Maisie thought to herself and was about to order delivery, but as soon as she turned on her phone, there were suddenly two cups of milk tea on her desk.
She looked back in astonishment and saw Tom raising the corners of his lips into a faint smile. “This is your afternoon tea. Go share it with your colleagues.”
Maisie opened her mouth and hesitated. There were just two cups, so how could she share them with her colleagues?
They were clearly for her and Ava, right?
As if he could read Maisie’s mind, Tom pointed to the door of the office. “The rest of the delivery is on the way. You can drink these first.”
Tom said before he glanced at Ava lightly. Then, he gave a vague reminder to Maisie. “Remember to share it with your colleagues.” After saying this, Tom went back to his office.
?..” Maisie looked at the milk tea in front of her. When she opened the bag that came with it, she found that there were two pieces of tiramisu. They were made by a professional chef. He was clearly playing favorites.
Maisie hurriedly took out the milk tea and tiramisu before taking them to Ava. “Ava, have a cup of milk tea and some cake. You should rest first and continue later.”
After hearing Maisie’s voice, Ava came back to her senses, “Maisie, are you talking to me?” Maisie could not help frowning when she looked at Ava, “Ava, look at you. You look so inattentive. Do you know you’ll make people who care about you very worried by being like this?”
Ava could feel Maisie’s kindness, and a smile suddenly appeared on her face. “My heart is already warmed before drinking the milk tea because I have a good friend like you who cares about me so much.”
“Then drink this cup of milk tea now to warm your heart even more.” Maisie helped Ava open the milk tea. “Ava, don’t think about so many unhappy things. I believe all troubles are only temporary.”
While listening to Maisie’s words of encouragement, the anxiety and uneasiness in Ava’s heart dissipated a lot.
After all, there were still so many people who cared about her.
Ava smiled and nodded. “Yeah, you’re right. Troubles won’t stay forever, but happiness will.”
“Yeah.” Maisie was happy that Ava was thinking that way.
After Ava drank the milk tea and ate the cake, she felt much better. She was much more focused when she was drawing her design.
Indeed, it was useless for her to worry about everything that was happening to her lately.
It was almost time to get off work, and Ava was very happy that she managed to finish her work today.
She said goodbye to Maisie and was about to calla cab to go back to Niamh’s place. Then, coincidentally, she saw Tom stopping his car in front of her.
“Let me drive you.” Tom smiled and offered.
Ava was curious. “Are you also going where I’m going this time, Mr. Lowe?”
“I can drive you even if I’m not,” Tom said and got out of the car to open the door of the front passenger seat for Ava in a gentlemanly manner. Ava looked at the opened door and remembered Tom greeting Neil the last time.
They knew each other.
When she thought about this, Ava hesitated for two seconds before getting into Tom’s car.
She initially had something she wanted to ask him, but now that she was sitting in his car, Ava did not know how to start the conversation.
She looked at the cars coming and going outside the car window. A burst of desolation suddenly surged in her heart.
“If I guessed correctly, you agreed to get in my car because you want to ask me something, right?” Suddenly, Tom broke the silence in the car.
Ava came back to her senses and looked at the man who was driving.
Tom looked sideways with a faint smile. He looked very gentlemanly and warm.
Ava nodded without denying it. “Yes, Ido want to ask you about something.”
“Is it about Dr. Long?” Tom asked very directly. There was a hint of surprise in Ava’s eyes. It was as if she was surprised that Tom had read her mind.
“It was just a guess.”
Tom opened his mouth to say that before continuing.
“Tran into Dr. Long when I drove you to the apartment near the company. At that time, I thought you looked a lot like him, and both of you have the same surname too. I just wondered if you were father and daughter. I didn’t expect it to be the case.”
Ava involuntarily fell into silence when she heard what Tom said.
‘I guess I look like him, huh?’
Ava finally came back to her senses after staying silent for a very long time.
“How did you meet him?”
“Him? Do you mean Dr. Long?”
“Yeah,” Ava replied softly. She still could not get herself to get used to the word ‘dad’.
Tom did not delve into what was on Ava’s mind. He only answered naturally, “Two years ago, my dad always had headaches and was in a lot of pain. Sometimes, he would faint because of how serious it was. I contacted a lot of my connections, and in the end, I found Dr. Long. He was very busy, but he’s a very authoritative figure in this field. He treated my dad for his stubborn headaches. °
“Dr. Long is an expert in this field. He can treat almost all challenging illnesses easily. I also became friends with him after meeting him.”
After hearing what Tom said, Ava fell silent again.
It seemed that Neil was busy but stil] made time to help Daniel despite never having the chance to examine Daniel yet.
Ava was touched when she thought about this.
“I heard from Maisie that your boyfriend has short-term amnesia after getting into a car accident. If your father is already treating him, I think he should be fine soon.”
“Mr. Lowe, I humbly accept your blessings.” Ava smiled, but she had mixed feelings in her heart. “You don’t have to be so formal with me.” Tom looked at Ava from the corners of his eyes. “
You’ re good friends with my sister, so I think we can be friends too. You don’t have to call me ‘Mr. Lowe’ outside of the office. You can just call me by my name.”
Tom was magnanimous, but for some reason, Ava was not used to that.
It was not a problem to be friends with the boss of her company, but she would feel awkward calling him by his name.
Tom seemed to sense Ava’s awkwardness, so he smiled gentlemanly. “It’s fine. You can slowly get used to it. You’ll get used to something if you keep doing it. Not everyone can sit at the same table and have a meal with someone they just met.” Ava seemed to relax a lot after she heard Tom saying that.
“Thank you, Mr. Lowe,” Ava thanked him.
Tom smiled and did not pressure Ava.
“Right, what else do you want to ask me after getting into my car? I met Dr. Long a few days ago and we chatted for a while. I could tell that he had something heavy in his heart, and it seems to be related to you.” There was a hint of curiosity and doubt in Tom’s words.
Ava paused. She immediately understood what Tom had in his mind.
She let out a wistful sigh, and a wry smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
“My parents abandoned me when I was very young, but recently, they’ve found me one after another.”
After Ava said that, they coincidentally came to a red light.
The car stopped. Tom looked back at Ava with slight shock and regret in his eyes.
“If this is true, I really have a hard time believing that a talented person like Dr. Long would make such a serious mistake when he was young. Could this be a misunderstanding?”
“I don’t think so.” Ava denied it. “I asked them in person if they willingly abandoned me back then and they admitted it.”
After hearing Ava’s answer, Tom’s eyes were still filled with uncertainty.
“Perhaps sometimes what we see with our own eyes is not the truth.”
“But it’s a fact that they didn’t want me.”
After hearing what Ava said, Tom did not know what else to say.
He stopped mentioning it again to avoid making Ava feel uncomfortable.
About half an hour later, Tom drove her to the gate of Old Waldburg Manor according to the address given by Ava.
Niamh originally planned to go and pick Ava up, but Ava sent her a message half an hour ago saying that someone would be sending her back. Hence, Niamh went straight home.
At this moment, Niamh was a little puzzled when she saw Tom getting out of the car and opening the car door for Ava so considerately.
She walked over and looked at Tom from head to toe. “You must be Mr. Lowe.”
Tom nodded to Niamh. “Hello, Mrs. Waldburg. We met at a business party before.”
“No wonder you look familiar to me.” Niamh smiled and politely invited Tom into the house to sit and have a cup of tea. However, Tom said he had something he needed to take care of and left. Niamh turned around to look at Ava. “So, your boss sent you here? Why is he so good to you? Does he have feelings for you?”
“No way.” Ava denied it. Then, she made a guess. “Maybe I’m only receiving this special treatment because of him.”
“Him?” Niamh was confused. Then, she started taking small steps toward the house with Ava.
Ava smiled bitterly. “It’s that amazing neurologist.”
“You mean your dad?”
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