12 His Love Rival?
Before he could even suggest having a meal together, Jessie was interrupted by Lilian who had arrived in a hurry.
“What are you two talking about?”
Steve gave Lilian an exasperated glance, making a mental note to deduct her salary next time! Jessie didn’t hear what he was going to say and simply said, “He mentioned it’s getting late and offered to drive us back”
Upon hearing this, Lilian patted his shoulder and exclaimed, “Boss, I never expected you to have a moral sense for once and suggest driving us back. It’s truly touching.”
In his mind, Steve thought to himself that this indeed was a rare display of his moral sense, but he didn’t mean to drive Lilian.
“But don’t you have important things to attend to? It might be inconvenient for you to drive us home,” Jessie hesitated, having overheard Steve mentioning his busy schedule with work earlier. Lilian also nodded, “Yes, Boss, you should stay here and focus on your work. I’ll drive Jessie back, so you don’t have to worry.”
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“Yeah. You must be busy here tonight, so Lilian and I can just go back ourselves, Jessie added with a gentle smile.
Seeing both of them insisting, Steve could only reluctantly agree.
Before they left, he took out his phone and handed it to Jessie, “Jessie, we don’t have each other’s contact information yet. Would you like to?”
Without much thought, Jessie agreed with a nod. After all, Steve was just an old university classmate. Exchanging contact information with him seemed harmless.
After bidding farewell to the two, Steve watched their departing figures for a while before preparing to return to the party.
At that moment, Kevin emerged with a group of bodyguards and a crowd of executives trying to impress him.
It was in this moment that Steve realized the stark difference in their status—he was the one who needed to bow down to many people, while Kevin was a truly higher being; exuding arrogance and an innately noble temperament that made Steve subconsciously lower his head. Kevin glanced at Steve. He had noticed Jessie was standing with Steve carlier, which led him to begin pondering the relationship between the two.
When he returned home, Jessie seemed to have just arrived as well. After tidying up his clothes, he opened the door and went in. Jessic, who was taking off her coat, smiled.
She said. “Funny how we both arrived back at the same time. I just got in, and you came home right after. But why didn’t I see you on the road?”
Wasn’t the answer obvious? He had arrived before her, but he was worried she would notice something strange, so he waited in the car until she went upstairs before coming down. “Maybe you didn’t see me because it’s dark out. I took a different route today,” Kevin replied
casually.
Jessie nodded without much thought.
“What did you do today? Weren’t you supposed to buy household items?” Kevin sat on the couch, glancing over to Jessie with his sharp eyes as he anticipated her explanation.
He had expected her to begin using all sorts of excuses, but she simply told him everything that happened in the evening.
“I went to a party with my friend today, and guess what? The food there was made by a top chef. and they were absolutely delicious. It’s a shame I couldn’t take them away, otherwise I would’ve brought some back home for you. Jessie reminisced about the flavors.
Kevin did not care about the food. After all, the Harper family manor had their own team of Michelin–star chefs to manage his meals, so those party dishes were nothing special to Kevin. “Is that all?” he raised an eyebrow, staring intensely at Jessie, a hint of coldness appearing in his
eyes.
As expected, this woman was hiding her affair with another man from him–she was clearly looking for a backup plan. She really did have sinister intentions.
Jessie frowned and thought for a moment. Suddenly, realization struck her. She looked up with a start and clapped her hands.
“I just remembered! I ran into an old college classmate today–turns out he’s my best friend’s boss. Isn’t that such a coincidence?”
Hearing this, Kevin was left completely speechless.
Seeing his silence, she found it strange.
Did I say something wrong just now?
“Oh. Mr. Harper, are you free tomorrow? If you are, maybe we can go shopping together again? “Sure: Kevin nodded in agreement.
Looking at the empty house, Jessie couldn’t help but sigh. Aside from the furniture, there was nothing else to it–it felt eerily hollow.
Just as she was about to take a shower and head to bed, she suddenly recalled something and turned to look at Kevin.
“Mr. Harper, I just remembered something strange.”
“What is it?”
“At the party today, I saw that rich man from the Harper family, and he resembles you a lot. Plus, your
