“No.”
Without even looking at her, Kevin indifferently refused.
“Why don’t you need it? It’s easy to get in touch when you need to.”
“I don’t think we’ll ever need to be in touch.”
“… Well, it was okay that you just didn’t want it.”
The next evening, Bella finished her day’s work, rushed home from school, went straight upstairs, quickly changed out of her professional attire, and picked a lavender dress from her wardrobe and put it on.
She applied faint make-up, coiled up her long hair to the back, and then wore a pair of small delicate earrings. Although she was not gorgeously dressed up, but was noble and elegant.
After looking at the time, she hurriedly went downstairs and bumped into Lena who had just entered the house. Lena sized her up with a stunning look,”Wow, you’re so beautiful today. Are you going to date?”
“It’s not a date, but a party.” She explained with a smile.
“Are you alone or with my brother?”
“I go with him, but he doesn’t seem to be back yet.”
Bella looked out the door, beginning to worry that Kevin might have changed his mind at the last minute, or forgotten his appointment for tonight, or been delayed by something…
Seeing her anxious, Lena couldn’t help but purse her lips and smile lightly, reassuringly, “Don’t worry. My brother is bad, but he sticks to his principles, and he will do what he promises others.”
As soon as she finished, they heard the sound of a car whistle outside, and they went outside at the same time. Once they saw that it was Kevin’s car, Bella was relieved, and Lena took the opportunity to tease, “How about it? Do you have more confidence in my brother in the future?”
“I’ll try.”
Bella smiled sweetly, and Kevin who was watching her from the window of the car from afar, felt touched, but was quickly sober. A man who hated women couldn’t fall for a woman’s looks. He had a strange feeling because he saw a warm smile that he hadn’t seen for a long time.
“Can’t you see I’m waiting here? And you’re dilly-dallying!”
Kevin had reverted to his previous indifference and looked impatient. Bella pulled the door open and sat in, innocently asking, “It’s like I’m waiting for you, right?”
“Are you trying talking back again?”
People had to bow under the eaves. Obviously she was the first to wait for him, but even the opportunity to cunningly argue was deprived by him.
When she arrived at the banquet location, almost all the teachers from the school had arrived. Alice was standing outside the door looking around by herself. Last year there was still Bella accompanying her. This year she was helplessly alone.
“Bella, you’re here.”
As soon as Alice saw her, she greeted her, wanting to say something, but holding back because Kevin was beside her.
“Hello, Mr. Jones-Sharp.”
She nodded politely, having already met Kevin last time when she attended their wedding. She was completely fine with Kevin’s looks, but she was quite dissatisfied with the frequency of his divorce.
Putting dissatisfaction aside, she had no right to interfere with other people’s choices.
Everyone had her own path she wanted to take.
“Hello.”
Kevin responded distantly, gazing towards the crowd in the hall, and indifferently said to Bella, “I’ll only accompany you for a while. I won’t stay too long.”
“Okay.”
She was not surprised and she never thought he could stay for dinner.
As they stepped forward, Alice suddenly grabbed Bella’s arm and leaned over to remind her urgently, “Louis is back!”
What?
Bella was shocked. She had not heard the news of his return in the afternoon. How could he suddenly return in a short time when she only just went back home to change clothes. Although there was no shady relationship between them, Louis’s feelings for her was simply well known, and he had never shied away from his feelings. A month ago, he went to Germany for academic exchanges, and did not know about her flash marriage. If he knew it now, he might have suffered……
Glancing at the man beside her, suddenly she didn’t have the courage to take another step.