Love Comes Secretly After Their Contract Marriage novel Chapter 374

What did he mean by that?

What did he mean by other than that piece of land, there were other ways?

And his spiteful tone...

Yvonne didn't dare to imagine further. She held her breath and quietly hid behind the kitchen door to hear what Elliot would say next.

But to her disappointment, Elliot didn't say a word. He occasionally responded to the person on the other end of the phone.

A few minutes later, Elliot said goodbye to the caller. Knowing that his call was about to end, Yvonne quickly concealed her panic. She poured a glass of water and walked into the living room, pretending nothing had happened.

"Elliot," she smiled at him.

Elliot didn't know she was back. When he saw her coming out of the kitchen, his eyes changed a little and he asked in a deep voice, "When did you come back?"

"Just came back," Yvonne replied calmly.

Elliot narrowed his eyes and pretended to ask, "Just? Then why didn't I hear you coming back?"

"I greeted you, but you were on the phone so you might not have heard me." Yvonne drank water and sat down on the sofa.

Elliot squeezed the phone in his hand and stared at her. "Really? Did you hear what I said then?"

"Nope." Yvonne looked at his eyes calmly and naturally. "When I came back, you were standing on the balcony with your phone and didn't say a word. If not for the occasional hums, I thought you were not talking on the phone, but sleeping."

As she answered, she pretended to recall the scene to prove that she had not heard anything.

Elliot stared at her deeply for a while and didn't see the guilty or lying look in her eyes and face. After that, his serious expression finally disappeared and changed to his usual frivolous face. "That's good. I was talking about the company's secret. What if you heard it and told Mr. Lancaster?"

"I’m not such a dishonest person.” Yvonne rolled her eyes, deliberately pretending to be disdainful. But she was relieved in her heart.

God knows how hard it was for her to pretend she didn't hear anything.

Especially when she met his suspicious eyes, her heart was thumping and she didn’t dare to breathe heavily. She was afraid that she might expose her panic and tension accidentally, then he could detect that she was lying.

Luckily, her acting skills were good enough to slip through.

"Tsk. You love Mr. Lancaster so much that you don't even need dignity. Who knows if you’ll betray me for M r. Lancaster?" Elliot said it half-jokingly.

Yvonne was silent for two seconds, then she smiled, " Don’t worry, I won't betray my friends."

But an enemy... That might be different.

"That's what I needed to hear. Well, I should get going now." Elliot tidied up his tie, then picked up the files o n the coffee table and walked to the door.

Yvonne got up and followed him. "You're here for this?"

She looked at the files in his hand, which were separated by a layer of kraft paper and she couldn't see what was inside.

However, looking at it bulging, the documents should b e a thick pile of information.

"Yeah, what's the matter?" Elliot put the file bag under his arm.

Yvonne shook her head. "Nothing. There's something I want to tell you."

"Say it." Elliot looked at her.

Yvonne lowered her eyelids. "I might stay here for a long time. Will you be alright with it?"

Elliot was stunned for a moment, then he chuckled, " Yvonne Frey, are you dumb? I've said this before-you can stay here as you please. Why are you suddenly asking me about this?"