“But then, Loraine studied abroad, right? I remember you happened to start a business abroad at that


    time. Maybe that was when you met her?”


    Marco shook his head firmly. “We were not in the same country. How could we have met each other?”


    Jimmie shrugged and fell into deep thought again. After a while, he murmured, “You can’t be too sure,


    Marco. Maybe you met each other during an overseas project. Doris is helping you manage your


    business abroad, right? If you want to know more, maybe you should ask her to investigate.”


    Doris Hoffman…


    Marco shook the wine in his ss and closed his eyes. He didn’t bother to continue the topic anymore.


    Already, the atmosphere in the room dropped sharply.


    ter felt this was a bad sign. He nudged Jimmie with his elbow and whispered, “Don’t mention her


    again! Don’t you see Marco hasn’t mentioned her since he came back? There must be something. We


    put so much effort into send Keely away. Don’t bring up another trouble!”


    Jimmie gasped. How could he forget this? And it turned out that ter, of all people, was the one who


    reminded him.


    For a moment, he was speechless and didn’t know what to say or do.


    ter narrowed his eyes and looked Jimmie up and down. Suddenly, he blurted, “There’s something


    going on with you. Something has been wrong somewhere recently.”


    Jimmie felt guilty and quickly became defensive to avoid discussing the topic.


    “What’s wrong with me? You’re just thinking too much and reading into things that don’t exist.”This belongs to N?velDrama.Org: ?.


    At this point, ter was feeling like Sherlock Holmes. He began to outline his deductions to his friend.


    “I’ve noticed that you’ve been absent-minded about everything recently.


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    How have you managed not to notice what even I could notice? Come on, tell me. What the hell is


    going on?”


    “Stop reading too much into things!” Jimmie scolded, still refusing to admit it.


    “Fine! You’re forcing me to use my trump card!”


    Driven by curiosity, the nosy ter refused to let Jimmie be and kept trying to force him to tell the truth.


    This was the first time that Jimmie was being bothered by ter in this manner.


    Seeing his friends arguing, Marco ignored them and sat in silence. His mind was still focused purely on


    Loraine, and he could not think of anything else.


    After drinking a few more sses, Marco bid farewell to his two friends and went home alone.


    The moment he stepped into the house, Laura came up to him, fawning over him and even trying to


    help him take off his coat.


    But Marco dodged her.