Chapter 9
Eileen looked puzzled by his words, and the other three turned their heads towards Egbert. But Egbert
had already averted his gaze from everyone else, his expression normal, as if his question was just a
casual remark
Phyllis asked next, “Should we let Hubery know?
Josiah stood up and said. Til go tell him, and get the rest of the money from him.”
Josiah was gone for a bit and soon returned with Hubery trailing behind. Hubery, who was previously
too sick to get out of bed, was now up and well. He took out the remaining twenty five euros and put it
on the coffee table, shifting his gaze to Eileen, I heard you’ve got a way to help usplete our
mission
Eileen shot him a nce, a sudden smirk crossed her face. “Not only can I help youplete the
mission, I can also ensure you have a ce to stay and food to eat. By the way weren’t you sick? I’ve
got money for your meds too. And if you’re dead, I’ve got extra money to buy flowers for you. Excited?”
What the hell, dead Hubery’s face instantly changed color. But thinking that Eileen was intentionally
being self-deprecating to boost his poprity, he suppressed his anger and forced a smile, “You sure
have a sense of humor
The onlinements, however, were all in favor of Eileen.
[That’s so cool!]
[Weird, Hubery didn’t really do anything, but why do I hate him so much? Is it because he seems so
fake and pretentious?)
Eileen is so pretty and smart. I wasn’t really into her, but now I’m hooked]
“So what’s your n?” Phyllis asked cautiously again, “Can twenty five euros reallyst us two days?
How are we supposed to go sightseeing today?”
Eileen reached out and casually picked up a hotel brochure from the coffee table. Someone noticed
that Eileen had been reading this brochurest night when they were discussing today’s travel ns.
Eileen pointed to one line in the brachute. Everyone else gathered around. It was written in French,
which no one could understand.
Only Egbert nced at it and read, “The hotel offers free shuttle service.”
Eileen promptly pocketed the twenty-five euros
Lol, this is hnous]
So, the hotel offers free rides.]
[Did anyone else notice, Eileen can read French?
Finally, Eileen headed downstairs, with everyone following her
At the front desk, Eileen conversed fluently in French with the receptionist, who kept smiling. After a
while, the receptionist had Eileen sign something and handed her a set of car keys
“Is this for real?”
Hubery frowned, he sarcastically said, ‘In France, you need a French driver’s license to drive. Do any
of you have one?”
Eileen shot him a nce, “I have an international driving license, anything else?”
Hubery’s face soured.
Bblythe suddenly said, “Eileen, I’m hungry”
Phyllis chimed in right away, “Eileen, I’m hungry too.”
Josiah grinned, “Eileen, can we eat now?”
Eileen turned around to find everyone looking at her, including Egbert, his deep eyes focused on her.
Eileen said, “We’ll have to make do with breakfast, but I’ll take you to a nice ce for lunch” She then
went back to her room and brought out a big bag of biscuits.
You said there wasn’t any!” Phyllis rushed over immediately, tearing open a packet and started cating
Everyone set off together, with Eileen driving. Eileen nced at Egbert, who was sitting in the
passenger seat, and drove in silence. The car had a navigation system, but it was all in French,
including the voice prompts. But Eileen understood it and smoothly arrived at the first sightseeing spot.
Upon arrival, they took pictures for souvenirs before heading inside.
When it was almost lunchtime, Hubery deliberately asked, “Weren’t you going to take us to a good
ce to eat?”
Eileen looked at him impatiently. “Where do you think we are heading? Or do you want me to spoon
feed you? I could, that’s how I feed stray dogs”
Heaning this, Hubery was clearly upset. Phyllis breathed a sigh of relief, d she didn’t say anything
extra to Eileen, or she would have been the one ruthlessly retorted
The restaurant they went to was a famous local buffet, quiterge. Hubery sarcastically said, “I’ve been
here before. It’s a buffet, average consumption is thirty euros per person. Are you sure you want to eat
here?”
“Anyone who doesn’t want to eat can leave Eileen responded mercilessly
Hubery scoffed, “Tm just worried you can’t afford the bill and we all get stuck here”
Eileen had already gone in. Bblythe and the others looked at each other, and finally, they all followed.
Everyone was a bit nervous, only Eileen and Egbert seemed unaffected. Phyllis whispered, “Mr. Reed,
aren’t you worried we can’t afford the bill and get stuck here?”
Egbert said, “She said it won’t happen”
That she was naturally referring to Eileen
N?velDrama.Org owns all ? content.
Finally, after finishing their meal, Phyllis cautiously asked, “Should we settle the bil?’
Everyone’s faces changed drastically, only Egbert was still calmly sipping his water.
Hubery snickered, “So, you have no money, you’re expecting the crew to foot the bill? You can try, let’s
see if they will.”
Before anyone could ask, a director following them immediately came out and said, “No””
Phyllis became anxious, “What should we do?”
Bblythe coughed looking at Eileen, “Eileen?”
Eileen put down her napkin, raised her hand, and called the waiter. They conversed in French for a
while, and Eileen took out two unknown things from her pocket and gave them to the waiter
Egbert understood what they were saying and couldn’t help butugh. He put down his water ss and
shook his head. This girl, she’s really…
“What? What did they say?” Phyllis asked anxiously
At this moment, the waiter returned, said something to Eileen with a smile, and then left.
Eileen stood up. Let’s hit the road. We’ve got other ces to check out this afternoon.”
Just like that? Phyllis was taken aback
And just like that, they all left the restaurant
Hubery was dumbfounded, What did you just do?”
Eileen frowned, she didn’t want to talk to Hubery, but seeing the cunous looks from the others, she
continued. “The hotel we’re staying at has a partnership with this restaurant if we show them the
discount coupon from the hotel brochure and our hotel room key, we can have aplimentary funch
here, excluding expensive items. Our rooms are two triple rooms, so we can avail free lunch for six. We
need to hurry to the next attraction because we have to check out. It’s €50 per night, and we don’t have
extra money for a second night
Everyone stumbled after Eileen to the next spot
Coming back in the afternoon Phyllis asked womedly. “Where are we gonna crash after we check out?”
Hubery replied nonchntly. After we check out, no more free lunch and wheels. I think I picked a
pretty good hotel with all these perks”
Eileen scoffed. “You don’t think all these freebies are thanks to you, do you?”
Egbert, sitting in the passenger seat leaned on the car door and chuckled lightly
Hubery felt a twinge of difort, but he didn’t let it show. Phyllis nced around, feeling the
atmosphere in the car getting weirder.
Soon, they were back at the hotel Eileen checked everyone out and they were all left homeless with
their luggage.
“No more car, where are we going now? Phyllis asked shivering in the cold wind
“Follow me “Fileen led them to the subway station and bought tickets for everyone.
It was rush hour, the camage was packed
Josiah said, “Guys, let’s look after the girls, don’t let them get squished”
There were no seats left in the camage, so everyone had to stand Josiah was the first to move to
Bblythe’s side, Bblythe held onto Phyllis, and with Josiah blocking people couldn’t squeeze them
Eileen stood in aer on the opposite side, looking at the route map above, when she suddenly
smelled a refreshing cool scent. She turned and saw Egbert, who had somehow ended up standing
behind her. He was holding onto the subway door handle, eyes slightly lowered, his arm at an angle to
his body, as if he had her surrounded
Eileen instinctively wanted to keep some distance, but she was already cornered She said lowly, “Can
you back off a little?”
The camage was noisy, and the man seemed not to hear clearly, he looked down at her
Eileen frowned and said. “I think you should.”
Before she could finish her sentence, the man suddenly leaned forward, his cold demeanor suddenly
became more pronounced.
“What did you say?” he asked.