That afternoon, Eva went to pick up her kids from school as usual. After picking them up, as they exited the school, Eva noticed a ck car. The car had moved slightly from its previous position but still quietly remained there. It could be a parent''s car, and she might be overthinking it. Lately, she had been busy and hadn''t had time to buy a car. Walking took up a lot of time, so Eva knew she needed to get a car. It was inconvenient to walk to pick up the children from school every day.


    Once they returned home, Eva started searching for a suitable vehicle. Since the kids would require a lot of money in the future, and the car would be just a means of transport, Eva didn''t n on buying an expensive one. Her budget was around $200,000.


    She quickly found a cost-effective option that was within her budget and nned to go to the store tomorrow to test drive it. After some time, Eva reminded the kids to go to bed. The two little ones were well-behaved and went to their rooms to settle down.


    As Eva approached the window to close the curtains, she caught a glimpse of a ck car by the streetlight downstairs. It looked exactly like the one she had seen at the school earlier that day. Eva paused, raising an eyebrow. Was it the darkness ying tricks on her, or was it the same ck car that she saw earlier?


    Curious, she wanted to take a closer look. Just then, her phone pinged with a new message notification. She absentmindedly checked the message and froze in ce. The sender was NightA, someone she had not spoken to in a long time. Since theirst encounter, they hadn''t contacted each other. Although Eva had many questions, she couldn''t bring herself to initiate contact with him.


    Eva had had the intention to repay him, but since he didn''t respond and she didn''t want to pester him for his bank ount details, she refrained from doing so. However, he suddenly reached out to her now. Eva clicked on his profile and saw his message, a simple greeting.


    "Hello."


    Since they hadn''t spoken for a long time, Eva was a bit surprised to receive this message.


    Looking up, she saw her previous message asking for his bank ount details, which he hadn''t replied to.


    Did he contact her now because he was willing to ept her repayment?


    With this thought in mind, she quickly replied, "Good evening."


    Adrian, sitting in the car, saw this message and his eyes narrowed dangerously. After a moment, he looked up and nced at the slender figure standing by the window.


    She responded to other men''s messages quickly and with a gentle tone, but when it came to him...


    Since Eva didn''t receive a reply from him for a while, she thought for a moment and decided to take the initiative and open the conversation, "Are you busy, sir? You haven''t replied to my inquiry about your ount number." After she said this, he replied slowly.


    "Yes."


    "Then, can you check if you have time now to provide your ount number? I can transfer the money back to you."


    "Okay."


    Upon seeing this response, Eva slowly furrowed her brows.


    He was being a bit abrupt, but she thought it was normal for him. Someone as generous as him must have aplex background, not caring about money or trying to please others.


    She just had to repay the money, and didn''t need to worry about anything else.


    However, she waited for a long time and he didn''t send his ount number, which made Eva feel somewhat puzzled. So, she decided to ask again. "Sir?"


    "Hmm, when are you avable? Let''s meet up."


    The new message had quite a few words, but the request made Eva furrow her brows.


    Meet up? Didn''t he contact her just about her repaying the money? Why would they need to meet?


    "Sir, can''t I transfer the money directly to your ount?"


    "I only ept cash. If you don''t want to repay, it''s fine."


    Upon reading this, Eva understood. He actually didn''t need her to repay the money at all, he was just using this method to make her give in. But... she didn''t want to hold onto his money.


    After thinking for a while, Eva finally replied, "Where should we meet?"


    Upon seeing that she had agreed, Adrian''s expression darkenedpletely. His thin lips formed a displeased straight line.


    He put away his phone and didn''t respond to her anymore.


    In the front, Jacob could feel the sudden chill emanating from him. He looked at him somewhat uneasily and asked, "Mr. ckwood, what''s wrong?"


    "Let''s go." Adrian ignored the question and his response was cold and detached.


    Jacob didn''t know what was going on, but he followed Adrian''s instruction and drove away.


    Meanwhile, Eva waited for a long time but didn''t receive any further response from him. Although she found it strange, she didn''t pursue it. After all, once he had decided on the meeting ce, he would surely inform her? If he wasn''t in a hurry, then she wasn''t either.


    With these thoughts in mind, Eva put her phone away.


    She remembered what she was busy with before his message had distracted her and walked back to the window.


    She looked at the spot where the ck car had been parked, but it was now empty. It was as if the ck car she had seen earlier was just an illusion. The streetlight cast long shadows of the trees.


    She furrowed her eyebrows slightly and closed the curtains.


    The next day, when Eva woke up and got ready to go out, she found someone in the living room.


    As she stepped out of her room, the person stood up from the sofa and smiled at her.


    "Eva, up already?" It was Michael, whom she hadn''t seen for several days. His lips curved into a gentle smile, and his gaze softened as he looked at her.


    Seeing him, Eva''s face changed slightly, and she nodded. "Morning, how did you get here?"


    "We agreed that you could take some time to think. It''s been several days, so I guess you''ve made up your mind?" Michael said. Worried that Eva might refuse, he quickly changed the topic, "Shall I take you guys today?" Eva looked at him quietly for a moment. "Have you sorted out the matters at yourpany? Do you have time?"


    If he had time, Eva thought she needed to find an opportunity to talk to him about their rtionship.


    Seemingly understanding her intention, Michael paused for a moment before saying, "I only have enough time to take the children to school and you to the office."


    He seemed to be everywhere. In an instant, Eva didn''t know how to respond.


    After thinking for a moment, she turned down his offer, "If you''re so busy, then there''s no need for you to take us. I n to buy a car myself."


    Hearing this, Michael''s eyes dimmed slightly, but after a moment, they regained their light. "Buying a car? Have you chosen one?"


    "Yes, I have. I''m going to see it today," Eva nodded.


    Michael said, "Then I''ll apany you."


    "No need. Didn''t you just say that you don''t have time?" Eva countered.


    "I have time to apany you to choose a car." Michael said with a smile.


    Eva intended to refuse, but then she thought of something and nodded. "Alright, thank you for apanying me this afternoon to choose a car. I also have something to talk to you about."