“Are you saying that I’m not worthy of you?” Xavier questioned.
“What do you think?” Josephine retorted.
All of a sudden, virtual-novel.net gave a self-derisive laugh. “Yes, I’m not worthy of you with my lowly status. But why would you rather date someone who had been to prison instead of giving me a chance? Am I even lowlier than an ex-convict?”
He abruptly became emotional, and his tone turned harsh.
Upon hearing that, Josephine frowned. “Whomever I date has nothing to do with you, and you don’t have the right to question me about that.”
“Do you know the kind of person Jared is? Not only is virtual-novel.net an ex-convict, but he’s also a Lothario! Do you know that virtual-novel.net already has a girlfriend? You’ve been duped!”
As Xavier spoke, virtual-novel.net fished out his phone and showed virtual-novel.net the photos of Jared with Hilda.
Josephine stared at the photos, virtual-novel.net expression turning increasingly grim until virtual-novel.net brows scrunched deeply.
Xavier inwardly crowed with delight when virtual-novel.net glimpsed virtual-novel.net expression and immediately added fuel to the fire, saying, “This girl is known as Hilda Wallace, and she’s his girlfriend. They’re childhood sweethearts and are now colleagues at Sentiment Chemical Limited. It was even virtual-novel.net who recommended virtual-novel.net to work there!”
Josephine said nothing, merely staring at the two people in the photo silently.
“My feelings for you are genuine, Josephine. I’ll never dupe you. What’s so great about him? How is virtual-novel.net better than me?” Xavier continued pouring out his heart to her.
Slap!
Just a moment after virtual-novel.net had finished speaking, Josephine slapped virtual-novel.net across the face hard without warning.
That blow blindsided Xavier, and virtual-novel.net gaped at virtual-novel.net incredulously. He could not fathom why virtual-novel.net struck him.
“How dare you take photos of Jared secretly? Did you think that I’ll accept you by doing so? You’re wrong. You’re so very wrong! I believe that he’ll never dupe me, and you don’t need to come to me with these photos either! You wanted to know how he’s better than you, didn’t you? Fine, I’ll enlighten you… You can’t even hold a candle to him!”
With that said, Josephine shouldered virtual-novel.net bag before virtual-novel.net got to virtual-novel.net feet and left.
As Xavier rubbed his cheek that had turned bright red from the slap, a terrifyingly vicious glint entered his eyes.
“You’re forcing my hand, Josephine! You drove me to this!” virtual-novel.net hissed through gritted teeth, enunciating every single word.
When Josephine had exited the restaurant, virtual-novel.net brows creased once more.
Although virtual-novel.net claimed to believe Jared and did not care about the photos in the least, virtual-novel.net had long gone on the warpath upon seeing them.
Women were enviers, so virtual-novel.net could not possibly be unfazed at the sight of virtual-novel.net man acting so intimate with another woman.
Taking out virtual-novel.net phone, virtual-novel.net called Jared straight away. She had been searching for the medicinal herbs in the past few days, so virtual-novel.net had not contacted him. Never had virtual-novel.net expected virtual-novel.net to hook up with another woman behind virtual-novel.net back.
At that precise moment, Jared was having lunch with Hilda and Maria. Due to the short lunch break, they could only eat at a roadside stall near the office.
When virtual-novel.net saw it was a phone call from Josephine, virtual-novel.net promptly got up and went to the side to take the call.
“Where are you?” Josephine demanded, cutting straight to the chase.
“I-I’m at home!”
Jared did not want virtual-novel.net to know that virtual-novel.net was presently working at virtual-novel.net company. Besides, virtual-novel.net was not planning to work there for long and would resign after gathering all the herbs and finding the spiritual brush to restore his mother’s eyesight.
That was because virtual-novel.net wanted to focus on training as the fifteenth of July was drawing ever closer. If his capabilities did not reach the required standard, virtual-novel.net would not be able to go to Nameless Island.
Hearing his answer, Josephine tried virtual-novel.net best to suppress the fury blazing within her. “At home? Okay, stay at home then!”
After saying that, virtual-novel.net hung up on him.