Hearing that, Luke hastily explained, “Joey, I’m not drunk. I have a good tolerance for
alcohol so you can rest assured.” “I’m not reassured,” Ethan said in a deep voice. He
then took Josephine’s hand. “I’ll take you home.”
“Uh! Well…” Josephine was momentarily stunned, but Ethan had already pulled her to
the passenger seat of his car. “Joey, I can take you home. I really can. Get in my car,”
Luke said in a hurry.
“Luke, you should rest and sober up before driving again. Drinking and driving is no
joke. I’ll let Mr. Quarles took me home first,” Josephine suggested and then got into
Ethan’s car. Luke was extremely remorseful and regretted drinking that bottle of beer.
With that, Ethan also got into the car, and the black SUV drove away. Josephine saw
Ethan press on the navigation system a few times with his fingers, and a clear route
was mapped out. She thought this was where he was heading to.
“Mr. Quarles, please turn left up ahead.” She pointed to the road. However, Ethan
ignored her and continued driving straight ahead. Josephine’s hand was awkwardly
suspended in mid-air, which she withdrew sheepishly shortly after. “Mr. Quarles, you
took the wrong way.”
“No, I don’t want to take you home yet.” Ethan looked at her. “Where are you taking
me if you’re not taking me home?” Josephine was stunned. “For a drive, and then
later, we get dinner together.” Ethan turned Luke’s arrangement into his own.
Josephine’s face turned red. She had just refused Luke, so how could she still agree
to Ethan’s request? Wouldn’t it make her appear fickle?
“I have to go home to get some work done, so you should just give me a ride home,”
Josephine said. Hearing that, Ethan turned his head and glanced at her before
chuckling, “Do you think I can’t tell that you made the excuse up to reject him?”
Realizing that Ethan had seen right through her and even called her out for it, she was
so embarrassed that her face turned red. “Mr. Quarles, are you that confident that I’d
go for a ride with you?” Josephine replied sarcastically..
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