Chapter 10

Chapter 10 Do Me a Favor

It was eight o’clock in the evening. Sitting casually in the Michelin restaurant, Gigi was cutting into her rib-eye sirloin as she said, “Edgar, I ran into Jean and her boyfriend.”

Edgar placed down the knife and fork and raised his eyes apathetically, “Boyfriend?”

Gigi was not intimidated by his sudden change of attitude, as she replied softly, “Yeah, I’ve looked into it, his name is Ben Ludwig, and he is from a rich family. I mean it shouldn’t really bother me, but I can’t bear with it anymore. After what the Eyers did to you, Jean doesn’t deserve to live a happy life.”

Gigi pretended to not notice the look in Edgar’s eyes. She continued in an exaggerated tone, “Ben seems to be madly in love with her; making sure that she is warm by offering her his jacket.”

The more Gigi said, the gloomier Edgar became, and it peaked when she said, “Besides, they say that they have moved in together.”

‘Clink!’ Edgar tossed the cutleries on the table, and the air around him quickly turned dense and chilly.

Gigi then took on a surprised expression, “Edgar, have I said something wrong?”

After all, she had intentionally worded it to challenge his pride as a man.

into the embrace of another man.

hid the exasperation in his face and uttered coldly, “I’m

Gigi smiled and lowered her head – as if she was helping herself to the last of her steak, but conveniently hid

accomplishments in the entertainment industry. After all, Gigi was light-years behind what

secretly happy to see the sad state of Jean today, and she never wanted Jean to be

in a stormy fashion. Meanwhile, the valet had brought his car around and was waiting for him by the

his keys and circled around the car for the

pause, holding the seatbelt in his hands. “Miles will be

moment. She said with bubbly eyes, “Edgar,

put up a patient look, but he was on the verge of losing it,

to not challenge his patience. She had hardly stepped out of the car when the door closed behind her with

car had taken off with a

time Edgar had

color, as it disappeared into the dark.

was about to get in trouble, but

zoomed across town. He wound down the window as the wind whipped violently with the speeding car. The words ‘they have moved in together’ echoed in his head

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