Chapter 49
Sebastian’s Adam’s apple moved slighth, but his tone temained indifferent “What do you want?
“soroke was badhtul as she said, “Can I yell at you do a ba?
She hated “I’m on a business trip, and 1 ian into a man who sounds just like you but is incredibly annoying. I didn’t dare to curse him out, so I need you as a stand–in.”
He realized she was talking about him
He wore a black overcoat, one hand clutching his phone to his eat and the other dangling by his side with a cigarelle between his fingers. His long knuckles east shifting shadows against the dim ember of the cigarette, flickering just the his unreadable gaze
“This would be the first time you’ve usedime as a stand–in”
( was simply joking because she would never take! her frustration out on him. But bis words caught her off guard.
“When did teve use you as a stand–in? A stand–in for who?
Eleanor had lived two litetimes and had never met a man mone handsome than him.
Bebastian wasn’t a habitual smoker. He had hit this cigarette merely to ease the heaviness that had been weighing on his chest for the last two days. After taking a drag, he let it burn out on
He ticked the wash away and asked, “Do you regret not marrying Maurice back then? If I gave you a chance to correct that mistake, would you take it?”
Eleanor was puzzled. She wondered if he was trying to push her to Maurice. She immediately dropped her playful tone. “Sebastian, are you telling me to marry Maurice?”
There was a long silence on the other end of the call before Sebastian’s tone turned sharp: “You wouldn’t slice.
Tou were the one who asked me to correct my mistake first!”
“Even so, you’re not allowed to agree.”
,she gritted her teeth and lowered
Eleanor was truly furious at how seasouble he was. But she remembered that she was still in the restaurant and didn’t want to cause a scene. Hence, s bez kraine. “Who do you think you are to be so dominering?
mvour husband “he answered calmly,
She had never been one to swallow bet anger or lease things unclear. If they were going to argue, then they might as well augue it out properly
“Husband” Do you even treat me like a wife? What kind of husband doesn’t inform his wife when he goes on a work trip?
“I was the one who contacted you to see how you were doing, and it has been two whole days, yet you have never responded! Now that I’ve finally called you, your first response is to ask me to marry Maurice. You insulted me…”
The longer she spoke, the angrier she became. “Screw it. I’m done wasting my words on you. Don’t bother coming back. We’re done!”
With that, the hung up instantly.
Suddenly, Eleanor thought of Eliza and realized i had been some time since she went to the restroom. She decided to head toward the restroom to check on her.
And that’s when she noticed Elita in the corridor, eyes red–immed, looking completely wronged. Across from her was a woman, “Ms. Eleanor Eliza called
Eleance Instantly understood that there had been some kind of conflict. Without hesitation,
“What happened?”
walked over and pulled Eliza behind her, raising her eyes to meet the arrogant woman’s gaze.
Eliza bit her lips and answered nervously, “I was about to use the restroom when she ran into me? She accused me of not seeing where I was going and dated her clothes. But I wasn’t the one why ran into her! She did in on purpose.”
Eleanor looked at the woman and asked, “Which part is day?”
Zelley was dressed in an elegant wed set and adorned in jewelry from head to toe. It was clear she was an heiresk
When she saw Bleauor, bet rage mounted. “Can’t you see she’s dirty everywhere and covered in grims? The moment she touched me, she turned me filthy!”
canon had always been reasonable with reasonable people. But when faced with the unreasonableness, she had no patience to be polite.
“Did you attend elementary school? tudn’t your teachers teach you that the air weathe contains thousands, if not millions, of microorganisms?
“Your unwashed funds alone are one to millions, even ions of
to hop in and enjoy”
you want to be less, there’s only one place you can go, which is a high–temperature incinerator. Feel free
