She could not believe Jeffrey had missed it, but there he went, starting the car and driving off without the slightest hesitation.
Cold, that was what Karen thought of Jeffrey at that moment.
A nearly inaudible sigh escaped her lips, sending Jeffrey into an immediate panic.
Especially since he remembered that his ex had left the diner when Karen had excused herself to the restroom.
Could they have run into each other?
"Ahem, um, about when you went to the restroom..."
"I bumped into your ex," Karen finished for him.
There it was. He knew it!
Damn it, they should not have come here!
"She mentioned you two were together for three years, right?" Karen recalled the pride in the other woman's voice.
"Don't listen to her crap! It was a fling, a few months tops. She's my buddy's cousin. We kept running into each other after the split. She insisted on playing the girlfriend card, and I had no way to stop it!"
Karen clicked her tongue. "Hold on, don't think you can gloss over the details."
"What details?"
Leaning back in her seat, she smirked. "Let me guess, you two hooked up again after breaking up, didn’t you? Despite saying you've been avoiding her."
Jeffrey felt like Karen had missed her calling as a detective. "Did she tell you that?"
"Not exactly, but when she says three years, and you say a few months, it's obvious that you ended up back in bed at some point during those three years. And in a girl's mind, that means you were together the whole time, just 'on a break' during the fights."
"I was drunk that night! Woke up, saw her, and nearly died of fright." That was no lie; Jeffrey had thought he had snagged a new girl at the bar, what with the dim lights and all. When he woke up and saw her, he ran out so fast his head spun!
"Sure."
At a red light, Jeffrey stole a glance at Karen. He wanted to ask if she was mad or genuinely indifferent. He could not tell.
But if she said she was angry, he would have to sweet-talk her, and if she said she did not care, he would be upset. Would that not mean she did not care about him at all?
It was best not to ask, then. That was the safest bet.
Pulling into the mansion's garage, Jeffrey was about to wake Karen when his phone lit up – a WhatsApp message.
It was from the friend whose birthday party they had left.
[Jeffrey, Paige was looking for you and said it was important to talk in person. Saw your fiancée there, so didn’t mention it.]
Paige Taylor, his ex from earlier that evening.
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The readers' comments on the novel: The CEO's Hidden Love: Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires
Why didn't Jeffrey call Everett from the office? Lock his door instruct security to not let anyone in and speak to Everett on the phone? Or send him a text giving him a quick summary of what's up and that he's on his way over. That way when he runs into Heather on his way out he informs her Everett already knows....
The children's stories are si boring. This book is like torture. I've put in so much time I have to see this through but it's becoming more difficult....
Finish this already...
Why are you delaying the updates? You wait over a month just to give us 5 chapters?...
Again no updates in weeks, is this where the story ends?...
Can you please just post the whole book this is dragging out and no updates in weeks...
Felicity s hold grow up n relise that craving is playing n finish getting back together correctly with mile n get married and Abigail needs to grow up n stop being shelter by her parent n realize that the other women is lying n getting her to hpget a divorce with Craig, n Craig needs to be to pride to see what's really going on n stop being dumb...
This story is getting boring already. Just wrap it up 🙏...
Can you please convey this to the person who owns this website? Update “find me in your labyrinth” novel please...author is MIA since 12/4......
I don't agree with not letting him in. That just seems cruel and besides wasn't the whole point of getting pregnant again was for him to experience and travel the journey of pregnancy with her?...