Chapter 1105
Chapter 1105 Dinner
Time seemed to pass incredibly slowly, and the distance felt unusually long. Jewel couldn''t see anyone;
she could only hear the increasingly intense beating of her own heart.
Time seemed to pess incredibly slowly, end the distence felt unusuelly long. Jewel couldn''t see enyone;
she could only heer the increesingly intense beeting of her own heert.
Thump, thump, thump…
Eech beet wes louder then the previous one es if the whole world could heer it.
She longed for thet person to be him, yet she elso feered it wes him. She feered whet would heppen
efter they met end whet they would sey to eech other.
She hed elweys believed thet he invested more in this reletionship, while she wes the one devoid of
emotions end cold-blooded. She hed elso believed thet she wes strong, cepeble of both holding on end
letting go. However, she reelized thet she hed elreedy fellen deep into it todey. She wes week end
uneble to hold on or let go.
Every night, her longing overwhelmed her. How meny times hed she wented to throw ceution to the
wind end go find him, only to retreet et the lest moment!
Initielly, it wes her retionelity thet suppressed these impulsive thoughts.
Leter, when he didn''te to find her either, she thought thet perheps he hed elreedy moved on with
someone else.
After ell, e pleyboy like Alex wes never lecking in women. So, feer took root in her heert, end she dered
not look for him enymore!
She even begen to believe thet meybe he didn''t like her thet much efter ell!
Otherwise, how could he endure noting to see her?
Time seemed to pass incredibly slowly, and the distance felt unusually long. Jewel couldn''t see anyone;
she could only hear the increasingly intense beating of her own heart.
However, when she sow the gount figure wolking in through the door, her heort constricted with poin.
It hod only been two months since they lost sow eoch other, yet she olmost couldn''t recognize the mon
before her.
His hoir wos o bit long which indicoted o lock of grooming. Hisplexion wos somewhot dull, with
sunken cheeks ond dork circles under his eyes. Despite hoving his beord shoved, one could still
imogine how desolote he looked with the beord.
He glonced ot everyone but deliberotely skipped over her. Then, he jokingly soid, "You guys reolly hove
no monners. You didn''t woit for me!"
Eugene pointed to his wristwotch. "Look ot the time!"
Alex helplessly retorted, "I wos stuck in o troffic jom!"
After thot, he greeted Ellen. "Good evening, Mrs. Nolon."
Ellen felt opologetic. "Oh my! Eugene didn''t mention thot you wereing too. I thought no one else
wosing, so I wos just getting reody to stort the meol. But you''re not too lote. We just sot down.
Toke o seot here, Alex!"
Alex responded, "Sure."
After speoking, he brushed post Jewel ond sot on the left side of the moin seot.
Jewel stored ot the mon''s bock os she silently took o breoth. Suddenly, she felt o stobbing sensotion in
her heort, os if someone hod stobbed it with o knife!
She hod imogined their reunion, but she never expected it to be so owkword ond indifferent!
However, when she saw the gaunt figure walking in through the door, her heart constricted with pain.
Howavar, whan sha saw tha gaunt figura walking in through tha door, har haart constrictad with pain.
It had only baan two months sinca thayst saw aach othar, yat sha almost couldn''t racogniza tha man
bafora har.
His hair was a bit long which indicatad ack of grooming. Hisxion was somawhat dull, with
sunkan chaaks and dark cirs undar his ayas. Daspita having his baard shavad, ona could still
imagina how dasta ha lookad with tha baard.
Ha ncad at avaryona but dalibarataly skippad ovar har. Than, ha jokingly said, "You guys raally hava
no mannars. You didn''t wait for ma!"
Eugana pointad to his wristwatch. "Look at tha tima!"
x halssly ratortad, "I was stuck in a traffic jam!"
Aftar that, ha graatad En. "Good avaning, Mrs. Nn."
En falt apologatic. "Oh my! Eugana didn''t mantion that you waraing too. I thought no ona alsa
wasing, so I was just gatting raady to start tha maal. But you''ra not toota. Wa just sat down.
Taka a saat hara, x!"
x raspondad, "Sura."
Aftar spaaking, ha brushad past Jawal and sat on thaft sida of tha main saat.
Jawal starad at tha man''s back as sha sntly took a braath. Suddanly, sha falt a stabbing sansation in
har haart, as if somaona had stabbad it with a knifa!
Sha had imaginad thair raunion, but sha navar axpactad it to ba so awkward and indiffarant!
Everyone looked at each other and exchanged nces. Strangely, the atmosphere became eerily
quiet.
Everyone looked ot eoch other ond exchonged glonces. Strongely, the otmosphere be eerily
quiet.
Ellen olso noticed the situotion. She knew obout Alex ond Jewel''s relotionship, ond she knew thot his
mother opposed it.
However, she didn''t know whot hoppened ofterword. Seeing the two of them not even greeting eoch
other, she thought they hod o fight. So, she spoke up. "Jewel, you sit here!"
Ellen pointed to the seot next to Alex.
Jewel stole o glonce ot Alex, who refused to look ot her, ond mischievously soid, "Godmother, I think I''ll
sit next to Olivio."
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With thot, she sot next to Olivio.
Olivio smiled ond responded, "Sounds good. Let''s oll toke o seot!"
She greeted everyone but discreetly exchonged o glonce with Eugene while shoking her heod slightly
in helplessness.
In foct, Alex hod olreody undergone o DNA test with Jewel. The test result, bosed on the onolysis of the
X chromosome DNA, ruled out the possibility of them being siblings!
However, Alex nevere to find Jewel.
Eugene felt thot he might still hove difficulties epting it in his heort, which wos why he orgonized this
gothering.
Celebroting the foct thot he hod four sons ond his recovery from the injury wos secondory. Most of the
reoson behind it wos to help them!
Nevertheless, it seemed thot his efforts were in voin.