She was wondering, could it be?
Dare not think, and she didn’t know how to think. But he had gone, and she didn’t know where he had gone to. The guy who asked her to marry him was simply talking about it carelessly!
Suddenly she laughed, “Lilah, let’s not talk about this bad thing, okay? Where are we going to eat tonight?”
Esther went to dinner with Lilah almost every day after work this week.
“I can’t be with you tonight. My husband is back from a business trip, I’ve to go back to stay with him tonight! Sorry, Esther. I’ll accompany you on another day!” Lilah apologetically patted Esther’s face. “I’ll go first, and you can finish the job and go back early.
“Okay! Have a good time!” Esther blinked and watched Lilah leaving in a hurry. She shrugged her shoulders and stopped smiling.
“So boring!”
“You can talk to me if you’re bored!” A man’s voice suddenly rang out and startled Esther. Then, she stood up and casually greeted him from a distance.
In this week, she had asked around and found out that Ethel was Hudson’s illegitimate half-brother who followed his mother’s surname. He was a well-known playboy. So, she always kept in mind to stay away from this man.
“Ethel, it’s time to get off work!” Esther greeted politely. “I’ll go first!”
Ethel was stunned. In this week, he was fishing for her information about the things between her and Hudson, also her and Elijah, but what he was curious about the most was the relationship between Elijah and Esther.
But she didn’t say anything about it, and it had made him even more curious.
Esther thought Ethel came to work every day in this week, and no one could be as nosy as him.
But she just didn’t say it, carrying her bag to go outside, she said in her mind, ‘You deserve to endure my silence, you damn idiot!’
Thinking of Ethel’s annoying look, Esther showed a wry smile. These days they were too boring, she hadn’t cracked a joke for a long time.
Then she thought of Lilah’s comment about studying in college, but she hadn’t raised any money this week. She needed five million in less than three weeks; how could she get the money? She couldn’t help but get depressed again.
Casino, did she have to go to the casino? Elijah said not to go to the casino in G City because there were all cheaters.
After Esther left, Ethel also followed out and walked to her when he saw her leaving.
After catching up with her, he saw her sad face with a little desperation on it, and this shocked Ethel. Was this an expression that such a young girl should have?
“What’s wrong?” After Ethel was stunned for a moment, he asked curiously and expressed his concern.
As soon as she saw Ethel following her, Esther immediately hid her sadness, raised her eyebrows, and rolled her eyes at him, “Ethel, it’s not office hour!”
“I have a watch!” Ethel stretched out his wrist to show her the watch on his wrist. “I know it’s not office hour!”
“Then I can stop being polite to you, right?” Esther didn’t have a good temper to speak with him. “Ethel, I don’t have time to talk with you, I’m going to have my dinner!”
“Why is this girl so ungrateful? I’m caring for you. You just looked like you’re dying just now. What’s wrong, are you missing Elijah?” Ethel continued asking.
“Miss him? Pooh!” Esther coldly snorted, “I don’t have time to talk nonsense with you, I’m very hungry!”
“I’ll treat you!” He spoke, with an ulterior motive.
She wanted to leave, but suddenly she stopped, looking at him provocatively. “You’ll pay the bill?”
Did it mean she can eat whatever she wanted?
“Yes, I’ll pay!” Ethel nodded manly, as if reading her mind and asked, “Are you dying for a big meal? Do you want to make me poor with just one dinner?”
Esther was stunned, it was boring to be read by him, “Are you paying or not?”
“Of course. Where do you want to go to eat?” Ethel raised his eyebrows and smiled happily, but he was running like an old fox.
Esther stunned and thought in her heart, got some admiration for Ethel-he looked really cheerful as an illegitimate son. He was unlike those children from a single-parent family who got some psychological problems.
“Little girl, what are you looking at? Is it my handsome face that made you start to love me?” Ethel teased.
“Nuts! I’m crazy if I have an affection on you, a pervert!” Esther lifted her chin high and walked towards the elevator.
“Then what did you think just now?”
“You really want to hear it?” Esther raised her eyebrows and looked at him.
“Yes!”
“I just admire you; you actually didn’t twist even though your last name isn’t Ball!” Esther said sincerely.
Right after Esther spoke, Ethel squinted his eyes. Then, a grim look flashed in his eyes.
“Uh! So, you still care about it! Look at your face, it’s changing pale!” Esther thought he had a strong heart, but she didn’t expect him to be vulnerable even he looked strong and careless. “Don’t be depressed, compared with me, you can be much happier, don’t you still have a mother? And your father is still alive, even if he didn’t marry your mother but he is still your father. Unlike me, I’m the one who should be most depressed, right? I’m an orphan!”
They were in the elevator and the elevator had begun to go down. Ethel heard what she said, then his expression eased, and a smile returned to his face, “I’m really happier than you!”
“Come on, don’t rub salt into my wounds!”
“Who are you talking with?”
“With you!” Esther with her head and chin held high, ignoring Ethel’s tone.
Ethel wasn’t angry. “Esther, do you want to know where Elijah has gone?”
Esther stunned and looked away. “Why should I know?”
She was thinking in her mind, ‘Where has Elijah been this week?’
In front of an Italian restaurant in G City.
Esther chose a Italian restaurant. In fact, she didn’t like Italian food very much, but it was expensive, and she could spend more of Ethel’s money so that he wouldn’t bother her later.
As soon as she got out of the car, she suddenly heard a woman’s high-pitched but lowered voice. “Well! Isn’t this Ethel the great samaritan? Changed a partner again? Oh! And such a young girl this time!”
“Pfft!” Esther almost laughed out. She tried to hold back her laughter and whispered to Ethel, “Great Samaritan? Why does it feel like you’re an ancient time fat ministry counselor with a lot of wives and concubines? Ethel, you must be too flirtatious. Are these two your women?”
Esther looked towards the two amorous ladies who just got off the car over there, only that they had too much makeup on their faces.
Ethel looked towards where the sound came from and saw two women were standing there, looking at him and Esther.
“Ethel, have you changed your taste?” One of the women pouted and laughed ambiguously. “You want this kind of young girl too?”
As soon as Esther heard the tone of their words, she knew that these two women had some relationship with Ethel, the pervert, and she didn’t care. Looking at the two beauties and she said, “You are so beautiful!”
The two women looked at her who sweetly praised them, they were happy and advised her, “Stay away from this kind of man, don’t get yourself sold by him and still thank him!”
Ethel was stunned, while Esther smiled and thanked them. “Don’t worry, I’ll absolutely protect myself! You’re really beautiful and kind, I like you!”
However, Ethel smiled treacherously. He turned back to look behind and smiled, ” Rosalie，Orchid, your benefactor is here!”
The two women were stunned and immediately stood up. “Ethel, we’ll contact you another day!”
“Ethel, it seems that women don’t like you that much! See, just as soon as you came out, someone screwed up with you!” Esther laughed and looked askance at Ethel.
“They are jealous of you!” Ethel smiled and intimately held Esther’s shoulders. “Jealous, do you understand?”
Esther stunned for a moment. She was a little puzzled, not noticing his movements, then asking back. “You said jealous? Why?”
“Because you’re more beautiful than them! You’re still gorgeous even though you don’t use cosmetics. They’ve used a large bottle of foundation but still can’t cover their aging face!” Ethel said and looked at Esther’s face at a close range. He found that she really didn’t use any cosmetics, and her skin was white and flawless which caught Ethel’s eyes.
They entered the restaurant. Suddenly they sensed a sharp sight, and they subconsciously looked over at the same time. It was Elijah, he stood in front of the stairs and he was looking at them.
Elijah saw them on the street through the glass from afar. He was going to go upstairs to the private room with his client, but then he asked his assistant to accompany the client and he stopped there. He saw them walk in, and the arm that Ethel was holding Esther was so obtrusive.
Not seeing for a week, Esther was living a good life. Although someone reported her routines every day and also sent him her photos, Elijah still got a moment of surprise when he really met her in person. However, when he found that she was embraced by Ethel, his sight became sharp again.
“Eli, Elijah?” Esther’s heart trembled inexplicably as she didn’t expect to meet him. Elijah, in a black suit, was standing straight on the stairs. Her heart trembled under his oppressive gaze.
And following the direction of his gaze, she finally returned to her senses and took a look at the intimate posture with Ethel. Then she frowned, jumped away, and accused him in a look of disgust, “Why are you hugging me?”
She didn’t even notice that. Thinking that he had just hugged her, she had goosebumps all over her body.
Ethel looked at the exaggerated movement of Esther, he was a little bit sad. Was he so bad? Other women were eager for him to hug them, but this woman was so disdainful of him. Then he saw Elijah, and he greeted him lazily. “Elijah, when did you get back?”
Esther was terribly nervous. She didn’t meet Elijah since that night. And she was a little surprised to meet him in this restaurant this time. She heard Ethel said he just returned, only then she knew he went abroad, no wonder for a week she hadn’t seen him.
Elijah didn’t say anything, just walked towards them.
Esther was tight in her mind. She stepped aside, tilting her face slightly and squinting at him, her eyes were filled with anger.
Elijah glanced at Esther and then turned to Ethel. “Since we ran into each other, let’s have dinner together!”