I've Been There Before (Grace and Caden) novel Chapter 288

Leon looked at his friend who had returned in a hurry.

“Is there a ghost chasing you?” Leon raised his eyebrows and teased him.

Cayne strode past Leon and walked to the wine cabinet. He pulled open the glass door and picked up a bottle of whisky without a glance at the wines. He rudely opened it and finished most in the bottle in seconds with large gulps.

Leon rushed over and snatched the bottle from Cayne’s hand. “You can’t drink like that!”

Cayne took a deep breath and the smell of the whisky spread through the air.

Seeing that he wasn’t obsessed with wine, Leon put down the whisky and step back. He sat on the coffee-colored leather sofa and said, “Tell me what has happened?”

Cayne stood by the bar, with his arm resting on the counter and the back of his hand holding his forehead. The smell of alcohol pervaded his surroundings. His light-colored eyelashes trembled and he did not answer for a long time.

Leon was a shrewd businessman. Naturally, he found the core of the problem quickly.

“Your secretary said you went to the James Group.” He crossed his legs. “You’ve been rejected by her.”

Cayne at the bar had no intention of speaking at all.

Leon’s eyes lighted up and said, “Did she reject you?”

These ordinary words provoked Cayne. He suddenly raised his head and shouted angrily, “No!”

Leon raised one hand to support his forehead and looked at him with a faint smile.

“Alright ...” Cayne leaned against the bar and said, “You win.”

Leon smiled and knew what had happened.

Very quickly, he heard Leon’s answer.

“But you’re wrong.” Cayne walked weakly towards the chair in front of the bar and his tall figure slid into the chair. “She didn’t reject me, and I didn’t say anything to her.”

Leon’s long and narrow eyes flashed with astonishment. “Then what makes you so unhappy?”

“We were discussing business when Payne barged in.”

“Her brother? The eldest son of the James family?” Leon raised his eyebrows.

“It’s him.” Cayne nodded.

“He should be in the hospital. Payne has been diagnosed with leukemia. Everyone in the business circle knows about it.”

“Yes, he should be in the hospital.” Cayne suddenly chuckled with a trace of mockery. “Nobody is not afraid of death.”

When he finished speaking, the smart people could guess what had happened after hearing this sentence.

And Leon was a smart person.

His thin lips curled dully, and he said lazily, “Oh, I see.”

Just by saying “I see”, he meant that he understood what had happened.

“It’s for the sake of survival, right? He went there to beg his sister to save his life. That’s really enough. Why didn’t he consider that his sister was in poor health? She can’t even live a healthy life herself. How could she donate bone marrow to him?”

Leon was very indignant and mocked, “He went there to beg her now. What did he do back then?”

“Back then?”

Cayne didn’t know much.

“What? Don’t you know? She was in jail.” Leon gave a meaningful look at Cayne’s handsome face.