Shrouded Affections Winning Back My CEO Wife

Chapter 126

Chapter 126:

Eileen ended the call and headed straight to the location Raymond had provided. Once there, she decided to wait in her car.

The midday sun beat down fiercely, making the car uncomfortably hot. After a short while, unable to stand the heat any longer, Eileen got out of the car and walked into the restaurant.

At the entrance, there was a couch for guests. Eileen took a seat and started reviewing the material for her upcoming tutoring session on her phone.

Roughly thirty minutes later, a waiter approached her. “Excuse me, miss. Are you waiting for someone, or are you here to dine?”

“Just waiting for someone,” Eileen replied. Checking her watch, she saw it was nearly an hour since her arrival. She hurriedly redialed Raymond’s number.

The call connected, and she could faintly hear the rumble of a car engine through the phone.

“Hi, is your boss done with his meeting with the client?” Eileen inquired while glancing outside. Just then, she noticed a familiar black car merging into traffic.

It was the same one that had taken Milford to the educational agency days before.

Standing up, Eileen opened the door and stepped outside as Raymond explained, “My boss had an urgent matter come up. We’ve only just left the place.”

Eileen bit her lip as she watched the car drive away. She exhaled slowly before asking, “It’s alright. By the way, what should I call you?”

“Just call me Mr. Brooks,” he replied with brevity, throwing a glance at Bryan in the back seat through the rearview mirror.

Bryan had a slight smile as he looked out the window, seemingly amused by the situation with Eileen.

Eileen, after ending her phone call, saved Raymond’s number in her contacts as “Mr. Brooks” and then drove back to the agency.

Later that night, after careful thought, she decided to go to Pianoforte Villas, bringing with her textbooks for Milford’s grade.

Arriving at the door with her suitcase of books, she noticed the door was ajar. However, to be courteous, she still chose to ring the bell.

From inside, Milford called out with impatience, “The door’s open! Come in!”

As Eileen pushed the door open, a peculiar noise from above caught her attention. Looking up, she was shocked to see a bucket of water tipping toward her.

The cold water drenched her, streaming down from her head to her dress, tracing a path along her chin.

The bucket fell on her head with a loud clunk, sending a throbbing pain through her head.

Milford couldn’t contain his laughter. “That’s what you get!”

With those words, he spun on his heel and dashed up the stairs.

Eileen stood motionless for a moment, her fingers releasing the suitcase handle and allowing it to hit the floor. She removed the bucket, revealing her face flushed with frustration.

Her eyelashes, clumped by water, flicked as she managed to pry her eyes open and glare at Milford, who paused halfway up the stairs.

Milford said, “You might as well accept it. I’m not going to study with you. Keep coming if you want to experience something similar again.”

squandering your youth and your potential. Is

Leaning on the railing, Milford scowled and retorted,

then disappeared

a deep breath to steady her nerves, Eileen smoothed back her

ruined. Eileen tipped the water out of the suitcase and put all the books back into

room on the third floor. Milford was cozied up in a bean bag

surprised to see

kicked a stool out of the way with her foot and walked in. Finding a seat, she pulled out her

snorted, his focus returning to his

two hours, they sat there in silence. When 9 o’clock, the end of what would have been their

door, she noticed the water marks on the

Milford’s guardian

was no sign

carrying the suitcase

a man stood at the window, watching Eileen leave. Eileen’s hair was still slightly damp, clinging

as she walked, clearly

Bryan headed upstairs

off guard and starting to protest, straightened up instantly when he

the tutoring, I advise you not to waste your time,” Milford

room, found the only clean chair, and sat

and a small puddle next to his shoe glistened in the

Soon,

of Bryan’s silence, hastily putting away his gaming tablet

Bryan just stood and left after finishing his

suspecting Milford had spiked the water with ice

was runny and her cough incessant. Despite Bailee’s ginger soup remedy, her condition didn’t improve, and she eventually sought out medication from the

enough,” Bailee said, holding the medicine

looking back, got into her car. Once Bailee hopped in with a hint of reluctance, Eileen said, “I’ve got a morning full of preparing course materials, an afternoon trial lesson, and even tutoring. I don’t have time for an IV

and fired up the

tomorrow?” Bailee asked, leaning in. “You keep tutoring that troublesome Milford? What if he tries

headache, but she knew he

was never getting a chance to really sit down

another emergency contact. Pull it up and send it to me once we get

powered up her computer, located

them was Raymond’s

a second thought. The call connected after a brief wait, and a voice she knew

Eileen recognized the

on the

of awkward silence passed before Eileen

this number in Milford’s contacts. I was guessing it

replying, “Well, it is my boss’s number, but it’s mostly used

realized she had hit a

like to schedule a meeting with your boss. It’s important to discuss Milford. His first couple of sessions didn’t go well. I can’t just ignore this,” Eileen said. She was in no mood to drag this out until they sorted this out properly. “I’m putting Milford’s lessons

office; Raymond had switched