I was speechless and just silently stared at Damon
Damon walked to the car, opened the passenger door, quickly got in, and sat down. "I was just joking. Take to a nearby hotel"
"Why don’t you drive yourself?" I was sowhat reluctant.
"Out of gas. I was in a hurry to find you, I didn’t have ti to fill up." Damon replied calmly.
I had to admire his composure. He not only figured out where I was going but also called from a distance, not missing a single beat.
But, even without Damon, I needed to find a place to rest
Ben liked peace and quiet, living in a villa in the suburbs. So I still had to drive into town to find a place to sleep.
I didn’t say much and just drove off
On the road, I discovered that Damon had actually fallen asleep in the passenger seat. He looked a bit vexed; even in sleep, his brows were slightly furrowed. Then a ringtone rang. It was coming from Damon’s pocket. He was deeply asleep with no reaction.
I pretended I didn’t hear it, but the phone rang again and again, like it wouldn’t stop unless it was answered.
Finally, the phone woke Damon up. He took out his phone, took a glance, answered the call, and put it aside. "Who is this?"
It seed like an unknown number
"You finally answered my call!" Ariel’s voice ca through, excited, even a tad choked up
Upon hearing Ariel’s voice, Damon wanted to hang up.
Ariel seed to have anticipated Damon’s intention, quickly adding, "Damon, the Brooks family is on the brink of collapse; you don’t need to think about Eliana anymore. Why let her drag you down?"
Damon looked at , his hand hovering over the ’end call button
I kept a poker face, pretending I hadn’t heard. After all, Ariel had said that countless tis in front of
"What have you been up to behind my back?" Damon deliberately asked. I knew he was asking for .
"You should know, it doesn’t matter what I want to do, what matters most is my mom. She loathes Eliana as much as I do." Ariel gave Damon the straight dope.
I already knew Nancy was a major player in that. Without her, Ariel wouldn’t have been able to accomplish anything.
But I never expected Nancy’s values to be the sa as Ariel’s, both harboring deep hatred for
Damon asked again, "So what are you trying to say, that I should cut off all ties with Eliana?"
"Shouldn’t you? It’s been so long since you two divorced. She might have been worthy of you in the past, but not anymore, and you know about her dad’s issues. If you keep associating with her, you’re bound to get into heaps of trouble" Ariel spoke in a rush, seemingly desperate to convince Damon.
I took a long look at Damon. How could he not understand those things?
Suddenly, a white dog appeared out of nowhere and I jumped, blurting out, "Where did this dog co from?!"
Hearing my voice, Ariel fell silent for a few seconds at the other end, then said angrily. "Damon, are you with her again? Have you forgotten that she’s Jones’s girlfriend now?"
I was helpless, I didn’t an to piss Ariel off.
But she and Damon had nothing to do with each other anymore. She had no right to be angry.
"You don’t need to remind " Damon responded coldly
"If I don’t remind you, you’ll keep making mistakes. Even though you don’t love anymore, I truly love you. I would never harm you" Ariel explained passionately. "Jones is already avoiding her, why are you still with her?"
The ntion of Jones made my mood even worse
Damon knew that as soon as Ariel heard my voice and knew I was nearby, she would definitely not provide any more useful information
So he hung up the call.
Ariel stubbornly called back, only to be hung up on by Damon again and finally added to his blacklist
Seeing him do that, I couldn’t help but say, "You also like adding people to the blacklist, don’t you?"
Damon had that habit, including .
During our five-year marriage, he often blacklisted . Either had to change my number to contact him or find a chance to et him and try to get him to unblock .
Damon laughed a bit, his tone slightly cheerful, "If you’re saying you learned this bad habit from , then I can forgive you for blacklisting ".
I did imitate him. I loved him for ten years and imitated him for ten years. I made a conscious effort to mimic his habits and his way of speaking.
I didn’t say anything, I just quietly watched Damon laugh beside
The night road was sowhat desolate, and the atmosphere in the car fell into silence. Damon suddenly turned on the music, playing the songs I usually love the must play songs when I play the cello.
Hearing the music, my mood relaxed a bit.
"Why is it still these songs?" Damon asked with a frown, "After all these years, your taste hasn’t changed"
I shot him a glance, casually saying "If my taste changed quickly, how could I have wasted so many years on you?"
Hearing that, Damon’s face imdiately changed. After contemplating for a few seconds, he nodded, "Makes sense, so you should keep at it"
I scoffed, not responding to him. He started looking for a new topic to chat about, "What did Ben say?"
"He didn’t say much." I replied indifferently. Since Damon knew I was there to find Ben, he naturally knew the predicant I was in.
Everything was because I was too incapable, wasted too much ti on emotions, and lacked the ability to support my family and company
"Is he still holding a grudge against your parents?" Damon was aware of the history between my mother and Ben. Because I was always honest with him and I told him everything before, even though he didn’t care to listen.
I kept silent, anxiety welling up in my heart again. I thought, "What should I do if Ben really abandons ?"
Under the circumstances at that ti, I could have still held on. But once Ariel and Nancy start stirring up trouble, I, a newcor to the business scene, wouldn’t be able to fend them off.
Among the company’s shareholders and executives, how many really trust and respect ?
Did I really need to ask Damon for help? I knew he could help , but he wouldn’t have done it for free.
"Probably I didn’t want to continue that topic: Ben had so unresolved conflicts with my parents in the past."
Damon didn’t press on with his questions, he just shut his eyes again until the car pulled up in front of the hotel.
I planned on grabbing a room at this hotel to crash for a bit, and Damon followed in
"Sir, we have a romantic aroma couple’s hot spring waterbed room available tonight, complete with a candlelight dinner on the house. You might want to consider it for you and your girlfriend" The receptionist seed to have gotten the wrong end of the stick about our relationship and started peddling a couples package to Damon.
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