Chapter 18 A Toast to You

Dressed in haute couture, Gigi stood behind Jean with a few women in similar clothing.

She looked astonished as if she had seen something that shouldn’t be there.

Jean wasn’t expecting to see her there.

Other than her frenemies, Gigi was accompanied by an unexpected person.

He was Edgar’s friend, Nathan Knox.

In her two years of marriage with Edgar, Jean only met him a few times. As a result, she wasn’t familiar with him.

Nathan frowned as he looked at Jean in her slip-dress. He hesitated.

“Jean, are you… working here?”

He spoke carefully, but Jean felt a piercing pain in her heart.

It was true that Jean Eyer of the Eyer Group had lost her position and ended up in such a place.

And who should I thank for this?

Jean kept quiet. Nathan took her silence as a yes. His heart sank as he stepped between her and the man.

“Does Edgar know that you’re here?”

“Mr. Knox, I’m no longer married to him. Am I supposed to report my daily routine to my ex-husband?”

paused. Their divorce was the gossip of the day.

say another

do you need? I can lend

here. What do you mean by ‘this

The manager interrupted.

be in trouble for spreading the word that she

Jean laughed.

here because you recommended it to me in the

to reveal the fact.

Gigi’s friends exchanged looks.

Eyer is working here,

let the

You know

thinking of taking Cindy away from you. What if we call for

unreadable expression flitted across

before grinning from ear to

wonder you are all Ms. Reece’s

expect them to treat Jean

that they were

all crazy? Don’t regret it when things turn out badly!” Nathan choked on his

he looked at

had achieved her aim—to make everyone surrounding Edgar

and

at a time? Take your time and think about it. Oh, maybe

laughed out loud. He eyed

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