Chapter 163
Moreover, if even someone like Jonathan could be in danger, it wouldn’t matter whether Rosalie would go down on her knees or not
After all, even if she knelt till her legs broke, it would not be of any benefit to him.
Her silence made the man’s eyes darken, but he didn’t say anything more and simply started the car engine to drive off
Right then, all Rosalie could feel was the silent, oppressive atmosphere in the automobile
The next day, Rosalie went to see Lillian. They found a seat in a restaurant near the latter’s home and sat down. Looking at the obvious dark eye circles on Lillian’s face, Rosalie could guess that her best friend likely didn’t sleep well last rught.
“What happened when you got home yesterday? Rosalie asked.
“Don’t even bring that up. My parents were practically preparing ransom money when I came home. They almost whooped me.” Lillian said.
Rosalie was taken aback. “Why? You didn’t tell them about Callum?”
“Uh, I said a friend who hadn’t seen me for a long time pulled my leg and that I forgot to tell you, thus causing that false alarm, Lillian admitted. She didn’t have the guts to tell her parents the truth.
If her parents were to find out she had “devoured” a man abroad back then, she would’ve probably suffered way more last night. Her father might even just beat her up with a baseball bat.
“What in the world is going on between you and Callum? Why did he take you away like that yesterday?” Rosalie posed the biggest question in her heart.
It was also only yesterday, after seeing Callum, that she realized he was the same man she had seen through the glass window when she and Lillian dined together in the restaurant.
“So, at that time. Callum was watching… Lillian!” she concluded inwardly
Lillian’s face flushed slightly. It seemed like this was a difficult question for her to answer.
“If it’s not convenient for you to tell me-”
“It’s nothing inconvenient,” Lillian interrupted, then succinctly told Rosalie what had happened back then. “Afterward, I received your call and came right back home. I thought because he grew up abroad, he should be quite open-minded in this regard and likely wouldn’t even be fazed by it. Who knows… Well, he seems to think of me as a fuckgirl now.”
At the mention of this, Lillian felt rather embarrassed.
Had it not been because she was the woman in question, she, too, would’ve thought that woman was a fuckgirl upon hearing. Callum’s accusations’ yesterday. How she used sweet nothings to sleep with and dump a pure, enthusiastic man was practically akin to those scumbags in TV shows that often get spat on by the viewers, except the genders were switched here. Rosalie was also flabbergasted after listening to the history between her best friend and Callum. According to Jonathan, Callum was definitely not a person to be underestimated. She thought, ‘He’s cunning and full of tricks, yet Lillan actually…
Nobody would believe such a thing if they heard it!
“So, he’s been looking for you all these years?” Rosalie inquired.
“I think so, Lillian replied awkwardly
“Although we took you out of his house yesterday, I doubt he’ll let you go easily. What are you going to do about him?” Rosalie asked.
Lillian scratched her head in slight distress. “I don’t know. Let nature take its course, I guess. Speaking of which, her phone was still with Callum, so she had to buy another one later and report the loss.
“If you can’t deal with it by then, let me know I’l]—”
Before Koalie could finish her words, Lillian interjerted, “Rosalie, you’ve already helped me a lot yesterday. If it weren’t for you, Jonathan would not have come to get me Callum is mad because of what I did. I’ll just let him vent his anger on me for
once
Lillian had spoken nonchalantly, but Rosalie was still concerned. “Will it really be that simple?” Rosalie pondered.
“Don’t worry. Even though I left Callum without a word hack then, I didn’t commit anything heinous, nor do we have an irreconcilable grudge. At most… It’s just one night in bed. I don’t think he’ll do too much harm to me,” Lillian comforted her
friend
After all, it was hard enough for Rosalie to be with Jonathan now. Lillian didn’t want Rosalie to worry about her as well
“But if you get into any difficulties, you must tell me!” Rosalie insisted. “Even if the current me can’t help you… I can beg Jonathan. He might just be willing to lend a hand”
When Rosalie spoke of begging Jonathan, her voice was unmistakably a little suppressed and uneasy.
Lillian understood that Rosalie likely also begged Jonathan yesterday in order to find her. As for what begging the man entailed, Lillian was naturally well aware.
To Rosalie, Jonathan was akin to a nightmare. All of her darkest pain derived from him.
However, facing Rosalie’s present worried countenance, Lillian still smiled and said, “Okay, I got it.” She simply said that in order not to worry her best friend. As for the matter with Callum, she would solve it by herself.
The duo continued chatting for a while until Rosalie glanced at the time and saw that it was about time for her to go to the interview. Hence, she got up and planned to leave.
“Are you interviewing for the delivery rider job?” Lillian asked.
“Mhm” Rosalie nodded. “I sent my resume the other day and received a call this morning asking me to go for an interview.”
Lillian cheered her up. “Break a leg, then! I wish you success.”
After Rosalie left, Lillian also planned to go to the bus stop to take a bus to the parking lot where she parked her car yesterday.
As Callum took her away out of the blue yesterday, her private car was still in that parking lot.
At the thought of an entire day’s worth of parking fees, Lillian felt her heartache again!
It was not easy to make money these days. Some time ago, the boss of the small design institute she worked at said that everyone would only receive 80% of their wages every month, and the remaining 20% would only be paid at the end of the year, along with the year-end bonus. In actuality, it was simply a disguised wage reduction, which meant that 20% of their monthly wages would be collected and then paid as their so-called year-end bonus.
Just as Lillian was about to reach the bus stop, a car pulled up ahead of her.
Lillian immediately became on edge when she saw the car, thinking, “Isn’t… this Callum’s car? This was the car I was taken into yesterday!”
The car window rolled down, and Callum’s exquisite face came into Lillian’s view at once.
Instinctively, Lillian took a step back and wanted to keep her distance from the other party.
Callum’s eyes narrowed slightly, her retreating action only making him feel particularly annoyed.
“Don’t you want your phone anymore?” he began.
She studied him carefully and licked her slightly dry lips. “Um… Are you gonna give it back to me?”
