The Divorcee Who Shines novel Chapter 38

Chapter 38 Sarcasm

The warmth of the man's fingers on her wound was gentle. "All set!" Chris chuckled in a low, seductive voice. "It'll do for now, looks cute."

Ranita looked down at Chris and took a moment to react before sheepishly saying, "Thank you."

"No problem," Chris tossed the packaging into the trash can and turned his head to catch a glimpse of the woman's face. He cleared his throat before asking, "I'm sorry about that day. I didn't know you and Brendon..."

"Why so sudden?"

Chris and Steve were both close friends with Brendon, so when Ranita first met them, they weren't exactly friendly towards each other. It wasn't until she helped them out several times that they started getting along.

"It's all in the past." Ranita remained calm and clearly didn't want to talk about it any further. Chris was smart enough not to continue probing and instead said, "Alright then, get back to what you were doing. If you need anything just let me know."

Not many people could get such words from Chris.

Ranita was pleasantly surprised by this kindness and said gratefully, "Thanks! Your band-aid is really useful!"

"I have something else I need to attend to right now," Chris replied as he hurried off.

Ranita rushed back into the break room where things were still lively; she breathed a sigh of relief as she approached Brendon, "Mr. Stuart... sorry for keeping you waiting!"

"What happened?" Brendon immediately noticed something was off but kept his expression indifferent; he seemed more serious than concerned.

"Sorry... there was an accident." Ranita wanted nothing more than to expose Holly's misdeeds but had no evidence – there was no guarantee that Brendon would believe her anyway.

Before she could say anything else, Mrs. Cather had already looked over at them; after sizing up Ranita from head-to-toe, she spoke nonchalantly, "Bowman, if you're feeling better, we can continue our walk."

Ranita had no choice but follow along behind her boss once again.

The translator shook his head helplessly, indicating that he couldn't understand either, which earned him an eye roll from Holly.

Holly had no choice but to catch up with Anna and secretly ask her, "Anna, what are your mother and Ranita talking about?"

"Oh... they're discussing those works of art. My mother praised her translation skills; she thinks she's really good! Is she really that bad? I feel like my mother likes her!" Anna shrugged in confusion.

Upon hearing this, Holly clenched her fists in anger.

Wasn't Mrs. Cather picky? Why did she like Ranita so much? Just because she spoke Italian?

"Holly, maybe you should get to know Ranita more. I think she's very pretty and elegant in speech," suggested Anna who didn't quite understand why Holly had such negative feelings towards Ranita.