Love My Friends with Benefits novel Chapter 36

Halfway through Austin's sentence, I heard someone snort.

It sounded familiar.

When I turned and saw the person standing next to me, I almost choked on my steak.

Leonard stood there, looking at Austin coolly. "Tom and Jerry? How childish."

Who was the childish one here?

I lost my appetite and pushed my steak around with my fork.

Austin smiled indifferently. "We meet again."

Leonard glared at him. "I don't remember you."

Austin reminded him, "Last night."

With Austin's reminder, Leonard seemed to remember something and his eyes flashed coldly. "It's you."

Austin nodded with a smile.

May had long since been pissed off with Leonard. She sipped at her juice and snorted coolly. Using a volume that was just loud enough for Leonard to hear, she complained, "How can some people be so obtuse? They know that they're not welcome, yet they're still shameless enough to show their face..."

"May, stop." I tugged at her sleeve.

Leonard was a capricious and powerful man. May would be in trouble if she were to get on his bad side.

May looked at me angrily. "Queena!"

Leonard turned to look at May sharply. "The last time we saw each other, you were a pregnant woman that I'd kicked to the curb. Did you get rid of the baby in just a few days?"

...

May couldn't think of a retort and turned away angrily.

"That's enough." I didn't want to waste time with him, so I picked my bag up to leave.

Leonard held out an arm and blocked my way.

I glared at him. "Excuse me."

He put his arm down and took a step back.

I walked past him. As our shoulders brushed past each other, he said in a low voice, "Queena, don't forget about our deal."

I stopped, feeling a little suffocated.

Suddenly, I saw a white figure flash past through the restaurant's windows. For some reason, it looked rather familiar.

Before I could think about who it was, Austin put his cutlery down and stood up. "Miss. Jones, I'll leave with you."

He'd put his cutlery down in such a way that the servers would clear his plate.

"No, there's no need." I turned to smile at him. "I'm just going to go home to get some rest."

"I'll drop you off." Austin was insistent.

I shook my head. "There's really no need."

After all, Leonard was still here. I could already see the hurricane that would be waiting for me that night if Austin were to send me home.

I was exhausted.

Austin didn't press the matter anymore and sat back down.

I walked to the heavy, wooden door and pushed it open to see Phoebe standing there.

"It's you?" I said in surprise, feeling a little mad.

...

Leonard was hanging out with his ex-fiancée, wasn't he? What right did he have to stop me from going out with other people?

It was obvious that Phoebe had put some thought into her outfit. She had a white, long-sleeved dress on, and she'd accentuated the outfit with some pearls. She'd straightened her curls out, making herself look even more innocent than before.

Her expression was a little awkward when she saw me. She quickly forced out a rigid smile and said, "You're here as well?"

"Can't I be?" I sneered.

I didn't want to waste time with this two-faced b*tch and turned to leave.

Phoebe patted her chest and heaved a sigh of relief.