Be Your Lover Forever (Alicia) novel Chapter 1909

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Why did he have to complain over such trivial matters?

Abruptly, she remembered that Elijah had told her that he would ensure her peace for the rest of her life. Her heart was stirred up yet again. Carolien immediately waved her hand.

"Do the same thing if it happens again in the future."

She was in no mood to play nice that day.

It was a good idea. It saved her the trouble of having to deal with ruffians and hooligans every day. She had to serve every one of them. If not, there would be all kinds of conflict.

If they wanted to take advantage of her, she would let them have a taste of high interest rates.

She pondered and figured that it probably wouldn't be too troublesome for Elijah's men to collect interest once every year. Begging him to help was better than having to service those people.

Nodding, Caroline added, "Be firm about it. Just call the police if they don't cooperate or make a fuss."

"Huh?"

Somewhat unable to believe his own ears, the waiter's mouth kept opening and closing. Seeing that Carolien did not seem to be joking, he finally gave a delayed nod.

"Okay."

Turning around, the waiter slipped away again.

Picking up the cocktail, Carolien glanced at table four on the side. After the waiter briefly explained things to them, she saw the two people taking out their wallets. Her crimson lips couldn't help but twitch.

"Hmph. That's how the world works, alright."

Sure enough, it was survival of the fittest.

In the past, she had patiently and kindly tried to convince and beg them, and even let them have their way many times. She was often bullied by others with no way to fight back and absolutely humiliated. Right then, it was so simple. It felt good to have power. Some people were stubborn as a donkey. They could only be sent away by force.

She saw the two of them gloomily make their way to the door with their heads lowered. They didn't even dare to breathe too loudly. Carolien raised her glass, took another sip of her cocktail, and snorted,

"They could just come and have a good time, but they insist on making trouble," she grumbled.

Didn't they know that even the kindest of people would bite when provoked?

They had gradually forced her to resort to such measures. Otherwise, nobody would provoke Elijah in favor of living a good life. It was a pity that people always bit off more than they could chew.

To put it bluntly, no one was really winning here.

Putting down the wine glass, Carolien bitterly pursed her lips and said, "I'm going to rest. If anything happens, look for me in the office."

With that, she grabbed her handbag and strolled inside. Back then, she was never able to relax when she was at Misty's. There was always work to do. Sometimes, she was too nervous to relax. Every night, she was exhausted to the bone. Ever since she started relying on Elijah, everything had gotten much better, especially since she dragged him away that day in front of everyone. With an ace like him by her side, most people didn't dare to make trouble for her anymore, because they were afraid of causing collateral damage. Things had settled down a lot.

In that aspect, Carolien felt grateful to Elijah from the bottom of her heart.

In the end, she still benefited from someone else.

"Why am I thinking about him again?"

Carolien couldn't help frowning as she stopped in her tracks. It wasn't like they were close. Was it really worth it?

She fiercely shook her head and went into the office.

She made a cup of coffee and sat down at the table. However, her mind was completely blank. She glanced around, but ended up not knowing what to do.

She turned on the computer and opened up a random video, then propped her chin up on her hand and pulled out a ledger. Flipping through it, the numbers on the pages filled her vision. On the plain-looking paper, she drew a bunch of cute characters. There was an older one leading a younger one, and one with a chubby face. They were all stupidly adorable. She also scribbled the words "get lost" in a speech bubble above the largest character, and labeled the characters with the numbers 1, 2, 3, and so on.

She drew another character with a leaf growing out of its head. As she was thinking about what kind of expression to draw this time, Carolien happened to look down and realized that the biggest character out of all the ones she drew had straight eyebrows. It looked domineering, and its impatient expression showed that it was also very aggressive. Across from it, there was a line of smaller people. All of them were either frowning with aggrieved expressions, or they looked miserable. There was only one normal person, who was still blinking and acting cute.

Unable to restrain herself, Carolien chuckled. "Isn't that just like us?"

She laughed. For the last one, she drew a character that was rolling its eyes and made sure to draw its eyeballs as high up as she could. She also added two adorable blushes on its face and drew a tiny mouth. Around it, she sketched a bunch of tinier characters, then added another speech bubble that said "I'm not leaving!"

While she was having fun, she heard a sudden rush of knocking on the door. The moment she looked up, Carolien's smile fell. "Come in! What is it this time?"

What was their problem? Couldn't they let her rest even for a moment?

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