Love You, Love Your Dog
? ? Frank and Alice began to work in the same company on January 1st 2012. On April 11th 2015, they got to the same department. Having been workmates for more than 3 years, they were familiar with each other, even though they had never been in the same department before. In Frank' s eyes, Alice was beautiful, cute and kind, so he fell in love with her. However, not that Alice was so interested in Frank. And Frank wanted to conceal his love for her.
? ? On 24th March 2016, Alice talked with her workmates about their addresses. Out of curiosity, Frank asked Alice: " Where do you dwell?" She replied: " I dwell in Room 327 on Victory Road."Frank thought: " I dwell in Room 104 on Main Street, not far from her home." After supper, Frank went to visit Alice' s home. At first, he wondered what her house was like. After finding her house, he saw her and greeted her, saying: " Wow, how beautiful your house is!" She replied: " Thanks for your compliment. Want to come in?"He declined. On leaving her yard, he caught sight of her lovely dog and got impressed by it. Frank loved Alice so much. Naturally, he fell in love with her dog. Just as the idiom goes " Love you,love your dog". The dog fell in love with him as well. It asked him to take it for a walk. He delightedly walked it along the street without Alice' s permission. At first, she didn' t show any sign of anger to him. But actually, she knew the fact and she just concealed her annoyance. Frank always thought that it was OK as long as she didn' t show any sign of anger. Frank often went to her house and took her dog for a walk on vacation when Alice was not home. He even regarded it an important way to convey his love for her, to nobody else but himself. He reveled in visiting the park and the city museum with her dog. People all thought that it was his own dog, as he never told anyone the fact.
? ? On October 15th 2016, Alice revealed her irritation saying to Bob: " Stop walking my dog! Or I' ll sell it."Only after that did Frank know that he had offended her. The next day, their dispute was still going on. He still wanted to walk her dog, but he didn' t want to offend her anymore. So he had to try his best to reconcile with her. He said: " Your dog has fallen in love with me. It enjoys spending time with me. If I leave it, it will certainly miss me and fall ill."Alice shouted: " But I don' t want you to stay with it anymore.I' m its owner. It' s I that have the right to dominate all the matter! If you want to walk it, you have to pay money. Walking my dog for one hour costs you ten yuan. If you still walk it without paying money, I' ll sell it!" Upset and depressed, Frank was not in the mood to work, so he just pretended to be sleeping at work. After supper, he went to her house again. He took a photo of her dog, lest he should never see it again.
? ? On October 17th 2016, Frank showed the photos he had taken to Alice, saying: " How much your dog loves me! It greeted me with open arms. If it leaves me, it will feel sad and sick."After this, their dispute melted. She allowed him to walk her dog whenever he wanted.
? ? On January 1st 2017, Alice was assigned to another department. At first, Frank looked for her around his company, but in vain. In fact, she had found a new job in another company. She had said to him: " I might find a new job next year, because our present boss is a little too strict."