However, at that moment, she was in the same dress model and shawl that Gwen had worn previously. She looked much more tender.
Perhaps she did not expect that Gwen would praise her that Kate was stunned for a while before smiling awkwardly. “Back in Merchant City, I was mixed up with Luke and his gang. Now that I’m back home, of course I have to be more feminine and gentler.”
Gwen calmly responded, “You’re right. You’re getting married soon, too.”
This simple sentence set off the alarms in Kate’s heart. She was afraid that Gwen would mention her fiance, Steven Hughes.
Luckily, Gwen did not.
Gwen merely swept Kate a glance. “I saw the news of you and your fiance. Although I couldn’t see what he looked like, I think you look quite happy.”
That was good too. After Luke left, her being sad alone was enough. “I–It’s…alright,”
Kate responded awkwardly, but she was inwardly delighted.
Thank heavens!
Thank goodness she did not let the paparazzi take pictures of Steven’s face, or Gwen might just have a far different reaction instead of being genial and congratulating her!
“Alright, I’m going home back. Bethan and Yannie are waiting for me.”
Looking at Kate stuttering, Gwen thought that she did not want to chat with her, so she found an excuse to leave.
She only took a few steps before hearing a man’s voice from behind.
“I’m done.”
That voice…
Gwen suddenly stiffened. She subconsciously turned around to see Kate and a tall man leaving.
The back was exactly like Luke’s.
If Gwen did not see the news of Kate’s fiance before and knew that her fiance’s figure was similar to Luke’s, she would have rushed over to check and see if it was Luke.
As she was rooted on the spot and watched their backs, it was only until they vanished within her sight that she came to her senses. –
She smiled self–deprecatingly and returned to the private room where Bethan and Yannie were.
Steven, whose arms Kate was holding onto, furrowed his brow and asked gently, “Did you bump into a friend outside just now?”
While Steven was cleaning up the wine stains in the washroom, he heard Kate talking to another woman.
The woman’s voice was gentle, and it did not sound like any of Kate’s friends. Also, from their conversation, they clearly have not seen each other in a long time. “She’s not really a friend.”
Kate held onto Steven’s arm tightly. “Previously, when I was helping you look for an organ donor, I got to know her. She has always been suspicious of me. She thought that I’d snatched her boyfriend, so we just know each other, but we can’t be considered friends.”
Steven furrowed his brow upon hearing that. “She was suspicious of you stealing her boyfriend?”
“Mhm.”
Kate sniffled. She said calmly, “Maybe because she’s that type of person instead – someone who likes to steal other people’s boyfriends–so she suspects that I’m not a good person. Later, when I found you a donor, I left in the middle of the night. I bumped into her here today.”
Then, she even looked up at him nervously. “If we come in touch with her in the future, you have to be careful. Her go–to tactic is to say things like how much you look like her boyfriend or ask if you’ve lost your memory, telling you that she’s your girlfriend, to get closer to men.”
Steven smiled. He gently reached out and patted Kate on the head, helplessly saying, “I don’t think I’ll come in contact with her, will I now?”
From the moment he came around, everyone kept telling him how much Kate had done for him, how much she loved him, and how difficult it was for her. Thus, Steven told himself that even if he did not like her, he could not let her down.
For the past month after coming around, he had been keeping his distance from other women. Although he had no feelings for Kate, he had to bear the responsibility. He could not slack off.
“I know you won’t betray me, but…”
Kate took a deep breath and looked at the man next to her. “Promise me that you’ll never believe what that woman says, okay?”
He gently chuckled. “Okay.”
Receiving his answer, Kate secretly let out a sigh of relief and returned to the room with Steven.
“What took you so long?”
When Gwen entered the room, Bethan could not help but say, “We would’ve called the police by now had you not returned!”
Gwen chuckled a little and sat on the chair. “I’m an adult. How could I get lost?”
She elegantly poured herself some fruit juice while looking at Bethan. “Guess who I met at the washroom just now?”
Bethan put her phone down, took a bite of food, and looked at Gwen. “Who? Kate Miller?”
Gwen could not help but raise her eyebrow at Bethan’s answer. “How did you know?”
“Who else do we know in Saigen City?”
Then, Bethan placed a drumstick on Gwen’s plate. “Was she surprised to see you?”
Gwen nodded. “But she looks very different from before. She has changed quite a lot.” “Of course.”
Bethan pursed her lips. “She returned to Saigen City and found a man that looks like Luke as her fiance. She also started to learn how you dress, mimicking your style. Of course she’s changed a lot. What is her boyfriend’s name again? Steven Hughes?”
“Steven Hughes?”
At that moment, Yannie, who had been silent, furrowed her brow. “Steven Hughes? He’s Denise Hughes’ brother.”
Gwen thought for a while. She could not help but raise her eyebrows. “Is that the woman who said that my knife was a fake and that her brother has the real one? She is Kate Miller’s fiance’s sister?”
Did that mean that the real knife was in Kate Miller’s fiance’s hands?
Initially. Gwen was not interested in Kate’s boyfriend. Although his aura and looks were like Luke’s, that was all they had in common.
He was not Luke. She did not need to, nor did she want to, understand.
However, at the thought of how that woman at the ski area that day confidently said that her knife was a fake and her brother had the real one, Gwen was still furious.
Luke was already dead, yet his item was slandered by strangers even after his passing. At that thought, Gwen furrowed her brow and suddenly stood up, which startled Bethan. “What’s wrong?” “I want to look for Kate’s boyfriend.”
She wanted to see what the real knife looked like as described by that ignorant woman! “Forget about it, Gwen.”
Yannie knew what Gwen wanted to do. She immediately reached her hand out and grabbed her wrist, stopping her. “It’s only a knife. Don’t bother with Denise Hughes. Bethan and I know that you’re looking for Kate’s boyfriend just to see his knife, but…”
Yannie paused for a while, her tone rather helpless as she added, “But you and Bethan have already said it. Kate’s boyfriend’s figure and aura look a lot like your ex–boyfriend’s. If you were to look for him, would Kate and her other friends feel that you’re after him because he looks like Luke?”
Gwen furrowed her brow tightly upon Yannie’s words. Even though she was reluctant, she obediently sat down.
At that moment, the waiter entered. “Ladies, your dishes have been served. Is there anything I can help you with?”
Bethan chuckled. “No. You can go –” “There is,” interjected Gwen before Bethan could finish her sentence. She looked up and smiled at the waiter. “Give me a bottle of your most expensive wine.”
The waiter paused and stared at Gwen in surprise before looking at Bethan. “Uh…”
Bethan could see that Gwen was in a bad mood, so she nodded. “Give it to her.”
The waiter responded and left. After the waiter left, Gwen could not help but look at Bethan. “I’m the one who wants to drink. Why is he looking at you?”
Bethan smiled and poured her some water. “Maybe because like me, he could see that you’re not in a good mood.”
Then, she raised her eyebrows. “Just because we don’t let you go confront Kate’s boyfriend?”
Gwen shook her head. It was not that. She was never a competitive person. Although Denise’s words in the afternoon made her feel uneasy, it did not make her lose it.
If … If she was a vindictive and aggressive person, she would not have lost so much precious time with Luke because of other people’s comments when they were together. At that moment, she just…missed Luke too much. She missed him very much. At the thought of anything to do with him, she could not maintain even the most basic level of sanity.
She felt like going mad. She wanted to become the lunatic people see her as. She wanted to cause a scene for Luke, to go crazy for him. She wanted Luke in heaven to see that without him, she was extremely unhappy.
She could no longer take it. She could not take days without him.
Gwen clutched her face and could not help but laugh, but tears fell from the cracks of her fingers. “Gwen…”
Looking at her in this way, Yannie was a little heartbroken. She bit her lip. She wanted to hug Gwen, but Bethan stopped her.
“Let her cry.”
Upon saying that, the waiter came in and brought the restaurant’s most expensive wine.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.