“If that’s the reason you are so moody, and it’s true you have gotten over her, why are you drinking yourself into a stupor here?”
Jayden asked Raymond this question as he smiled cunningly. He had known Raymond for many years now, even if he always did as if everything was okay with him, not letting people know what was wrong with him, he couldn’t hide any of his emotions from his friends especially Jayden, who could be said to be the closest person to Raymond among the four of them.
Unlike Dylan, who is always busy at the hospital due to his family being in the medical line of business. Almost all the hospitals in New York were owned by the Glems.
Dylan who was the heir of the Glems Pharmaceutical is always spending his days in the hospital carrying out one surgery or the other. Coming for this gathering with his friends was due to him being free today.
While Nicolas, being the most idle among the four, is also an heir of his family’s company. Gold real estate and housing are owned by his family.
His family deals with real estate, and being the biggest real estate company in the country, instead of Nicolas being busy with the company affairs, he is always idle because he has two older brothers (siblings), who manage the company.
Due to not having anything to do at the company, he went to join the entertainment industry. Being a famous celebrity who is not only handsome, but also good at his job (acting ), Nicholas is always going for film shoots. He is also known for being a flirt and a playboy. There is no club in New York that Nicolas doesn’t know. He even owns one of the bigger clubs in town.
Jayden, with his years of being a mafia, is always sensitive to people’s feelings and expressions. No emotions will go unnoticed by him. Seeing his friend confusing his feelings for revenge, he couldn’t help but ask him that question.
Hearing Jayden questioning him, Raymond was silent for some seconds. Thinking about this question, he also questioned himself inwardly, “did I still have feelings for that woman? no!, that can’t be possible. If I had feelings for her, I wouldn’t want to get revenge for all she did to me that year.”
“Raymond, if there is no love, there won’t be hate. Think about this well.” Before getting his answers, Jayden has already answered his inner questions like he read his mind.
Dylan and Nicolas watch as Jayden questions Raymond about his feelings for Ashley. Since they haven’t fallen in love with anyone before, with Nicolas being a playboy, and Dylan always busy at the hospital, both have not been in a serious relationship before. They don’t really understand Jayden’s point.
Since Ashley has broken Raymond’s heart, Nicolas has always had it in the back of his mind, not to ever fall in love with anyone. Even though he did, he hoped he fell for the right person. He didn’t think he could face half of what Raymond went through during that period of heartbreak.
“Jayden, stop bringing up bad memories of Raymond. Why would you ask him if he is still in love with that st***d, greedy woman. If you are the one, would you still have feelings for someone who did all that to you? Just shut up and stop being clairvoyant.”
Seeing Nicolas being childish and unreasonable, Jayden didn’t bother replying to him. Nicholas is always like this. No matter who says anything that he feels isn’t good about Raymond, he will fight the person to the end. Raymond is always a perfect person in his eyes.
“What if I have feelings for her, and what if I don’t? What I know is that I will make her regret and also make her feel all the pain I went through during that period of my life.”
Raymond said all this with visible pain in his eyes and words. Who would have thought that the business emperor of the whole United States of America would have this side of his.
Seeing Raymond losing his emotions again, Jayden thought, “Oh Raymond, when would you understand that no matter what you feel right now, you are still in love with Ashley.”
“Even after what she did, you didn’t forget her all these years, you didn’t stop thinking about her, you didn’t stop loving her, because if you did, you wouldn’t have rejected all the blind dates that have been arranged by your family all these years. You wouldn’t have also rejected all the girls we introduced to you every time.”
Raymond, having not told his friends about his encounter with Lina last night, they all thought he hasn’t gotten laid since Ashley left him.
“That’s the spirit, big brother. No matter what, we must teach that ungrateful woman a lesson. She thought being a little famous could make her a queen here.”
“Why is she coming back after five years? she shouldn’t have come back at all. If she is thinking about rekindling her relationship with you on her return, she should just forget it.” Nicolas said with anger.
Hearing Nicholas ranting, Dylan shakes his head. How can he be thinking about this during this period? Dylan thought. Although he didn’t say much since he had been here, he was still attentive to all that was going on.
Seeing as Raymond raises his wine glass to gulp the remaining alcohol in his glass, Jayden takes it away from his grasp. “That’s enough Raymond, even though you don’t get drunk easily, you still have to listen to the doctor’s advice of not taking too much alcohol. Did you want your old illness to relapse?”
Seeing no one is listening to his rubbish, Nicholas also intervened, “that’s right big brother, Dylan said you shouldn’t take much alcohol if you don’t want to suffer the consequences afterwards, or did you want your old illness to flare up?”