Love's New Bloom by Simone Hastings

Chapter 208 I’m Not a Scammer

“Why is he here?” Erin screamed wordlessly. Her heart skipped a beal, and she cursed her own bad luck! She would be meeting her ex- husband–no, scratch that–her brother–in–law!

Just as Erin was feeling a flurry of complex emotions, lan and Cherry had already walked into the living room together. Ian wore a dark gray suit with a maroon shirt underneath. He wore an elegant black tie made him look very stylish and put together.

His thick hair was styled handsomely, with each strand seemingly meticulously designed. His appearance was not much different from before; he still looked youthful elegant, and dashing. His skin appeared even more refined and pleasing to the eye, indicating that he had become more particular about his appearance after becoming a billionaire. Moreover, from his appearance, it was evident that he’d started working out and had improved his physique.

“Mom, you have a guest?” A hint of surprise flashed across lan’s eyes when he saw Erin.

Cherry smiled and introduced, “Pam, this is my other son–in–law, lan. He’s Yvette’s husband. lan, this is Pamela, Erin’s close elementary school friend. Pam came to see me today, and we had a long chat.”

Her introduction prompted Erin to stand up politely. She looked at lan, smiled slightly, and nodded while saying. “Hello.”

lan’s gaze remained fixed on Erin. When Cherry looked back at him again, he quickly regained his senses.

lan said, “Mom, I came here without any specific reason. It’s been a while since I last visited you. Yvette has been busy filming recently, so we haven’t been able to come and visit you together. I hope you understand.”

“It’s alright. You and Yvette are both busy. I know that.” Cherry showed lan to the sofa, getting him to sit down.

lan nodded and walked toward Erin as Cherry asked, “lan, have you eaten?”

“Yes, I have. There’s no need to get me any food.”

“It’s great that you’ve eaten. That means I don’t need to cook again. But we should have some coffee. I just brought back some new coffee

beans from my hometown. I’ll brew some for you. Pam, would you like a cup too?”

The mention of coffee from her hometown stirred up some emotions in Erin’s heart. It’d been seven years since she last had a taste of it.

Erin smiled and said, “Sure. I would love that.”

“It’s no trouble at all. You young people can sit and chat. I’ll go boil the water. The coffee tastes best when brewed with freshly boiled

went back into the kitchen

were left in the

initiated a conversation. “Miss Eastwood, did you say you were Erin’s elementary school

calmly replied,

me, she never mentioned anything about any elementary school

because you haven’t heard of me doesn’t

subtly hidden

don’t want to beat around the bush. For your information, ever since my wife. Yvette, became famous, there have been

used the disappearance of my ex–wife Erin as bait. They’ve swindled my mother–in–law out of more than a million

coldness, and his smile turned chilling. “Moreover, I hate scammers the most! I’ve sent all those scammers to prison in the past. Miss Eastwood, I hope you think twice before attempting anything dishonest. After all, it would be a pity for someone as beautiful as you to be

made Erin furrow her brows instantly. She found it surprising that Cherry had been conned out of

felt a sense of

it wrong. I’m not a scammer. I’m simply Erin’s elementary school classmate who has a good relationship with her. I came here purely to

He lowered his gaze as if contemplating, then raised his eyes and asked, “Since you claim not to be a scammer and say that you have a good relationship with Erin, then I’ll ask you this:

found lan absurd. How could he come up with such a ridiculous question

had no shame, she didn’t

smile formed on Erin’s lips as she spoke seriously, “Mr. Sloan, to my knowledge, Erin and you never had

couldn’t believe that this unfamiliar woman in front of him knew

with doubt. Just as he was about to ask something

Cherry carefully walked over with a

of them sat on the sofa, engaging in casual and polite conversation as if they were a regular family.

twenty minutes later, lan left. Not long after, it was also time for Erin to make a move. She

got into her car and

of road that had maple trees on both sides, Erin noticed a dark blue Bugatti parked by the roadside. She didn’t pay much attention and continued driving, but not

by the side of the road. She immediately got out of the car to assess the situation. Both the front

minutes later, Erin saw several scattered nails on

do such a despicable thing? How could they scatter nails on the road like this?” She sighed, stressing about what to

considering her options, she planned to call for a towing truck. Before she could make the call a group of young men suddenly appeared

immediately asked, “Hey there, pretty

She

a towing

you don’t need help? We have an

words, Erin immediately understood what was going on. If her guess was correct, they were likely the ones who intentionally scattered the nails