Chapter 15

Gary continued his commentary. Evan lowered his gare to the photo on the screen: a woman in a black business suit. She looked capable, confident, and bright. He couldn’t help but recall his encounters with her disheveled, despondent, broken, and desperate. She had tried to impress him, then fleeted in disgrace after being rejected… A wave of annoyance washed over him. He’d been too harsh to her earlier.

Around 9 pm, I was making noodles in the kitchen when my phone buzzed. It was a message from Gary. Since my inquiry about his employer’s measurements, he hadn’t responded. Now, a series of numbers arrived, followed by a few words: My boss says you wants to buy him a new suit, here are his numbers.

was completely stunned. What did this mean? Did he change his mind and decide to give me a chance? I immediately Esmissed that thought. No, perhaps I was overthinking

Alternatively, he might be preventing me from using the suit as an excuse to contact him again. If I misinterpreted his intentions and came to him with the suit, I might embarrass myself again.

I wanted the job, but not at the expense of my self–respect.

I cautiously replied “Okay, got it, I’ll buy a new suit for him and ship it as soon as possible.”

Gary relayed the message to Evan

“Mm‘ Evan responded flatly, turning a page of his book.

“Should L. Gary knew his boss was giving Olivia a chance, ‘remind her?”

“Don’t bother. She gave up

conclusion? Gary was confused but said

craftsmanship to the charcoal grey one. After two hours, my legs ached, and I still hadn’t found one. It wasn’t that the smoke–gray suit was particularly rare, but rather that his piece was unmistakably a bespoke masterpiece from a master tailor–even the most prestigious labels couldn’t hold a candle to

I imagined his haughty, disdainful expression

store and chose a similar charcoal grey suit. The saleswoman said “Your husband has a great physique.

Evan would consider

with the suit, I asked Gary for the address.

Olivia was texting, her stalker snapped a picture and send it

figure at the golf course had been haunting him; it looked so much like Olivia. More importantly, a man was with her. He could cheat, but his wife couldn’t; if even one of her fingers was touched by another man, he would want to skin that man alive. In his mind, Olivia was his possession; the

home. Julian was delighted. He thought that suit would be a

ship the suit after leaving the mall, but my message was unanswered, so I brought it home. Throwing the bag on the

washed over me. The house was designed to my preferences; every item was my choice, including the nursery. I’d envisioned a

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me high school, college he was so clean–cut, so handsome hack then. Looking at those pictures, I laughed and cried, as

to. I took out a box of instant noodles, possibly

Julian was speechless

then.” Don’t you just love outside stuff?

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