Rachel did not refuse.
Come early tomorrow.
Seeing how docile and well-behaved she was, Justin’s eyes oozed gentleness, and he couldn’t help but drop a kiss on her forehead. “I’ll come back when I’m done.”
Watching Justin’s figure disappear at the door of the ward, Rachel’s eyes slowly dimmed.
3.00AM in the morning.
Over the Riverdale International Airport, planes sliced through the clouds, roaring as they flew.
Under the night, Riverdale became smaller and smaller, eventually becoming a small dot that easily disappeared under the clouds.
Rachel’s gaze retracted from the window of the cabin-her face was pale.
“Hello, madam. Are you feeling uncomfortable?”
The flight attendant’s inquiry came from beside her. Before she could explain, Julian shook his head and answered, “She’s fine. Could you please give me a blanket and a glass of warm water?”
“Okay. One moment please.”
Julian covered Rachel’s legs with a blanket and looked at her with worry. “Why didn’t you rest for a few more days before leaving? I’m afraid that you will have to re-stitch the incision and suffer again when we get there since we left in such a hurry.”
Rachel twitched the corner of her mouth weakly.
I’m reborned once I left Riverdale. How would I be suffering?
“The baby-did you even get to take a look at her?”
I can’t bear to see her. I know I won’t be able to leave if I did.
Rachel squeezed her palm. In fact, she was awake when the baby was born, and the nurse did hold the baby to her, but she couldn’t bring herself to look at the baby and only closed her eyes.
Since it was destined that she could not be with this child, she thought she should cut all ties right from her birth.
Julian was afraid to continue, worrying that it would make her feel uncomfortable, so he sighed silently. “Take the medicine first and get some sleep-it’s all in the past now.”
Rachel slowly closed her eyes.
Indeed, it was all in the past.
Five years later.
In Yatruinia.
he SG Pharmaceutical Group Conference Center located in the center of the capital city of Yatruinia, the company executives were engaged in a heated discussion.
“The market for traditional medicine is further deteriorating. The market has extremely poor reviews; it
is obviously already a sunset industry. No matter how you look at it, the future will be the world of Western medicine, but we are doing research on traditional medicine at this time? What are we trying
to do? Return to the ancestors?”
The blond middle-aged man pointed at the data on the presentation screen and threw out a bold statement.
Everyone in the room nodded.
Most of the people in the conference room were from Yatruinia, and it caused the two foreign women to stand out even more.
On the seat closest to the presentation screen, a short-haired woman who was dressed in a chic dark
green suit maintained a calm expression as she quietly listened to the speech.
When the speech was over, she knocked on the table slightly. “David, I don’t agree with you.”
The meeting room fell into pindrop silence immediately while David’s expression changed.
“The market has never deteriorated. It’s just that the industry is too chaotic right now, and people have started to lose faith in traditional medicine-this just proves that the market has a huge opportunity, and there are gaps we could fill. It’s the perfect time for us to venture into it.”
“Chris, you are being unrealistic. Do you want to reshape the entire industry by yourself? This is something that not even the government can do. Do you think you will be able to achieve this alone?”
“Yes, I do believe that.”
Hearing that, David sneered and looked at her with his arms crossed on his chest. “Being pretty does not mean that you can succeed in doing everything.”
“Bullsh*t!” Next to Chris, another young woman leaped off her chair. “David, you should focus on the matter! That was a completely personal attack.”
In response, Chris held the woman’s hand and spoke calmly. “I have submitted the plan to enter the Asian market many times before, and the risk assessment indicated that we are good to go, but David, you have been difficult about this with me, and you could not provide me with a sensible reason. Hence, I would like to ask the executives to make a resolution.”
David propped his hands on the conference table with a defiant expression on his face.
“Sorry, but I have already rejected it. Your rank is not enough to ask for a resolution, unless you wait for Ornand to come back from vacation. Based on your relationship with him, you can do whatever you want with him supporting you.”
“What do you mean by this? What are you suggesting? David, be mindful that we can sue you for slander like this!” Jolly protested.
“Jolly.” Chris’ tone was neither light nor heavy.
Jolly was so angry that she switched to her native language and said to Chris, “He has insulted you so much. How can you just tolerate it?”
“Who said I was tolerating it?”
With this, Chris stood up suddenly. At once, she took off the employee’s badge on her chest, put it on the table, and said lightly, “There’s no need to wait for Ornand to come back. I quit. I’ve prepared the resignation letter. David, remember to sign it later.”
The crowd was in an uproar.
Without waiting for others to speak, Chris took a look at David and left the conference room.
Jolly was stunned for a long time before she came back to her senses. Then she, too, removed her employee tag and said, “I quit too! All of you can do whatever the hell you want.”
With that, she chased after Chris.
“Chris, wait for me. Chris!”
Even though Jolly kept calling out for her, Chris walked like a gust of wind without stopping, so Jolly grew anxious and shouted in a loud voice, “Rachel Hudson!”
Upon that, Rachel’s twelve-inch high-heeled shoes came to a halt on the floor in the corridor.
In the past five years, this name of hers had rarely been brought up, and even Julian had gradually become accustomed to calling her Chris like the others around her. The name ‘Rachel Hudson’ seemed to have disappeared when she left Riverdale five years ago.
Jolly quickly followed while panting. “I knew it’d work with your old name. Since I was a child, I have been terrified when my parents called me by my full name. So do you, I guess!”
Soon, Rachel came back to her senses and looked at Jolly helplessly. “It’s not about that. I told you didn’t have parents. I grew up with my grandma.”
Jolly waved her hand dismissively. “Anyway, they are all the elders. I don’t care about your reasons as long as it’s useful. What did you walk so fast for? I’m exhausted from chasing you.”
“I’ve resigned anyway. Shouldn’t I pack up and leave immediately? I’m afraid David won’t want to see me for even one more second.”
“Are you really quitting?”
Rachel shrugged. “What do you think? You thought I was just playing around with David?”
“Wow. I thought you were just bluffing.”
“Why would I bluff him? I only feel that SG is developing in a different direction than mine, so there are no more reasons for me to stay.”
In just three years, Rachel went from being an intern to becoming the financial director in the top 500 pharmaceutical group, SG. This was an achievement that no one could imagine achieving. David, as the veteran of SG, had long been upset with her.
Jolly gave a thumbs up to Rachel. “You’re impressive, alright. How straightforward and decisive. Well, I’ve long gotten sick with this stupid company anyway. I wouldn’t even have stayed here in the first place if it wasn’t for Samuel.”
“You’ve quit too?”
“Of course. Why would I stay if you’re leaving? Hey, Chris, if it wasn’t for you not wanting to go back to Riverdale, I would definitely have asked my dad to give you the position of vice president. It’s totally doable.”
Rachel stood still and solemnly told Jolly. “I am going back.”
Jolly’s eyes widened in surprise. “For real?”
“Yes.”
Rachel’s tone was determined.
She had fled and stayed hidden for five years. Five years was long enough for her to think things through and finally deal with the things that should have been resolved a long time ago.
When she returned this time, she would finally get her vengeance-once and for all.
