Chapter 11

Although Cindy wore a turtleneck sweater to the office, while touching up her makeup in the restroom, her nails accidentally caught on the collar, revealing the marks underneath. Elle saw everything.

Elle couldn't help but smirk at the sight, leaning in and playfully raising her eyebrows. "Mrs. Gilson, what happened to your neck? Did a mosquito bite you? Wait, it's winter, where did the mosquito come from?"

Teased by Elle, Cindy blushed once again, involuntarily.

"It was a dog bite," she said, lifting her head to examine the marks, furrowing her brow in annoyance.

Trevon acted like a mad dog last night.

"Well, your dog seems quite fierce," Elle continued teasingly.

Cindy nudged her with her elbow. "Stop it."

As they conversed, they suddenly overheard two female colleagues exchanging words on the other side of the restroom partition. Their voices were not loud, but in the quiet restroom, Cindy and Elle could hear every word clearly.

Colleague A: "Do you know why Mr. Gilson and Miss. Louth didn't come to the office today? Mr. Gilson is usually the first one here."

Colleague B: "Now that you mention it, that's true. What happened?"

Colleague A: "I heard that Miss. Louth committed suicide at home last night."

Cindy was taken aback, turning to look at Elle, who was equally shocked. Elle shook her head, indicating that she didn't know either.

Colleague B: "No way! Is it true? But she was fine yesterday."

Colleague A: "It can't be false. I heard that Mr. Gilson stayed outside the emergency room all night. That's why he didn't come to the office today."

Elle didn't expect the following news to be so sensational. She looked at Cindy, eager to see Cindy's reaction.

However, Cindy was wiping her hands with a tissue, her head lowered, so Elle couldn't figure out what was in her mind.

Nevertheless, discovering her husband's affair with a mistress must have been devastating for Cindy. Elle thought the chatty duo in the restroom should keep quiet.

She purposely coughed loudly in their direction a few times.

Unexpectedly, the two gossiping colleagues paid no attention to her, completely engrossed in their conversation.

Colleague A: "What do you think her reaction would be if she found out?"

"Her"? Wasn't it referring to Cindy?

Elle thought, 'What reaction? I bet she would give both of you a resounding slap!'

Colleague B: "What reaction could she have? Besides, is her reaction even important? Mr. Gilson doesn't love her, so he wouldn't care about her feelings. She'll probably leave soon."

They kept on talking!

Elle wished she could go over and smack the two of them. She was about to take action when Cindy calmly said, "Let's go, we have a meeting later."

"Oh."

Elle silently followed, but in her mind, she cursed Trevon and Annie fiercely. Cindy had dedicated herself to the Gilson family for so many years, working tirelessly.

How could people gossip about Cindy like this?

Just because Cindy had no one to rely on and no parents to support her? It was inhumane!

Disgusting!

Compared to Elle's indignation, Cindy appeared much calmer.

Honestly, when Cindy first heard about Annie's suicide, she was shocked. She hadn't expected that Annie would go to such lengths and attempt suicide for love.

Cindy knew she could never do that.

She believed that one's life should not be given up unless one no longer wanted to live, and certainly not for someone else.

However, she quickly understood that Annie's dramatic act was just a means to force Trevon to make a choice, a reaction to the events of last night. It was effective, but also insane.

But clearly, Trevon fell for it.

For the next three days, Trevon didn't come to the office and didn't return home either...