Back to Love: A New Beginning
Chapter 150

Chapter 150:.

When Derek answered the phone, the smile was wiped off his face in an instant and his expression changed to one of heavy gravity. He didn’t say a word.

I felt quite uneasy and uncomfortable. When he ended the call and hung up, I asked him what was wrong. He replied, “Nothing.” Then he tossed the phone aside, turned around and hugged me.

“Can you set the record straight before you decide to get mad at me next time?” he asked.

I figured he was referring to the dress.

Was he trying to deduce that I had misunderstood him?

“So you saw that dress in my office the other day?” he said and then smiled without saying anything else.

Even though he smiled, I was still very serious. I said, “Yes, I saw it with my own eyes, so you don’t have to lie to me.”

She smiled as if it was funny to her. “She bought that dress for herself. She was in a big hurry for the meeting that day, so she went straight from the mall to the top floor of the office building. She left the dress in my office while she attended the meeting,” she explained.

I was quite taken aback at first before I managed to speak.

“Was that it?” I asked finally.

“That was it.” He nodded in confirmation.

“You danced very well with her, it was as if you had rehearsed.”

Damn it! I said something that made me look even more jealous.

Derek sighed helplessly, as if he didn’t know what to do with me.

“I knew you were coming that night,” he said.

I didn’t believe him in the least.

He picked up his phone and showed me a picture.

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My jaw dropped.

It was a picture of Aaron and me together. In the photo, Aaron was holding my hand. I finally understood why Derek had commented that I hadn’t given the impression of being alone that night.

“What do you think this picture means?” I asked him.

Derek smiled bitterly and said, “So what do you think the dress means, why did you get mad at me without first clarifying what had happened with me?”

I was totally speechless.

She adjusted her position, hugged me from her more comfortable position and rubbed my forehead with her chin.

“I trust you and I trust Aaron. Otherwise, I would never in a million years have allowed him to stay in our house.”

It suddenly occurred to me that the phone number that had sent him the photo looked a little familiar. I quickly pulled out my phone and found the number that had sent me the photos.

They were the same!

When I showed him that the numbers matched, his eyes darkened.

Just as Charlene had advised me, it was either his mother or Derek’s father who wanted to sow the seeds of discord and confrontation between Derek and me. I thought he was also aware of this fact.

He pinched my cheek. This time he was not so gentle. It hurt my face a little. “So don’t be a damn fool again. Don’t let yourself be instigated by others,” he said. But I personally found it hard to fully trust him. I worried about him simply because I had fallen in love with him.

When we left the hotel, I saw that Aaron’s car was still outside the hotel door.

I walked over and knocked on the window. Soon, the window rolled down. “Why didn’t you leave?” I asked.

Aaron sat upright in his seat and rubbed his eyes with an exhausted smile on his face.

“I was afraid you’d need a car if you decided to leave during the course of the night, so I waited a little longer, but in the end I fell asleep.” I was overcome with guilt when I realized I had slept all night in the car.

Afterwards, Aaron drove us home.

After Derek changed clothes, Timmy came to pick him up.

As the car drove away, I stood at the door.

I saw him talking on the phone in the car. He had a grave expression on his face.

The call he received at the hotel came to mind. Who could be on the other end of the line? What had happened?

When he returned home from Dere International that day, he suddenly told me that he would take me on a trip to Goldelta.

I was quite surprised. “Aren’t you busy with work for the company? Do you still have time to travel so far with me?”.

Derek hugged me and said, “As busy as I am, I have to spend some time with my wife. Work is important, but family is also exceptionally important.”

Women still liked to hear sweet words from their partner, regardless of their age.

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