Upon hearing what Leah said, Ernest laughed out loud. He was so elated that his body trembled.
He buried his handsome face in Leah's neck. When Ernest chuckled, his breath landed in Leah's ears, causing her heart to skip a beat.
Leah realized that she was moved by Ernest's laughter once again.
"What are you laughing at? " She could not help but pat his back gently. "I don't know why you are laughing, it feels like I asked a silly question."
"It is a silly question." Ernest stopped laughing, he looked down at her and said, "You don't have to doubt Gary's feelings for Celeste, he really likes Celeste. It is just that his chauvinism will sometimes be bigger than his heart. It can make one feel that he doesn't really pay much attention to Celeste. However, in reality, he likes her very much."
"Oh." Leah blinked, she thought about it carefully. However, she still thought that it was incredible. "Your brother is a real weirdo." "Maybe I am a weirdo in the eyes of other people too," Ernest smiled and said, "Let's go back to the apartment to pack up. After that, we will head to the mountains, okay?"
"Okay." Leah nodded, before she left, she reminded Ernest, "If they really want to come to the mountain villa with us, don't refuse them. It will be better for all of us to enjoy ourselves there."
"Sure thing." Ernest saluted.
Leah laughed out loud.
After that, they went downstairs together.
When they arrived downstairs, they realized that no one else was in the dining room. Gary and Celeste must have gone upstairs.
At that moment, Gary was in his room.
The moment they entered the room, he hugged Celeste tightly and leaned against the door. He stared straight into Celeste seriously and asked clearly, "Do you doubt my feelings for you?"
Celeste looked into his dark eyes too. When she saw how nervous he was, she did not find it funny at all.
Oh Gary. How could he be frightened by Leah's words?
Naturally, she would not doubt him. After all, they had gone through so much, how could they be separated by just mere words?
What was more, Leah did not mean any harm. Celeste thought that Leah did that out of kindness.
She was not angry, nor did she take it to heart. She felt that Leah had seen through Gary's thoughts. There seemed to be a faint spark of fire between Gary and Ernest. That was why she said those things.
However, she was very curious too. Why were they suddenly dragged into a showdown between the brothers?
Celeste stared into Gary's eyes and did not say anything. The longer she remained silent, the more nervous Gary got.
He could not control himself any longer. He pinched her chin with his big hand and made her look in his eyes. Then he asked, enunciating each word, "Did you doubt me? Do you think that I am a man who is afraid to be embarrassed?"
When Celeste heard the question, she could not control herself and burst into laughter.
Gary was dumbfounded at her reaction. His handsome face froze for a moment as he stared at Celeste's smiling face. "What's wrong?"
"Are you a fool?" Celeste could not help but ask. "What happened between you and Ernest just now? You were fine before you went downstairs.
Why did you suddenly treat him as an enemy?" "You say that I am making things difficult for him, but why don't you say that it is the other way around? I mentioned the renovations for him, but he still wants to be the good guy. How could he say that he slept well? He clearly heard us, but still pretended as if nothing happened. I don't like it when he does that."
When Celeste heard that, she was stupefied. "So you're angry just because of that?"
Gary could not help but retort, "What do you mean by just that? This is not a small matter at all. This is a very serious matter."
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