I was no wonder Evelyn had been acting up lately. Was it just to get Lucas‘ attention?
“What’s wrong?” she asked softly
Lucas turned back, his expression cool and unreadable. His deep eyes showed no trace of emotion when he said, “Nothing”
Tittany let out a small sigh of relief: “Let’s play golf tonight, just us and Jason’s group.”
Lucas nodded faintly. That finally put Tiffany al ease. She didn’t want his attention split–not even a little. Evelyn should stay invisible.
As for the tire of Lucas wife, since he had never publicly arklordedged it, then Evelyn simply wasn’t
Justine, frustrated with how the day turned out, wanted to take Evelyn out for drinks and rack Back in her PR department days, Evelyn had occasionally joined drinking events for work.
taken a hit, she naturally avoided unnece stess whenever possible.
cas poing on with Lucas no longer had much of an impact ont, Italy ughaisant drinking her sorry
- festive ended up making plans with other friends instead on her way home, Evelyn received a call from Sebastian. He casually asked about the exhibition, bur Evelyn brushed over the
Comodimerom. My dad’s of work, strike while the ion’s hot and win him over,” he said.
Evelyn paused. She still had a few challenges with her new project and could use the advice of Graham, so she agreed.
“I’ll pack, vou up. “Sebonan håled
shop in Northwood
ca poet to stop by a famous old pastry shop in Northwood to wait in line for the palmier Graham loved.
When se bastun autred, be got out of the car to open the door for her, and without missing a beat, handed her a warm bag of caramel–roasted chestnuts.
“Your favorite,” he said. “Have some before you starve “
Evelyn‘. Thanks, SebTM
Sebastian tapped her on the head and raised a bow teasingly. “There’s no need for thanks just keep looking at me. Maybe next time, you’ll pick a guy with better tastes.”
Evelyn couldn’t help but laugh. As their car drove oft, someone in the Bentley parked across the street finally rolled down the window.
Tason sat inside, has expression complicated as he watched them disappear. He had just come to buy pasti ies for Fiona and hadn’t expected to see Evelyn and Sebastian on what was clearly a personal outing
be had known her, he had never seen her smile so softly and sincerely – so calm and affectionate.
Could she really be letting go of Lucas? He didn’t think that was likely. Back in the day, both he and Mason had seen the way Evelyn treated Lucas with their own eyes.
Ater heating for a long moment, Jason pulled out his phone and sent Lucas a message. “What’s going on between you and Evelyn lately?”
Unless Lucas was really getting divorced, Jason couldn’t understand why Evelyn would be spending time with another man.
Lucas responded tauh quickly, “What exactly do you mean?”
Bealizing what he had just done, Jason frowned. Why did he care so much? From Lucas reply, it seemed like nothing had changed.
Jason rubbed his brow before rephing. “Nothing I just ran into her by chance.” He didn’t go into detail. Not that it mattered, of course. Lucas didn’t ask anything further. In fact, he didn’t
Jason shook his head. It had been obvious for a while. Apart from their relatively
hvely peaceful fitst year of marriage, Lucas had grown increasingly inhitterent toward Evelyn over the following
That colchess and disregard weee why both he and Mason had started to look down on Evelyn.
it now, Jason coulddy’t help but wonder–if Lucas hadn’t disliked her from the beginning, what changed so drastically?
san’s indecent selfishness on sochething else entively? He didn’t have an answer yet
Evely spent the entire afternoon at Graham’s house. Graham scolded her relentlessly and pointed out all her mistakes with a sharp tongar, but he also shared some insight on new directions for technological innovation, which left her deeply inspired
Other than that, he barely acknowledged her. Still, Evelyn thickened her skin and kept asking questions.
Eventually, Gashami snapped “What are you doing right now? Mooching off me for free? Are you hy student or something? Get out! “That’s enough for today!”
Evelyn (miled at last. She wasn’t afraid of him getting angry. What she teased was being ignoved
After dinnes, Sebastian drove her home. Evelyn was completely drained, but she still forced herself to take her medication.
just as she sat down, her phone rang. It was Lucas.
She nesitated for a moment, then picked up. voice was calm, but their was a distinct cold edge t bolt. “Did you block my number on WhatsApp?”
