“What a happy coincidence!”
Gabriel was oblivious to the tension between the two women. He asked Stella to get into the car, then helped to load her suitcase.
Rayna scooted over to make room for Stella.
Shooting a glance at the elegant Stella, she said, “My apologies for catching a ride back with the two of you.”
Stella smoothed her long hair as she replied with a smile, “Don’t worry about it. I don’t mind at all. Had I known you were friends with Gab, I could’ve walked out with you just now.”
Gab?
That cheesy nickname was too much for Rayna, and a shudder of disgust ran through her body. Then, she lowered her head and texted Jefferson to let him know she had arrived safely.
Her call had been interrupted when her phone fell to the floor earlier, and she had not gotten a chance to call him again.
Getting the hint that Rayna did not wish to be disturbed, Stella knew better than to continue talking to the former.
After Gabriel got into the driver’s seat, Stella asked in a concerned tone, “I heard it has been raining in Norwal City since last Monday. You didn’t catch a cold, did you?”
“Nope. I’m as fit as a fiddle,” he said while reaching for a thermos flask on the car seat and passing it to her. “Here’s some Earl Grey tea I brewed an hour ago.”
She took the thermos flask. “Why, thank you!”
As soon as she unscrewed the lid, the tea’s sweet fragrance quickly wafted in the air.
Rayna found the smell a little nauseating and shifted further away, but to her dismay, Stella poured a cup of tea and held it out to her. “Would you like to try some, Ms. Garland?”
Concealing her discomfort, Rayna pushed the cup away. “None for me, thanks.”
shrugged and did not
talked about where they would
to their conversation. I don’t know whether to say that Mr.
Rayna’s residential area, she opened the car door immediately
got down to
breathing in some fresh air, Rayna pulled Gabriel aside. “Let’s have a quick chat, Mr. Tylinski. Your schoolmate is smart and beautiful. The only thing is that
mean?” he asked
held her forehead in disbelief and explained softly, “I mean she’s a cunning and manipulative b*tch. She seduces others left,
believe what I read in the papers. I’d rather listen to what Gabriel has to say. After all, he has worked for Curtis for a
a smile, there was a glum look in his eyes. “You know how Mr. Faymon is.
Rayna’s heart sank.
Women with exceptional abilities are everywhere, and any one of them
no way she wouldn’t know how you feel. She won’t date you, yet she doesn’t decline to have dinner with you and still hangs
going on between her and Mr.
wind up in the entertainment news? You’re a nice person, Mr. Tylinski. You don’t have to eat out of the hand of someone like her. Is it fun to be
photo when she was away on a business trip with Mr. Faymon,” he said, still defending
a loss for what to say, he flashed her a bright smile and added, “Even if she does have feelings for
with
that. It’s just unrequited love,” Gabriel corrected her. “As long as she and Mr. Faymon aren’t dating, it isn’t a crime for me to invite her for dinner
Rayna was silent.
her thoughts, he looked at her and hesitated for a
hearing that, she stared
you frantically. He has treated you well, yet you left with Jefferson
to find him a cure. What’s more, Jefferson and I were never a couple, nor were we in an ambiguous relationship. I rejected him without hesitation. Have
a party at Yartran with Mr. Faymon some
a couple to outsiders. We’re not in a relationship! Why would I return to Chanaea if I was really
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