His Mute Wife: He Can't Sleep After She Left-Chapter 38: Don’t Get in the Way of My Pursuit of True Love

Chapter 38: Chapter 38: Don’t Get in the Way of My Pursuit of True Love

After a whole day out, when it was almost time for Joy Morgan to get off work, Kiana Sutton took Willow over to her.

Joy Morgan was dressed in a sleek black suit, her figure tall and curvy. Her face was exquisite, absolutely beautiful, making all the salesgirls in the mall pale in comparison.

Willow had fallen asleep in Kiana’s arms, so Joy quickly took her from Kiana’s hands.

"Kiana, was Willow too naughty today? You look pale and exhausted."

Kiana Sutton shook her head, "Willow was well-behaved. It’s just that ever since I joined the planning department, work has been really busy and I haven’t had good rest."

"No matter how busy you are, your health is most important. Look at how thin you’ve gotten! If your dad knew how hard you were working, he’d feel so bad for you."

The mention of her father made Kiana feel a pang of sadness inside.

"Got it. You too—make sure you get plenty of rest and don’t push yourself too hard."

Every month, aside from supporting herself and Willow, Joy Morgan still sent money to the prison so the people inside would take good care of her boyfriend.

Her dedication was really something else.

"The harder we work, the luckier we get. Sooner or later, we’ll get everything we want."

Joy Morgan was always full of positive energy, and being with her, Kiana Sutton often felt inspired.

Just then, Kiana’s WeChat chimed. She pulled out her phone—it was an editor looking to commission her for an illustration.

"Sonnet, I have an illustration job for a radio drama. Can you take it on? The price is negotiable."

Kiana used the pen name Sonnet for her art. Since college, she had been drawing all kinds of covers, illustrations, and character designs for others.

She was even a bit well-known online.

But after marrying Ethan Sinclair, all her energy had gone into him, so she rarely took commissions anymore.

Now she was in urgent need of money, and with someone coming to her, of course she wasn’t going to turn them down.

Kiana had been feeling completely drained and a little depressed.

But now, it was like she’d gotten a shot of adrenaline—her whole body was recharged with passion.

After getting home, Kiana immediately read through the novel. To illustrate a character, she needed to understand what kind of person the protagonist was, and what had happened to them in the story.

Luckily, the next day was Sunday—no work.

Juggling both illustration jobs and planning proposals, Kiana locked herself in her room, so busy she didn’t even have time to go out.

She had no idea that Ethan Sinclair actually came home that night.

The next morning, when Ethan woke up and didn’t see Kiana, his face darkened, "Where’s Kiana Sutton?"

"Young Madam has already gone to work."

"This early?"

"Yeah, she said she still had things to do at the office."

Ethan frowned—a little employee, busier than him, the CEO!

It was peak rush hour, traffic was a bit jammed, and everyone was getting impatient.

When they came across a slow driver, horns started blaring. But the person in the car seemed not to notice, furiously talking on the phone.

"Quinn Sinclair, are you freaking nuts? Using my name to chase an employee—you’re making me look pathetic!"

"Relax, relax, it’s not like I’ve succeeded yet."

Last night, Quinn had stayed out late with friends and was woken up early by a call, feeling really cranky. But since the caller was her childhood friend Miles Goodman, and she’d been chasing Kiana in Miles’s name, she had to suck it up.

"That’s exactly why it’s embarrassing! Since when has Young Master Goodman ever failed at chasing a woman? Now I got rejected by a little office clerk. How am I supposed to save face?"

"If you think it’s embarrassing, why don’t you get her back yourself then?"

"I..."

Miles wanted to retort, but suddenly the car hit someone, shocking him out of his wits.

He hung up and rushed out to check, only to see that he’d hit a girl riding an electric bike.

Seeing the girl struggling to get up and not even crying out in pain, Miles charged over, "Hey, are you okay?"

He helped up both the bike and Kiana, and the moment he looked up to see the girl with the pink helmet, a tingling sensation shot all over his body; his heart thudded uncontrollably.

This...

Was it possible for a girl to be this impossibly cute?

The girl’s eyes, nose, lips, face—every feature was exactly his type.

Kiana noticed the guy looking dopey, glanced at her watch, then hopped back on her bike.

Only then did Miles snap back to reality. He grabbed her arm, "Sorry, I didn’t mean to hit you. Are you hurt anywhere? Do you need me to take you to the hospital?"

Beeeep, beeeep...

The cars behind were getting impatient, and the horns sounded nonstop.

Kiana saw the long line of waiting cars, shook her head, brushed off Miles, started her bike, and took off.

Miles stared lovestruck in the direction Kiana left, a silly grin creeping onto his lips.

This girl... she wasn’t swayed by his luxury ride or his devastating good looks.

No wonder she was his love at first sight!

He got back in his car at the urging of the horns, started the engine, and immediately called Quinn Sinclair again.

"Quinn, I don’t care how you do it, hurry up and clear my name about ’pursuing that random Evercrest Group employee’—don’t get in the way of my true love!!!"

After slamming the phone down in anger, Miles grew both excited and anxious. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

Then he got frustrated—he didn’t even get the cute girl’s number or know who she was.

Varden is such a big city, isn’t finding her like finding a needle in a haystack?

Hmph, doesn’t matter, I HAVE to find her!

Kiana rushed to work and clocked in just in time.

Evan Shepherd had arrived early. The two quickly confirmed the proposal and handed it to their manager.

Afterwards, Kiana tweaked the illustration and sent it off to the editor.

Amy Manning saw Kiana’s drawing and gasped excitedly, "Wow, Kiana, I never knew you could draw! And so well too!"

Kiana, worried someone would find out she was working on side gigs at the office, put her finger to her lips and shot Amy a look.

"Don’t worry. As long as work doesn’t slip, no one will care."

Kiana finally let out a sigh of relief. It was just that last night, both her computer and tablet froze, so she had no choice but to bring them to the office to turn in her draft.

"Hey Kiana, is your WeChat profile pic something you drew yourself?"

Kiana nodded. Her avatar was a cute design—a red heart on a blue background, with two little figures holding hands inside the heart.

"Can you draw one for me?"

That was no problem for Kiana, so she nodded, "Sure, what do you want?"

"Um... I want a chibi version of myself, can you do that?"

Kiana quickly finished and sent it to Amy Manning.

Before long, a bunch of people added Kiana on WeChat, all making requests for profile pics.

Kiana was puzzled, but as she added them one by one, she found out Amy had sent them her way for custom avatars.

Amy was a total gossip and knew lots of people at Evercrest Group. She spread the word that Kiana was making custom avatars, and that you could make requests—fifty bucks a pop.

After Evan Shepherd heard, he also started recommending Kiana’s work.

Using her lunch break and off-hours, Kiana made five thousand yuan just drawing avatars.

To thank Amy and Evan, Kiana decided to treat them to a meal.

The elevator opened. The three of them chatted happily as they walked out—when suddenly they ran into Ethan Sinclair, who looked anything but pleased...