The Deserted Rich Beauty novel Chapter 2578

It turned out that their hearts had grown apart since then.

Selena could get herself out of their relationship easily, but Eric fell deeper in love with her.

Eric parked the car, got out, and opened the door for Selena.

Selena let Chance get into the car first. Then, she also sat in the back.

The car was dead silent.

No one spoke.

Eric seemed to be waiting for his sentence every minute of their silence.

He felt weak.

His palms were sweaty, but no one noticed except him.

Chance also seemed to feel the solemnity and tension between the adults. He looked at Selena for a while, and then at Eric.

He dared not speak either.

Selena just stared blankly at the passing scenery outside the window.

The glow in the distant sky gradually dimmed, like a thin layer of rouge that was about to fade.

No one spoke the entire journey home.

Back at the villa, Chance returned to his room obediently.

Selena also got out of the car.

Eric was in the car. He looked at her back and took out a pack of cigarettes from the side with a tense face.

He did not smoke often, nor was he addicted to cigarettes.

However, when he was under great pressure, he would smoke a cigarette to relieve his stress and clear his chaotic thoughts.

Now, he desperately needed a smoke.

Eric lit the cigarette, and the smoke slowly spread from his fingertips.

The time he took to smoke a cigarette was neither long nor short. Fifteen minutes passed.

After that, he stubbed out the cigarette, got out of the car, and closed the door.

The complicated emotions that lingered all night weighed down on him so much that his ribs almost broke.

Eric finally mustered up his courage to walk inside with heavy steps.

He went upstairs as if nothing happened.

In the bedroom, Selena had just finished taking a shower and was still drying her hair.

Eric was sitting on the balcony sofa by the window, staring into the distance. He suddenly felt an unreal sense of security in his heart.

It was as if nothing happened tonight.

Selena came out and glanced at him.

She really wanted to smile as if nothing was wrong, but she could not force herself to.

Selena would not have come back to take a shower first if she had not felt grimy from going around all day.

She felt that she should make some things clear.

Selena coughed.

Eric stood up and walked over with an inexplicably cautious and gentle expression.

When he approached her, he felt like his chest was stuffy. He suddenly did not know what to say.

Selena sat on the sofa on the side and looked at him calmly with a smile.

“I know you have something to tell me. We should discuss our relationship when we’re alone because it’s better to talk about it in private. It won’t end well if outsiders witness this, right?”

Eric’s chest felt like it was scratched lightly.

It hurt and tingled for a moment.

He pursed his lips tightly and said in a low and dry voice, “Why?”

Eric took a deep breath. “Didn’t you always want to get married before? I thought you’d like today’s surprise.”

Selena looked at him with a smile.

“It was so long ago that I almost forgot. Eric, I appreciate your surprise, but don’t joke like this again.”

“I wasn’t joking.”