Chapter 174

Bella’s POV: I didn’t expect that Klein would confess to me so directly. I thought this man only wanted to flirt with me because he had many romantic encounters when he was dating Vivian. Be it a fling or a serious relationship, I was not interested in either of them now. I couldn’t give him any emotional response at all. I reached out and pulled his hand from my arm. “Klein, I can take care of myself. I don’t need anyone to take care of me.”

The look on Klein’s face was rather awkward. After all, he was a proud person. I could understand his feeling.

Klein was silent for a moment, then continued, “Perhaps you still need some time to heal. It’s fine. I can wait for you.” I sighed and said, “You don’t have to wait for me. I can’t fall in love with you, let alone be with you.” “Why? Because I’m Herbert’s younger cousin? This isn’t fair to me.” Klein shouted at me. “Why don’t you understand? I don’t want to fall in love right now, and I don’t have any feelings of love for you.

Klein, if you don’t have anything else to say, I’m a bit tired. I want to rest. Please leave!” My attitude was as firm as ever. I knew it was cruel, but I also knew that since I didn’t like him, I should refuse him directly. It was the best choice for me and him..”, Klein let go of his hand, then strode towards the door.. I crossed my arms in front of my chest and didn’t look at him. I just hoped that he could leave as soon as possible. I didn’t want to be involved with any other man. As Klein walked to the front door, he suddenly turned to ask me, “Can we be friends?” Hearing that, I tooked up at the ceiling. Of course, I knew it was a man’s trick. Ordinary friends meant that he had a chance to continue to get close to me. I was no longer an 18-year-old girl. I knew a lot of things. I turned my back to him and asked, “Did you break up with Vivian because of me?” Klein hesitated for a moment, then replied, “Vivian and I had many problems. We broke up a lot of times over the past few years. To be honest, I was really tired. I had been struggling, but I had never been willing to let go. Of course, if you hadn’t appeared, I wouldn’t have made up my mind to leave Vivian and break up with her!” Hearing his words, I frowned. It turned out that what Vivian said was right. Although I didn’t have any ambiguous relationship with Klein, they broke up because of me. I hated the third party the most. My mother’s marriage and my first love were destroyed because of the intervention of a third party. The reason Herbert and I parted ways was also because of Caroline.

That was why I despised the third party.

But I didn’t expect that I would become the third party who destroyed Klein’s relationship too.

I couldn’t tolerate this.

I turned to look at Klein. In a very serious voice, I said, “I’m sorry. I won’t be friends with you!”

Klein was somewhat stunned. He turned and took two steps forward. I stopped him immediately. “Stay away from me!” Klein immediately came to a halt, then said, “Fine. I won’t come over, but don’t blame yourself for my breakup with Vivian, all right? Actually, this has nothing to do with you!”

I didn’t want to hurt Klein. He saved me and helped me before.

But gratitude and love were two different things. I took a deep breath and continued, “I don’t want to be your friend, and I don’t want to be misunderstood by Vivian, although I don’t have a good impression of her!” “I’ve already broken up with Vivian…” Klein spread out his hands, wanting to continue persuading 1. me. I didn’t want to be entangled with him. I turned around and said, “Sorry, I don’t want to talk about this with you anymore. I have made up my mind!” Klein lowered his head, then said after a moment of silence, “I’m sorry for disturbing you. I’m leaving!”

He turned around, opened the door, and walked out.

Hearing the sound of the door closing, I turned my head and saw that the door had been closed. Feeling very tired, I turned around and leaned against the sofa. Klein was a kind and determined man and he had a sense of justice. Although sometimes he was a bit of a playboy, he could still be considered a good man. However, I didn’t love him. A week later, I went back to work.

My boss pulled me into the office.

“Bella, sit down.” My boss sat in front of the desk and motioned for me to sit down.

I didn’t understand his behavior, but I still sat down. Although he used to treat me very well, he never had a flattering smile like this, which made me a little uneasy. Then, my boss smiled and said, “Bella, it’s all thanks to you that you found a friend to help the travel agency. Otherwise, we would suffer a great loss!” I said, “It was also because of me that this incident happened. I’m the one who got the travel agency involved.”

My boss then nodded and said, “I like your responsible attitude. By the way, can you tell me which friend you looked for to solve this problem?”

I knew his purpose now.

“He’s just an unfamiliar friend. I just so happened to run into him that day, and so I asked him for help.” I said calmly. I didn’t reveal Klein’s name, and I didn’t want to cause any trouble for him. However, my boss refused to believe it. “Bella, I heard that the friend you looked for is a big shot. Tell me, who is that person? I’ll increase your salary by 20% from this month onwards!”

“Boss, I…” I didn’t know what to say for a while.

“Well, stop talking. That’s settled. You can go back to work.” My boss waved his hand, indicating that I shouldn’t say anything else. “Then I’ll go back first.” I could only slowly get up and leave the boss’ office.

After returning to the Finance Department, I felt that I had been treated differently from that day on. The boss and his wife would often invite me to dinner. They would often send me fruits, local delicacies, and all kinds of gifts. And I didn’t need to do the hard work of the travel agency. I just needed to finish the accounts every day, which was completely different from before. The longer I worked here, the more depressed I felt. I didn’t feel as good as before.