Chapter 324\u00a0<\/p>\n
The woman in the mirror\u2019s eyes were still a little red, but the\u00a0<\/p>\n
confusion in them was quickly fading.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRebecca, what are you panicking for?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She spoke to her reflection, almost silently, \u201cRight now, at this\u00a0<\/p>\n
very moment, you\u2019re the one in his house.\u00a0<\/p>\n
You\u2019re the one who held his hand and came home with him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And you\u2019re the one who\u2019s making him rush to explain, making\u00a0<\/p>\n
him panic.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHe lied to you, but you lied to him before, too. You\u2019re even.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat Rosalind, so what if she comes from a prominent family\u00a0<\/p>\n
and has known him since they were kids?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Isn\u2019t she saying all that just because she can\u2019t have him and\u00a0<\/p>\n
can\u2019t stand it, so she has to come and stir up trouble?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAdrian chose you. He hid things from you, and maybe he had his worries and difficulties, but that\u2019s no reason for you to doubt yourself or him first.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 324\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou are his girlfriend now.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
That last sentence was like a final verdict, shattering the last bit\u00a0<\/p>\n
of gloom and self\u2013pity in her heart.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Right, she was Adrian\u2019s girlfriend now.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If there\u2019s a problem, then face the problem and solve it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hiding away and feeling miserable, or just pushing Adrian to\u00a0<\/p>\n
that ridiculous woman?\u00a0<\/p>\n
That wasn\u2019t her style.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She was bold enough to love, and bold enough to fight for it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Once she figured that out, most of the cold, stagnant feeling in her chest instantly dissipated.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She even felt that her \u201csensible\u201d exit just now, leaving them\u00a0<\/p>\n
space, was a bit of\u2026 a loss.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Why should she be the one to leave?\u00a0<\/p>\n
That\u2019s her boyfriend, her territory.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca licked her slightly dry lips, her eyes shining again with\u00a0<\/p>\n
a sharp, determined light.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 324\u00a0<\/p>\n
She didn\u2019t pull out her phone to call Adrian.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That would be too weak.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Besides, he was definitely confronting Rosalind right now, so it\u00a0<\/p>\n
wouldn\u2019t be convenient to answer the phone..\u00a0<\/p>\n
She pushed the car door open and got out.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She slammed the door shut and locked the car.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her movements were crisp, filled with a reignited fighting spirit.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She didn\u2019t go back upstairs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She turned and walked towards the 24\u2013hour convenience store\u00a0<\/p>\n
at the entrance of the complex.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A few minutes later, Rebecca was carrying a clear plastic bag\u00a0<\/p>\n
with two bottles of mineral water and a pack of the cigarettes\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adrian occasionally smoked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adrian had never smoked in front of her; she had only seen\u00a0<\/p>\n
them when she was tidying up his room last time. He probably\u00a0<\/p>\n
needed them when he was stressed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She even bought herself a strawberry\u2013flavored lollipop,\u00a0<\/p>\n
unwrapped it, and stuck it in her mouth.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 324\u00a0<\/p>\n
She stood downstairs for who knows how long, the cold wind\u00a0<\/p>\n
making her a little chilly. She walked back into the elevator and\u00a0<\/p>\n
pressed the button for Adrian\u2019s floor.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The elevator rose slowly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She felt a little excited.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She was going to see for herself just what kind of private\u00a0<\/p>\n
matter this Rosalind had, that required her to come over to\u00a0<\/p>\n
someone\u2019s house late at night to talk about.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The elevator dinged and the doors opened. Rebecca went to\u00a0<\/p>\n
open the door.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The confrontation she expected didn\u2019t happen. The living room\u00a0<\/p>\n
was unnervingly quiet. The only thing there was the glass of\u00a0<\/p>\n
water she\u2019d poured before she left, still sitting on the table, its\u00a0<\/p>\n
surface completely undisturbed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Where were they?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Where were the two people who were just here?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca found it strange. She pulled out her phone and called\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adrian.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 324\u00a0<\/p>\n
A phone on the table started vibrating. Adrian hadn\u2019t even taken\u00a0<\/p>\n
his phone.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She paced around the room as a thought popped into her head.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Did Adrian go out with Rosalind?\u00a0<\/p>\n
She dismissed the thought almost instantly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
No way. That wouldn\u2019t be Adrian if he did something like that.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca turned around almost instantly, rushing out the door\u00a0<\/p>\n
again. She ran straight for the elevator and mashed the down\u00a0<\/p>\n
button.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The elevator was coming up from the ground floor, and every\u00a0<\/p>\n
second felt like an eternity.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She stared at the flickering numbers, the unexplainable feeling\u00a0<\/p>\n
in her gut growing stronger.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finally, the elevator doors opened. She hurried inside and\u00a0<\/p>\n
pressed B1.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The underground garage.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adrian had practically sprinted down.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 324\u00a0<\/p>\n
The elevator was too slow. He couldn\u2019t wait. He had bolted\u00a0<\/p>\n
down the emergency stairwell.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His heart was pounding wildly in his chest, slamming against\u00a0<\/p>\n
his ribs and causing a dull ache, like he couldn\u2019t get enough air.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The car was still here, but Rebecca wasn\u2019t.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Did she leave?\u00a0<\/p>\n
What did she misunderstand?\u00a0<\/p>\n
His trial period\u2026 was he going to fail it?\u00a0<\/p>\n
The lights were dim, the air filled with the faint smell of gasoline\u00a0<\/p>\n
and dust.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As soon as Rebecca stepped out of the elevator, she looked up\u00a0<\/p>\n
and saw a familiar figure.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adrian had his back to her, standing motionless in the spot\u00a0<\/p>\n
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