Chapter 167
1 walked to the underground garage of the building and just got to my car when I saw Neil emerging from the shadows in the corner.
Was he waiting for me on purpose?
I quickly opened the car door to get in, but Neil blocked my way He didn’t look too happy, “You avoiding me?”
“Mr. Whitmore, I’m not avoiding you. I just don’t think we need to acknowledge each other, or keep in touch, I answered calmly, giving up on getting in the
car.
“Why did you go to Zion Chemical Plant then? Why did you call the police?” Neil’s voice was steady, with a firm tone, “You’re lying to yourself”
“What’s wrong with me calling the police? I just wanted to help out of kindness. Even if the construction site wasn’t yours, Whitmore Co..I would still have called the police. I can’t stand seeing good, hardworking people bullied by bad guys. Got a problem with that?” I retorted.
A small act of kindness and Whitmore Co. actually took the trouble to investigate. I was surprised.
The lighting in the underground parking lot wasn’t very bright. Although Neil and I were standing close, I couldn’t quite make out his expression.
After a moment of silence, I pushed Neil away, “Move, I need to get in the car
Neil stood there like a wall, not budging an inch.
I lost my temper instantly and shouted, “Neil, get out of the way!”
My words, of course, had no effect. Neil not only didn’t move but closed my car door again.
1 gave him an angry kick, “Neil, what’s your problem? It’s been two years, why are you still bothering me?”
instead began questioning me, “Or did you find one abroad and planning to get
past two years, why
indeed a sly one, especially good at “stirring up
me these questions, right?” I snorted,
strange tobacco smell mixed with a faint fragrance entered my nose, and I was momentarily dazed. The next second, I
my ear, “You don’t want to be linked with your ex–husband as soon as
my resisting hand, instinctively wanting to turn around and see who was taking pictures, but Neil quickly held my head down.
want your face captured
I was speechless.
one hand and opened the car door with the
quickly got in the car, put on a hat and sunglasses, and was about to close the door and
“You sit in the
I replied
let me in, then you bear the
smooth and natural, “You’ll see news of our clandestine meeting in the garage
know these things. We had a standoff for a while, begrudgingly, I moved to the passenger seat, Neil quickly got in
leaving the garage, the route became more and more familiar, I
Neil responded, “I’m going back to Sterling Estates first, then you can
look at the scenery outside the window and didn’t
Estates, the villa wasn’t pitch black like I’d imagined, instead
wasn’t she the one I had
getting out of the car,
getting out?” I urged him impatiently.
Dean’s car
I know,” I replied.
“How did you
then answered coldly,
touch with him all this
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