Chapter 708 – Heartache is all

Book:The Selfish CEO Published:2024-6-2

Luo Mingfan wanted to send Sammy Jones back. Sammy Jones shook his head and refused, “No, I just ate too much, I want to walk alone.”
Eat too much?
In fact, she didn’t even move her chopsticks a few times. Her fiancé was having an affair with his ex-girlfriend, and every time she thought about it, her heart felt like pins and needles, so how could she have an appetite?
“It’s already late and I don’t feel comfortable with you hanging out alone.” Besides, she looked really bad at the moment. Pale as a ghost, if she really wore a white dress hanging around outside, I’m afraid she could still scare a few people.
How could Sammy Jones not realize how bad he was at the moment?
She smiled bitterly, “I’m really fine, you go ahead, I … Sammy Jones was saying something when the words of the porter at the door of the Ice and Fire building made her abruptly close her mouth.
” Mr. Xu, this is your car.”
Sammy Jones looked back and saw Joey Xu and Zhao Lanlan coming out together. Under the bright lights of the Ice and Fire Building, the familiar figure was reflected in Sammy Jones’ eyes, but it looked so strange.
Zhao Lanlan stood warmly at his side.
Handsome man and beautiful woman, the two looked so well matched. If Zhao Lanlan hadn’t married Xia Feiqing, the diamond ring that Joey Xu took himself to buy last time would have been on Zhao Lanlan’s finger.
But …
Now, I’m afraid it should be hers too.
“Should we go up and say hello?” Lormingfan apparently saw them as well and asked Sammy Jones again.
Sammy Jones’ eyes have blurred.
In his own damn state, he had already lost without having to open his mouth.
“Forget it, I don’t have anything to say to him anymore.” Sammy Jones said. He was about to say goodbye to Luo Mingfan again when Joey Xu’s voice suddenly sounded behind him.
“Sammy Jones!”
Zhao Lanlan also saw her. Subconsciously, she looked at Joey Xu’s complexion beside her, seemingly worried.
However, this look is reflected in the eyes of Sammy Jones, it is a different meaning, Joey Xu face is also obviously a little weak.
She took a deep breath, suppressing all the various emotions that were churning in her chest. Lifting her lips, she smiled a gorgeous smile, like it didn’t matter, and fixed Joey Xu’s eyes, “It’s been such a long time.”
The tone is rusty.
Attitude, even more indifferent.
Joey Xu’s brow furrowed.
“When did you get here?” He asked as he sank his steps closer toward her. On the phone, hadn’t she said she was going to cook the food herself tonight? Why did she appear here again at this moment? Moreover, it was still with Luo Mingfan.
“That’s my business, and it doesn’t seem to have much to do with you.” Sammy Jones’ attitude was cold, his voice even colder.
Looking at him was more like looking at a stranger.
But …
The hand carrying the bag, tugged how tight, but only they know. The pallor of her knuckles has already betrayed her emotions at this moment.
Looking at Zhao Lanlan’s worried eyes behind him, as well as the heartiness on his face, she only felt the tip of her nose turn sour.
“It has nothing to do with me, then who does it have to do with?” Joey Xu’s eyes fell on Luo Mingfan, his eyes had a warning. He didn’t like them getting so close.
The look in his eyes, naturally, did not go unnoticed by Sammy Jones.
But it’s ridiculous!
He can go out with Zhao Lanlan, she and Luo Mingfan just have a meal together and she has to be warned by him like this? Who does he think he is?
Sammy Jones wondered if he should still be glad that he was still wary of Luo Mingfan, did this mean that, in his heart, she actually did have a little bit of status?
She suddenly reached out and wrapped her hand around Luo Mingfan’s arm.
Obviously …
Luo Mingfan was slightly stunned and lowered his eyes to look at her.
Even without looking over, Joey Xu’s dark, blade-like line of sight was clearly perceived by her. It was so sharp that it made her feel like a thorn in her back.
Why bother?
It’s over …
“Mingfan, let’s go, I don’t want to talk more nonsense with him.” Sammy Jones said this and secretly tugged on Luo Mingfan’s sleeve.
He naturally understood what she meant and smiled slightly, hanging his head, “Yeah, let’s go.”
After saying that, Luo Mingfan silently took her hand. Those warm fingertips caused her to faintly freeze, and he looked at her with calm eyes, seemingly soothing.
Her heart tightened, and the aggrieved tears in her eyes almost fell out, but she took a deep breath and choked them down.
It turns out that when people are vulnerable, even a gentle look from someone else can bring out tears in a raw way. It’s just a pity … that this tenderness, however, does not come from Joey Xu …
Turning around, he and Luo Mingfan intended to leave.
“Sammy Jones!” said Joey Xu, stepping forward and clasping the hands she and Luo Mingfan were holding. Breaking it, he turned her around. He moved roughly and with great strength, as if he wanted to crush her whole body.
“Let go of me …” Sammy Jones fought, tears about to be held back.
Why won’t he leave himself alone after all this?
Joey Xu was just about to open his mouth, but a glance of his eyes landed on her fingers.
Empty!
His eyes tightened and his face became even more ugly, “Where’s the ring?!”
A ring?
And he can ask this with such a straight face …
Sammy Jones tried very, very hard to squeeze out a smile, “What’s the point of keeping a ring that has no meaning?”
“A meaningless ring?” Joey Xu looked at her with a sneer, almost gritting her teeth, and said, word for word, “Sammy Jones, that’s the ring we were going to get married with!”
Married?
Their marriage, will there ever be one?
She looked at the man in front of her in a daze, the two of them obviously hadn’t seen each other for just a few days, but, at the moment, she felt that he was so unfamiliar.
“So you remember that was our wedding ring, should I feel honored?” She laughed, already unable to hold back the wetness in the corners of her eyes. The hand held tightly in his grip trembled vaguely.
The sad look made Joey Xu’s heart tighten, “Sammy Jones …”
“Since you’re annoyed that I took the ring without authorization, I’d like to ask you nicely – where’s your ring? It means so much, as you say, so do you wear it?” Her eyes, too, fell on his hand.
The man’s hand, clasping the woman’s hand. Obviously holding it so tightly, yet, she seemed like she would disappear from his hand at any moment.
Two hands, both bare, no rings, and … no more of those sea vows …
Taking advantage of his daze, without waiting for him to answer, Sammy Jones withdrew his hand unexpectedly from her palm. And then, she turned around and jumped into Luo Mingfan’s car.
Luo Mingfan followed up and quickly locked the car door.
Joey Xu came back to her senses and went around, tugging desperately at Sammy Jones’ car door. Through the car window, looking at the handsome face covered with anxiety, she suddenly remembered everything she had experienced with him in this not so long time …
From the initial license revocation, then he maxed out his card, then … he took that dangerous acid for himself …
When did he fall in love with him?
Maybe it was at that moment. Or maybe … earlier than that …
“Sammy Jones, get out of the car! I want to talk to you!” Through the glass, his manic, low growl reached his ears.
She could barely contain herself as she tried to push the door open and get out of the car.
Couldn’t help but want to hear what he was trying to say.
But …
Is he going to go down again and be deceived by him?
“Ming Fan, please hurry up and drive, I don’t want to hear his voice again!” She desperately covered her ears, telling herself over and over again that she couldn’t be soft, she couldn’t be soft. Sammy Jones, you should be dashing and spontaneous!
Luo Mingfan glanced at her, then at Joey Xu outside, or silently started the car.
Joey Xu quickly chased after him, “Sammy Jones! You let me explain!”
Tears, all at once, slipped from his eyes. Almost immediately, the face was streaked with tears.
Luo Mingfan drew paper towels and handed them to her. She reached out and took it, and in the next second, immediately turned around to look back. Through the hazy fog, she clearly saw that under the night, the tall figure was chasing after the car …
He seemed to be desperately crying out, desperately trying to explain something.
But Sammy Jones is out of earshot …
“Do you need me to stop the car?” Luo Mingfan couldn’t help but ask as he watched her eyes that were always fixed on Joey Xu.
His words seemed to pull her sanity back at once. She tightened the tissue in her hand and quickly twisted back around, looking ahead at the road and shaking her head, “Don’t! There’s no need to stop!”
Although the words were said, however, the line of sight could not help but balk at the rearview mirror. Behind the car, that figure is getting smaller and smaller, smaller and smaller, to the last …
Finally disappeared.
Obviously I should be relieved, but …
The heart, however, is replaced by boundless despondency, inch by inch …
It tore at her heart.
She closed her eyes and leaned herself back against the car seat. The pain in her belly was so bad that all she could do was curl up helplessly and hug herself tight.
But …
Still hurts …
That sharp pain that goes all the way from the body, to the heart …
“Sammy Jones, how are you?”
“I’m fine …” just, heartache … that’s all …
“I’ll take you home?”
“I want to go for a walk in the park.” Going back alone that early in the morning would be a wild goose chase, so it would be better to go for a walk.
Luo Mingfan glanced at her and nodded, “Good. All listen to you.”
The other side.
Joey Xu ran out of breath, his long arms propped up on his knees, panting heavily. Watching the car drowning in the darkness, he cursed lowly, not caring how much physical exertion he had at the moment, he turned around and ran back.
Zhao Lanlan had already chased after him in her car, and when she saw him coming, she busily opened the car, “Get in!”
Joey Xu was just about to get into his car when he heard a footstep following him.
” Mr. Xu!”
Joey Xu’s face plummeted as soon as he saw them, “Why are you here?”
“We came here after Miss Jones!”
“Bullshit!” Joey Xu shouted, cutting them off, “I’m asking you guys, why are you still here when Sammy Jones is gone!”
Damn it!
He was asking them to protect Sammy Jones, but now Sammy Jones is all gone and they’re still standing around!
“We just saw that Mr. Xu is with Miss Jones, so …” everyone is also tense for a few days of nerves, see Miss Jones and Mr. Xu together iron surely safe, so just a little relax a little vigilance. Unexpectedly, this moment people actually disappeared!
“SHIT!” cursed Joey Xu, “Drive me to it! If anything happens to her, none of you will be able to hang around!”
The group immediately turned bloodless, looked at each other, and turned quickly to their cars.
At a glance at Joey Xu’s face, Zhao Lanlan didn’t dare to slack off and hurriedly got down from the driver’s seat, giving him the seat.
“You go find Sammy Jones, I’ll just get back on my own.”
Joey Xu gave her a look, “Haven’t said thank you yet.”
Zhao Lanlan smiled faintly, “We are friends, what is there to thank, besides, it’s not like I have anything to lose. This proposal was also made by me, it has nothing to do with you.”
The decision to be a blocker was indeed hers, and Joey Xu had always disagreed with it at first, thinking it was too unfair to her.
Joey Xu nodded and got into the car. Starting the car, he paused again, poking his head out to look at her, “You be careful anyway.”
“Don’t worry, Boss Bear wouldn’t dare mess with my dad yet.”
Joey Xu didn’t linger and drove the car out quickly.
But …