Chapter 166 Choundless Jealousy
His eyes shifted, and he caught sight of me in an instant. His eyes, which were initially indifferent, flickered with surprise at seeing me.
I quickly looked away and pertended like I hadn’t noticed anything
“Isn’t that Toowan, the president of Payne Corporation? Your ex–husband Luke asked
He might not care much for his own company, but he sure loved gossip
At that moment, the woman apposite Rowan stormed off angrily. He stood up, pulled out a chain, grabbed a napkin, and wiped the red wine from his face before walking towards
Luke glanced at me, then back at Rowan.
“What are you doing he, Luke? Rowan stopped beside our table and looked at Luke
People in this circle might not be close, but they all knew each other
“I’m on a blind date,” Luke replied politely.
Rowan’s expression turned gloomy as he finally looked at me. “Has the second son of the Satchel family come in such a pass that you have to resort to blind dates?”
“It’s mainly because my Emily is pressuring me.” Lake smiled faintly
“Desperate?“Rowan sneered and gave me another meaningful look.
I owned at his words, Was he being me?
Luke didn’t explain that he wasn’t on a blind date with me, and I remained silent. Hewan was naturally domineering and overbearing Seeing his ex–wife on a date with another min must havebeen hard to swallow.
Rowan’s aura humed en colder when he realized 1 wasn’t responding to him. The atmosphere turned chilly as he turned and left.
Soon, Olivia returned with fresh and glamorous makeup. Het temininity instantly skyrocketed. The moment Luke saw her, his eyes visibly brightened. I sensed the potential chemistry between them, so I quickly made an excuse to lease
I took the elevatorstaight down to the building’s garage As reached my car, Rowan emerged from a shadowy comer
1 quickly opened the car door to get in, but Rowan blacked me. He looked depleased and asked me, “Data” the date go well? Why are you loving so early?”
“Howan, you seem to enjoy meddling in my personal attris. Do you think it’s necessary! I gave up getting to the car and responded calmly.
“Of course. Shouldn’t I can about how my ex–wife is doing?our–cicles are the same, so we can’t avoid meeting. After all, weance shared abed. It’s perfectly normal to ask,” he repled mockingly
“Oh, so you do remember I’m your ex–wife? Then please act like a proper ex–husband, “I retorted
The underground parking lot was dimly lit. Although we were standing close, stil couldn’t see his expression clearly. I could only feel the cold aura from him intensifying.
I didn’t want to prolong this standoff and said, “Alright, stop blocking, and let me get into my car!
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Rowan stood still ikea wall fie showed no intention of ghing uy had to repeat myself. “Mr. Payne, please move aside.”
Of course, my words had no effect. Rowan not only didn’t step aside hor also closed my car done again.
I owned and sad, “Howan, didn’t make myself clear a few days ago?
“Everything is over. We’ve moved on. Why are you still provoking me?”
“Jeans that you have aboyriend. Is It Lake?ted like Rowan didn’tunderstand what I was saying. He started to question me
1 seriously wondered about Rowan’s mental state at this point. Why would say something like that?
Buton was indeed a little troublemaker. She was good at making up stories, especially about friends
where did this boyfriend of mine come from? I wished I could move un so quickly
“You have neither the right nor the position to ask me such questions,” Implied with a distant smile, Just as Twas about to say something more, Rowan pulled me into his arms. His strong arms locked me tightly in his embrace. I smelled a familiar yet distant scent of comingled with a faint fragrance. For a moment, I was dazed
In the next second, regained my senses and tried to push Rowan say.
“Get in the car Someone’s taking a photo of us” Rowan’s deep voice whispered in my ear. “You wouldn’t want to be seen with me, your ex–husband, would you
1 surrendered. But I instinctively wanted to turn around and look at the photographer. Roman gressed my head down immediately and sounded resigned. “Are you trying to make sure they get clear shot of your face?
Twas speechless.
He shielded me close to his chest with one hand and opened the car door with the other. “Get in”
I got in swiftly and hastily put on a cap and sunglasses. 1 then prepared to close the door and the MALT.
Rowan gripped the car door tightly. “Move over, I’ll drive ”
“I can drive myself,” replied coldly.
** you don’t let me drive, you face the consequences. Rowan’s domineering nature hadn’t changed much. He was still adept at threats.
“by tomorrow morning, you’ll see new about us rekindling our old romance in the garage. if your parents see that, you’re done for
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At that moment, I wished I could kill him with state because he was right. My biggest fear was my parents Finding out about this
Now that Ashley had disappeared and everyone knew about her past actions of the media were to report that Rowan realized I was the one for him after the indent, and we got back together, many prople would beli
After a instant, 1 reluctantly moved to the passenger seat. Row got in smoothly.”
We were off
Chapter the Groundless Jealoun
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Aner leading the garage, the route became increasingly familiar. I felt annoyed and asked, “Where are we going? Windwill Estate?”
“Yes,” Rowan replied. “I’ll head back to Windwill Estate first, then you can drive back.”
I turned to look out the window and said nothing more.
When we arrived at Windwill Estate, the villa wasn’t completely dark as I had expected. Instead, it was brightly lit. A maid came out to open the door.
I took a closer look and recognized the maid. She was the one I had hired before. I was surprised that Rowan hadn’t dismissed her.
The maid tactfully left after seeing that Rowan had no intention of getting out.
“Aren’t you getting out?” I couldn’t help but urge
I turned to look at him, and he was staring at me too. The atmosphere in the car grew tense.
“You haven’t answered my question yet. Have you found a new boyfriend? so quickly?
Rowan finally spoke, but his words were filled with groundless jealousy.
“Don’t dwell on that. I’m single now. Whether I have one boyfriend or eighteen, it’s none of your business, okay?”
I was really speechless. However, I didn’t want to tell him the truth after seeing how much he cared about this.
Rowan’s expression turned grim.
Icontinued, “Rowan, Alton City isn’t that big or that small. My parents and tare rooted here. It’s unrealistic for me to move away to avoid you. We’ll inevitably run into each other.
“I just hope we can stay out of each other’s way and take care of ourselves. Besides, weren’t you just on a blind date?
“I’m not interested in those women” Rowan unfastened his seatbelt. He said coldly. “Don’t associate me with anyone.”
“Oh, then I hope you’ll find your true love soon.” Seeing that he was about to get out of the car, I also unfastened my seatbelt and prepared to switch to the driver’s seat,
Rowan got out of the car without a word. His expression was icy. Even his shadow radiated coldness.
It seemed that he didn’t like what I said, but that was my intention. I didn’t want to waste my time on this anymore.
Through the car window, I glanced at the villa that had been my home for five years, I could almost see myself foolishly waiting for my husband’s return. She was the fool who believed time revealed a person’s heart
I couldn’t help but laugh at myself. Then, I drove home without looking back.
I always felt that the nights in Alton City were livelier than the days. As I stared at the red light at an intersection, a memory I shouldn’t be thinking about surfaced in my mind. It made me increasingly restless.
I looked around and hoped the night scenery would distract me.
Suddenly, I saw a familiar figure walking through the crowd. I frowned.
Wasn’t that Linda?
Since Ashley’s disappearance, Linda had also vanished from sight. Why was she still in Alton City?
I stared at the figure until the honking behind me snapped me back to reality. The light had turned green. 1 quickly drove off.
I kept telling myself that it didn’t matter if Ashley or Linda appeared. It was all over.
Despite this, I couldn’t control myself but felt uneasy. It worsened when I thought of the side profile that resembled Ashley in the Lincoln that day, and also the mysterious woman, who stared at me twice.
Back home, I immediately researched all the prominent businesswomen in Alton City. I screened for a female with ‘Einstein‘ as her last name and about fifty years old. Nothing showed up