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Chapter 279

Chapter 279:.

I dialed Aaron’s number. I felt anxious when I heard the beep, fearing that he had forgotten to bring the phone or that he hadn’t heard the ringing.

Fortunately, a few seconds later, he picked up.

“Eveline?”

There was a bit of noise on the other end of the line. I even heard Felix calling Derek in the background. I held the phone and asked Aaron, “Can you go somewhere quieter?”

“Sure, hold on,” he said. A moment later, there was silence on the other end of the line. “So, what’s up?” asked Aaron.

I moistened my parched lips and said, “Aaron, can you tell me where your grandfather lives?”

“Wait… Where exactly are you right now?” he replied.

“I’m at the Qinben bus station.” Then, I added, “Don’t tell Derek. Please.”

Aaron didn’t ask me why I was there. “It’s freezing outside. Go to the waiting room for the time being. I’ll be right there, I’ll be right there, stay there, OK?”

There was no one in the big waiting room, but it was warmer than being outside. I thought I would have to wait until ten o’clock at night, but Aaron showed up at the waiting room door around nine o’clock.

He took off his coat and put it on me without saying a word. “You took a plane? How did you get here so fast?” I commented.

Aaron laughed, “I’m a very good driver.”

Now that we were inside his car, he turned on the air conditioning. I felt much warmer right away, so I took off his coat.

“So, what happened, did you and Derek have a fight?” asked Aaron as we were on our way to his grandfather’s house.

After a moment’s thought, I replied, “I think he and I need some time apart.”

“Derek is in a horrible mood today. He didn’t even listen to me when I told him not to drink. I was about to call you, but I was surprised when you called me first,” he replied.

My heart skipped a beat. I couldn’t believe that the first thing that came to my mind was Derek’s upset stomach. A half hour later, we arrived at Derek’s grandfather James Sullivan’s house.

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It looked like he had already fallen asleep before we arrived, but he woke up when we knocked on the door.

Moments later, he came to open the door for us. By the look on his face, the old man seemed surprised to see us here. “Eveline, Aaron! What brings you here?”

“Hey, Grandpa, it’s freezing out here. Do you mind letting us in first?” suggested Aaron. With that, James let us in right away.

I told the old man I had called Aaron when I got lost at the Qinben bus station, hoping he wouldn’t tell Derek I was here.

Since James was a smart and experienced man, he immediately realized something was wrong. He smiled at me and said, “Did you have a fight with Derek?”.

When I didn’t respond, he added, “Don’t worry. I won’t tell him you’re here. You can stay here, let that brat look for you in every corner of the world! Haha.” His words made me wonder if Derek would really look for me.

Honestly, I wasn’t sure. I wasn’t even sure if I was that important to him. Derek once told me that he wasn’t afraid of me doing anything stupid, because he was sure I would never do them.

Therefore, he probably wouldn’t care about me as much as he cared about Becky Naturally, I didn’t run away from home just to make Derek worry. I just wanted to be alone. There had been so much going on in the last few weeks, leaving me no time to think about our relationship. In fact, my relationship with Derek had been gradually changing since Becky came into our life.

The foundation of our marriage was not solid enough. It could easily crumble if a strong enough wind blew against it. James took me to the room where Derek and I slept the last time we were here.

Thinking back to that night, I realized that at the time I had high expectations for our future married life. And perhaps it was for that reason that I finally agreed to have sex with him. But, unfortunately, things didn’t turn out the way I had hoped.

I decided to turn off my phone and cut off all contact with him.

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