Chapter 606 Wandering

Zena suddenly became a constant around Ashley, Duncan, and Lena. Every lunch break, Zena would wander around them, waiting for the chance to sit beside Duncan and maybe chat with him.

Despite all her best efforts, Duncan remained oblivious to Zena.

Ashley and Lena however, noticed Zena's desperate attempts for his attention. Not wanting her to ruin their day, they just chose to ignore her completely.

Duncan ate the food on his plate slowly and only looked up at Ashley from time to time.

Ashley had already finished eating. She put down her chopsticks and asked Duncan, "What's wrong? Is there anything you want to tell me? We've been friends for quite some time now. If you have anything to say, just tell me."

Hearing Ashley address him as "a friend" only seemed to make Duncan's heart feel even heavier. He didn't want Ashley as just a friend.

He wanted to be the only one in Ashley's heart.

It just wasn't the right time yet, and Duncan had to be patient.

Duncan smiled at Ashley and said, "Yes, actually, there is something I have to tell you. I'm going back to J City tomorrow. By the way, would you like to go back to J City with me?"

It had been some time since Ashley even heard J City mentioned in the same conversation. Duncan had gotten her attention.

J City?

Duncan could see that Ashley was distracted. He waved his hand in front of her and said, "Ashley, what are you thinking about? You seemed to have spaced out on me."

When Ashley finally came to her senses, she apologized to Duncan, "I'm sorry. I was lost in my thoughts there for a while. So you're going back to J City? That's great. Are you leaving tomorrow?"

Duncan nodded. "Yes. Something happened at home, so I have to go back and deal with it."

Duncan kept staring at Ashley as he spoke, but Ashley hardly noticed. She seemed lost in

ey was stunned and confused. Ashley couldn't believe what was happening, so Ida had to nudge her forward to move.

Ashley soon gathered her wits and went back to her seat. She pulled her drawer and hurriedly took out the designs that they were asking for.

These had been drawn by Ashley when she had had nothing to do. She never expected that she would have to present them like this.

The first one was a wedding dress designed by Ashley. When Ashley handed it to Ida, she couldn't help but take a look at it. It was her own drawing, but Ashley didn't know why she felt something was wrong.

The crowd was whispering. After all, this was not something that happened all the time.

Most designers did not make it a habit to promote their assistants like this. Most assistants were never promoted to being designers themselves.

Not all designers were like this, however. Some of them did promote their assistants and shared their skills and knowledge, if they thought their assistants were worthy.

That was why most designers were recruited from the outside, although some of them were promoted from the inside by their own companies and their own departments.

It always depended on the chief designers' discretion.