She was wondering, could it be?
Dare not think, and she didn’t know how to think. But he had gone, and she didn't know where he had gone to. The guy who asked her to marry him was simply talking about it carelessly!
Suddenly she laughed, "Lilah, let's not talk about this bad thing, okay? Where are we going to eat tonight?"
Esther went to dinner with Lilah almost every day after work this week.
"I can't be with you tonight. My husband is back from a business trip, I’ve to go back to stay with him tonight! Sorry, Esther. I’ll accompany you on another day!" Lilah apologetically patted Esther's face. "I'll go first, and you can finish the job and go back early.
"Okay! Have a good time!" Esther blinked and watched Lilah leaving in a hurry. She shrugged her shoulders and stopped smiling.
"So boring!"
"You can talk to me if you're bored!" A man's voice suddenly rang out and startled Esther. Then, she stood up and casually greeted him from a distance.
In this week, she had asked around and found out that Ethel was Hudson’s illegitimate half-brother who followed his mother's surname. He was a well-known playboy. So, she always kept in mind to stay away from this man.
"Ethel, it's time to get off work!" Esther greeted politely. "I'll go first!"
Ethel was stunned. In this week, he was fishing for her information about the things between her and Hudson, also her and Elijah, but what he was curious about the most was the relationship between Elijah and Esther.
But she didn’t say anything about it, and it had made him even more curious.
Esther thought Ethel came to work every day in this week, and no one could be as nosy as him.
But she just didn’t say it, carrying her bag to go outside, she said in her mind, ‘You deserve to endure my silence, you damn idiot!’
Thinking of Ethel's annoying look, Esther showed a wry smile. These days they were too boring, she hadn’t cracked a joke for a long time.
Then she thought of Lilah's comment about studying in college, but she hadn't raised any money this week. She needed five million in less than three weeks; how could she get the money? She couldn't help but get depressed again.
Casino, did she have to go to the casino? Elijah said not to go to the casino in G City because there were all cheaters.
After Esther left, Ethel also followed out and walked to her when he saw her leaving.
After catching up with her, he saw her sad face with a little desperation on it, and this shocked Ethel. Was this an expression that such a young girl should have?
"What's wrong?" After Ethel was stunned for a moment, he asked curiously and expressed his concern.
As soon as she saw Ethel following her, Esther immediately hid her sadness, raised her eyebrows, and rolled her eyes at him, "Ethel, it's not office hour!"
"I have a watch!" Ethel stretched out his wrist to show her the watch on his wrist. "I know it’s not office hour!"
"Then I can stop being polite to you, right?" Esther didn't have a good temper to speak with him. "Ethel, I don't have time to talk with you, I'm going to have my dinner!"
"Why is this girl so ungrateful? I’m caring for you. You just looked like you’re dying just now. What's wrong, are you missing Elijah?" Ethel continued asking.
"Miss him? Pooh!" Esther coldly snorted, "I don't have time to talk nonsense with you, I'm very hungry!"
"I’ll treat you!" He spoke, with an ulterior motive.
She wanted to leave, but suddenly she stopped, looking at him provocatively. "You'll pay the bill?"
Did it mean she can eat whatever she wanted?
"Yes, I’ll pay!" Ethel nodded manly, as if reading her mind and asked, "Are you dying for a big meal? Do you want to make me poor with just one dinner?"
Esther was stunned, it was boring to be read by him, "Are you paying or not?"
"Of course. Where do you want to go to eat?" Ethel raised his eyebrows and smiled happily, but he was running like an old fox.
Esther stunned and thought in her heart, got some admiration for Ethel—he looked really cheerful as an illegitimate son. He was unlike those children from a single-parent family who got some psychological problems.
"Little girl, what are you looking at? Is it my handsome face that made you start to love me?" Ethel teased.
"Nuts! I’m crazy if I have an affection on you, a pervert!" Esther lifted her chin high and walked towards the elevator.
"Then what did you think just now?"
"You really want to hear it?" Esther raised her eyebrows and looked at him.
"Yes!"
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the writing is quite childish, but maybe it's just the translations...