Chapter 407

Greg was absentmindedly flicking a lighter, his usually stoic face showing no emotion as he muttered, “I don’t know.”

Edith couldn’t help but laugh. “Even the devil himself gets puzzled, huh?”

“I don’t want to push her into anything.”

“Oh, come off it.”

Edith pierced through his facade, laughing, “Stop playing innocent with me. You knew she’d be at that hotel today, and yet you had to show up in your beat–up old car, just begging to be noticed. You wanted her to come after you, didn’t you?”

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“And when she finally shows up, you’re here acting all coy, avoiding her.”

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“Greg…”

Suddenly standing up, Edith pointed at him, her laugh taking on a knowing tone, “You’re not trying to play hard to get, are you?”

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a swift motion, Greg brushed her hand aside, feigning indifference, “Your

Bryant’s side, it

all ties with him.

was

he had tried calling back, too.

dead of night, overcome with thoughts, he couldn’t

Bryant answered again.

back downstairs to the car, and Christine could tell something was

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was there?”

“There was.”

I get the feeling you’re disappointed?”

“It wasn’t Greg.”

up, “He must’ve sold the house. A

me, the one

nodded, driving

“Was the woman who answered young,

our age,

you ever think she could be

a moment at her suggestion, a possibility I hadn’t

two years can change

Bryant couldn’t expect me to wait forever, I shouldn’t have assumed Greg would still

for some reason, I shook my head,

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