Edgar and His Destined Wife

Chapter 484

Chapter 484
She smiled as she took a sip of coffee.
“Jean, we need to talk about this.We should’ve talked about it ages ago.Let’s not run away from this conversation”
Jean peered into her cup of coffee as she stirred it with a teaspoon.
“Do we have to? We are treading on thin ice, but since we’re still safe, let’s keep this civil for now”
Edgar contemplated her calm demeanour and felt his courage melt away.He assumed that their relationship was improving.
Hence, her resistance was a surprise to him.
“This is for you — it’s an ice cream cake!”
Ellie suddenly appeared with a dessert in hand, but Edgar was not going to allow her to intrude upon them.
“She does not eat things like that”
Ellie spun towards Edgar and shuddered when she saw his piercing glare.She stumbled backward as tears fell like a waterfall and dashed back towards her father.
“She wanted me to try some ice cream! Why are you trying to scare a child?” Jean growled as she got up.
“You’re in no condition to eat things like that.Is it wrong for me to care for you?”
Edgar got up quickly when he realized that she was going to leave.
Jean turned to leave and realized that their disagreement was affecting the other customers as well.
Some of them could recognize Edgar and were whispering to each other.She hated the bated breaths and whispers behind her back whenever they were together.
“I don’t appreciate your concern and help.It’s a source of stress.It causes me to wander between concern for you and immense dislike for you.Sometimes, I wonder if I’m just digging my own grave by hanging out with you.I was blessed to have you as a former husband.

However, my relationship with you is like a swamp — it sucks me in and drags me down into its depths.
Our relationship suffocates both of us, Edgar.
Edgar stared at her for a long while.
“Is someone else’s daughter more important than I am to you?”
Jean glared back at him with clenched fists, but she said nothing.She could see the smirk rising on his face.
Skirting around him, she left the restaurant.
Edgar met up with Nathan that night at a bar and proceeded to drown his sorrows in alcohol.He did not answer any questions, but whenever a lady approached them, he would scream at them to make them leave.
Soon, all he could do was rest his head on a table in exhaustion.
“Should I hail you a cab or get you a booth, Mr.Knox?”
The manager offered, knowing that he had to step in to stop Edgar before his attitude deterred any more patrons from visiting his establishment.
Nathan knew the manager’s intentions and agreed.
However, before he could hoist Edgar up, the drunk man swatted his arm away.
Nathan stood back for a moment to observe Edgar.
He had never seen Edgar so dishevelled before — Edgar’s eyes were bloodshot, and his shirt and jacket were a crumpled mess.
“Don’t do this to yourself, Edgar.
There is a solution to everything.
Why would you pick the worst way to deal with things? Would you want me to get Jean to come look at you now?”
Edgar suddenly looked up, and a lopsided smile tore through the drunken haze.
“She doesn’t acknowledge me, you know: Nathan ran out of bullets.
“You should re-evaluate if that’s true.She…”
“Edgar!”
A lady in a white dress appeared.
The lady was playing the piano on the stage and was on the way back to the booth where she and her friends were seated but were distracted by Edgar and Nathan’s disagreement.
When she came by, she was surprised to see someone she knew! Xena smiled at Edgar, her admiration and love evident in her eyes.
“I didn’t expect to meet you here.” Nathan frowned.
“Do you know each other?”
“Yes!” Xena nodded.
Edgar proceeded to throw up on the sofa.
Despite the mess, Xena was unperturbed.She reached into her purse for a packet of wet wipes and began to wipe Edgar’s face.
“Did you drink too? I’ll drop you off.”
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