"Yes, yes, it's my fault. It's my fault. I got in over my head, I'm sorry."
"Aleigha, who is that man?"
Adrian got back to this question again.
"That's the cousin of one of my friends. I ran into him and he gave me a ride."
Aleigha threw a random lie because she was sure Adrian knew nothing about that man.
Adrian was a little skeptical.
"Well, there's nothing I can do even if you don't believe me. For all I care, you can just believe that I was flirting with him."
Aleigha felt a little guilty, but on second thought, she realized she didn't even know the man's name.
Adrian looked at her and decided not to get too caught up with this, hence his mood was also improved quite a lot.
"And besides, before you throw yourself upon me next time, brush your teeth. The scent of another woman disgusts me."
Thinking of what she had to hear this afternoon, anger surged up again in Aleigha's heart.
"Another woman?" Adrian understood what Aleigha was referring to but he did not expect Aleigha to have arrived at that time.
The atmosphere suddenly became awkward. Aleigha didn't say anything, but she didn't let go of Adrian's every move from the corner of her eye.
"I'll explain to you later about what happened in the afternoon. Let's go for dinner now."
As soon as he said that, Aleigha knew Adrian was trying to hide something from her.
They chose a random restaurant for dinner, during which Aleigha kept a sullen face all the time yet Adrian didn't know what to say or do to make her feel better.
After the meal, the two of them parted unhappily.
Aleigha kept telling herself that she had nothing to do with him, so there was no reason for her to be so jealous or whatever that feeling inside her heart was.
Yet the fact that Adrian had still yet to make an explanation made her feel like there was something stuck in her chest, suffocating her bit by bit.
Aleigha didn't let Adrian drive her home, instead, she took the subway.
The phone rang. Aleigha listened in silence, and after a while, she hung up the phone with a cold curve at the corner of her mouth.
The Woods family's assets were indeed capable. They found out what she needed to know almost in the blink of an eye.
Not long after, she received a message with an address written on it.
It was too late today, and Aleigha thought, "I'll go tomorrow."
When she returned to the Gardner family, she decided to sneak back to her room to wash up.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door.
She opened the door and found Samantha standing outside the door quietly, looking at her with a smile.
"Aleigha, loan me some money." Samantha reached out her hand. There was no humility on her face, which was supposed to be there since she was asking for a favor. What was on her face, however, was a cocky expression as if she was asking for something that belonged to her.
"And why would I do that?" Aleigha was in a bad mood, so she blurted out harshly.
Samantha was stunned, and the smile on her face gradually turned into anger. "What do you mean, Aleigha?
"How did you promise my mom when you brought me here?" "Did I force you to come here? You can leave now, I'm going to bed." Aleigha wanted to close the door.
But Samantha put her hand on the crack of the door.
"Yeah, go! Close the door and go to your f*cking bed! As soon as you turn, I'll scream at the top of my lungs!" Samantha said brazenly.
The way she was making a fuss about was just like the way her mother Perla would do.
"Go right ahead and scream. This is the Gardner family, do you think the Gardners are gonna take your word for it? I'll tell you what, you'd better keep yourself under that line and don't get me any trouble."
Aleigha finished her words and slammed the door shut.
Fortunately, Samantha pulled her hand out in time so that it was not jammed by the door.
She was so angry that she wanted to curse outside the door, but after thinking about it, she still went back to her room.
The next morning, it was a rainy day and it was very cold.
Aleigha was going to go out early in the morning.
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