After the tumult, the banquet continued. The guests clinked glasses and moved forward. Obviously, they were not affected by the farce at all.
Noticing that Rose was in a low spirit, Burke did not want to stay any longer. He took Rose's hand and was about to leave.
When Rose knew that she had to go back, her gloomy face turned a little relaxed, like a prisoner released from the execution. She really didn't like this kind of boring and limited place.
On the way back to the manor, Rose didn't say a word all the way. Seeing that Rose was in a bad mood, Burke didn't speak a bit.
Burke's phone buzzed violently. It was Amanda. He glanced at Rose beside him and picked up the phone.
"Burke, where are you? Can you come to see me? Amy is so scared!" The sound of Amanda's tears came from the telephone receiver made Burke frown.
"What's wrong? Where are you? " Asked Burke, expressionless as ever.
"I'm at home. Come over. I'm really scared." Amanda was about to cry when she saw Burke was about to come over.
"Okay, I see. I'll be right there." As soon as Burke finished speaking, he hung up the phone. He turned to the driver, who was focusing on driving, and ordered, "Turn around, let's go to the Hua Community."
"Okay, Mr. Gu." The driver agreed, turned the steering wheel and made a turn.
Hua Community was where Amanda lived. Burke did not notice the disappointment on Rose's face. His conversation with Amanda was also heard by her in the quiet car.
At this moment, Rose was still silent, looking out of the window at the street view that was rapidly falling back. It was already ten o'clock in the evening. There were very few cars on the road, and the pedestrians were in twos and threes. The shops along the street were about to close. All the street lights were now standing lonely in the dark night.
Rose felt quite sad deep down inside.
She knew that Burke's attention was not on her, but every move of his could easily touched her feelings. She felt herself ridiculous.
The car was parked in front of the Hua Community.
"I'll go upstairs first. Wait for me in the car." Burke said to Rose, and opened the door and got out of the car.
Sitting in the car and looking at his receding figure, Rose couldn't help laughing at herself. Her husband went to see his lover, but as a wife, she still waited for him to come back.
Suddenly, Rose sneered. She took out her phone from her bag and dialed the number of Xavier.
The phone was quickly picked up.
"Hello, Rose. Why calling at such a time?" In the phone came the exciting voice of Xavier.
"Xavier, I want to ask you a favor." Said Rose.
"Whatever you need, Rose." Xavier replied decisively.
"Well, thank you for the information, Xavier. I'm fine now. Good night." Rose said softly to Xavier on the phone.
"Rose, stay away from that woman. She can do anything. I'll hang up now. Call me if you need anything." Said Xavier.
"Okay," answered Rose vaguely, and then she hung up the phone.
Outside the car window, the bleak cold wind blew up the yellow leaves on the ground, tumbling in the air and then falling again.
In a trance, Rose stared at the dark night in the distance.
She had no idea what was Burke and Amanda doing in the room? Maybe they just hugged each other tightly, or they kissed passionately, or... Rose did not dare to continue. No matter what it was, it would hurt her worse when she had been too fragile. The pain numbed her, which was probably the feeling of Rose now.
*
On the floor of the community, Burke walked out of the elevator, came to the door of Amanda and pressed the doorbell.
The moment the door was opened, Amanda Zhao, who was in a silk nightgown, threw herself into Burke arms. She said in a sobbing tone, "Burke, you are finally here."
The sudden hug made him feel uncomfortable. He didn't like to have any intimate behavior with Amanda but he didn't know since when he was deeply repulsed, even hated her. He gently pushed Amanda away from his arms and glanced at her sexy nightgown. He frowned and kept a distance from her.
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