Wesley found himself stuck in the same situation. Last time he answered Megan's call in the car and Blair got angry with him.
"Uncle Wesley... Are you still with your neighbor Blair?" Megan asked on the other end of the line.
Blair sneered, "Not just neighbors, anymore, little girl. We're roommates."
Wesley was surprised by how Blair needled Megan.
Silence engulfed them as Megan went silent. The only sound was the muffled roar of the engine.
Wesley couldn't figure out what was going through Blair's mind. Finally, he decided to minimize the drama. "Megan, just don't worry about this. Get some sleep. Take care of yourself. Don't stay up late. Don't..."
"Drop me off now!" Blair furiously interrupted his repeated nagging to Megan. It was obvious who was important to him, and it wasn't Blair.
Wesley stopped talking and hung up the phone. He pulled over, but he didn't unlock the car doors to let her out. "What's wrong with you?" He had to find out the reason. She made a scene the last time he talked to Megan. It was happening again. And it was at night this time. What would she do if she left the car at this hour?
"Nothing. I'm all right! So tell me—is Megan the reason why you don't date?"
Wesley gave her a long look, confused by her words. 'What does Megan have to do with me having a girlfriend or not?' he wondered.
Blair's mind was a mess. Every word that Megan said haunted her. Whenever she was around Wesley, she tried her best to forget about Megan.
God knew how much she wanted to let it all out, to tell Wesley that his poor, innocent Megan was really a hypocritical bitch and a drama queen. But she couldn't.
Suddenly, a scene at the airport replayed in her mind. Why did Wesley think she was pregnant? Megan told him that. And Blair did say she was pregnant in front of Megan.
She met Megan at her departure gate when she was about to hop a flight to England.
Blair had already finished her studies there. But there were still some things she needed to be there in person to wrap up, so she had no choice but to fly to England again. Hartwell drove her to the airport and she got there way too early. To kill the time, she chose to sit in a quiet corner, playing on her phone.
A few minutes later, a couple sat opposite her.
The man lit up a cigarette, despite the fact that it was a non-smoking area. The air around Blair began to reek of tobacco. After finishing one cigarette, the man proceeded to ignite a second one. The woman next to him wasn't interested in doing anything about it. She seemed nonchalant, like this happened all the time. The cloud of smoke swirled in the air and then was blown in Blair's direction, strangling her, scraping her throat, and making her cough.
Blair looked around, but there was no staff anywhere nearby. Unable to stand it anymore, she had to stop the man herself. "Excuse me, sir?" she said, holding her breath.
The couple raised their heads to stare at the strange girl in confusion.
She said in a calm voice, "I'm pregnant." It was a lie, of course, but one that might impel the man to stop.
The couple exchanged glances with each other. The woman glared at the man, who hastily explained, "It wasn't me." 'I don't know this girl at all! But she's pretty hot, ' the man thought. His wife was right next to him, so the man wasn't about to look at Blair again. He thought she was attractive, but he wasn't suicidal.
Blair was amused by them. "Of course, you're not my baby's daddy. I meant..." She pointed at the burning cigarette between the man's fingers.
The man looked where she pointed and instantly understood. He quickly snuffed out the cigarette. As long as his wife wouldn't get ticked off, he'd do as he was told. The woman heaved a sigh of relief when she heard what Blair had said.
After it was settled, Blair turned around, shocked to see Megan and another girl standing behind her. Megan was smiling evilly.
Blair didn't know Megan well, so she merely nodded to her in greeting. Without a word, she sat back in her seat.
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