“You just can’t talk properly, can you!” Joey Xu was a little annoyed by her jab. He had been thinking about her all day today, and had wanted to call her for a long time, but he had been thinking that maybe she was still asleep, so he had held back until this moment. But she was good, he came to the phone in high spirits, and she threw away his spirits in a sentence or two.
“I’m just telling it like it is.” Sammy Jones raised his hand and pressed the corner of his eye. The tears in the corners of her eyes wet her fingers all at once. She covered the microphone and exhaled again for a moment before adding, “Joey Xu, don’t forget what we said last night. It’s just a deal between us, not a relationship! So …”
She paused, breathing slightly heavier, “Please don’t call me again if you’re not doing anything, or I’ll really get the wrong idea that you’re trying to get involved with me.”
He knew that this woman’s words would not make him comfortable, but Joey Xu was still infuriated. The phone was almost shattered by his grip, his face grim, “Sammy Jones, I don’t lack women, besides, you’re really not the type I can look at.”
But it’s not?
He likes Zhao Yuanyuan and Zhao Lanlan …
Sammy Jones lowered his head and a tear crashed onto the floor. Yet she was still smiling, “That would be best. It’s okay, isn’t it? I’ll hang up if you’re okay, I have an appointment later.”
“A date? With who?” Joey Xu caught her last two words at once.
“Men!” She spat out dryly, and without waiting for Joey Xu to say anything more, she hung up the phone decisively.
The call was disconnected and Sammy Jones couldn’t hold back her tears. She hated being this vulnerable, hated that she was shedding tears over Joey Xu! Dropping the phone, she pulled open the faucet and ruffled the water to splash her face again.
It was just a guy she had nothing to do with having a fiancée, the sky wasn’t falling, she really didn’t need to feel sorry for herself like that!
Time and time again so comfort yourself, but the haze in your heart still did not dissipate much, only, the tears no longer flow down.
Sammy Jones grabbed a towel to dry off the water and walked over to her dresser and sat down, rummaging through her makeup to sharply apply it to herself. She had to pull herself together and keep looking good!
Neck Joey Xu cover under the hickey quite a lot, she took the foundation pounced a layer, but still hidden, they picked a piece of high neck lace edge of the shirt to block, underneath the body with a light green knee-length skirt, the spirit of the spirit appears to be a lot of good, and does not lack of solemnity in the workplace.
A date with Luo Mingfan at a secluded restaurant.
When she arrived, Luo Mingfan was already waiting for her. She apologized a little, “Been waiting long?”
“Nah, it’s not like I don’t know your habit of putting on makeup for hours.”
Sammy Jones smiled down, put his bag down, and took a seat across from him.
Luo Mingfan didn’t know if it was his own illusion, feeling that today’s Sammy Jones was inexplicably a bit more delicate, making him look at him twice more, and his heart was in great turmoil.
“I asked you out … today to talk to you about the case.” Sammy Jones took a sip of water and glanced somewhat apologetically at the man across from him.
Luo Mingfan’s heart sank, the look in her eyes had said it all. He wasn’t surprised, and he couldn’t blame; from start to finish, Sammy Jones had used 10 out of 10 to help himself.
“You were threatened?” Luo Mingfan couldn’t help but worry about her safety, “Did someone come after you again? The one called Joey Xu, or someone from above?”
Sammy Jones didn’t hide anything from him, “To be honest, Ming Fan, I really want to fight this lawsuit for you, and, I’ve even made plans to stop going down this path in the future – with the bar license gone, going forward I’ll just go to work and earn money like any other girl would be fine. What others can do, I can also do.”
Luo Mingfan was moved to look at her. She was a good girl, he had always known that.
“I thought that they would use all means against me and intimidate me, but I didn’t expect their methods to be so despicable and shameful.” Mentioning the things that Le Mei and the girls went through, Sammy Jones still had palpitations in his heart, “I’m sorry, Ming Fan. I’m willing to take my own future to accompany you to gamble on this, but … I can’t abandon my colleagues and their lives and deaths.”
Feeling sorry and apologetic, she looked at him and lowered her head, “I promised you siblings I would fight alongside you to the end … I’m sorry I can’t do that now.”
“I really don’t know how to face Luo Jing, trouble you … to help me properly explain to your sister.”
“Don’t feel sorry, when you insisted on taking this case, my gratitude and appreciation for you is beyond words.” Luo Mingfan not only didn’t blame her, but instead comforted her, “After knowing you for so many years, I understand what kind of person you are, if you didn’t really have a hard time, you wouldn’t have backed out so easily. Sammy Jones, this love you have for me, for our family, my sister and I will remember it. Even if you give up in the middle now, I still think you are very brave and righteous! In my eyes, you are still the same as before, you haven’t changed at all.”
Knowing that he didn’t blame himself brought a little more relief to Sammy Jones, “I’m not as good as you make me out to be.”
“Don’t you be burdened. Our family to this … day may really be destiny.” Luo Mingfan didn’t want to make her feel bad and tried to squeeze out a smile, shaking her hand that was holding the cup, “We all tried our best!”
Luo Mingfan sent her back, so she leaned against the car window and stared out the window in a daze. Letting the scenery float past her eyes, her mind was in turmoil.
“Something on your mind?” Luo Mingfan gave her a sideways glance.
She snapped back to her senses and smiled slightly, shaking her head, “No, it’s just that she’s been a little tired after working on this case for too long lately.”
“Get some sleep then, I’ll call you when we get there.”
“Good.” She was really tired, so she leaned back in the chair and closed her eyes to fall asleep. The sky outside the window had already darkened a little, the light and shadow of the street lamps swept over her face, Luo Mingfan looked moved, took a thin jacket from the back seat and gently draped it over her.
She didn’t fall asleep, felt the warmth, and didn’t open her eyes, just smiled and said, “You’re as thoughtful as ever.”
Luo Mingfan just gave her a gentle look, “Sleep.”
She didn’t make a sound anymore.
It wasn’t that she didn’t know what Luo Mingfan had in mind for her. She had vaguely sensed it two years ago in the United States. Plus, the last time Luo Jing was screaming and yelling on the phone, she also heard it in her heart.
If she said it, Luo Mingfan was definitely a competent and good boyfriend. When she was in the United States, it wasn’t that she hadn’t thought about it, but at that moment she was only 25, and she felt that she was still young and didn’t need to rush to find a partner, after all, she still had less of a heart for him.
But …
And now it felt like it would be nice to have someone with a finely tuned relationship that could settle her down. Just like mom and dad once were. It hadn’t been sensational, but it hadn’t hurt either.
Suddenly remembering Joey Xu, her thoughts paused, refusing to let herself think any further.
…
Half an hour later.
Luo Mingfan drove the car to the downstairs of the neighborhood.
“Arrived.” He spoke softly.
Sammy Jones was tired, but not actually asleep. Sitting up straight with his jacket in his arms, he looked out the window. The streetlights dimly illuminated the entire neighborhood.
Luo Mingfan was the first to get out of the car and came around to this side, pulling the door open for her in a gentlemanly manner.
Sammy Jones walked down with his bag and rested his clothes on the passenger seat, “I’m sorry for having to bother you with a ride when there’s no way I can help you with the lawsuit.”
“It’s too weird for you to say that, and I told you not to think about it so much.”
Sammy Jones nodded, “I’m going up then, you drive yourself carefully.”
After saying that, she turned around and walked towards the unit building. Luo Mingfan looked at that lonely back, suddenly felt some pain in his heart and opened his mouth to call her back, “Sammy Jones!”
“Hmm?” She looked back.
Luo Mingfan took a few steps towards her, and then, suddenly opened his arms and embraced her. His embrace, was very pure, without Joey Xu’s kind of bad intentions, and it was also very warm. Sammy Jones was slightly stunned for a moment, and didn’t struggle.
Luo Mingfan spoke softly above her head, “Thank you.”
“There’s nothing I can do for you.”
Luo Mingfan laughed lowly and let go of her. Her eyes burned into her, causing her heart to tighten, as if she guessed what he was going to say next, her thoughts were a bit disorganized. Before Luo Mingfan could say anything, suddenly, two beams of intense light hit towards them.
The owner of the car had no qualms about turning on his headlights and shining them directly in the faces of the two men, obviously on purpose.
The light was too intense for both of them to adjust to, and they both subconsciously raised their hands to block out the light. Although she couldn’t see the person coming, Sammy Jones only felt a line of sight sweeping from the car, like it was going to sear through her.
Sammy Jones’ heart tightened and he didn’t even have to turn his head to see who was coming.
Her face changed as she curled her hands tightly and looked up at Luo Mingfan, “Mingfan, what did you just want to say to me?”
Luo Mingfan was about to open his mouth when the car lights suddenly went out. The door of the Maybach was pushed open, and a long figure came down from the car, adorned with the misty moonlight, with a cold and arrogant look. Sammy Jones just looked at it, and immediately turned away his face.
Luo Mingfan recognized him at once, his brows furrowed, “Joey Xu?”
“The two of you are in good spirits, the court is going to be held the day after tomorrow, and now you are still in the mood to talk about love here.” Joey Xu threw on the car door and spoke in a cold mockery, walking towards them with a deep step. The hug that Luo Mingfan had just given him, he had clearly seen it in his eyes. This woman had just crawled out of his bed and couldn’t wait to cuddle with another man, so she really could turn over a new leaf!
” Mr. Xu is the one who’s really well-interested, is it idle to come here at this late hour to mind two unrelated people?” Sammy Jones immediately shot back like a hedgehog. At this time, shouldn’t he be at home coaxing his fiancée, Zhao Yuanyuan? Besides, she had promised Jo Hope that she would never see him again! Of course, they really didn’t have to see each other again either …
What an irrelevance!
She brushes aside her relationship with him, but pulls Luo Mingfan into her camp!
“Lawyer Ye’s memory can be really bad, are we really irrelevant?” He arrived in front of her in a few steps, looking at her pale and embarrassed face, his long fingers tapped harshly on her neck, “Can this be a slight reminder of what exactly is our relationship.”
“You!” Sammy Jones blanched and her hand immediately covered her neck sheepishly, where there were hickeys he had imprinted. Glancing at Luo Mingfan, she only felt embarrassed when she met his searching eyes. If Luo Mingfan knew that she had shamefully sold herself to Joey Xu, what would he think of her?
“It seems that Miss Jones hasn’t forgotten about last night.” Joey Xu watched her reaction with satisfaction, and swept his eyes at Luo Mingfan in a seemingly careless manner, but that look was clearly a declaration of sovereignty.
Luo Mingfan could understand the hint even if he was stupid, his face changed slightly, he looked at Joey Xu and then at Sammy Jones who had an embarrassed face. He didn’t say anything, he just extended his hand towards Sammy Jones in a friendly manner.