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

did Mr. Jones arrive at this conclusion? Gary was confused but said nothing

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

a bench, I imagined his haughty,

a rest, I impulsively entered a store and chose a similar charcoal grey suit. The saleswoman said “Your husband has

model? Hah, Evan would

with the suit, I asked

stalker snapped a picture and send it

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 only thing she

three hours shopping, finally bringing a men’s suit home. Julian was delighted. He thought that suit would be a gift to him.

so I brought it home. Throwing the bag on the sofa, I went upstairs to shower. That afternoon, I packed the rest of my belongings. Only

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

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college he was so clean–cut, so handsome hack then. Looking at those pictures, I laughed

I didn’t want to. I took out a

Julian was speechless

then.” Don’t you just love

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