"Really?" Evadne touched her cheek with her right hand, which was hot like a little heater, and she immediately turned her face away in shyness.
"Maybe it's because I had a bit of booze, feeling a little tipsy."
"You're heading to the wine cellar now, and your face is already flushed without even drinking?" Jason began to get curious. He was shrewd and efficient at work, but in his private life, he was like an innocent big boy, completely oblivious to the fact that Evadne was in a state of romantic infatuation.
"You're asking too many questions." Evadne gave a coquettish roll of her eyes, and then turned around and left.
With a face full of grievance, Jason, not knowing where he had offended Evadne, could only follow her like a faithful little dog.
They arrived at the wine cellar, which stored nearly a thousand bottles of red wine, all prepared by Cassius for her, because he knew she liked to drink red wine. Each of these wines was quite valuable. Many of them were rarities bought at auctions, some of which even Emeric didn't have, but Evadne had dozens. If she sold these wines, she could afford to buy two detached villas in Elmsworth.
Evadne leisurely browsed the wine rack and took a liking to a bottle of La Romanee-Conti. She tiptoed to reach for it, but still couldn't get it.
Jason walked over to her and with his tall figure, he easily helped her get the wine bottle. They were too close, and Jason could distinctly smell the sweet milk fragrance in Evadne's hair. Instantly, his heart raced, and a blush spread across his face.
"Here you go, Ms. Evadne."
"Having a secretary who's tall is great, even saves the ladder."
But the ideal man in her mind should be taller, like Thaddeus. Evadne cursed in her heart. That annoying man, just thinking of him gave her a headache.
"Ms. Evadne, let me open the wine for you, it might be inconvenient with one hand..."
Evadne suddenly hit her plaster cast against the corner of the table, breaking it and revealing her smooth forearm.
"Annoying, I've been wanting to tear it off."
Jason was startled.
"In the past on the battlefield, I often saw people's legs blown off by bombs, and soldiers, who were joking with me in the morning, when they were brought back in the afternoon, their bodies were full of bullet holes, and half of their faces were blown off."
Evadne calmly described the cruelty of war, her eyes revealing a sense of calmness from having experienced life and death. Jason was surprised, he couldn't imagine how this Ms. Evadne, who enjoyed a luxurious life at home, had lived through these years.
The chat group was bustling again.
Elvis: "Arnold, it's understandable that our big brother is too busy to have time, but you, a judicial department guy, why are you also so numb? Do you know that Thaddeus sent people to secretly decrypt our plan? Thanks to my quick response, I encrypted the files. He wants to compete with me? Maybe in his next life."
Evadne was startled, her almond-shaped eyes widened.
Arnold: "Did he suspect something?! Wait, who let you call me by my name? Call me big brother."
Elvis: "No, you only came out a few minutes earlier than me. If I was the first one to be taken out of mom's belly, I would be your big brother."
Arnold: "Even if I'm one second earlier than you, I'm still your big brother. Call me big brother."
Elvis: "Arnold."
Arnold: "Do you want a beating?"
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: His Ex-Wife Is A Billionaire?