Chapter 31 Protective


    Jeremy didn''t listen to her at all and drove the car straight to the South Hotel. Elena''s face was grim


    when they arrived. She got off without even looking at Jeremy and hailed another taxi to leave.


    "Elena, you are already here. Don’t be childish."


    Jeremy walked to her and grabbed her at her arm. His hand was so strong that Elena couldn’t break


    free.


    She was Childish? Elena could barely contain her sarcasm. Who the hell was being childish now?


    Didn’t she even have freedom to leave when it was clear that he had forcibly dragged her here?


    "Jeremy! Elena!" A delighted voice came out. Elena felt familiar at once and looked around to see


    Victor, the monitor who had organized this gathering today.


    Victor be a civil servant after his graduation, he also did well and had a meteoric rise in the recent


    years with the ass-kissing skill and the his family’s connections. He seemed to get older and fatter after


    these years.


    "Why didn''t you call me since you arrived? If I didn’t happen toe out to make a call, I wouldn''t have


    known when you were here."


    Elena took advantage of Jeremy''s distraction to shake him off and faked a smile, "Monitor, I''m sorry. I''m


    a little busy with work and really not avable today."


    When Victor heard that, he immediately put on a serious face, "No way. You''ve arrived here and don’t


    have several minutes to say hello?"


    Just several minutes? Elena hesitated.


    "Come on. Elena, just a few minutes." Jeremy looked at Elena with indulgence as if she was losing a


    temper.


    Victor took a look and got it immediately. He led them inside, walking andughing, "I know. You two


    must have a quarrel, right? So you say you are busy with work and don’t want to show up. but you can''t


    forget these old friends all the years, can you?"


    Elena tried to get away but failed, so she had to exin, "We broke up a long time ago, so Monitor,


    please stop talking like that."


    Broke up? Victor stopped and looked at Jeremy suspiciously. When did they break up? How came he


    never hear about it?


    Jeremy said with a look of helplessness, "You know, just being childish. You have to get used to it."


    Victor believed Jeremy and said to Elena in a serious tone, "Young people like you tend to break up


    easily. Sometimes people get closer after quarreling. But remember never go too far."


    She was going too far? A surge of depression arose in Elena''s heart and she nearly spat blood in


    anger. With her hands clenched tightly, she red at Jeremy with hatred, "Jeremy, don''t you dare to


    repeat what you just said again!"


    Jeremy''s gaze dodged. Victor only thought she was still angry, and pulled the two inside without


    listening to their exnation, "I don’t want to judge what happened between you. You can solve your


    problem in private."


    ...


    This was the first time she had wanted to hit someone so badly. She had made it very clear that she


    wasn’t willing to arrive here. How came Victor kept pulling her inside!


    As Victor spoke, he had already brought them into the room. A group of old ssmates had already


    been seated and waiting. There might be dozens of them. Victor returned to his seat and Elena and


    Jeremy sat beside him.


    Just after taking her seat, Elena felt ufortable like bugs were biting her all over her body.


    Victor lifted his ss, ''''It''s really not easy for us to have this gathering. Now everyone is here, it''s been


    a few years since we graduated. But today we gathered here and so many emotions just flooded over


    me. To start,e on, let''s all drink!"


    Everyone raised their sses after hearing this. Elena followed with a sip of juice as a toast of sorts.


    Victor caught her and said straightly, "Elena, are you still at school? We are all drinking wine now. But


    you chose juice. That is cheating!"


    Victor had worked for a few years and got used to ordering people after his promotion. Elena was


    holding her ss awkwardly. She didn’t want to drink wine but now everyone was looking at her.


    Noticing this, Jeremy kindly smiled and raised his wine, “Elena doesn’t drink wine. How about I drink for


    her?" Then he finished his wine in a gulp.


    "Good!" Victor shouted pleased and followed with a toast. He came to Elena while patting her shoulder,


    "Elena, you just said Jeremy wasn’t nice to you. If so, why will he be so protective of you?"


    Jeremyughed and looked at Elena with a happy look.


    Elena felt sick about everything. She didn’t care if Jeremy drank for her. She didn’t like Victor’s jokes.


    she didn’t want any of this, so she just stood up and was ready to leave, which draw their attention at


    once.


    Victor was startled, "Elena, what are you doing?"


    Elena looked at Jeremy who was trying to pull her and shook off his hand at once.


    "Elena, don’t be childish before so many people now. We can talk about itter..."


    So many people? So now he realized this was so awkward in front of so many people? In that case,


    why could he pull her here all the way in the first ce? Why did he pretend they were still together?


    And furthermore, did he think he could get her back by doing so?


    Or, did he think she would miss him for the sake of old times?


    "Sorry, I know this is supposed to be a happy party today. But I remembered I promised to my husband


    to visit the elder in the family today, so I have to leave. But I hope all of you can have fun and enjoy the


    party ..."


    Elena hurriedly found an excuse. Then she grabbed her bag and left the room in a big hurry without


    looking back.


    They still didn’t know what was going on and looked at each other. Their eyes finally fell on Jeremy in


    unison.


    When Elena and Jeremy were graduating from college, their rtionship was made public, and they


    became the perfect match in ssmates’ view. To be honest, nearly all of them envied them of the


    sweet love. So they saw the two getting in together just now, they naturally assumed they were still


    together.


    But Elena just made it very clear that her husband was not Jeremy!


    Victor put down his ss and didn’t know what to do. He asked, "Jeremy, what''s going on? Aren’t you


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    Jeremy felt his head exploding with a buzz. The familiar silhouette in his memory vanished without any


    trace. He couldn’t hear anything now...


    Elena left the South hotel and breathed in the fresh air as if she hade to life. For a moment, she


    was almost suffocating.


    She never expect Jeremy to be so shameless. They were not together long time ago. Why was he


    making this drama!


    She wasn’t sure if Jeremy really applied for a leave for her, so she returned to work as usual. Coral and


    Sophia were a little surprised to see her, "Elena, didn''t your friend just say you weren''t feeling well


    enough toe?"


    Elena darkened her face and exined, "That man is not my friend. In the future, please don’t take his


    words seriously. Just ignore him."


    "Really? But he came to you before. You remember? That tall handsome one?" Sophia was confused.


    Aria happened to hear her description and instantly knew who she was talking about. She threw a


    sneer, "Of course he isn’t your friend. He is your underground lover!"


    ...


    Sophia was about to retort but Elena stopped her and pushed her back into her seat. She ignored Aria


    and rushed to apologize to Coral, "I''m sorry, Editor-in-Chief. I promise nothing like this will ever happen


    again."


    Coral was going to reprimand her. But when she noticed Aria waiting to enjoy the show, she changed


    her mind and said, "It is fine, just don’t do that in the future."


    "Okay. Editor-in-Chief."


    That was it? Aria couldn''t help but bristle, "You are really good at manipting. First, Daisy agreed to


    your interview, and then Logan personally required that you should interview him. And now there''s


    someone calling to ask for a leave for you!"


    Compared to what Elena suffered at the party, Aria’s words meant nothing. Elena smiled lightly, "It’s


    just a mistake today. But apparently, you are paying a lot of attention to me. Why? Are you falling in


    love with me ?"


    “Nonsense!"


    "Fine. I should get back to work now. But you don’t seem to be busy at all? Why? Group one are not


    working recently?"


    Aria gave a fierce nce at her after hearing that she was mocking her for sessively failing to


    interview Daisy and Logan.


    "You are so arrogant now. But remember, when your underground lover is exposed, sooner orter,


    you''ll have to pack up and get the hell out of Green-light Magazine!"


    Elena couldn’t care less, "I don''t think any of this is relevant to you."


    "You..."


    Aria was so angry with her that she couldn''t say a word. Finally, after stammering for a while, she could


    do nothing but to leave. But before leaving, she still didn''t forget to re at her again with a strong


    sense of jealousy and disgust.