A Night with Her Cruel Mate

Chapter 35 Birthday Party

"Yes." Jean nodded. "Julia is my elder sister."

"Oh, so that’s it…" Nelson finally put the pieces together. Now, he understood why Terence was in such a hurry to file a divorce. It was indeed possible that it had something to do with Jean.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt sympathetic toward Julia. He looked at Terence scornfully before leaving.

Jean watched Nelson leaving. Uneasily, she looked at Terence. "Terence, he..."

"Leave him alone." Terence was also wearing a long face. He didn’t know what was wrong with Nelson and why he sided with Julia. Content from NôvelDr(a)ma.Org.

Obliviously, he kept on thinking what was special about that woman. 'Why would Nelson do this for her?'

As she was observing Terence, Jean noticed his tightly-frowned eyebrows. "Do you think Mr. Xu is interested in my sister? Anyway, you and her are already divorced. If they're meeting each other, it's a good thing."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Terence complained.

His annoyance was written all over his face, which Jean quickly noticed. She realized she really was a blabbermouth and was indeed a little impatient. "Nothing, I just said it casually." She tried to brush the uneasiness off.

She checked her wristwatch and looked at him. "Oh, it’s time for lunch. Let me treat you to dinner. Accept it as my kind of apology for bringing you so much trouble."

"No, thanks." His face was still stiff and hardened. For a moment, the room was filled with nothing but uncomfortable silence. Terence went back to his seat and said, "I have a lot of things to deal with. You can go and eat by yourself."

"But no matter how busy you are, you have to eat, right?" Speaking hurriedly, Jean pointed to somewhere near. "Let’s grab a bite in the restaurant downstairs. It won’t take long, Terence."

"As I’ve said, no need." His aura was dark. Terence lowered his head, almost burying himself in the papers and stuff on his desk. He pretended he was busy working, not even making eye contact with her.

She looked at him timidly. Jean knew that Terence would be more disappointed with her if she didn’t give in.

"Well, then, I’ll just leave." The lady surrendered and smiled bitterly as she continued to speak. "But don’t forget to have dinner no matter how busy you are. I’m leaving now, and I won’t bother you anymore."

As soon as she finished her words, she walked out of Terence’s office. People were not forgetful. What was on Weibo was still a fuss in the building. People's eyes were glued on her, while she was on her way out of the company. They were obviously talking about her. Even in the elevator, she could hear their conversations.

"Look! Look! It’s her!"

"She is beautiful. It's not even shocking that she's capable enough to win Mr. Chen’s heart."

"Yeah, I heard about them planning to buy wedding rings. Maybe she is a soon-to-be Mrs. Chen."

"Yes, that’s right. That’s so great."

Hearing these comments, Jean felt a sense of self-satisfaction. She was delighted until she thought of Terence’s attitude towards her minutes ago. She couldn’t help but feel annoyed.

'Something like this wouldn’t have happened if it weren’t for me being so careless today. I have to figure out a way to fix this.'

Right after Julia left the hospital, she went straight to Consuela’s house. Consuela searched all over the city looking for her. She contacted everyone on her phone list and even requested them to ask around too. Julia was missing the whole night that she had been worried about her.

There was a slight thud from the doorway, Consuela saw Julia walking in. She put her phone down and shouted at her, "Where have you been the whole night? Do you know how worried I was?"

"I’m fine." Julia managed to squeeze out a smile. In her low voice and with a hint of sadness, she said apologetically, "I’m sorry for making you worried."

"What’s wrong with you?" Consuela knew Julia for a long time. This lady wasn’t the kind of person who would be easily bullied by others. Normally, she would fight back. However, now, she didn’t even put a single effort to antagonize her; rather she apologized to her.

She faced Julia and noticed that she was still wearing Terence’s coat. She was furious. "Are you really crazy? Tell me, are you that cheap that you still went to find that son of a bitch?"

"No, I didn’t..." Julia responded weakly.

"Really?" Enraged, Consuela reached out and yanked Terence's coat off her. "It's Terence’s…"

But before Consuela could finish her sentence, she noticed Julia's ragged shirt. It was not until then that Consuela realized what had happened. She threw the coat, intending to walk away. Julia stopped her by holding her tightly in her arms. She screamed, "Don’t go, Consuela."

"Let me go." Colors from Consuela’s face drained because of anger. "I must talk to that bastard and ask him what he is planning to do. He’s dating another woman, and at the same time, pestering you. If he doesn’t give me an explanation today, I’ll surely teach him a lesson."

"You don’t have to…" Julie held Consuela tighter. Her tears were waterfalls. "It’s all my fault. If I had known that he would be like this, I wouldn’t have married him no matter how much I loved hi"

"Are you all right?" Seeing Julia cry, Consuela didn’t have the heart to leave. She turned around and hugged her, sighing. "I’ve warned you to stay away from Terence. You never listened to me. Now, if you keep doing this, you’ll keep getting hurt."

"I know, I know." Having suffered so many grievances, Julia burst into tears as she listened to Consuela’s pieces of advice.

Consuela kept her company until she stopped crying.

She drew some napkins to wipe the tears on Julia’s face and said sympathetically, "Julia, please listen to me. Break up with Terence as soon as possible, or your crying, miserable life will not be over."

Wiping her tears, Julia said with a determined look, "I’ve thought it through. I’ll take care of the rest. Don’t worry, I’ll get over and never cry over him again."

"That's good to hear." With a sense of relief, Consuela let out a sigh. She thought that Julia had come around. "Tomorrow evening, you’ll attend Director Guo’s birthday party. You must behave well then. I’ve read the script he prepared, and I think that the female supporting role is quite good. If you play it well, becoming popular is no longer a problem."

Her gaze was fixed on Julia, Consuela continued, "Other than your career, there’s nothing else that should be distracting you now. You must get and give this role justice."

"Be at ease. I will," Julia sincerely promised.

Consuela prepared a stunning black evening dress for Julia.

Her seaweed-like curly hair gorgeously slipped down her back. Wearing her black evening dress made her skin glow as white as snow. And her captivating white legs exuded a silent temptation in the luxurious black.