Capítulo 53


    Chapter: 53


    Acall from Luka came through. He asked Chelsea about the oue of her meeting with Edmund.


    “Mr. Pierce, due to some unavoidable reasons, | wasn’t able to discuss anything with Mr. Nelson tonight,” Chelsea said without


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    “What happened?” Luka asked with concern.


    Although Chelsea was obligated to report what happened during the meeting, she couldn’t tell Luka what happened in detail.


    She was ashamed to say that Diane showed up out of nowhere just when Edmund reached out to give her pieces of tissue to


    wipe off the coffee stain on her clothes.


    Such a scenario would make it seem Like she was in a love triangle with Edmund and Diane. It would also seem like she was


    coming between the couple yet again.


    After pondering about it for a while, Chelsea finally said, “Oh, it''s nothing. | have just been thinking, Mr. Pierce. Considering that |


    have a past with Mr. Nelson, | shouldn’t have gotten involved in the project. Please | would Like you to rece me with someone


    else. I’m more than willing to hand over my work to the recement once you find one.”


    Luka hazarded a guess immediately. He asked, “Let me get this straight. Are you saying you want to quit?”


    “Sort of.” Chelsea readily admitted.


    She had been willing to work on the project even though Edmund was involved. But as the insults and mockery she received


    earlier that night shed in her mind, she was fed up and decided to quit before things got out of hand.


    It was no news that Edmund and Diane were tying the knot soon. Chelsea didn’t want to be in the news as the woman who was.


    standing in the way of their love. As a result, she wanted to make sure tonight''s urrence didn’t repeat itself.


    “Okay, | see.” Luka’s voice lowered to a grumble. Without saying anything more, he sighed and hung up the phone.


    Edmund was in Yusuf''s bar at this time.


    He came here after dropping Diane off. The night was far spent, but he was yet to have dinner. Yusuf asked his staff to prepare


    dinner for him.


    He then kept Edmundpany in a VIP room after asking a waiter to bring him a bottle of wine. He drank alone, without offering


    his friend even as little as a sip.


    “Hey, aren’t you going to pour wine for me? | came to your bar to drink. Why aren’t you treating me well?” Edmund blew a short


    fuse when he saw that Yusuf poured himself a ss and set the bottle of wine by his side.


    “Sorry, pal. | don’t have any wine to give you tonight. Chelsea’s return reminded me that you usually have stomach troubles.


    What you need now is food, not alcohol. So, let me drink in peace.”


    Yusuf knew that his friend constantly had stomach upset. The only time Edmund didn’t experience stomach upset was while he


    was married to Chelsea. He had stayed away from alcohol and eaten right for three years, so Yusuf forgot about it until recently.


    Yusuf knocked his forehead in regret for a while. He then said, “I am sorry for allowing you to drink a lot in the past year. | should


    have known better.”


    Edmund, who was already sad, became depressed when he heard his ex-wife''s name.


    He couldn''t help thinking that Chelsea was currently unhappy because of what happened earlier that night. He regretted not


    shutting Diane up when she hurled insults at Chelsea. Now, he badly wished he could turn back the hands of time.


    It was when Edmund was plummeting into an abyss of regret that Luka’s call came through. He came to his senses and


    answered the call immediately.


    “Edmund, | don’t know what transpired between you and Chelsea tonight. But | just called to tell you that | don’t think our


    cooperation can go on,” Luka said in an unfriendly tone.


    Edmund frowned deeply.


    “What! What do you mean by that?”