< Chapter 14
Chapter 14
“Jay, what’s wrong? Whose message?” Juliette, sitting across, asked.
Jaime put away his phone and said calmly, “Nothing.”
Juliette did not ask any further.
Not long after, Jaime went to the bathroom. Juliette took his phone from the table. She had seen him enter the password before, which was easy to remember. It was his birthday.
Juliette quickly entered the password and opened WhatsApp.
She first checked Mariela’s chat box, where the last conversation was a week ago. Mariela asked Jaime if he wanted to go on a trip together, saying that she had finally gotten a break and wanted to relax.
more
messages.
Mariel also sent him some travel guides of the tourist attractions she Five hours later, Jaime replied, “No. There’ll be too many people.” After that, Mariela didn’t send any
really wanted to visit.
Juliette casually glanced at those
tourist attractions, a hint of It seemed that their three–year relationship meant nothing, as Jaime was even unwilling to accompany her on
mockery flashed in her eyes. It wasn’t Mariela this time. Juliette casually flipped through some chat boxes and
a trip. Juliette sneered and recalled the indifferent expression that Mariela had shown during their previous two encounters, mocking Mariela in her saw the message from Mario. heart.
Juliette thought Mariela was about to let go. It turned out Mariela was still trying to buy a gift and apologize, wanting to make up with Jaime. Juliette closed WhatsApp, locked the screen, and put Jaime’s phone back in its original position. She took out her phone and made a phone call to Perla, Jaime’s mother.
“Hello, Perla. I saw Jay’s girlfriend when we went to buy the ring. That girl was trying on the ring in the store and pressuring him to get
married…”
Mariela returned to the villa with the gift and continued to pack her luggage.
She put the gift for Lennon into the suitcase. As she was packing her luggage, the cool and elegant face of Lennon appeared in her mind. Mariela knew Lennon a long time ago.
him was
in
The two old houses were both in the same villa Lennon was four
area, only 900 feet apart. When they were young, they used to see each other frequently. years older than her. The first time she saw That day, her parents took her to visit the Stark family. At that time, she was only ten years old, still a child with a naive face. While Lennon was already like the male lead in a youth campus idol drama.
the old villa of the Stark family.
Mariela
remembered the first time she
saw Lennon, she was amazed
by his
extraordinary appearance.
His face was very handsome, but his eyes were as cold as the freezing winter.
Her mother asked her to greet Lennon, and she obediently greeted him, “Hello, Lenny.”
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