Unfinished Business with You
Chapter 84

Chapter 84

Chapter 84

Serenity nodded with a smile. Then, she sat down a fair distance away from them with her lute in herarms. In no time, the crisp and sweet strains of music floated in the room. Meanwhile, the other ladiesexclaimed jokingly, “Don’t purify yourself, Mr. Road! We love you as you are.”

Chuckling, Alex remarked, “That makes sense. Mr. Nolan here is chaste, so I’m your only hope. Howdoes the saying go again? If I don’t sacrifice myself for the greater good, who will?”

“Pfft…” The ladies giggled, while Eugene shot him an affronted glare. “You should have a care lest Ithrow up at that gross remark!”

Unfazed, Alex leaned close to him with curiosity written all over his face. “So, what exactly happened? Iheard that you even crushed Harriet Grant? Isn’t there a collaboration between Grant Group and NolanGroup?”

Downing his glass of wine, Eugene replied with utter distaste, “She can’t manage her brother well, so Ikindly helped her out!”

“Her target was Olivia Maxwell, so what has it got to do with you?” Alex asked in feigned bafflement,craftiness concealed in his eyes.

“Could I have just ignored it when she was right beside me?” Eugene retorted.

Alex arched an eyebrow even as he smirked slyly. “Really? Do you just like her that much?”

Cutting him a glare, Eugene stubbornly declared, “What that man did was practically slapping meacross the face right before me, so I just didn’t like him. What has it got to do with liking her?”

Alex curled his lips and exclaimed, “Cut that crap! Did you think I don’t know you? When have you,Eugene Nolan, ever loved poking your nose into someone else’s affairs?”

“He just had to come and seek death, so what could I do?” Eugene shot back.

Alex exchanged a look with Hayden. “You’re sure you don’t like her?”

“He can’t admit it even if he does. After all, Eugene is the kind of person who’s used to being pursued.”

After snubbing out his cigarette in the ashtray, Eugene demanded with a disdainful look, “Do you twoeven know what liking someone means?”

The two of them shared a look before they burst out laughing. “Indeed, we’ve never saved any damselin distress, unlike you.”

“Let me ask you this—what were you thinking back then?” Alex asked.

“Nothing,” Eugene answered perfunctorily.

Alex’s expression turned knowing. “That’s it. It’s game over for you. It’s exactly such subconsciousaction that’s most terrifying! It seems like you’ve been taken down without you even having realized it.”

Eugene was rendered speechless for the very first time. Actually, he was thinking at that time. When heheard that the man wanted Olivia to sleep with him, his only thought was to kill that man. Perhaps itwas because they’d been teasing him, but he abruptly recalled the time when he saw her during thegrand competition. I was truly happy back then, delighted even. Could it be that… I have reallydeveloped feelings for her?

The next day, Olivia was in the studio, keeping an eye on things since the renovation was about to bedone when she suddenly received a call from Eugene just moments after she’d arrived, asking her to

go over to Ruby Palace. While he didn’t specify the reason, she knew that he wasn’t the kind of personwho’d ask her out for no reason, so she readily agreed and drove over to Ruby Palace right away.

Since she’d been here once, she was familiar with the place. The moment she went in, she noticed ahuge crowd gathered in the lobby. As she was wondering what was happening, she heard a woman’sfurious bellow. “Ben Roberts, what do you take me for? A back-up lover? Aren’t you on a businesstrip?”

Stifling his anger, the man proclaimed, “I just came back, okay? She’s just a client, so you don’t need toget all suspicious.”

After taking two steps further, Olivia caught sight of the person who was speaking at a single glance.The man was casually dressed in black, his expression as dark as charcoal. On the other hand, thewoman was wearing a red dress, her face brimming with profound ire. Meanwhile, the woman standingbeside the man was Anna.

Recognition dawned upon her. Aren’t these two people the couple I bumped into when I bought a car?Ben Roberts and Jessica Smith. Huh? Are they crashing now? Inexorable joy inundated her. I justknew that they’re going to crash and burn sooner or later. She then squeezed further to the front.

Her face bright red with fury, Jessica sneered. “A client? Ben Roberts, I’m truly impressed that youmanaged to cook up such an absurd lie! Which part of her screams client?”