Zea was too tired and fell asleep as soon as she touched the pillow. When she woke up, it was already night.

Zea got up and went downstairs, only to see that it was pitch black downstairs.

These days, Theo's father and mother went out to travel and their helper was also on vacation, so only Zea and Theo were left at home.

Just as Zea was about to go downstairs, she heard a burst of light panting coming from the dim kitchen.

She walked downstairs slowly and as soon as she reached the door, she saw two figures overlapping in the open kitchen.

Zea felt that her mind was frozen in an instant and her breathing was about to stop.

Although she knew that Theo liked Amber and knew that there was no possibility for her and him, when she saw this scene with her own eyes, her heart still hurt.

The tears fell silently and she wanted to escape in a hurry like a loser.

But as soon as she turned around, she bumped into the vase shelf in the corner.

The vase fell to the ground and the jumping fragments scratched her ankles. She could no longer feel the pain.

The light was turned on.

Looking at the mess on the ground, Theo frowned and walked out with Amber.

“You are so impatient. Do you know how much the vase you broke is worth? This is my mother’s favorite blue and white porcelain.”

Theo did not notice the blood dripping from Zea’s feet at all and only blamed her.

“Theo, it’s okay, Zea didn’t mean it. It’s all your fault for not turning on the light just now and you insisted on dragging me in the kitchen…”

Amber didn’t finish her words and she reached out and touched her lips with a shy face. The meaning was already very clear.

Zea tightly grasped the corner of her clothes and tried to force herself not to look at the two of them.

“I’m sorry, I will compensate Aunt Judy with an identical one.”

After so many years, Zea still didn’t get used to calling Judy mom and Judy also respected her wishes and let her call her Aunt Judy all the time.

Theo snorted coldly at Zea’s appearance.

“Your salary may not be enough to compensate even if you work for a few more years. My mother treats you so well, but you still refuse to call her mother. You are such an ungrateful person.”

Zea didn’t know why she returned to the room. The scenes just now kept replaying in her mind.

It turned out that in Theo’s heart, she was just an ungrateful person who ate the Guzman Family’s free food.

Zea promised on the spot that she would definitely compensate for the vase.

After sorting out her mood, Zea sat on the bed, silent.

After sitting for a while, she checked the broken vase and took a breath.

1.396.473 dollars.

She smiled to herself. No wonder Theo said she might not be able to afford it.

1.396.473 dollars may be just the price of a necklace for Zea in the past, but for Zea now, it is a sky-high price.

Zea looked at the balance of her bank card. There was only more than 139.733 dollars in it and there was still more than 1.116.648 dollars short of 1.396.473 dollars.

It seemed that she could only find a way to make more money and return the 1.396.473 dollars to the Guzman Family.

After making up her mind, Zea packed her things again.

She didn’t have much stuff. She knew that she was living under someone else’s roof, so she never dared to make excessive demands. Unless Judy insisted on giving it to her, she would not take a penny from the Guzman Family.

She was busy until the middle of the night and then Zea fell asleep in a daze.

Zea got up early the next morning.

She was going to Guzman Group today to finalize the final details of the joint model.

As soon as she arrived at Guzman Group, before she even stepped into Theo’s office, Zea’s phone rang.

It was Zea’s colleague who called.

“Zea, we are in trouble. Guzman Group just sent an email to our company, saying that they want to cancel the cooperation with us.”

Zea frowned.

“How is it possible? Guzman Group necklace must be made in time for their anniversary celebration. If we go to other design companies now, they will not have enough time to redesign it!”

Besides, she had obviously drunk that glass of wine that night. Theo could not go back on his word.

Zea knocked on the door of Theo’s office with doubts.

As soon as she pushed the door open, she saw Amber leaning on Theo’s shoulder, feeding Theo biscuits attentively.

As soon as she saw Zea, Theo’s originally gentle eyebrows were visibly coated with a hint of disgust.

“Why are you here?”

“Why do you want to cancel the cooperation with our company?” Zea asked in a cold voice.

“Don’t you know why?” Theo raised his eyebrows and a trace of impatience flashed in his eyes.

“You scratched Amber’s hand that day and broke her wine glass, but you didn’t apologize.”

Zea paused.

He could do this to protect Amber.

“I drank that glass of wine according to your request. I did nothing wrong. Why should I apologize? That wine glass was her…”

Before Zea finished speaking, she was interrupted by Theo in a cold voice.

“Zea, don’t do whatever you want just because you are the adopted daughter of the Guzman Family. Although Amber has repeatedly pleaded for you, you should remember it. If you don’t apologize to Amber, don’t think about getting the cooperation of Guzman Group.”

Zea looked at Theo’s bottomless eyes and her heart seemed to fall into an ice cave, making her back cold.

She knew that Theo was serious.

She tightly grasped the corner of her clothes and slowly lowered her head.

“Amber, I’m sorry.”

Zea felt that her self-esteem was trampled under someone’s feet. The humiliation swept through her body, making her unable to raise her head.

But she needed this cooperation. If she won this contract, she would have a design bonus of 279.466 dollars.

She still owed the Guzman Family a blue and white porcelain vase.

She had to pay back her debt.

“Amber, although she apologized, it still depends on you whether to forgive her or not. If you are unwilling to forgive her, then I will still not agree to cooperate with their company.”

Theo’s words were like a knife, falling on Zea’s heart.

Now she was as humble as a mouse crawling in the dark.

“Okay, Zea has apologized, so don’t embarrass her.”

Amber’s light words hit Zea like a heavy hammer.

Zea slowly raised her head and looked at Theo coldly.

“Mr. Guzman, can we check the final details of the product now?”

Theo stretched out his hand to Zea.

“Since Amber has forgiven you, give it to me!”

Theo took the design draft handed over by Zea and signed his name without even looking at it.

After signing, Theo threw the design draft in front of Zea as if giving alms.

“Take your things and leave quickly.”

Zea slowly lowered her head and picked up the manuscript she had worked hard on for a month.

A tear just fell on the gemstone drawn on the manuscript.

After leaving Guzman Group, it started to rain heavily under the gray sky.

Zea stood at the door and tried to hail a taxi for a long time, but failed. She stood alone at the bus stop, leaning against the billboard, exhausted.

At this time, a horn sounded and Zea was about to look up when she saw a Ferrari rushing on the road.

The speed of the car was so fast that Zea didn’t have time to see the license plate clearly and only saw the car passing by her quickly.

The wheels drove through the puddle, stirring up a layer of waves, soaking Zea like a drowned chicken.

Zea held her bag tightly in her arms, fearing that the manuscript inside would get wet.

When she looked up again, she only saw the back of the Ferrari and the familiar license plate.

It was Theo’s car.

The grievances accumulated in Zea’s heart. She could no longer control her emotions. She squatted down and burst into tears.

Zea didn’t know how long she cried. After calming down, she sniffed and slowly stood up.

Life had to go on. Anyway, she only had half a month left in the Guzman Family.

After she collected the money and compensated the Guzman Family for the vase, she would go to Chark and start a new life.

Zea came to the bar at night.

Zea’s friend introduced her to a part-time job as a resident singer in a bar.

Because it was a high-end bar, she could earn hundreds of thousands of dollars every night by singing and tips.

Zea changed into a black dress and sat on the stage. The moment she picked up the microphone, she seemed to have changed into a different person, shining.

Just after singing a song, Zea was about to go down to rest and saw a pair of scarlet eyes staring at her in the corner.

Theo stared at her with gloomy eyes, but Zea ignored Theo and went backstage.

As soon as he stood up, Theo could no longer control his emotions and rushed onto the stage, grabbing Zea’s wrist fiercely.

“Do you know what you are doing?”

Zea looked at Theo with cold eyes without any emotion.

“I know very well what I am doing, I don’t bother Mr. Guzman to worry about it.”

After saying that, Zea was about to shake off Theo’s hand, but Theo was indifferent and increased the strength of his hand.

“Zea, don’t challenge my patience, come home with me quickly.”

Theo’s eyes were gloomy and terrible, Zea knew that he should be very angry now.

“I won’t go back, I make money honestly with my own ability, why should I leave?”

Zea refused coldly.

“Does our Guzman Family not give you food or clothes? Do you have to come out to embarrass yourself and discredit our Guzman Family before you are willing?”

Theo’s voice almost came out from between his teeth.

Discredit?

It turned out that coming out to work was to discredit the Guzman Family.

Zea laughed at herself and glanced at the people watching below the stage.

“Let’s talk about it when we get back! I still have to work.”

Theo shook off Zea’s hand fiercely.

“Go back? You still have the nerve to mention it? If you don’t quit this embarrassing job, don’t even think about going back to the Guzman Family.”

Theo used almost all his strength and Zea took a step back, hitting her waist on the stool and her face wrinkled in pain.