“It’s important for us to know what customers think when we do business. Knowing the needs of our customers means we’re halfway to success. Back then, when you designed the Star rings, you also considered the needs of young people, didn’t you? The cost of the rings is low, but the design is fashionable, which was just what young people want.”
Speaking of Star rings, Estelle smiled helplessly and said, “It’s been so many years. The rings may have gone out of fashion.”
“Estelle, I know that the Star rings are the wedding rings you designed for the two of us. Then… Did you design anything when you were with Mr. Mysterious?” Cristofer suddenly asked.
After a few seconds of silence, Estelle nodded and said, “Yes.”
“What did you design for him?”
“A brooch. I designed it after he passed away.”
“What does it look like?” Cristofer asked curiously.
“It’s of the shape of Malus Halliana.”
“Is this kind of flower full of fond memories between you two?” Cristofer asked.
“Yes.”
“Where is the brooch now?”
“I put it away.”
“Why don’t you wear it?” Cristofer asked with a glimmer of hope in his eyes.
“I wore it before, but you didn’t notice that. Now it’s broken. I used it to unlock the bedroom door on the night you drink deer blood wine.”
“…”
“Um… Thank you for bringing me the donation agreement. It has taken up too much of your time. You may go back to work now,” Estelle said.
With a bitter smile, Cristofer asked, “You are driving me away?”
“No. I’m just reminding you out of kindness. After all, you have a lot of work to do every day.”
“Okay,” Cristofer nodded, followed by a deep sigh, and said helplessly, “I’ll go now.”
After saying that, he turned around slowly and left with a weary look. Looking at his back, Estelle rubbed her temples and had mixed feelings.
‘In the past, I suffered great pain because of you, Cristofer. And now, you treat me with warmth and gentleness. Sometimes, I really don’t know what attitude I should show when facing you.’
‘You must have been occupied with persuading York to sign the donation agreement over the past two days. Today, you’ve come here personally to deliver it to me. Yet, I insisted you leave after obtaining the agreement. It’s unfortunate, and it may seem ungrateful. But it’s for the best; it will discourage any hopes of reconciliation. I’ll find another opportunity to express my gratitude, anyway.’
Thinking about this, she felt helpless.
****
In the parking lot outside the Hudson Group, the two men in police uniforms were sitting in a car and talking.
“Cristofer came out so soon,” one of them said with a surprised look. “I thought that there would be a round of passionate sex between Estelle and him before he left. Just now, they were so intimate, and he almost reached into Estelle’s trousers.”
“Estelle’s windbreaker covered his hands. Maybe he did something more erotic,” the other man said.
“Hey, hey. Maybe. Well, Cristofer is so handsome and rich, but Estelle cuckolded him and kept a cowardly and poor lover who doesn’t even dare to show his face to others. Is she out of her mind?”
“Who knows? Maybe it’s because that poor man saved Estelle that she fell in love with him. I heard from Mr. Klein that a few years ago when he was about to get laid with Estelle at the golf course, that man arrived there, too, hit Mr. Klein, and took Estelle away. At that time, he also wore a helmet and didn’t dare to show his face.”
“So, Estelle has had an affair with that man for several years?! She has had two children. Isn’t she afraid that her children will know that?”
“I didn’t expect that a powerful and rich man like Cristofer would become a cuckold. He may feel humiliated if he knows that his wife has an affair with a man that can’t compare with him. Haha!”
“Maybe that man is better than him in bed, you know. That young man is energetic and strong. If I were Estelle, I would also keep such a man who can make me happy in bed.”
“What you said makes sense. No wonder Cristofer left so soon. It turns out that he is a ‘several-seconds’ guy.”
“Who on earth is that young man? I’m so curious. Mr. Klein asked us to disguise as police to force Estelle to expose his identity, but Estelle was too cautious and refused to say anything about that man. By the way, why did you stop me when I was about to talk to Cristofer just now?”
The man beside him rolled his eyes and said, “The more we say, the more we are likely to give ourselves away. We are not real policemen. Cristofer has an eagle eye. If we stayed there and talked with him longer, he would see through us, and we would be in trouble.”
“I see. Take off the police uniforms and put them away quickly. We can’t let the real cops see us in the uniforms.”
The two men took off their police uniforms, threw them into the trunk, and then drove away.
****
“Cristofer?” Wearing a hospital gown and with his head wrapped with thick gauze, Jimmy asked in surprise, “When did she get back together with Cristofer?”
Jimmy’s two subordinates, who had disguised themselves as policemen earlier, shook their heads.
“We don’t know. And we didn’t expect that Cristofer would go to the Hudson Group. And the two of them interacted intimately in front of us. Cristofer is smart and eagle-eyed. I’m afraid that he would see us through, so we left the Hudson Group in a hurry,” one of Jimmy’s subordinates said.
Hearing this, Jimmy snorted and squinted at him, “Didn’t Estelle tell you who the helmet man was?”
“No. She’s so protective of that man! When we asked who that man was, she just said that she was willing to compensate you for all your losses,” the other subordinate said.
“That’s interesting,” Jimmy said with an evil smile.
“Mr. Klein, do we still need to look for that man?”
“Of course!” At the mention of this, Jimmy flew into a rage, “That helmet man beat me twice! I must find him. It’s said that Cristofer is extremely cruel and merciless. I’ll catch the helmet man and send him to Cristofer’s place. I really want to know how Cristofer will torture his wife’s lover!”
“But Mr. Klein, the only thing we know about that man is that his left hand is injured. If he is really a nobody, searching for him will be like looking for a needle in a haystack!”