Love’s New Bloom By Simone Hastings

Chapter 39 Best Friend Aggravated 

Erin placed her cutlery down. When Holly saw how regretful Erin looked, she immediately comforted her. “Hey, don’t think about it. anymore! Let the past remain in the past. Since he has something on you, I can’t help you much. The Frost Corporation can grow even. bigger, so I definitely believe that Chandler can be ruthless. We’ll be at a disadvantage if we go up against him.” 

Erin slowly suppressed her bitterness. She shouldn’t air out her grievances to Holly. She shook her head and said, “It’s fine! I’ll treat it as a 

lesson learned!” 

“Erin, please don’t think I’m being nosy, but you should quickly settle your divorce with lan. You’re still married, yet you’re living with another man. It does sound quite inappropriate. If lan and his family find out about this, all hell will break loose.” 

Holly was voicing what Erin was worried about. In a fit of rage, she told Holly what lan had said to her. 

Holly almost flipped the table over after hearing Erin’s story. She cursed, “Fuck him! I have never seen such a scumbag! Even Eugene can’t. compare to him! Even if he’s a scumbag, he only likes to fool around. When I brought up divorce, he happily signed the papers! Unlike this. imbecile who doesn’t cherish you yet won’t give you up once you ask for a divorce! He truly is the scum of the earth! I really want to hire men to beat him up! Best if they beat him up until he’s impotent!” 

Holly’s reaction amused Erin, especially what she said at the end. 

“What are you laughing about? I’m being serious! Quickly divorce that scumbag! I can no longer stand for this. I’ll send someone to-” 

Erin quickly jumped in, seeing how Holly was about to interfere. “Holly, thank you, but Chandler is already planning on doing something. I received his call in the supermarket this evening. He told me to just wait for good news about the divorce.” 

Holly applauded. “That’s the best! He is, after all, your lover now. He should help you sort out your problems! I suddenly thought of something. Is he great in bed?” 

Erin blushed and stood up. She got up while saying. “Holly, you’ve changed! I’m going to pack!” 

Holly happily followed suit, saying, “Look at you, blushing. I must be right! You sure are lucky! You’ve barely kicked lan away when another dominant man enters your life. Even if it isn’t true love, he can still satisfy your needs.” 

Erin looked at her foul–mouthed best friend. She chuckled and said, “If you’re so afraid of being lonely, go find a man. You’re free, after all.” 

“You’re right! It’s time I find myself a hunk! I’m going to show Eugene that I still got it even after I left him!” 

Erin smiled but said nothing. She started packing up. She knew how her friend was–Holly might exaggerate things, but she wasn’t that 

loose in private. 

An hour later, at 10 pm, Erin’s phone rang. It was from Chandler’s driver. She took her luggage and bade farewell to Holly before heading 

down. 

The driver loaded Erin’s luggage into the trunk before driving away from the neighborhood. 

On the way to Chandler’s mansion, she felt conflicted and afraid. Thinking about how much pressure it was living with Chandler under the same roof for the next three months. 

She took her phone out and started surfing the net. She suddenly thought of a plan–since Chandler seemed to have a crush on her, what if she made him resent her? Would she be able to move out of the mansion sooner? 

At the thought of that possibility, Erin felt much more relaxed. It was extremely difficult to get all men to fall for a perfect woman, but it was much easier getting a man to hate a woman. She took note of the things that made a man hate a woman on her phone so that she could easily execute her plan! 

When the car came to a halt, Erin realized that they were already in the compounds of Chandler’s mansion. She sheepishly kept her phone in her bag. The driver took her luggage upstairs to a huge guest bedroom that Chandler had previously prepared for her. 

Once she entered the bedroom, she unpacked her clothes and placed them in the wardrobe. The butler informed her that Chandler wasn’t home, and she couldn’t care any less. It was great that he wasn’t home. It’d be better if he weren’t home every night! 

Erin went ahead and took a shower before heading to bed. 

Soon, it was the following Wednesday, which was also Frost Corporation’s 60th anniversary! Since it was an internal celebration, they didn’t invite the media or other celebrities. Not even all the staff were invited, only representatives from each department. 

It disappointed the female designers who thought they were attending the celebration. From the design department, the ones chosen to attend were Caleb and the other two head designers, as well as the top three winners of the design competition. Erin came in second place -the winner was a male designer who was married with a child. 

Although Erin didn’t come in first, she fell much more relaxed about it. After all, Caleb had confessed his feelings to her previously. If she were to win and become his assistant, she would have to face him at work daily. Since she couldn’t reciprocate his feelings, she would rather avoid meeting him that frequently. 

At that moment. Erin was in a black gown, looking understated yet elegant. With a glass of fruit punch in her hand, she deliberately stood in an inconspicuous corner, hoping to be drowned out by the celebration. 

Ever since she moved into the mansion, she had never seen Chandler. She had also successfully divorced lan. She and lan came to an agreement, and they were responsible for telling their family the news. 

“Erin.” 

Erin turned to see Caleb in a formal suit, looking dapper and handsome. He was smiling warmly at her. 

“Hello, Mr. Grant,” Erin greeted politely. 

“I’ve told you before,” Caleb said with a smile. “We’re not at work, so you can just call me Cal.” 

Erin thought it was too personal to call him that, but calling him Caleb might seem a little too distant, but at the thought of how he just called her by her name, she smiled and said, “I think I’ll call you Caleb.” 

The light in Caleb’s eyes dimmed a little, but he soon recovered and smiled, saying. “Fine, up to you. I have something to tell you about the 

competition.” 

Erin said, “Do tell.” 

He deliberately scanned his surroundings and saw that many were networking, so no one had noticed them in the corner. 

He said to her honestly, “You actually won first place! But considering how the others in the office gossip about you, winning first place. might not be in your favor.” He sighed and continued, “Gossip is a terrible thing! Even as the Director of Design, sometimes my hands are tied too. I can’t just fire everyone who likes to gossip. I hope I can do something in my power to make people talk less about you.”