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.

as usual, he hung

to make her beg for his forgiveness. It made her cheeks turn hot as she thought about how

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

Station. His eye–catching luxury car immediately caused more than just a few heads

walked over to his car once she noticed the license plate. He’d already unlocked the car door for her, so it didn’t take her long to slip into

a minute later, the sports car sped away from the train

to the city’s

in a restaurant one hundred

was now facing a man she never wished to meet in the first place, she could only feign politeness

for the both of them. The only thing he wanted now was to

ate, and she hardly even looked at Eugene the

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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him a proper look before

too long.”

face, accentuating his handsome features and immediately turning him into the sole eye candy in the restaurant. But just as he was about to

premises.

woman in question was his ex–wife, Holly, and the man accompanying her looked so fine that his mere presence

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

was livelier 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 beat

to Erin and said, “What a coincidence. Are you on a date too?”

she felt a twinge of displeasure in her lieart, which

on the other hand, was all smiles. “Are you here to grab

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

you a jokester, Erin? What else can I be here for apart from having dinner? Do you suppose I came all this way to watch a movie?”

She 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 look on

just so happened that Eugene ran into me, so we both decided to grab dinner together. He even brought your name up while we were talking just

refuse to play along, he immediately retorted, “Oh, shut up, Erin. You know damn well that

split second. “Look at how embarrassed he is, Holly! To think that he’s still trying to hide it until now,” she replied nervously, not

relationship, Erin! She’s my ex, okay? You’re the one I invited out for dinner tonight, so I’m damn well not sharing this table with anyone!” Eugene