Stacey was a tall woman. She was around 175 cm while Roland was 180 and then became 185 cm after he consumed the Physique Enhancement Potion earlier.
Looking at her face, Roland could not deny that she was indeed a beautiful woman. Anna was also beautiful, but she could not compare to Stacey's beauty at all. Due to his mind being occupied by a lot of things earlier, he did not observe her appearance clearly, just took everything normally.
Stacey has a gentle face and smile. She was wearing light makeup that further enhanced her facial features perfectly. Roland had already seen her smiling face earlier, but it was only at this moment that he managed to appreciate her smile more closely.
Her grayish hair was tied in a bun while she was wearing a standard suit that acted as her uniform.
"Is there something wrong with my face?" Stacey panicked a little after feeling that Roland has been looking at her face since a while ago. A blush appeared on her face, thinking that an ice cream might have stuck on her mouth without her knowing.
Hearing that, Roland retracted his gaze with a smile.
"Nothing," he said as he continued to eat the ice cream that had already started to melt.
Hearing that, Stacey became confused. Her blush grew deeper as her mind started to wander around aimlessly.
After a short while, Roland and Stacey have already finished eating their ice cream.
"Are you really sure that you'll be okay?" Roland asked once again.
Stacey rolled her eyes at him. "I told you many times already that I'll be alright. And besides, my shift has already finished an hour ago. And even if they decide to fire me, it also won't matter as I'm confident in my ability to look for a new job right away."
"Well, if you say so," Roland replied with a shrugged.
It was already getting late in the night. Roland enjoyed his time with Stacey a lot. It allowed him to momentarily forget a lot of things. He looked down below and noticed a lot of handbags lined up beside his feet. These were their 'reward' for strolling the mall for a few hours.
Fortunately, with Roland's recent physique enhancement, he did not encounter any trouble while bringing all of them along while shopping. In fact, he did not feel tired at all.
"Besides… This is the first time that I managed to relax myself ever since I started working here," Stacey said with a satisfied smile.
Earlier, Stacey had mentioned that she had graduated from college a year ago and immediately started working here right after. She said that due to her being the top of her class, the store owner gladly accepted her as the new manager.
Since then, she worked hard for the store with only a few hours of rest. And because she enjoyed the job a lot and due to her having a high salary, she endured the hardship and continued to work as the manager until.
Now, if the store wanted to fire her due to this one incident, then there was nothing she could do about it anymore. She would gladly accept it and apply for a different job. However, she doubts if the store would really fire her. After all, she was still in the mall premises, and she was dealing with a customer, so it was not actually considered slacking off.
When Roland heard her story, he was amazed by her capabilities. Roland was just in the first year of college. And although he was also smart, he did not dare to claim that he would be able to clench first place after four years of stressful college life.
However, Stacey managed to do it and not only that, but she also even became a manager right after she graduated.
To be able to have a stable and high paying job after graduation, wasn't this the dream of a lot of students?
Stacey managed to do it. Roland could not help but envy her talent.
Of course, he only felt envy but did not feel the need to idolize her. After all, with the System, what kind of thing could he not accomplish in the future?
"Well, I enjoyed our time together too…" Stacey added shyly. The hidden meaning behind her words was obvious.
Roland smiled after hearing that, however, Anna's figure suddenly appeared on his mind.
He shook his head to get rid of these thoughts. He knew that it wouldn't be easy moving on.
He also shared the matter regarding Anna to Stacey earlier. Although he did not reveal much for obvious reasons, Stacey agreed to him that what Anna did was indeed wrong.
In fact, Stacey was fuming in anger when she heard that Anna cheated just because of materialistic things. She said that she was a disgrace to all women out there.
Roland laughed wholeheartedly seeing her getting worked up for him.
Unfortunately, good times must end. It was already getting late; it was now time to go home.
Being a gentleman, Roland offered to escort her home. However, he was suddenly embarrassed right after when Stacey mentioned she has her own car and that her apartment was just near the mall.
In the end, Roland did not insist anymore. She has her own car while what he was offering was just to use public transport to go home. He felt embarrassed about his offering.
In the end, after knowing that Roland does not have his own car, Stacey offered to give him a ride. Roland rejected it at first, but Stacey insisted that she must bring him home especially because he was carrying a lot of items.
"I'm part of the reason why you bought such a lot of items in the first place. And besides, count this as repayment for letting go of my employee earlier. Although she was rude, I know that she can still change for the better."
Hearing that, Roland could only shake his head with a smile. Since Stacey insisted, then it would be a sin to decline her offer, right?
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