After twenty failures, Eva finally made the Phoenix.
"Yeah." She cheered up.
"My mommy will like this gift very much." Jim touched her head with a smile.
Eva thought her gift was not bad.
Born in the European royal family, such a noble lady as Mrs. Kerry cared about special gifts, not precious ones.
When they came back, Janice was waiting at the gate of the villa.
When she saw Eva sitting in Jim's car, a cold light flashed through her eyes.
"I'm going back." After getting off the car, Eva went straight into her own house to avoid disturbing them.
Janice came for the birthday party of Mrs. Kerry.
She came here to ask him to bring her with him.
"Jim, the day after tomorrow is your mother's birthday. I bought a gift and wanted to give it to her in person. Can I go back with you the day after tomorrow?"
"Janice, thank you for remembering her birthday. But you know her temper. If you go there, you will only make yourself uncomfortable," Jim tried to persuade her.
"It doesn't matter. I know she can't accept me for the time being, but I will try my best. I believe that with my sincerity, she will be moved by me one day." Janice looked at him pleadingly.
Jim sighed, "Janice, we are just good friends now. You don't have to make things difficult for yourself for me."
Janice's shoulders shook. His words were like a dagger stabbing into her heart, making her bleeding and overwhelmed with pain.
"Jim, please don't do this to me!" She pounced on him and hugged him tightly, unwilling to let him go. "I love you. I've always loved you like this. How can you not love me and fall in love with someone else?"
"I'm sorry, Janice. I'm so sorry," Jim said seriously. He had loved her, but that was love out of pity, not the love engraved in the bone and soul, so he could only let her down.
"I don't want an apology. I want you to love me again," Janice said in tears, which wet Jim's collar.
"I have never really loved you. Why should I love you again?" said Jim helplessly.
"You don't love me? How could you not love me? Have you forgotten so many beautiful memories of our past?" Janice questioned.
She wouldn't believe it no matter how hard she tried. She had long forgotten how long it had been for eight years. If it weren't for love deep rooted in her heart, it would easily eroded and swallowed up by time.
"I'm sorry, Janice." Jim couldn't say anything else except these three words.
"If it weren't for Eva, you would have come back to me, wouldn't you?" Janice asked painfully.
"No, we won't. Even without Eva, we won't be able to make it," Jim said frankly and firmly.
Janice's vital part was hit hard, "Why?"
"If your heart is full, no one can enter it. Only when it is empty can you accept others. Before Eva appeared, my feelings for you had faded away. My heart had been empty, but I haven't discovered it yet."
"You are lying! You are lying! I don't believe you!"
Janice ran out crying and stayed in the car for a long time. She firmly believed that it was Eva who stepped in their relationship. As long as she disappeared, he would come back to her.
Instead of going back, she got off the car to look for Eva.
Eva was bending over the tea table and writing a birthday card for Mrs. Kerry.
Seeing from the monitor that it was Janice, she quickly put the gift away and put it on the storage rack.
Janice's eyes were red and swollen. Eva knew she had cried at the first sight. She didn't say anything, nor did she know what to say. Pretending not to see, she took out a can of frozen juice from the fridge and gave it to her.
Janice unscrewed the cap and took a sip. Then she held her hand and said, "Eva, don't live next to Jim, okay? He will see you every day. How can he forget you? And maybe Vinton is here. He will be angry when he sees you with Jim."
Eva lowered her head. If she knew that she slept in Jim's house every night, she would probably go crazy.
"Janice, I've sold my apartment. Move out from there. Where else can I live?"
"You can buy a new apartment, rent an apartment, or move to live with Jade and Janet," Janice suggested.
"Let me think about it," said Eva in a low voice.
"Eva, I know you are a good person. You will help me and Jim, won't you?" Janice looked pitiful.
Eva nodded. She was a soft hearted person. As long as others begged, she could not refuse.
At this time, her phone rang. It was from her agent. She went to the side hall to answer the phone.
Janice saw the gift she hid on the storage rack.
Before Eva sealed the gift box, Janice opened it secretly.
Seeing the beautiful glass Phoenix inside, she was a little shocked. Was it for Jim?
A phoenix shouldn't be suitable to give to a man, right?
She took out a card when she saw it.
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