Chapter 84


    When the call ended, Josephine''s wicked voice echoed inside Everleigh''s ears. The woman was


    totally different from the one whom Everleigh had known seven years ago.


    Everleigh soon received the address where she would meet up with Josephine. The ce was a


    restaurant situated in the Westfield District.


    Everleigh held her phone and stared at it for a while before driving away from the school gate.


    On the way to the restaurant, the traffic lights changed. Everleigh''s arm, which was holding the


    steering wheel, could not loosen up the entire time. Her back was also stiff, as if she was a person


    who had just learned to drive. She also failed to rx herself.


    Had she not left Ocpeace City for seven years, she would never know that her best friend had


    feelings for her then boyfriend. The very same friend was the only person back then whom she had


    told about her rtionship.


    Everleigh felt uneasy even though she knew Josephine and Theodore started their rtionship after


    she had broken up with Theodore because humans are selfish by nature. She found it hard to


    ept the fact that her best friend had now be her exboyfriend''s lover. To her, this was


    treachery.


    Half an hourter, Everleigh arrived at the restaurant.


    The ce was very high- ss. Everleigh was greeted by a waiter at the main entrance and after


    she registered her name, she was led up towards a big dining hall situated on the second floor.


    Josephine had already arrived.


    She was dressed in yellow, looking through the window beside her table. Even from afar, she was


    brimming with elegance as she slowly sipped from her cup of tea. Her current posture revealed her


    profile and while it did not look anything out of ordinary, it was quite small. Men were quick to pity


    women whose faces were like hers.


    The waiter pulled out a chair for Everleigh and said, "Please, take a look at the menu."


    "Okay." Everleigh thanked the waiter before sitting down.


    Josephine, whose attention was on something outside the window, finally turned her head to face


    her. She put down her cup before greeting Everleigh. She made it sound like they were just having


    a casual gathering of old friends when she said, "Oh, Everleigh, you''re here! Was there any traffic


    just now?"


    Everleigh''s face froze and her eyes darkened. "Skip the pleasantries. Get to the point. What do you


    want?"


    Josephine smiled, "Everleigh! You''re as impatient as you used to be."


    "Well, as least one of us has changed."


    "No, I haven''t. But if you really meant that, then it only shows that you never really knew me to


    begin with." Josephine scanned through the menu while retaining her air of elegance. "Isn''t this our


    first meeting after you came back? Don''t you want to chat with me? Or maybe you have things that


    you would like to ask me?"


    "Really? Such as what? What do you think I''m going to ask you?"


    "Hmm... How about the reason I''m with Theodore?" Josephine''s eyes stopped looking at the menu


    and she shot a gaze at Everleigh, "Tell me, Everleigh. Do you hate me?"


    Everleigh clenched her fists tightly, but her expression was indifferent. "Why should I? Theodore


    and I are no more and it''s fair game. My breakup with him has nothing to do with you."


    "Excellent." Josephine smiled again. "I thought you hated me and wanted to get back at me."


    "What do you mean?"


    Josephine pushed her phone on the table towards Everleigh. The phone was showing a photo and


    Everleigh''s face froze the moment she saw it.


    "Does this look familiar to you?" Josephine''s voice sounded like she was hiding a knife behind each


    of her words.


    Of course, Everleigh was familiar with the photo.


    A week ago, Theodore had apanied her and her children to the zoo. The photo was taken at


    the Panda World.


    "I know you''re going to say it''s nothing. Nothing happened between you and Theodore. It''s just a


    photo. Even if you two aren''t lovers, you''re still ssmates and friends."


    Speaking of this, Josephine''s voice suddenly turned into almost a whisper, "But does that mean that


    you can visit the zoo with someone else''s fiance?"


    Everleigh was speechless. For a moment, her voice failed her. She failed to exin the turn of


    events.


    She did not ask Theodore to go to the zoo with her; it was Adrienne who did. Since Adrienne was


    her daughter, it was equivalent to her. Not to mention that she did not refuse the request.


    "I''m sorry." In the end, it was all she could afford to say. "It was inconsiderate of me. But rest


    assured though, it won''t happen again."


    Josephine took back her phone and put on a magnanimous look. "Apology epted. I hope you''ll


    never meet up with Theodore ever again."


    Everleigh frowned and said, "Now, you''re thinking too much. I don''t have any connection with him.


    He''s the president of Godfrey Group and I''m just a humble doctor. Unless he stays at the hospital


    because of a sickness, otherwise, I won''t be able to see him."


    "Now that you''ve mentioned it, don''t you think it''s weird? Tell me this. How many times have you


    met you after you came back?" ''Those were... Coincidences.'' "Oh, but I hate coincidences,


    especially the ones like you said. Look, I''m not alone in this. Aunt Madison hopes that you''ll never


    contact Theodore as well."


    No matter what Josephine said, the truth was, she wanted verbal confirmation from Everleigh.


    Everleigh knew that her children''s education came first and she refused to hesitate further.


    "Fine, you have my word. I will not see him again."


    "But you can''t guarantee that he will do the same to you." Josephine hated to say it out loud,


    regardless of how hard she refused to admit it. Her eyes were beaming with jealousy as she said


    the words.


    "What on earth do you really want?" Everleigh began to grow impatient.


    "I need you to leave Ocpeace City."


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    The demand was spoken softly, each word pronounced clearly.


    Everleigh''s eyes narrowed. Without thinking too much, she gave her a response, "That''s


    impossible."


    She did note back because of Theodore and she most definitely would not leave because of


    the man.


    "Everleigh, nobody wanted you toe back, not even your sister or your father. It was so peaceful


    when you weren''t around."


    "It has nothing to do with you." Everleigh looked determined and was ready to get her bag and car


    key. "I''m not leaving Ocpeace City. I will find another school for my children. I don''t think you can


    prevent everyst school in the city from taking them in!"


    She was always a tolerant person, but it did not mean she could be easily bullied.


    "I''m doing this for your own good," Josephine said without changing her expression, "If your children


    and their ssmates know their real identities, will they still be able to grow up in Ocpeace City?"


    As soon as she finished speaking, she put down her cell phone again.


    Everleigh stopped midway as she was picking up her bag.


    The sound of the video was not loud. Her mobile phone was ying in the middle of the dining


    table. The sound of the pattering rain came from the speaker, like a summon from the abyss, which


    threw her into the crazy rainy night seven years ago.


    "I''m sure you don''t want your children to live in fear. Am I right?"


    Josephine''s voice was as sweet and gentle as ever, but her sweet demeanor was a facade to hide


    her hideous side. That awful look shot into Everleigh''s eyes; it was the sight that had brought her


    seven years'' worth of pain and suffering.


    "Did you do it?" Everleigh heard those words escape her throat. Fueled with anger, she failed to


    contain her tone any longer.