After Erica was injured in the fire, Chantel went to the Huo family's villa to make sure she was okay. She stayed there a couple days and then went back to the Li family's house to look after the child.
A week had passed, but she still hadn't seen Gifford. She didn't have the courage to send a message or call him to ask him where he was or whether he would come back. She wasn't sure she'd like the answer.
Later, she grilled Wesley about what he knew. He told her he was on a mission. It had to do with Michel and his men. Gifford volunteered to be the main person in charge.
It had been a while, and Chantel thought Gifford might be gone for several months. However, they met up in a quite embarrassing place and time.
In a five-star hotel in K Country
Several young firefighters appeared in the hall with a large, red canvas gear bag with five zippered pockets. Preceded by a waiter, the group entered the elevator one after another.
At the same time, another man walked into the elevator. He was wearing a green military outfit, and the patch on his shoulder made all the young men snap to attention and salute him.
After saluting them as well, the serviceman stood in the corner of the elevator, listening to the young men chatting with the waiter.
The waiter said, "An actress is stuck in the bathroom. The door's jammed. We can't break down the door ourselves, which is why we called you." "Any idea who's in there?"
"Yeah, it's Chantel Ye!" the waiter replied.
Chantel was a huge star. Almost everyone knew who she was. Even if they weren't that familiar with her work, she had been in multiple commercials, did the talk show circuit, and even made the tabloids. This group of young men certainly knew who she was. The dark-skinned captain looked at his subordinates with a smile and said, "Chantel Ye, huh? Okay, here's the deal: I'm married, so I'm off the table. But you guys need a shot. Anyone who's single? Line up here!"
If they weren't in the elevator, some of them would have jumped up and down excitedly. "Wow! We're lucky, huh? We get to meet Chantel in the flesh. Not only that, but she's in the bathroom. I can't wait!" one of them said.
Another man pulled him behind him and said, "You already have a girlfriend. I'm still single. Let me do the job."
The third man pretended to be serious and said, "Stop arguing. Let me do this!"
The elevator stopped on the 14th floor. Before the people in the elevator could leave, the man in the corner had already made his way out. He waited for them outside the elevator.
The young men looked at the elevator button confusedly and reminded him kindly, "Chief, this is the 14th floor. Weren't you headed for the 19th floor?"
The man gave him a smile.
"Not now! This is my stop!" The young men were confused, but still nodded their heads. "Okay. Um...you can leave now!"
The man didn't move. Instead, he reached out his hand to them and said, "Hand me the gear bag. I got this!"
All of them were a little confused. "What?"
Gifford glanced at his hand and said, "I'm gonna need tools to open the bathroom door, right?"
The captain said, "Chief, it's not a big deal. Let us do it..."
With the same smile on his face, the man said, "Chantel's my wife!"
One of the men was close by, so he heard Gifford talking and answered excitedly, "Chantel is my goddess!"
The captain came to his senses first. "Ahem! Okay! Her husband should do this. It's only appropriate."
"Alright, fine!" The young man, who was holding the toolbox, quickly handed the big red bag to Gifford.
Then, the waiter led Gifford to Room 1409. Then they waited outside the hotel room and watched Gifford walk in alone.
The young men were not happy. They all were hoping to at least catch a glimpse of the forbidden fruit. They whispered back and forth and wondered when Chantel got married. And she even married a hotshot officer like Gifford!
Gifford walked into the sink alcove and knocked on the glass door to the bathroom. The door was made of frosted glass, and thanks to the hot water and the mist from it, nothing could be seen through the glass.
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