Chapter 30 Henryâs Decision Crystal was a little charmed.
Her slender fingers caressed her phone. After some hesitation, she decided not to reply right away. Instead, she would send it half an hour later.
âSorry, Mr. Miller. I fell asleep.â
Meanwhile, Henry was holding a glass of wine in his hand. When he saw Crystalâs message, he chuckled lightly.
Miss Wintersâ reserved attitude is a little cute, he thought.
He didnât reply to the message as he slowly sipped the wine in the goblet.
In the next few days, Henry never appeared again. However, he would send Crystal a WhatsApp message or two every so often.
Sometimes he would send a photo or some sentences. The tone in those messages seemed lazy but was filled with the unique aura of a mature man.
Crystal didnât reply all the time.
However, they knew very well the ambiguous situation between them.
Early in the morning, Crystal received a phone call from Henry on her way to work.
She hesitated before picking up. âMr. Miller?â
Henry was sitting in his car with a document placed on his knees. It was the document for Johnâs case.
He remembered that when he asked Jake for the documents last night, Jake had smiled meaningfully and said, âHenry, why did you change your mind? Is it because of Miss Winters? She looks decent to me, and Seth likes her too...â
Back then, Henry just smiled faintly and asked Jake not to tell Crystal.
He said he would think about it a little longer.
Right now, Henry was flipping through the document as he said to Crystal, âIâll be on a business trip for one week. When I come back... letâs meet up. I have something to say to you.â
Crystal couldnât figure out what was going on, but she knew that she wouldnât lose anything if she were on good terms with Henry.
And so, she whispered a âyesâ.
Henry suddenly felt his heart softening. He lowered his voice and purred as if talking to a lover, âWhy are you so obedient and soft? Donât you know that men will bully you if you behave like this?â
Crystalâs face turned red and she couldnât say anything for a long while.
Henry chuckled and let her off.
After ending the call, he looked at the document for a long time. Making this decision wasnât merely a trade to him, for it also contained his pity for Crystal. He decided he would do this as compensation for her.
On the other end, Crystal put down her phone, trying to guess what Henry would talk to her about a week later.
She was so occupied with her thoughts that she almost missed her stop.
She hurried to the music center. When she clocked in, her colleagues were looking at her with a weird expression.
Crystal didnât understand why, but in the end, a colleague she was close to told her secretly, âCrystal, the director knows about you working a partâtime job outside, so youâll probably be summoned to her office later. I heard that Clementine was the one who snitched. You and Clementine joined the music center at the same time, and youâve been so good at teaching that the talented students keep taking lessons from you. She has been upset about this for a long time, and now she has finally found a chance.â
Crystal was stunned to hear that.
The colleague whispered many more things, like how everyone could understand her current predicament and such.
Just then, the directorâs assistant walked over to them and politely asked Crystal to go with her.
Crystal followed the assistant to the directorâs office on the second floor. Then, the assistant knocked on the door. âMiss Long, Miss Winters is here.â
âCome in,â a female voice said.
Crystal opened the door and went in.
Emelia Long was a woman in her 40s, and she was very capable. At the moment, she was sitting at the office desk with her head buried in documents. When Crystal came in, she gestured for the latter to sit.
Crystal wanted to explain, but Emelia held up a hand to stop her. âYes, Clementine was the one who told me about it, but I pretended to close an eye because your family is in trouble. But Crystal, since yesterday, Iâve been receiving calls from parents who knew about you working partâtime outside, and they all insisted that you be switched out. Iâve received dozens of calls in just one day! You know that the children who take lessons at our music center all come from wealthy and prestigious backgrounds. Even Mr. Watson wouldnât dare to offend them, much less me.â
Of course, Crystal knew what Emelia meant when she said that.
She didnât want to cause trouble for the director who had helped her so much, nor could she stubbornly stay here. Crystal gently took off her name tag and placed it on the desk, saying softly, âThank you for taking care of me all these years.â