However, being around these people made Elsa feel bad about herself. Comparing herself to the others, she felt like a mediocre person.
"Elsa, what are you thinking about?" asked Evelyn, as though she had sensed Elsa's troubles. "I think you are awesome. Charlie loves me because I'm his sister. But you, you are his first love and no one could be compared to you. My brother has never been in love with another person before. That makes you very special. Only you can make his heart skip a beat like how it is doing right now. You should be more confident, honey," she added, giving Elsa a roguish wink.
Elsa shrugged her shoulders, not knowing how to respond to Evelyn's words.
Perhaps she wanted to say that she knew very little about romance, let alone had power over Charlie's heart. Somehow, she had become Charlie's girlfriend even though Charlie had never told her how he felt about her.
The villa was fuller than before. The chefs of the villa cooked many delicious dishes for the guests. Since Evelyn's taste in food ranged from different cuisines, her parents had hired a cordon bleu chef for her. Although Evelyn lived in campus, she could eat whatever her heart desired when she went back home.
The voices of hearty laughter and joyful conversations echoed through the halls of the villa. When Bess joined them an hour later, she was greeted with rapturous applause and a glass of wine. After some time, the players divided into two groups: male and female. Elsa assumed that the girls would most likely be talking about fashion, designer clothes or bags, but to her surprise, the most common topic of conversation between them were the latest gossips about which player was in love or which player had the most secret admirers. Eventually, Elsa became the subject of the gossip. As soon as she realized it, she tried to change the subject.
"Well, it's not always rainbows and butterflies between Charlie and I. We've had our share of difficult times," Elsa explained. She then turned to Evelyn and asked, "Evelyn, what happened between you and Ezra? It seemed like he had done something to make you feel uncomfortable."
Bess looked at Evelyn as she heard Elsa's words and snickered, "You've hit the spot, Elsa. You're right. Indeed, a very unpleasant thing has happened between them. One day, Evelyn sat there and ate nothing. She spent a lot of time thinking why he..."
"Bess, shut up!" Evelyn interrupted her.
"Okay, okay. You're the boss," Bess replied. She had to cover her mouth to stop herself from laughing. But other girls listened with deep interest.
They wanted to hear more!
"Little Bun, that's very observant of you, but I'm sure it's just a misunderstanding between me and Evelyn," Ezra replied as he drank some water. His face looked a little tired.
Charlie's gaze was tender when it landed on Elsa. His eyes came back to Ezra when he heard his words. "So things got rough down there, hmm?" he asked.
Ezra knew that Charlie was asking him about the incident that had happened at the Dragon Empire Group yesterday. He shrugged his shoulders and said, "I have dealt with a lot of stuff like that before. I once thought it would never happen in the Dragon Empire Group, but I was wrong."
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