The promotional cocktail party tonight was unusually grandiose.

All the TV stations had sent their most notable people here.

Everyone at the party was either a business executive or a famous socialite. As for Janice, she was just an average reporter.

She couldn’t understand why Chief Gray gave her this task.

Even Lucy was more suitable than her.

While Janice was in a depressed mood, someone came over to chat with Benjamin.

She took a step back sensibly.

Feeling her pull away, Benjamin turned around to search for her. But he did not chase after her, considering that someone was talking to him. He withdrew his gaze and continued to chat with others.

Janice lifted her dress and was about to walk towards the corner. But she was stopped by someone. "Janice Gladwell."

A voice came from behind. Janice looked back and found that it was Tina Chase, a classmate in the School of Media.

Tina was now a popular news anchor.

Janice didn’t get along well with her when she was in school. When they graduated, Janice had met her a few times, but Tina made fun of her every time.

Therefore, Janice could not help but frown. She wanted to turn around and leave, but it was too late.

"I thought I was mistaken. It’s really you. By the way, is there no other reporter in your TV station? Why did they ask you to attend such an important party?"

Tina’s dress made her breasts prominent, which reminded Janice of eggs on a plate.

Her words were full of sarcasm as before.

Janice reluctantly answered, "If you can come, why can’t I?"

Tina was a little surprised that she would say that. She snorted and said, "We’re hardly in the same league, Janice."

Janice didn’t take the bait. When she was in school, she was recognized as the top student in her year. At that time, Tina was just an average student.

However, after graduation, a gap rose. Janice gave up broadcasting and chose to be a reporter.

And Tina earned her reputation in the field of broadcasting.

In fact, she was truly no match for Tina now.

However, Janice had never wanted to compete with her at all. "What? Aren’t we all human?"

"You..."

Tina suddenly saw Benjamin, who was coming over, and sneered, "I was wondering how you could arrive. It turns out that someone’s backing you. I remember you getting dumped by him. Now you’re back to your old ways?"

Janice knew that Tina was talking about Benjamin. It was not a secret in their school.

She smiled and said, "Right, I was dumped. But it’s better than someone who didn’t even have a chance to be dumped."

"You..."

It was an open secret that Tina had a crush on Benjamin in the past. Unfortunately for her, Benjamin only had eyes for Janice.

Janice’s words touched her in her most sensitive spot. Tina’s face immediately changed and said, "Don’t be proud. Let’s see if you can successfully make a deal today."

After that, Tina left.

Janice stood there with a chill on her body. It was a lose-lose situation. When she sneered at Tina, she also hurt herself.

...

Janice sighed and persuaded herself not to take it seriously. She turned around and saw that Benjamin was standing behind her.

He gazed affectionately at her.

Janice quickly moved her eyes away but her heart beat faster. When she was about to walk past him, he suddenly grabbed her arm and said, "Janice, I never wanted to dump you."

Janice shook off his hand and snorted, "Director Taylor, do you think it’s appropriate to say that right now?"

Benjamin paused and said, "Whether you believe me or not, I never thought of separating from you."

Janice suddenly wanted to laugh. A person who had left without saying goodbye for three years suddenly came back and told her that he had never thought about parting from her. What did these three years mean then?

Did he think that she would wait for him for three years?

She sneered, "Director, didn’t we come here on behalf of the TV station tonight? Why are we talking about the past here?"

Benjamin did not expect that Janice would regard their relationship as past history. Did she mean that their relationship was finished?

Thinking of this, Benjamin was about to explain, but Janice had already left. She took a cup of cocktail from the waiter and walked into the crowd.

The bright smile on her face made Benjamin strangely unhappy. She had once said that she did not like such social occasions. Perhaps she had indeed changed.

Benjamin immediately rushed up and grabbed the glass of wine before Janice could drink it. "She’s not good at drinking. I’ll drink it for her."

Then he downed it in one gulp.

Seeing this, all the guests left.

Janice said angrily, "Director, what are you doing? All of them left. Are you satisfied now?"

Benjamin put the empty glass aside and said, "Janice, I won’t let you do what you don’t like to do." 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

"But, why did you pick me to come here?"

When she put on the dress Benjamin handed her, she knew it.

Otherwise, the dress would not fit so snugly.

Benjamin did not deny it. Yes, he had deliberately asked her to accompany him, but

he did not want her to make sacrifices.

"Janice, I don’t want to hurt you. I just want to see you."

"Really? Then should I thank you? I don’t want rumors to start. Since I’m here, I have to take responsibility, right? I need to do my job."

After saying that, she turned to take another glass of wine from the waiter and left.

Benjamin wanted to catch up with her, but he was stopped by others. He could only watch her walk into the crowd and mingle with those people.

Janice was beautiful. When she was in school, she was regarded as one of the most desirable girls there.

Some men who had been chatting and laughing with Tina, turned to look at Janice.

Tina was smart. She knew what those bosses were thinking. So she deliberately pulled Janice towards them and introduced her. "This is Janice Gladwell from Tomaville TV station. My old classmate. Janice, these guys are all big shots at this party."

Then she introduced them one by one.

Janice originally wanted to leave, but she was stuck making pleasantries now.