Garrett pointed squarely at Greg‘s nose, filled with loathing, and said, “What a wuss! When Laney was with me, I wanted to do everything for her.
And you had the gall to expect her to protect you? You could have hired a bodyguard, but no, instead, you thought, maybe you should find a girlfriend who could protect you for no cost so you could save a few bucks?”
Laney stood beside Garrett listening to him berate Greg.
A satisfied smile stretched across her face.
Garrett couldn‘t calm himself down even one iota.
He turned around and stared at Laney.
After a while, he asked in utter disbelief, “So is this your type of man?”
Laney immediately stopped smiling and said in a frigid tone, “No.”
Garrett couldn‘t bring himself to believe it.
He looked at Greg, who was still trembling in the corner, and didn‘t know how Laney could ever rather be with such a coward than him, a handsome and rich man who loved her truly and deeply.
At least, he would never hide behind Laney when they were caught in danger.
“Then why were you with him?”
Garrett fixed his eyes on Laney.She was simply mortified.She scratched her nose awkwardly and stuttered, “I…I…”
She hesitated in providing him with an answer because she thought it was an immature reason to reveal to Garrett.
Her juvenile reasoning for agreeing to be Greg‘s girlfriend was simply because she had been angry with Garrett.
She avoided the question and said in deflection, “Don‘t yell at me here.It‘s none of your business.”
she turned on her heel
there must be a reason behind her agreement
you become his girlfriend? If I hadn‘t overheard Natalie‘s words, would I have known about this at
hand and said, “We just started dating four days ago.Can you stop
what had happened four days ago, he asked, “Where had you
you don‘t tell
Garrett finished speaking, he was
if he was determined to investigate the whole
thought she‘d better tell
Laney then stopped him.
and saw you with your new girlfriend.On the
Garrett was momentarily stunned before understanding dawned upon him.He touched his
to get back
her head and blurted, “Yes! Laugh at me if you want! You‘ve been in countless relationships; why couldn‘t I?
playboy! Garrett was stunned for a few seconds. Then, he broke into a goofy grin. He had finally gotten this tough woman to fall in love with him! He trotted to catch up to Laney and said sincerely, “I‘m serious about you, Laney. This isn‘t
that doesn‘t sound very serious to me.” Laney glanced at him
since we were kids. The day you saw us in the supermarket, she had come
she felt as though a weight had been lifted off
wanted to leave, but Garrett refused to
should give me an answer.” Garrett coughed awkwardly and then asked with one brow raised,
Laney realize that she actually had feelings for Garrett. Her face turned as red as a tomato and she quickly took a few steps back to put some distance between them. But
Laney, but
in a relationship with anyone, but
how about being in a relationship with
a bucket of cold
me, don‘t you?” Laney pursed her lips
were to get into a relationship, would you be doing it out of fun or would you want it to
fun with you, Laney. I know it sounds weird, because you‘re really not my type. But my feelings for you are real—I‘ve never felt this way
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