Chapter 15
\nThree Years Later, He Came Back Begging novel Chapter 15<\/p>\n
When Bonnie finished her swim, she checked her phone and found a few new messages waiting.<\/p>\n
Her team lead had replied to the drawings she\u2019d sent that morning, saying he\u2019d be at the office in the afternoon and they could meet to go over everything together.<\/p>\n
Another message was from Daniel, her latest matchmaking date.<\/p>\n
Are you free tonight? Dinner and a movie? Maybe Japanese food? It’s not spicy.<\/p>\n
Bonnie ran a towel through her damp hair. She wasn\u2019t surprised that even after turning people down, some guys just wouldn\u2019t give up.<\/p>\n
Back in college, even when she and Lawrence were officially together, she still had admirers. Lawrence always liked to joke that everyone wanted to \u201csteal his girl.\u201d He acted so cocky about it.<\/p>\n
He\u2019d come up behind her, loop his arms around her waist, grab her phone and\u2014one word at a time\u2014type out replies in his own boyfriend voice, warning the other guys to back off.<\/p>\n
At the time, Bonnie\u2019s profile picture on social media was a photo of her holding hands with Lawrence. He never let her set anything to “visible for three days only,” so anyone who looked saw a feed full of cute date night pics. Not that it stopped anyone from trying. The attention brought out a jealous streak in Lawrence that could really drive her nuts. It was always her who took the heat for it.<\/p>\n
Lawrence could get pretty wild about that stuff.<\/p>\n
Bonnie didn\u2019t respond right away. She peeled off her black one-piece swimsuit, changed into a loose shirt and wide-leg pants, blow-dried her hair until it was almost dry, grabbed her bag, and headed out.<\/p>\n
Waiting by the curb for her ride, she heard the rumble of a sports car engine from up the street and instinctively glanced over.<\/p>\n
A dark green Koenigsegg Jesko cruised past.<\/p>\n
Cabinda was full of luxury cars, but this brand always caught her eye. She actually knew a bit about it, too.<\/p>\n
Lawrence was obsessed with collecting cars and had a particular soft spot for Koenigseggs. He always said they were the most extreme, pure, high-performance production cars in the world, each one handmade and engineered for real enthusiasts.<\/p>\n
Not long after her team lead arrived, a few senior managers came by too. Seeing people hard at work, one of them waved a hand and ordered afternoon tea for everyone as a reward.<\/p>\n
Bonnie had just grabbed her drink and hadn\u2019t even put the straw in yet when her office chat app pinged.<\/p>\n
It was Nestor, head of the design department.<\/p>\n
He wanted to see her in his office.<\/p>\n
Bonnie knew what it was about\u2014her blind date with Daniel. Calm as ever, she got up and went to his office.<\/p>\n
Nestor was an old friend of her dad\u2019s, actually. Back when she was graduating, her dad had even called Nestor, asking what kind of future architecture held. Nestor didn\u2019t sugarcoat things\u2014he told her that a government job would be better, since she was local and her dad was already working in the system. The civil service exam would lead to a way easier life.<\/p>\n
But during campus recruiting, Bonnie got into the city institute on her own, acing every interview. Maybe because of her top scores, maybe because her dad was director of the Bureau of Housing and Construction, Nestor looked out for her. He assigned her to a team working on public architecture projects\u2014plenty of value, lots to do, but not too exhausting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-683","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}