Love in Twilight

Chapter 253

Chapter 253 Her Ex–husband Is Very Good at What He Does

When Clarissa got home, she said nothing about the fraternal twins.

When Mrs. Faber asked about the babies, she simply replied curtly, “They‘re healthy.”

After that, Clarissa put all her energy into doing the books.

At the end of the year, she finished the books and returned them to Green City Facilities and Arisona

Construction.

Mr. Lark was impressed with Clarissa, and kept praising her.“ I didn‘t expect you to do such a good job

with the accounts. I underestimated you.”

Clarissa smiled gratefully. “It‘s within my responsibility.”

“I‘ll call you again.” This time, Mr. Lark was sincere.

“Sure thing. Call me whenever needed. Here, I‘ll add you on WhatsApp.”

Mr. Lark didn‘t expect Clarissa to be so kind. She was flexible, not arrogant, and strong in her

specialization.

Previously, Clarissa updated Joseph about her progress in the project. Then, Joseph praised Clarissa

in the group.

Joseph: (Clarissa‘s pregnant with twins, but she still gets things done efficiently and beautifully. It‘s rare

for someone to exceed my expectations. Everyone, please learn from her.]

In the group chat, Clarissa‘s colleagues replied with the applause emoji. Then, one of the colleagues

also texted a

reply. [As expected of Ms. Johnson! That‘s why you‘re the vice president!]

Almost everyone replied except for Penelope. Of course, they were all complimenting Clarissa.

Joseph texted Clarissa in private.

Joseph: [We‘re holding our annual meeting in Southern Paradise Hotel at the end of the year. As the

vice president, you should come over too. Besides, you haven‘t met your colleagues before. Show up

and let them get to know you. I‘ll pick you up.]

Clarissa: [Okay.)

Clarissa could finally breathe a sigh of relief after completing the two projects. After all, she only took

them to prove her abilities to her colleagues. She wanted to show that even as an undergraduate, she

was neither weak nor incompetent.

Following this, she aimed to achieve her next goal. She wanted to study in a graduate school abroad

and complete her postgraduate studies.

The best time to apply for admission was between September to January. Clarissa had already taken

the GRE general test in the second half of this year. She had already prepared all the documents from

her undergraduate level, but she needed the specific documents for graduate school.

When she was studying abroad, she met a teacher named

Yonah Will. She got Yonah’s help to write the documents for

her.

With all the necessary documents in place, Clarissa applied online for graduate school in January next

year. When she received the offer, she could go to Emmeria at once.

After all of this, Clarissa finally finished her work for the year.

In the meantime, First‘s annual meeting was coming soon.

The next morning, Clarissa spoke to Damien during breakfast. “My firm is holding our annual meeting

today. Joseph will pick me up later.”

“Let Mrs. Faber come with you,” Damien said expressionlessly.

“Sure,” Clarissa agreed without hesitation.

When Damien came downstairs, he saw Joseph‘s car parked downstairs. Joseph saw him as well.

The two men looked at each other in silence. Then, Damien drove away in his own car.

Clarissa and Mrs. Faber came downstairs and got into Joseph‘s car.

“Clarissa, we have a lucky draw today. What do you want to win?” Joseph asked Clarissa.

Clarissa thought about it, but didn‘t know what she wanted. She eventually said, “Nothing in particular.

I‘m fine with anything.”

Southern Paradise Hotel was a little far away. When they arrived, it was already ten.

First had reserved the whole floor for the company‘s event, The lobby was filled with ribbons and

decorations, as well as

plenty of wine and food. It was very much like the New Year‘s celebration.

Joseph introduced Clarissa to the company and praised her for winning a lot of deals for the company.

He also praised her for

completing two jobs by herself, which was very impressive.

The colleagues finally got to know Clarissa, who looked very young. Although she was pregnant, she

was still younger than most of the staff in the company,

Mrs. Faber was at Clarissa‘s side the entire time, taking care of her.

During the lucky draw, Clarissa had a stroke of bad luck and got the fifth prize. She didn‘t win any good

prizes, such as a trip abroad or a screen projector.

Hers was just a lucky prize.

“Mrs. Faber, the fifth prize is probably two movie tickets. Let‘s go to the movies after the annual

meeting?” Clarissa joked with Mrs. Faber.

“Just think of it as having a fun time.” Mrs. Faber came to the annual meeting in a good mood and had

her share of fun as well.

Joseph personally unveiled the fifth prize. To Clarissa‘s surprise, it was a pair of boy and girl dolls.

Clarissa was delighted to see what she had won. The pair of dolls were made of ceramic of beautiful

colors. The boy was handsome and cute, and the girl was pretty and lovely.

Joseph personally gave them to Clarissa. There was a lot of

noise in the hall, so Joseph came closer and said in Clarissa‘s ear, “They‘re twins of opposite sexes.

Do you like it?”

“Yes, I like it so much! Thank you,” Clarissa thanked him with a happy smile.

“You‘re welcome. I hope your twins are as healthy and beautiful as these two dolls.”

Clarissa held the two dolls tight, and couldn‘t get enough of them.

Clarissa and Joseph were unaware that a colleague casually took a photo of them talking. Clarissa was

smiling with the two dolls in her hand, while Joseph was talking in her ear.

After lunch with her colleagues, Clarissa went to the bathroom with Mrs. Faber accompanying her.

When Clarissa was done and still in the cubicle, she heard someone talking outside. “Whose baby is in

her belly?”

“I don‘t know. I don‘t know who‘s the father, but both men are so happy with her. Did you see her smile

when President Moore gave her the dolls? She‘s just an undergraduate and a year younger than me,

but she became the vice president because of her relationship with President Moore.”

“Have you heard? She won the projects mainly because of her ex–husband. He‘s someone powerful.

Otherwise, why would Mr. Lark from Arisona Construction accept her? These days, a woman can be

successful either with the help of her family or a man. Meanwhile, there‘s her, who relies on two men.”

Clarissa‘s face flushed hot when she heard this. She guessed

this was the opinion of a majority of her colleagues. Therefore, she became more determined to go to

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She thought there would be little gossip in a place as elite as a firm, but the gossip was no less than

the finance department of New East Corporation.

When the two colleagues came out of the bathroom and saw Mrs. Faber waiting in front of the

restroom, they scurried away in a huff.

Clarissa guessed that one of them must be Penelope.