Chapter 162

She had barely taken a drag when April snatched the cigarette away, snuffed it out, and waved her hand dismissively.

“Mr. Dashiell cares so much about the bun in the oven, and smoking ain’t exactly flavor of the month. How about you lay off it for a bit?”

Looking visibly irritated, Evelina slapped her belly with a thud.

“Ugh, so annoying!”

Chill out, even if you’re out of luck, it’s not like Lizetta snagged the chance either, so it’s not a total bust.”

April tried to console her, and Evelina’s face finally softened.

Yeah, Lizetta will wake up and find out she’s missed the boat. Wonder if she’ll be beside herself with tears.

Just then, the doorbell rang.

“Is that Mr. Dashiell coming to see you?”

Lit up with excitement, Evelina jumped off the couch and made a beeline for the door. Then, thinking of she’d just smoked, she paused and said,

“April, keep him busy for a sec, and I’ll be right there.”

She dashed to the bathroom, sprayed on some perfume, touched up her lipstick, unbuttoned the top two buttons of her blouse, and then sprinted to the foyer.

she saw the man entering, the

it

it be? Eve, I just did you a solid; how

around Evelina’s waist, and playfully

fired up because you knew

him while signaling April with her eyes to stand guard

up, it was already dark

head was still foggy as she lifted herself from the couch,

the table was buzzing. Lizetta picked it up

Haven’t you come back yet? Or did you

came through, which jolted Lizetta back to reality; she sprang

I’ll catch up with you

phone in a hurry and glanced at

out cold for nearly six hours. Lizetta smacked her forehead, rushed out of the room, and started pounding

a cleaner happened to come by with

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checked out and left with their group an

catch, seeing several missed calls from

dashed to the elevator and dialed Anna, but no one

until she was almost on the ground floor that Anna picked up on

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