Kurt used to be Luke’s best buddy. How could he try to match her with another man he just knew when it was not even a year since Luke passed away?
Kurt smiled seeing it. God knew how much he wish he could tell Gwen the truth. However, he was afraid Luke would get angry and kill him. He knew very well how good Luke is at fighting.
The prop master Brettley sent arrived shortly after Kurt promised Gwen to return to the gang with Stefan.
After the prop master measured Stefan’s face meticulously, he custom-made a metal mask suitable for Stefan as quickly as he could.
The mask was made out of some kind of meta. It had an intricate embossed pattern on it and the length of the mask did not hide Stefan’s sexy lower jaw.
There was still a slight gap where people could see the burn on his face.
Gwen admitted that her heart skipped a beat when she saw Stefan walking out of the room in that mask. Just like how Bethan said she would.
However, she did not think that was love. It was purely an admiration for the things she like.
“How is it?”
Stefan felt insecure having Gwen staring at him. He was afraid Gwen could recognize him from his lower jaw. Thus, he asked carefully, “Is it very ugly?”
“It’s not ugly.”
Gwen curled up her lips. “I believed you were a handsome guy in the past.”
“I never think…”
Stefan curled up his lips into a smile. “I never think I was a handsome guy in the past until I met a girl. She told me I was the most handsome man she saw. Then I believed her.”
While he was talking, he looked at Gwen. “And I remembered what she told me for many many years.”
Gwen was shocked for a while and it was followed by a smile. “Did you end up being together with the girl?”
Stefan curled his lips. “When she said that, I was still living poorly. She was from a rich family and I was not worthy to be together with her. Besides, she was in love with someone else. But…”
He looked at Gwen seriously, “But both of us were together for a short period. That was the happiest moment of my life.”
He was referring to the time he first met Gwen and the time he and Gwen were together.
However, Gwen did not remember seeing Luke before and she also did not remember she used to say he was very good-looking.
Without pondering too much, she asked, “Are you saying you two broke up?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
After a slight pause, Stefan said, “I don’t feel like saying it now. Maybe I’ll tell you after we knew each other more.”
At that moment, Gwen realized she was stepping over the boundary by asking that question. After all, they were not close enough with each other to share their past and their feelings.
She quickly apologized and went to get the information to pass on to Stefan. “This is the information that I have gathered about Luke’s gang and the gang members. You can take a look so you know more for now. When you and Kurt join the gang, Kurt will help you to get to know them more.”
Stefan nodded and accepted the information. He then glanced over them.
Gwen had handwritten all of the information down. Her writings were very pretty. There was a lot of information and it must have taken her a lot of effort to write them down.
Stefan raised his brow, “Were you busy writing these down for the past few nights?”
Gwen smiled embarrassingly, “Yes, but not every night.”
She took a deep breath and looked at the time. “It’s getting late. We should rest early. You and Kurt are going to the gang tomorrow.”
“Okay,”
Stefan responded and entered his room together with the information Gwen wrote. “I will store them in a safe place.”
The next morning. Kurt and Stefan left the place before Gwen woke up.
When Gwen was awake, she saw the breakfast on the table and a note written by Stefan. He reminded her to take her meal on time every day.
Gwen felt warm looking at the breakfast and the nicely written note. The corner of her mouth raised uncontrollably.
Just then, she heard a car stopping by in front. It was followed by the sound of the car door opening and shutting.
It alerted Gwen. She quickly packed up the breakfast and hid inside the room underneath the staircase where Kurt stayed.
The moment she closed the door, she heard the front door opening.
It was followed by two voices.
“Why do I have a feeling that someone was living in here?”
“Didn’t you say no one is going to be here?”
Gwen was shocked and her body turned stiff when she heard the two voices.
Although she could not recognize the voice of the female, she could never forget the male’s voice! It was none other than Ben Zeller!
Her ex-husband! The one who deserted her and told everyone that she was dirty because she was harassed by someone else.
Ben was the other person who had the key to this place other than Gwen. Gwen’s father, Andy, bought this place for them as their wedding present when they got married.
Since it was far from the city, they had never stayed here before.
After the divorce, this mansion automatically belonged to Gwen.
She never thought one day Ben would come back here after they were divorced for two years.
And he brought a woman with him!
“I’m sure no one was staying here before…”
Ben’s voice sounded. Later Gwen could hear him shouting, “Is anyone here? Is anyone living here? Come out! I saw you!”
…
After shouting for three or four minutes, no one answered Ben other than the echo of his own voice.
“Maybe the homeless sneaked in by smashing the window.”
“How do you know it’s a homeless person? What if it’s the owner?”
“The owner is never coming back here,”
Ben snorted, “This belongs to my ex-wife. She’s being pursued by every gang member of the Sea City’s gang now. It’s a big question if she could survive their chase so no. She won’t come back here!”
After that, he frowned and had his hands reach out to hug the sexy woman in front of him. “Screw it. Let’s do what we come here to do!”
The woman pushed Ben away from her seducingly, “No… It’s clear that someone is living here. What if the person returns?”
“What are you afraid of?”
Ben snorted, “Even if someone comes back here, he’s not the owner. He has no right to kick us out! Besides…”
He pulled the woman back to him and kissed her cheek. “Isn’t it more exciting if someone is watching us? At least, I used to own half of this place. I’m not even afraid if Gwen comes back. Let alone some homeless man who sneaked in here to take shelter…”
Shortly, both of them took off their clothes in the living room.
Gwen leaned on the door to listen. She squinted her eyes. If she did not hear it for herself, she never imagined Ben would have the audacity to do this with another woman when she was unable to come back to Sea City.
“Where’s your girlfriend? Why are you free to be with me today?”
The woman asked when they were in the midst of enjoying the fun.
“Don’t remind me of her! What a way to ruin my mood!”
Ben snorted and continued to kiss the woman.
Gwen raised her brow while continuing to hide in the room underneath the staircase.
She was amazed that even when Ben is with a new girlfriend, he still could not resist cheating on her. Some people never changed.
If this happened in the past, Gwen could walk out and embarrassed them. However, she was in a difficult situation now… All she could do was endured it.
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.