Chapter 35 Please Be Self-Respecting

Right now, Mandy was on duty at the JR Hospital.

She was too busy with her work and didn't have time to check her cell phone the whole morning. She didn't see the message from Daniel until noon.

The text message read: I'll see you at the Zero ℃ Bar at 8: 00 tonight. Whether your father can come out or not depends on your performance tonight.

"Damn it!" Mandy screamed furiously. She clenched her fists tightly and pounded on the desk, her face burning with anger. How could Daniel threat her like this? How could he do this to her father? Her father had been so kind to him.

Jamie, who was about to enter the room, was shocked by the scene he witnessed. It was the first time for him to see Mandy behaving like this since she came to work at the JR Hospital.

He looked so worried. "Doctor Zhou, what happened?" he asked anxiously. He hurriedly put down a stack of files on the desk and walked towards Mandy in a gentle and refined manner.

Mandy swiftly smoothed her hair in front of her forehead and calmed herself down quickly. She did not want her colleague to probe further. So with a smile, she promptly replied, "Dr. Yang, I'm all right. I received a trash message just now. Those trash messages are so annoying."

"Well, you don't have to pay attention to it. Just delete it. Would you like to have dinner with me?" he asked gently, expecting that she would accept his invitation. Jamie cleverly switched the subject. He was very fond of her. In his eyes, she was as elegant as a lotus. Mandy was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen.

"Okay," Mandy cracked a smile and accepted the invitation without second thoughts. But her mind was in a total mess all the time. She could not help thinking about the message and Daniel's purpose. She had tried figuring it out, but still, she couldn't come up with something of relevance.

T

t consumed her. And thinking of what had happened in his apartment that day, she couldn't keep her emotions at bay.

No matter how much they loved each other in the past, their love and those beautiful days were gone. It was like a bubble that had burst into nothing.

Daniel still stood there and stared at Mandy quietly. Then, with a smug smile tugging at his lips, he interjected, "You want an answer? No problem. I'll tell you. That is if you will have a drink with me tonight."

Mandy furrowed her eyebrows tightly. Her eyes widened in apprehension. Drinking, what was he thinking? Her body shivered at this thought. She was afraid of drinking. Biting her lips closed, she couldn't bring herself to say yes.

The tense atmosphere around them was gradually becoming depressing. But Daniel just watched her with an amused smile, seemingly hinting at her: if you don't accept my invitation, I will leave.

"Okay, but you have to promise me that we will only drink," Mandy conceded after carefully weighing her decision. Worried about her father, she was left with no choice but to compromise. It was like she had reached a dead-end, and she could not come up with another solution, except to agree to his unreasonable request.