Exposing the Charade of Deep Affection (PDF) novel Chapter 189

Chapter 189 Daniel 

Was he… explaining to me? 

Realizing what was happening, I suppressed my somewhat chaotic breathing, calmly uttered an “Oh!” and then pried his hand off, quickly leaving without paying any attention to his calls from behind. 

He didn’t care about Ashley’s fate? Didn’t care about what I would do to Ashley? 

After leaving the hospital, my doubts increased. Five years, did he really have no other feelings for Ashley besides gratitude? 

To be honest, I was a bit unfamiliar with this version of Walter. 

Turning against me and acting like a stranger, it truly left me… surprised. 

Unable to make sense of his messy relationship with Ashley, I shook my head, not wanting to think about it anymore. As long as he didn’t interfere with me, Ashley would have to spend the next five or six years in prison. It was a kind of retribution for the torment I had endured over the years. 

Having resolved the matter, I was in a good mood. I drove back to Blue Silver Bay and arranged to have dinner with Sebastian and his friends in the evening. I needed to go home to change my clothes. 

In the night of River City, the lights were bright and the voices were loud. I drove through the bustling streets, following the address given to me by Sebastian, and found a quiet restaurant. To be precise, it was quiet because it was too high-end and luxurious, so there were fewer people. 

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I had just stopped the car when the parking attendant at the restaurant’s entrance came over. After I told him the number of my private room, he took my car keys to park the car for me. A receptionist, gracefully dressed in a cheongsam, came out to greet me and led me to the private 

room. 

This restaurant exuded an ancient and scholarly atmosphere everywhere, elegant and understated luxury. 

Standing outside the box, the lady in the cheongsam elegantly knocked on the door three times, only to hear a deep voice from inside saying, “Come in.” 

After making a gesture of invitation, the lady in the cheongsam slightly pushed open the door of the private room for me, and then she left. 

Seeing this, I walked in. It was my first time at this place. It’s not that I hadn’t dined at upscale restaurants before, but I just didn’t expect the layout of this restaurant to be so unique. 

Yes, it was special. 

Just upon entering, what caught the eye was not the restaurant and dining tables, but a hollowed-out screen carved with golden threads. The craftsmanship of this screen was exquisite, and it was clearly of great value at first glance. 

Behind the screen, I couldn’t see the arrangement on the other side clearly. I hesitated slightly, then called out, “Sebastian.” Sebastian was a bit younger than me, and I really couldn’t find any other appropriate way to address him. 

There was no response from behind the screen. For a few seconds, I thought I had gone the wrong way and hesitated whether to call Sebastian first. 

After a while, a deep, hoarse male voice came from behind the screen, 

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“Ms. Conner, hello.” 

This voice… it wasn’t Sebastian’s. 

I opened my mouth, responded with a word, “It’s me, are you Sebastian’s friend?” 

“Hmm!” The man’s voice was still somewhat hoarse as he said, “I can’t come out to meet you, please come in and sit down.” 

Hearing this, I was puzzled, but still walked around the screen. On the other side of the screen, there was a delicately styled dining table, not large, just for two. Across the table, someone was already seated, the man who had just spoken. The empty side was obviously prepared for 

I didn’t see Sebastian anywhere, I couldn’t even see the face of the person who was talking to me, because there was still a semi- transparent screen on the table. All I could see was the vague figure of the person opposite me.