Chapter 444


    Harley thought that there was no one else inside the private room.


    Therefore, hey on the sofa and looked at his mobile phone the moment he stepped into the room.


    His phone started ringing a short whileter. He picked it up.


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    "Yes?"


    It was his colleague, a young girl in her early twenties. She was good at her work, thus everyone in the


    team treated her like a younger sister.


    The connection in the private room was not very great. Hence, Harley turned on speaker mode.


    The sweet voice of the little girl soon came from the other end of the phone, "Harley, they told me that


    you went out with some girl today! Is that true? I''m so sad!"


    Their team members would usually joke around like this.


    Harley answered nonchntly, "Don''t worry. I won''t forget you even if I were to go out with other girls!"


    Just then, footsteps could be heard from outside the door. Harley thought that someone wasing in,


    hence he turned off speaker mode, "Can I help you with anything?"


    "It''s about the case that you''re dealing with right now. Hand it over to me once youe back, okay?


    Alright, I''ll talk to youter!"


    Harley''s gaze fell on Thea''s profile picture on his screen. He frowned slightly.


    He wondered what she had been up to recently. Could she still be seeing that terrible man?


    A wave of anger rose from Harley''s belly at the thought of that man. He vaguely recalled that the man''s


    name was Finley. Honestly, what kind of name was that? Harley was certain that he was much better


    than Finley in terms of appearance or capability in work.


    He couldn''t believe that Thea would fancy such a man.


    "D*mn, this woman must be blind!"


    Harley said bitterly.


    At this moment, he heard flushing from the washroom in the private room. Harley froze for a second,


    then got up and sat straight.


    The next second, he saw Thea pushing the door open anding out from the washroom.


    They looked at each other, and tension filled the air.


    Harley was the first to speak. He acted nonchntly and greeted, "It''s you! Long time no see!"


    Thea smiled in return, "It''s been a while."


    The two of them soon took their seats at the table. The atmosphere became awkward again all of a


    sudden.


    Harley took out his mobile phone and started to y the games on it. After a while, the sound effects


    from the game bellowed across the room. "Great!"


    "Amazing!"


    "Unbelievable!"


    Thea was the first to speak amid the noise.


    "How have you been?"


    Harley''s hands trembled and he almost dropped his phone.


    Although he was ying games on his mobile phone, Harley had been looking at Thea out of the


    corner of his eye. She had be much skinnier and she was no longer as mischievous as she used


    to be.


    Harley frowned and asked, "You don''t look very good. Have you found that?"


    In fact, he wanted to say, "Have you found that sc*mbag?"


    However, he changed his mind at a second thought.


    "Ah... I found him!" Thea answered. In fact, she didn''t know why she had said that. Her mind was filled


    with the sweet girly voice that she had just heard in the bathroom.


    It seemed that it didn''t take long for him to get a new girlfriend.


    Harley''s face darkened. Then, he chuckled and said, "Congrattions. Is he still working in that


    industry?"


    That question was a little harsh. Thea''s face paled in an instant. She was a little gaunt and that made


    her look even more terrible now. Harley''s heart suddenly ached.


    He cursed himself silently in his heart and then apologized, "I''m sorry, I didn''t mean to say that."


    "It''s fine," Thea responded. Obviously, she didn''t want to talk about this topic anymore. After that, they


    fell silent again.


    Meanwhile, Eudora was standing behind the door to the private room, and she witnessed the awkward


    exchange between them. She couldn''t take it anymore.


    Harley waspletely off his game this time. Wasn''t he good at handling stuff like this in the past?


    Why did they be so awkward once it came to expressing their honest feelings?


    Eudora identally kicked something on the ground when she was trying to get a better view of the


    two. A chill ran down her spine and she ran away hastily.


    Harley''s reflex was still as outstanding as before. He jumped out of his seat instantly upon hearing the


    noise from outside the door.


    Before Eudora could run away, Harley had already emerged from the room and held her back.


    "Why are you running?"


    He then frowned.


    Eudora looked at Harley guiltily. It would be embarrassing to tell them that she was eavesdropping on


    them.


    Harley said,


    "Eudora? How could you be so rude? How could you eavesdrop on other people?"


    A wave of anger was burning in Harley''s belly because of Thea. Hence, his tone was not polite at all.


    At this moment, Harley saw two figures, one big and one small,ing out from behind. They


    questioned him at the same time, "Who is bullying my wife/Mommy?"


    Harley was dumbfounded.


    He didn''t know what else to say as he looked at the two fearsome figures, "Are you kidding me? I''m the


    victim here, aren''t I?"


    "I don''t care!" The two of them once again said in unison.


    Harley surrendered, "Alright, it''s all my fault, okay?"


    Eudora covered her face and apologized, "It''s my fault. All of you, stop! I just wanted to see how it was


    going between the two of you. However, it''s indeed not the right thing to do. Harley, please don''t be


    mad at me."


    She knew that Harley was already in misery!


    Harley felt a little better, saying, "Since you did it out of worry, I''ll forgive you this time."


    At this moment, Christopher and Tina arrived.


    The two of them were in a different state from Harley and Thea. Their rtionship had improved


    significantly because of that incident thest time. They were inseparable from each other since then.


    Harley sighed as he looked at the two people who were attached together as though they were


    conjoined twins, "I''m going out to have a smoke."


    Harley came in thest minute before the gathering began.


    Everyone had taken their seats, leaving only two adjacent seats for him and Thea.


    The two settled in their seats quietly while sitting across them were Tina and Christopher. Tina picked


    up a chicken wing and put it into Christopher''s te intimately, saying, "This is your favorite. Eat more."


    Christopher gave her a piece of pork ribs and said, "You''ve lost weight recently. Have more meat."


    Next to them were Eudora and Amos. Amos scooped some sd into Eudora''s te and said, "You


    need to eat more vegetables so that your diet is well-bnced."


    Eudora''s face was full of disgust, refusing, "I don''t want it."


    "Be a good girl!" Amos frowned, looking as though he was reprimanding his daughter.


    Even the youngest of the lot, Juju kept staring at Eudora''s belly, "Mommy, perhaps my little brother


    wants to eat vegetables as well. Why don''t you give it a try?"


    They were all in pairs!


    Harley frowned. "Guys, could you please don''t?"


    The five people red at him in unison and said, "Mind your own business!"


    Harley was speechless. At this moment, Thea clutched her chest and retched all of a sudden.