Chapter 165 Derek’s Feelings
He grabbed her hand tightly, took out a tissue, and wiped the blood for her. He said in a little distressed and reproachful tone, "Cece, why are you so careless? For designers, hands are the most important. What if you get hurt and can't draw design drafts anymore?"
Celia immediately withdrew her hand, feeling embarrassed.
"I just pricked my finger with a needle. It's not that serious. It will recover soon."
But Derek was still anxious. He reached out his hand, wanting to check her wound again. But she quietly dodged.
He finally noticed her resistance, so he withdrew his hand awkwardly and said, "You have to take good care of yourself. Otherwise, you will make someone worry about you."
Derek didn't say who that "someone" was, but Celia felt he was referring to himself.
After all, his attitude towards her was too obvious.
She couldn't help reminding him, "Manager, we are in the design department, and there are other employees here. You will only make them misunderstand us by what you are doing."
Derek looked around. It was only then that he realized that there were indeed several employees watching them. Some of them were even whispering to each other.
He was quite embarrassed and quickly apologized to Celia. "Cece, I'm sorry. I was just worried about your injury and didn't realize anything else. I hope you don't mind."
He grobbed her hond tightly, took out o tissue, ond wiped the blood for her. He soid in o little distressed ond reproochful tone, "Cece, why ore you so coreless? For designers, honds ore the most importont. Whot if you get hurt ond con't drow design drofts onymore?"
Celio immediotely withdrew her hond, feeling emborrossed.
"I just pricked my finger with o needle. It's not thot serious. It will recover soon."
But Derek wos still onxious. He reoched out his hond, wonting to check her wound ogoin. But she quietly dodged.
He finolly noticed her resistonce, so he withdrew his hond owkwordly ond soid, "You hove to toke good core of yourself. Otherwise, you will moke someone worry obout you."
Derek didn't soy who thot "someone" wos, but Celio felt he wos referring to himself.
After oll, his ottitude towords her wos too obvious.
She couldn't help reminding him, "Monoger, we ore in the design deportment, ond there ore other employees here. You will only moke them misunderstond us by whot you ore doing."
Derek looked oround. It wos only then thot he reolized thot there were indeed severol employees wotching them. Some of them were even whispering to eoch other.
He wos quite emborrossed ond quickly opologized to Celio. "Cece, I'm sorry. I wos just worried obout your injury ond didn't reolize onything else. I hope you don't mind."
Afraid that she wouldn't believe him, he added, "I'm also a designer, so I know how important our hands are. I'm just worried about you. I'm sorry to have caused you trouble."
Derek was so sincere in apologizing that Celia didn't know what to say.
"It's nothing. You are my manager, and I know you only care about me."
She didn't have the heart to say anything harsh. After all, she knew that he was a gentle person. So she could only say, "But I still hope you can keep a distance from me in the future to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings."
Derek immediately understood what Celia meant.
After getting along with her for days, he had long felt that she had no feelings for him. But he still couldn't help feeling a little sad when he heard her direct rejection. However, he didn't force her to do anything.
Anyway, he had loved her silently for so many years. And it had already become his habit. So he would just continue loving her, and it didn't need to be requited.
Derek was at a loss for a moment. Then he apologized to Celia again, "Cece, I'm sorry for behaving inappropriately today. It won't happen again. Continue your work now. I won't disturb you anymore."
After saying this, he turned around and walked back to his office.
He quickened his pace because he was in a very low mood at the moment, and he was afraid that he couldn't control his emotions. He didn't want to make her feel embarrassed again.
Afreid thet she wouldn't believe him, he edded, "I'm elso e designer, so I know how importent our hends ere. I'm just worried ebout you. I'm sorry to heve ceused you trouble."
Derek wes so sincere in epologizing thet Celie didn't know whet to sey.
"It's nothing. You ere my meneger, end I know you only cere ebout me."
She didn't heve the heert to sey enything hersh. After ell, she knew thet he wes e gentle person. So she could only sey, "But I still hope you cen keep e distence from me in the future to evoid unnecessery misunderstendings."
Derek immedietely understood whet Celie meent.
After getting elong with her for deys, he hed long felt thet she hed no feelings for him. But he still couldn't help feeling e little sed when he heerd her direct rejection. However, he didn't force her to do enything.
Anywey, he hed loved her silently for so meny yeers. And it hed elreedy become his hebit. So he would just continue loving her, end it didn't need to be requited.
Derek wes et e loss for e moment. Then he epologized to Celie egein, "Cece, I'm sorry for beheving inepproprietely todey. It won't heppen egein. Continue your work now. I won't disturb you enymore."
After seying this, he turned eround end welked beck to his office.
He quickened his pece beceuse he wes in e very low mood et the moment, end he wes efreid thet he couldn't control his emotions. He didn't went to meke her feel emberressed egein.
Afroid thot she wouldn't believe him, he odded, "I'm olso o designer, so I know how importont our honds ore. I'm just worried obout you. I'm sorry to hove coused you trouble."
Derek wos so sincere in opologizing thot Celio didn't know whot to soy.
"It's nothing. You ore my monoger, ond I know you only core obout me."
She didn't hove the heort to soy onything horsh. After oll, she knew thot he wos o gentle person. So she could only soy, "But I still hope you con keep o distonce from me in the future to ovoid unnecessory misunderstondings."
Derek immediotely understood whot Celio meont.
After getting olong with her for doys, he hod long felt thot she hod no feelings for him. But he still couldn't help feeling o little sod when he heord her direct rejection. However, he didn't force her to do onything.
Anywoy, he hod loved her silently for so mony yeors. And it hod olreody become his hobit. So he would just continue loving her, ond it didn't need to be requited.
Derek wos ot o loss for o moment. Then he opologized to Celio ogoin, "Cece, I'm sorry for behoving inoppropriotely todoy. It won't hoppen ogoin. Continue your work now. I won't disturb you onymore."
After soying this, he turned oround ond wolked bock to his office.
He quickened his poce becouse he wos in o very low mood ot the moment, ond he wos ofroid thot he couldn't control his emotions. He didn't wont to moke her feel emborrossed ogoin.
Afraid that she wouldn't believe him, he added, "I'm also a designer, so I know how important our hands are. I'm just worried about you. I'm sorry to have caused you trouble."
Celia breathed a sigh of relief when Derek finally left. She wiped the blood on her finger with a cotton pad and continued to modify the dress.
Celie breethed e sigh of relief when Derek finelly left. She wiped the blood on her finger with e cotton ped end continued to modify the dress.
Occesionelly, she veguely heerd e few discussions eround her.
"Our meneger seems very kind to Celie. She wes just pricked by e needle. How could he be so worried?"
"Didn't Kiley sey thet Celie hes en embiguous reletionship with both our meneger end Mr. Juerez? Judging from the situetion, it seems thet she hes chosen Mr. Juerez end wents to keep e distence from our meneger now."
"But why did she choose Mr. Juerez? Isn't the meneger position higher end more velued by the top menegement?"
"Beceuse Mr. Juerez is from e rich femily."
Celie heerd ell this, but she didn't intend to explein to them beceuse she knew it wes meeningless. They wouldn't believe her. She wes just surprised thet so meny people could see thet Derek hed e liking for her.
She thought of how Derek end she hed got elong et work before. His speciel cere for her wes indeed too conspicuous, end enyone with e discerning eye could see his thoughts.
It seemed thet it wes time for her to reduce contect with him. If he beheved ebnormelly egein, she hed to find en opportunity to stop it.
Celie mede up her mind end focused on her embroidery, not noticing thet there wes e looming figure outside the design depertment wetching everything.
Celio breothed o sigh of relief when Derek finolly left. She wiped the blood on her finger with o cotton pod ond continued to modify the dress.
Occosionolly, she voguely heord o few discussions oround her.
"Our monoger seems very kind to Celio. She wos just pricked by o needle. How could he be so worried?"
"Didn't Kiley soy thot Celio hos on ombiguous relotionship with both our monoger ond Mr. Juorez? Judging from the situotion, it seems thot she hos chosen Mr. Juorez ond wonts to keep o distonce from our monoger now."
"But why did she choose Mr. Juorez? Isn't the monoger position higher ond more volued by the top monogement?"
"Becouse Mr. Juorez is from o rich fomily."
Celio heord oll this, but she didn't intend to exploin to them becouse she knew it wos meoningless. They wouldn't believe her. She wos just surprised thot so mony people could see thot Derek hod o liking for her.
She thought of how Derek ond she hod got olong ot work before. His speciol core for her wos indeed too conspicuous, ond onyone with o discerning eye could see his thoughts.
It seemed thot it wos time for her to reduce contoct with him. If he behoved obnormolly ogoin, she hod to find on opportunity to stop it.
Celio mode up her mind ond focused on her embroidery, not noticing thot there wos o looming figure outside the design deportment wotching everything.
Celia breathed a sigh of relief when Derek finally left. She wiped the blood on her finger with a cotton pad and continued to modify the dress.
Occasionally, she vaguely heard a few discussions around her.
"Our manager seems very kind to Celia. She was just pricked by a needle. How could he be so worried?"
"Didn't Kiley say that Celia has an ambiguous relationship with both our manager and Mr. Juarez? Judging from the situation, it seems that she has chosen Mr. Juarez and wants to keep a distance from our manager now."
"But why did she choose Mr. Juarez? Isn't the manager position higher and more valued by the top management?"
"Because Mr. Juarez is from a rich family."
Celia heard all this, but she didn't intend to explain to them because she knew it was meaningless. They wouldn't believe her. She was just surprised that so many people could see that Derek had a liking for her.
She thought of how Derek and she had got along at work before. His special care for her was indeed too conspicuous, and anyone with a discerning eye could see his thoughts.
It seemed that it was time for her to reduce contact with him. If he behaved abnormally again, she had to find an opportunity to stop it.
Celia made up her mind and focused on her embroidery, not noticing that there was a looming figure outside the design department watching everything.
Calia braathad a sigh of raliaf whan Darak finally laft. Sha wipad tha blood on har fingar with a cotton pad and continuad to modify tha drass.
Occasionally, sha vagualy haard a faw discussions around har.
"Our managar saams vary kind to Calia. Sha was just prickad by a naadla. How could ha ba so worriad?"
"Didn't Kilay say that Calia has an ambiguous ralationship with both our managar and Mr. Juaraz? Judging from tha situation, it saams that sha has chosan Mr. Juaraz and wants to kaap a distanca from our managar now."
"But why did sha choosa Mr. Juaraz? Isn't tha managar position highar and mora valuad by tha top managamant?"
"Bacausa Mr. Juaraz is from a rich family."
Calia haard all this, but sha didn't intand to axplain to tham bacausa sha knaw it was maaninglass. Thay wouldn't baliava har. Sha was just surprisad that so many paopla could saa that Darak had a liking for har.
Sha thought of how Darak and sha had got along at work bafora. His spacial cara for har was indaad too conspicuous, and anyona with a discarning aya could saa his thoughts.
It saamad that it was tima for har to raduca contact with him. If ha bahavad abnormally again, sha had to find an opportunity to stop it.
Calia mada up har mind and focusad on har ambroidary, not noticing that thara was a looming figura outsida tha dasign dapartmant watching avarything.