Meanwhile, Eugene was particularly susceptible to following Olivia’s wishes when she spoke softly and demurely. Thus, he agreed to do as she asked. At 6.00PM sharp, Jewel and Olivia arrived at the restaurant where they would be meeting Albert.
Olivia had assumed Albert and River would not be there yet, but when she opened the door to the room they had reserved, she noticed the two men inside. Then, she quickly looked at her watch and realized that while she wasn’t exactly late, it was still rather awkward for the host to arrive after the guests. “My apologies for being late,” she said..
Albert hurriedly got to his feet and politely replied, “No, no. You’re not. We were here early.” She smiled and stepped into the room. “Please, sit down.”
Despite this, River did not sit but instead bowed to her. “Thank you so much, Miss Maxwell.”
Olivia was dumbfounded by the unexpected show of appreciation and asked, “Thank me? For what? Should I not be thanking you instead?”
“Yes. We’re the ones who should be thanking you,” Jewel chimed up. “Without your testimony, the police would not have let me go so easily.”
“That’s not- River hurriedly rolled up his sleeves and said, “Look at this, Miss Maxwell. My wound has healed up. It’s all thanks to you. If not for your medicine, I could never have recovered so quickly.”
With a new understanding of the situation, Olivia said, ‘Oh, that. It’s nothing. It’s great that you’re fine now.”
“Miss Maxwell, I was a stupid fool in the past. I projected my meanspirited assumptions onto you. Today, I realize that you are a friend worth having. Sir was not mistaken in choosing you.”
With her mind stuck between crying and laughing, she teasingly said, “Your mind got better along with your arm.”
After hearing this, River scratched his head awkwardly and stated, “I’m sorry, Miss Maxwell. Please don’t be angry with me.”
Then, she smiled as she ushered him into his. seat. I’m not angry at all. It’s in the past, and I’m not that petty.”
At this moment, Albert chuckled helplessly and said, “He has been going on and on about thanking you in person over the past few days.”
“There’s no need to thank me. It was nothing.”
“I’ve been meaning to ask you this since I saw how deftly you bandaged River’s arm. You’re a designer, right? How are you that good at treating someone?”
Olivia smiled and replied. “I’ve stayed in a clinic for six years. I only started a fashion studio after I returned home.”
Albert’s eyes widened in shock as he exclaimed, ‘Amazing!”
“Not really,” she humbly responded. “If you stay in a clinic long enough, you’ll eventually learn something just by being surrounded by everything you overhear.”
Deep down, Jewel was in awe of how humble Olivia was. Does her knowledge simply count as just ‘something”? Would they faint from fright if they discovered she was Doctor Bailey, the genius doctor?
Afterward, Olivia did not continue the conversation and changed the subject. After all, she was the host, so she needed to be more proactive. Then, she handed the menu to Albert and said, ‘Let’s order our food.”
Soon after, he ceased the small talk and placed. a few dishes, returning the menu to her before passing it on to River.
“It’s fine. I’ll eat whatever Sir orders,” River stated quickly. Olivia smiled and added a few more dishes to: the order before handing over their menus to the waiter. While waiting, the group continued to converse until the food arrived.
They waited until the waiter left the room, closing the door behind him, and it was only then that Olivia raised her glass of wine and said, “There might have been many misunderstandings in the past, but that is all behind us now. I thank you for helping us with Jewel’s matter.”
Jewel spoke up as well. “I know you two only helped Olivia, but I am still the one who is being helped. My boyfriend and I will remember this. Please ask away if there’s anything you ever need of us in the future.”
Surprised, Albert hurriedly held his glass up as well. “There’s no need to thank us. It is our duty. That person has injured our people as well. In the end, we’re actually just helping ourselves.”
