After Elijah left, Imogen looked dazedly at Cordelia. "If I'm not mistaken, Elijah just considered me his love rival, didn't he?"
"Just ignore him."
Cordelia, with a faint blush still on her cheeks, shrugged and pretended nonchalance as she took a sip of her beer.
Imogen sighed, "Your husband has quite the possessive streak, doesn't he?"
Cordelia corrected her, "He's not my husband anymore."
Imogen teased, "Well, it seems like he still treats you like his private property and cherishes you a lot."
While speaking, Imogen looked down at the message on her mobile phone. Then, she continued, "Look! Even Ben said that Elijah has never lent his private box to anyone, not even him."
Cordelia thought about Imogen's words while drinking. It did seem like Elijah hadn't entirely treated her as an outsider.
"Imogen, what do you think... What does Elijah mean?"
Cordelia asked, still lacking confidence and trying not to read too much into these things.
Since the outsiders could always know better, Cordelia decided to ask for Imogen's opinion.
"It's possessiveness, I think!" Imogen thought for a moment, then added, "But don't rule out that he truly likes you, not just out of possessiveness."
Cordelia nodded. Her thoughts aligned with Imogen's.
However, she knew Elijah's behavior had been inconsistent in the past, so she couldn't place too much hope in him.
"Hey, Cordelia, do you think Elijah will really shut down Elissa?" Imogen asked curiously.
"He will," Cordelia affirmed with confidence.
Imogen cupped her face, grinning widely. "I used to think women like Elissa could have any man they wanted, but it turns out that they couldn't. Elijah has earned my respect."
Cordelia said gloomily, "Wasn't Elijah interested in Elissa as well?"
"Nope!" Imogen said seriously, "Elissa has hooked up with so many men, but only Elijah was just fooling her around. He tolerated her only for Ben's sake."
"Really?" Cordelia, however, had a feeling that Imogen had been heavily influenced by Ben.
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