Chapter 49 It’s All My Fault
After that small but significant incident, the anniversary celebration continued as planned. I remained seated in the corner, fearful that the engagement ring might fall off. Despite my efforts to keep to myself, people occasionally approached to chat. As Mrs. Harmon, I had to put on a welcoming smile.
Not wanting to engage with too many strangers, I eventually slipped into the restroom. To my surprise, I bumped into fill, who was heavily intoxicated.
Coincidentally ill had attended the same school as us and seemed to have been at odds with me since our freshman year. It wasn’t until later that a roommate mentioned she also liked Max Reid, but I had gotten to him first
M the time, my pursuit of Max was the talk of the campus. Jill, being proud, didn’t want to keep pursuing him and instead started picking on me. I intended to ignore her, but she grabbed my ann
“Eva, why are you running away? Are you feeling guilty?” she slurred
“Jill, you’ve had too much to drink,” I replied while trying to pull away, but realized I was too weak to even fend off Jill.
She held on tight, her eyes full of disdain. “Why are you pretending? You broke up with him and found yourself a rich guy. Why come back? Gold–digger, schemer, villain! You never loved him. Why not stay with your rich boyfriend in Manovia.? Whycling to Leonard?”
She was indeed drunk. She’d never say these things sober. I almost considered recording her, thinking I might be able to blackmail her later. As I was lost in these absurd thoughts, Zack came to my rescue.
“Ms. Pope, you’ve had too much to drink. Let me get someone to help you to the lounge,” he said, gently pulling her away.
Till looked at her hand in confusion, then leaned closer to examine him before pushing him away.
“Zack, are you crazy? Don’t you know she followed a rich guy to Manova? Why are you all into this fake girl? She’s a fraud!”
“Oh, that’s right. You left for Manovia a year earber. You must not know.”
“I tell y
you ”
Zack ignored her and summoned a server to escort her to the lounge 1 smiled slowardly. “I’m sorry. 5
His gaze bore into me, and I swallowed, unsure of how to respond. Everyone thought I went abroad for a curious life, but only a few close friends knew it was a matter of life and death. Just as I was feeling comered, Lily walked over and gasped.
Zack instinctively let go, and I awkwardly rubbed my wrist. Lily, now in a different dress and holding two large bags, looked furious. “If you don’t want to divorce Leonard, you shouldn’t be clinging to other mIEM,”
I turned to wash my hands, flicked the water off them as Lily stepped back. She took a deep breath and looked at the bags in her hands. “Eva, since Leonard won’t divorce you, and you act so loving in public, I’m retuming everything he gave me.”
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Beautiful novel and I hope Eva and Jack get together and they have a kid too. Jack loves her a lot...