"Heading out?" James Black had already noticed that Jane Sampson had changed her clothes and even applied light makeup, "Where to?"
"Looking for a job," Jane Sampson tried to make her tone sound very ordinary before she picked up a set of bowl and chopsticks and sat down opposite James.
"Good realization," James complimented Jane, and then he glanced at the time on his watch before standing up, "Iāll return to the team, call me if you need anything."
James didnāt inquire about what kind of job Jane was preparing to look for; in his mind, Jane, being a music major, would probably be looking for a job related to the piano.
As soon as she heard James was leaving, Jane quickly put down the chopsticks in her hand and stood up almost subconsciously, much like a young wife standing by his side before her rebirth, ready to hand him something and then see him to the door.
But after she stood up, she felt rather foolish when she saw James had already grabbed his stuff and was heading towards the door. She shuffled in the direction of the door, hesitating about whether or not to go over to see him off. When James straightened his back, glanced at her, and left without saying a word, Jane stood there by herself, let out a little chuckle, and thought, well, itās not a big deal not to see him off; after all, he didnāt say anything, did he?
This morningās trial made Jane decide that in the future when James left the house, she should just keep doing whatever she was doing.
She tapped her head, reminding herself she was someone planning to divorce James. Why should she tiptoe around him? If he couldnāt tolerate it, he could bring up the divorce himself!
Anyway, him not being able to handle the real her was just a matter of time.
After eating and cleaning up the bowl and chopsticks, Jane happily left the house, drove straight to her good friend Nina Riceās company.
Nina was a friend Jane had played with since they were kids. They had been desk-mates since middle school and remained so until they graduated from high school. Nina went abroad to study law, while she pursued music, separating them for a few years. After their graduation, both returned to their home country, where Nina joined her motherās company as an intern lawyer, and Jane married James directly.
Since Jane had skipped a grade in elementary school, she graduated from university early and was actually nearly two years younger than Nina, but this slight age difference didnāt prevent them from being friends for many years.
When Jane arrived at the law firm, Nina had just finished a meeting. Coming out of the conference room and seeing Jane standing at the doorway waiting, she rushed over to Jane in her high heels like a gust of wind.
"What wind has blown Mrs. Black to me this morning? I was startled when I received your text message saying you were coming over," Nina pulled Jane into a bear hug, "Feels like itās been some time since I saw you, even though we both live in the same city, itās like the city itself segregates us into two places."
"Youāre so busy being a hot mess, seeing you is rarer than a blue moon," Jane rolled her eyes at Nina and then pushed her away, "Stop hugging me, itās scorching! I need to talk to you about something."
"Letās go to my office," Nina released the bear hug and linked arms with Jane, jesting as they walked, "I heard from Peter Gingery that Brother James Black came home yesterday? Did Brother James make you so happy yesterday that you canāt stand my hug today?"
"How about saying that in front of James? Picking on a scaredy-cat like me, what kind of courage is that." Jane roughed up Ninaās shoulder-length hair, "By the way, I remember you have a cousin whoās an agent, right? Can you introduce me to her?"
"Iām the wimp here, Iām even more timid than you," Nina admitted, acknowledging she became a well-behaved baby who dared not breathe too loudly in front of James. However, at Janeās request to meet her cousin, Nina let out a curious sound, "Why do you want to meet her? Are you thinking of debuting as a big star or something?"