Silence Walks Beside Us by Eli Dane Cade 178

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Chapter 178

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Seeing Ash’s furious look, Calvert became even more playful and said slowly, like a promise, “Okay, then post

“I don’t have time for this. Stop wasting my time and do whatever you need to do.” Ash really thought she was out of her mind for wasting her breath on him.

Ash walked towards the company gate, with Calvert still following closely behind.

She could hear the slow footsteps behind her.

After walking a short distance, Ash suddenly stopped and turned around, her delicate brows furrowing. “Aren’t you going back yet? Mr. Snider, you’re a busy man. Aren’t you wasting too much time on me?”

“My jacket is in your office.” Seeing her annoyed look, Calvert wasn’t annoyed in the slightest. On the contrary, he found her somewhat adorable.

Upon hearing this, Ash was stunned for a few seconds before realizing that Calvert was indeed only wearing a white shirt, even his tie was in her office.

She thought, ‘What a strange man.

‘Why would he take off his jacket when he came to discuss a collaboration?‘

Ash didn’t say anything. She glanced at him, then turned and continued walking towards the company, bumping into Finn and Vanessa who had just finished their work.

Seeing the subtle atmosphere between the two, Finn couldn’t help but tease, “Well, did the lovebirds have a fight? Calvert, you’re a grown man. Why don’t you give your wife some face in public?”

“I suggest you be quiet.” Vanessa was on one side, silently distancing herself from Finn, and gave a friendly reminder.

But obviously, Finn didn’t care at all. “It’s okay. Don’t worry.”

“Calvert, your arm hasn’t healed yet, but you’re in such a hurry to come here. Are you so worried about Ms. Turner?” Finn glanced at his bandaged arm.

Hearing this, Ash also followed his gaze. Today, she almost ignored Calvert’s injury. There was no problem with his walking, but his energy was still not as good as before.

As for the arm, it would take time for the wound to heal. It was estimated that it would take a few more days.

Calvert cast a cold glance over. “You shouldn’t have been allowed to come work here. You should have been sent to a talk show. If you love to talk so much, think about whether others like to listen.”

Vanessa didn’t mean to burst out laughing, but Calvert’s retort was too lethal.

Calvert added, “It seems that your project is doing well, otherwise, how could you have so much time to worry about other people’s business? In this case, let’s start the first stage of the report this afternoon.”

Finn opened his mouth and forced himself to hold back. He lost again. “Just pretend I didn’t say anything. We are going to eat. We didn’t see anything. We didn’t say anything.”

He reached out and grabbed Vanessa’s wrist, and seeing her holding back her laughter, he snorted twice. “Are you so happy to see me being rebutted? You ungrateful wretch. I shouldn’t have been so nice to you.”

“I just advised you to shut up, but you insisted on speaking. Who can stop you? Are you happy now that you’ve been

scolded?” Vanessa refused to take the blame.

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Finn’s hand was still clutching her wrist when they bumped into a colleague from the project team who was buying coffee. The colleague let out a long whistle at the sight of the two of them.

Only then did Vanessa realize what they were doing. She pulled out her wrist and awkwardly changed the subject. “The cafeteria probably doesn’t have much left at this hour. Let’s eat out.”

“Vanessa, I…”

“Mr. Meyers, don’t say anything. We’re fine as we are.” Vanessa saw that he wanted to speak but hesitated, so she smiled faintly and comforted him.

She suppressed the ripples in her heart and paused for a moment. “If we don’t go to eat now, it will be really late when we get back. Besides, a lot of restaurants are closed at noon. As fellow workers, let’s not bother them during their break.”

Finn didn’t say anything more and followed Vanessa for about ten minutes to a restaurant.

“This restaurant is very similar to the one we used to have at the entrance of our high school.” As soon as he entered, Finn felt a special sense of familiarity. Looking at the environment and the decorations, his memory drifted back to the distant past.

Vanessa’s eyes lit up. and she smiled knowingly. “Would you believe me if I said this was opened by the same owner?” “What? Really?” Finn’s relaxed and nonchalant face revealed a hint of surprise. “But that owner is already quite old.”

“Just because the owner is old, doesn’t mean they can’t have children, right? This shop’s style is the same as the previous one, but if you look closely, there are many different details. It’s hard for you to remember this since you have a bad memory.” Vanessa smiled, lowering her eyes.

Finn glanced around, the corners of his mouth curving upwards. He leaned back lazily in his chair. “I can forget anything, but not that shop.”

“If it weren’t for that shop, I wouldn’t have met you. We would still be strangers.” His eyelids drooped, his eyes holding an indescribable emotion as he looked at her.

Vanessa nodded in agreement. “Indeed. Our lives used to follow almost the same path, so how come we never crossed paths even once?”

He rested his chin on his hand, tilting his head as he looked at her, a lazy smile in his eyes. “Yeah, you were right across the street from my house, and I never even saw you once.

“This shows that in high school, I was completely focused on my studies and oblivious to everything else.” He deliberately emphasized the syllables, making his subtext instantly clear to her.

Vanessa was still smiling, but her eyes were filled with a palpable sorrow, “If it weren’t for Emma, we wouldn’t have met. If she were still alive… wouldn’t she have already achieved her dream of becoming a shining star?”

“Emma has been gone for twelve years, Vanessa. Are you still planning to live in painful memories?” The lazy smile on Finn’s face vanished, replaced by a rare seriousness.

Vanessa’s eyes reddened uncontrollably, tears welling up in the corners. “Finn, are we just going to forget the past because she’s been gone for so long?”

“If we forget her, does that mean it never happened? Emma…She died when she was happiest.” Vanessa closed her eyes slightly, tears streaming down her face.

Finn’s heart was filled with emotion.

All those emotions seemed to vanish into thin air with Vanessa’s tears. At that moment, he panicked. He grabbed a tissue and sat beside her, awkwardly wiping her tears.