speaking, a sudden shadow fell over her. Without a chance to react, her chin was lifted, and she was kissed.

Feeling shameful, yet her heart jumped wildly.

His face turned red.

“The taste is pretty good!” Brendon withdrew, his voice low and accompanied by a joyful laugh.

Ranita hung her eyes, afraid to look at him.

She really lacked backbone. With just a little teasing, her heart became soft.

Brendon didn’t have a sweet tooth, but there was no denying that the ice cream was sweet and soft, which made him a bit addicted.

Time was tight, so they had lunch at the hotel. Just as they sat down, Julia hurried over with some files.

“Mr. Stuart, Miss Bowman,” Julia smiled and greeted them as she handed the files to Brendon. “These are the documents you requested, Mr. Stuart. The ones below are urgent documents that Caleb asked me to bring along. After you sign them, I’ll take them back with me.”

Brendon nodded his head and said, “Okay, go ahead and do what you need to do!”

Julia glanced at Ranita out of the corner of her eye before leaving in frustration; she had followed her all the way here and every image stabbed at her heart.

But Julia knew that Shannon wouldn’t let it go unnoticed for long; Ranita’s triumph would be short-lived.

“What are you looking at while eating?” Brendon asked irritably when he saw Ranita on her phone again.

Who was this woman chatting with now? Could it be that damn brother of hers?

“Nothing much,” replied Ranita who was actually discussing project matters with Chris rather than texting Jedidiah like Brendon suspected; hence there were words filling up her screen.

Brendon didn’t say anything for a while until he noticed something was off; he looked up from his food only to find himself staring intently at Ranita’s phone screen instead.

“How did you get here?” questioned a surprised Ranita as she pushed him away from viewing her messages on Chris’ project collaboration.

“You… are still working together on projects with Chris?” Brendon raised an eyebrow curiously.Belongs © to NôvelDrama.Org.