Love's New Bloom by Simone Hastings

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Chapter 76 An Ill–fated Breakup

“Exactly! As long as you let me buy you dinner this one time, I’ll let go of this matter entirely,” Eugene immediately promised.

“Fine, come pick me up.” Erin hung up after updating him on her whereabouts. It’d be for the best if she could just get rid of someone so clingy as soon as she could.

While walking to where they both agreed to meet up, she typed a message to Chandler via WhatsApp.

“I’ve already sent my mom home. I’ll be having dinner with a friend, so I’ll be back late.”

Less than ten seconds later, she received Chandler’s text. “With who?”

After giving it some thought, she recalled one week ago when Chandler had stopped ordering Hans to tail her, so she felt that

she should be more honest with him too.

“My bestie’s ex–husband.”

“Eugene?” He texted back within seconds.

Just as she was about to type her answer, she received a call from Chandler instead.

“Why are you having dinner with him, Erin?” he quizzed. He sounded bewildered, and she could even hear that he was suppressing anger over the phone.

Thinking back to the incident where Eugene had molested her, she felt that it’d be a hassle to explain everything to Chandler there and then. Moreover, she knew that he’d start thinking all sorts of bad things afterward, so she thought up an excuse to appease him, “He wanted to ask me about Holly.”

“You’d better come home before ten tonight if you know what’s good for you!” he exclaimed after letting out an exasperated sigh.

he hung up

couldn’t help but think of his threat. Surely, his idea of punishment was to make her beg for his forgiveness. It made her cheeks turn hot as she thought about how lustful Chandler had become these past

a good thing her period was coming soon. At least she could rest for a few days.

pulled up to the Neweast Train Station. His eye–catching luxury car immediately caused more than just

car once she noticed the license plate. He’d already unlocked the car door for

sports car sped

to

seat in a restaurant one hundred and sixty stories off the

facing a man she never wished to meet in the first

the best Ferrence meal the restaurant could offer for the both of them. The only thing he

stony as she ate, and she hardly even looked

her icy silence until it was time for dessert, he finally exploded in a rant, “You’ve been stone–faced to me the entire time, Erin! How am I supposed to feel at ease when I

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she lifted her head and gave him a proper look before saying, “You certainly look like you’ve been out

too long.”

to his face, accentuating his handsome features and immediately turning him into the sole eye candy in the restaurant. But just as he was about to speak, his sharp eyes fell on a couple who had

premises.

Holly, and the man accompanying her looked so fine that his mere presence was enough to make

eye, and judging from his smile, he seemed to be in a good mood. His gaze then locked on the young woman

and more free–spirited when compared to all the other women in the restaurant. It was none other than Erin, the woman whose natural beauty was enough to

befitting an aristocratic gentleman like himself, walked up to Erin

moment Holly saw them together, she felt a twinge of displeasure in her lieart, which was why she didn’t go up to Erin

grab dinner too, Holly?” she said happily, standing up

to ignore. Her male companion tonight, Sean, was a living, breathing example of that. Not to mention her ex–husband Eugene, who had always seen Sean as his rival in love. With Erin talking to her with such

here for apart from having dinner? Do you suppose I came all this way to

wasn’t stupid either, as she could sense that Holly was mad at her. She then turned her gaze to Eugene, who had been staring at her with a strange

it just so happened that Eugene ran into me, so we both decided to

along, he immediately retorted, “Oh, shut up,

embarrassed he is, Holly! To think that he’s still trying to hide it until now,”

best friend to twist our relationship, Erin! She’s my ex, okay? You’re the one I invited out for dinner