Seduced by My Childhood Sweetheart’s Brother novel Chapter 700

"Zara, I'm leading a team in a competition and we're on the way to Denville. I heard that it's quite pretty there. How about a spontaneous trip?"

She seemed to be waiting for my message as she replied instantly, "I have a colleague who's from Denville. She said there's a place where the air is especially fresh during this season. Unfortunately, I can't take any leave now."

"Let me go and take a look to see if it's as good as your colleague said. If it's good, then we can invite Jade along and have a great six-person holiday."

"Six people?"

"Yes. You, me, Jade, and our partners. Isn't that six people? I'm bad at math, but I'm pretty good with addition and subtraction within the first ten numbers. Hmm, how about during the winter vacation?"

It became silent for the next five minutes.

The screen kept showing that Zara was typing, but there was no reply.

My heart started sinking.

It was as if I could see her sad face.

Colin was right. Zara probably knew about Chris' affair. At least, she wasn't completely unaware.

"Let's talk more later. Our bonding time doesn't have to involve the men."

"Haha, that's true. By the way, Zara, did Chris get promoted? He has always been so outstanding."

"Mm." Zara didn't say much.

I had nothing else to say, so I deliberately steered the conversation toward Chris.

"Zara, I'll be done with my projects soon. After that, I'll have plenty of time. You guys should come over to Jinovy. I'll take you out and enjoy the local sights. If Denville is too far for you, we can just forget about it. But Jinovy is only a few hours by car. I'll be angry if you still couldn't come to visit me."

There was another long silence on the other end until my phone got locked. I unlocked it, only to wait until the screen got locked again without any replies. I repeated this several times until I finally heard the notification for an incoming message.

Zara replied with just a few words, but it made my heart break and my eyes swell.