Defying Fate: The Unstoppable Eileen novel Chapter 156

Eileen was so mortified. She really made a fool out of herself this time!

She wanted to explain to Ophelia what had happened.

But then Ophelia bellowed, "What kind of second-rate phone are you using? Eileen, what on earth are you doing? Who gave you permission to tweet from Egbert's phone? Are you that desperate for everyone to know you two were together on Christmas? What's your game here? You want the whole world to know?”

Eileen realized that Ophelia was genuinely pissed.

She was so livid she was starting to talk nonsense.

Eileen was afraid that Ophelia might want her thousand dollars back, so she quickly apologized, "Ophelia, I'll change it right now. I'll turn off the setting that shows the phone model, okay?"

"It's too late! Everyone already knows!"

Ophelia was trembling with rage. All her hard work had been ruined by Eileen's single tweet!

She calmed herself down and asked seriously, "Is Egbert with you?"

Eileen glanced at Egbert who was still leisurely sipping his soup and said, "Stop eating, we've got a situation."

Egbert looked up at her.

Eileen turned on the phone's speaker and nervously said, "Ophelia, you can speak now, he can hear you."

Ophelia took a deep breath, explained the situation to Egbert, saying, "This incident is primarily Eileen's fault, not yours, Mr. Reed. However, the public has already started buzzing about you two having dinner together over Christmas which might lead to misunderstandings."

Egbert put down his utensils and casually asked, "What do you need me to do?"

Ophelia breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Actually, you don't have to do anything. We'll handle the online chatter. You just need to refrain from making any statements on your end."

In other words, Egbert should stay out of it, keep mum, or else things could get worse and even obstruct their efforts to manage the public opinion!

Egbert glanced at Eileen.

Eileen was looking at him expectantly.

Egbert then said, "Alright."

Hearing his agreement, Ophelia didn't say much else. After scolding Eileen, she hung up.

It was supposed to be a merry Christmas, but this mess happened.

Eileen had lost her appetite.

She laid down her fork and got up despondently to wash the dishes.

As she was turning on the tap, Egbert came over, rolled up his sleeves and said, "Let me do it."

Eileen gave him a look and moved aside.

Egbert washing dishes was a bit clumsy, but he did it thoroughly. After he finished, Eileen dried them and put them away in the cabinet.

After all the hustling, she checked Twitter again and saw that Ophelia had managed the situation well.

People online were saying that they were together for work, that it was a working dinner. As for why Eileen used Egbert's phone to tweet, it was because her phone had died.

Whether or not her phone did die was irrelevant.

But the online comments about it being a working dinner were quite convincing.

-[A huge star eating such a humble meal on a holiday, it must be a working dinner!]

Eileen was speechless.

Annoyed, Eileen looked up at Egbert and asked, "Didn't you find it tasty?"

Egbert, who was peeling an apple for her, whispered, "It was delicious."

Eileen said, "Yeah, you did finish it all."

Egbert wasn't able to explain that he didn't eat much. It was her who ate most of it.

After slicing the apple, he handed her a piece and comforted her, "Don't bother with all that stuff."

Eileen wanted to vent at the netizen, but she remembered that Ophelia had hired him, so she stopped herself immediately.

Seeing her staring at her phone, Egbert held an apple slice to her lips.

Eileen instinctively opened her mouth and took a bite.

Egbert was pleased.

Eileen chewed a couple of times, swallowed, and another slice of apple was presented to her. She took another bite.

By the time Eileen put down her phone, she had finished the whole apple.

Egbert cleared the apple peels from the table, took the fruit knife and went to wash it in the kitchen.

When he returned, he saw Eileen looking at him.

He sat down next to her and asked, "What's up?"

Eileen nudged him, "When are you leaving?"

Egbert wiped his hands with a napkin and casually said, "There's still time."