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 first.

his idea of punishment was to make her beg for his forgiveness. It made her cheeks turn hot as she thought

a sigh. It was a good thing her period was coming soon. At least she could rest

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

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

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

Erin to the city’s most

special kind of experience to get a seat in a restaurant one hundred and sixty stories off the ground and dine

that she was now facing a man she never wished to meet in the first place, she could only feign politeness in front of him.

restaurant could offer for the both of them. The only thing he wanted now was

stony as she ate, and she hardly even looked at Eugene

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 go home later when you still refuse to

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that, she lifted her head and gave him a proper look before saying, “You certainly look

too long.”

eye candy in the restaurant. But just as he was about to speak, his sharp eyes fell on a

premises.

his mere presence was enough to make every female diner turn their heads to gawk

the eye, and judging from his smile, he seemed to be in

woman he was looking at 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 all the heavily

himself, walked up to Erin and said, “What

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

to grab dinner too, Holly?”

makeup on, she still looked too beautiful 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

from having dinner? Do you suppose I came all this way to watch

caused the smile on Erin’s face to fade away. 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 his face the entire time, before

“Holly, it just so happened that Eugene ran into me, so we both decided to grab dinner together. He even brought your name

he immediately retorted, “Oh, shut up, Erin. You know damn well that I didn’t mention

be at a loss for words for a split second. “Look at how embarrassed he is, Holly! To think that he’s still trying to hide it

of being Holly’s best friend to twist our 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 barked as he purposefully