Chapter 31


    [Oh my God, Eileen has totally lost her marbles]


    -ILOL I’m dying Egbert is like the inte’s darling, adored worldwide! Why on earth would he be


    jealous of you?]


    – [Am I the only one wondering if Eileen has actually fallen for those online trolls? I’m rolling on the


    floor!]


    -I can’t take it anymore. I don’t care what the haters say I’m dering myself a fan of this wicked


    woman‘]


    The live stream was cut off abruptly as everyone was about to set off.


    The crew sent everyone to the airport, and on the ne, Eileen conked out. When the nended,


    while everyone else was still dilly–dallying, she was already bright–eyed and bushy–tailed.


    Back home, it was already two in the morning


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    The airport was hushed, but the cars that picked up people were already there. No one came for


    Eileen. She grabbed her luggage only to find everyone else had already left.


    Donning a face mask, she went to wait for a cab.


    A minuteter, with no taxi in sight, a sleek ck BMW pulled up in front of her.


    Eileen was dumbfounded, staring at the BMW. The back window slid down, and Egbert, cool as a


    cucumber, appeared in her line of sight. “Get in.”


    Eileen nced at Egbert in the car and politely waved him off. “No need, I can hall a cab.”


    Egbert furrowed his brows, “I need to talk to you”


    “You need to talk to me?” Eileen was puzzled, what could they possibly have to discuss in private?


    Egbert was serious. “Get in.”


    Eileen finally got in Egbert’s car, but she had no idea what Egbert’s “talk” was about


    Holding a beautifully wrapped square gift box in her hand, she opened the lid and was stunned by the


    pyramid–shaped clock inside.


    “This clock…”


    Before Eileen could finish her sentence, the assistant in the driver’s seat proudly said, “Ms. Lopez, Mr.


    Reed saw that you liked this and immediately texted me to buy it. Do you like it?”


    Egbert shot a nce at the assistant, and mildly rebuked, “Hold your tongue.”


    The assistant immediately mmed up.


    Eileen, holding the clock, turned to look at Egbert. His good–looking eyes were particrly bright in the


    dim car. He was casually leaning against the leather seat, his expression indifferent, looking at Eileen


    as if waiting for her response.


    Eileen finally said. “I’ll pay you back” As she spoke, she began to rummage through her wallet.


    The man frowned. “No need.”


    “I need to pay you” Eileen opened her wallet. “This clock is 300 dors, right? Let me check my


    bnce…” When she saw that she only had 50 dors left in her wallet, Eileen was instantly startled.


    After a while, she looked up, cautiously asking, “Can I pay in installments?”


    Egbert looked at her silently, his face slightly displeased. “I don’t need your money.”


    “How can I not pay you? I must pay you back, I’m not the kind of person who takes advantage of


    others. How about this, I’ll pay you in three installments, no, six, no, twelve installments, and give you


    the money back. I’ll give you the first installment, here is 25 dors.”


    Eileen insisted on paying back. Egbert watched her thoughtfully for a while, then suddenly took out his


    phone.


    Eileen asked, “What’s up?”


    Egbert lowered his head and opened his WhatsApp.


    Eileen quickly said, “What are you trying to do?”


    Egbert casually said, “I need to save your contact. It will be easier to get in touch with you if I need


    anything.”


    After thinking it through, Eileen agreed that it made sense, as she still had to pay him back.


    Actually, when Eileen said she would pay in twelve installments, she didn’t really mean to pay him back


    over a year. It was just that she only had so much money at the moment She nned to pay him the


    rest in one go once she got her sry


    Since she had to meet him again to pay him back, Eileen didn’t think too much about it and just gave


    Egbert her contact information. After giving Egbert 25 dors, Egbert looked up at Eileen, who was on


    the verge of tears.


    He frowned. “What’s wrong now?”


    Eileen looked at the little money left in her wallet, tears of bitterness rolling down her cheeks. She was


    too poor. The money Ophelia gave her was hardly enough


    An hourter, the assistant drove to the entrance of Eileen’smunity


    The assistant couldn’t help but say, “Ms. Lopez, you live here too? Mr. Reed also has a house in this


    community. What a coincidence” Of course, Mr. Reed’s house was on the other side, not where Eileen


    lived. Her side of town had a mixed poption and was on the lower end. He didn’t mention this part.


    After all, they were in the samemunity, and they could be considered as neighbors


    Elleen was surprised, she looked at Egbert. “You live here too?”


    The assistant said again, “No, no, Mr. Reed just has a house here. He doesn’t live here.”


    Eileen responded indifferently.


    Egbert spoke up at this moment, 1 asionally stay here.”


    The assistant was stunned. He had been Mr. Reed’s assistant for nearly three years, and he had never


    seen him stay here. He knew Mr. Reed had a house here because once, Mr. Reed lent the house to


    Gilbert’s rtives for a few days.


    But the assistant didn’t say anything more, and just took Eileen’s luggage out of the trunk.


    Eileen, holding the gift box in one hand and dragging her suitcase in the other, said her goodbyes and


    walked towards the entrance.


    It wasn’t until she stepped inside themunity that she heard the engine start behind her. She looked


    back only to see the ck BMW leaving.


    “He’s quite a gentleman” Eileen didn’t say anything else.


    The ck BMW had long been on its way. After replying to a WhatsApp message, Egbert exited the


    chat and found Eileen’s Facebook ount.


    He stared at Eileen’s profile picture, a photo of an owl clock. He fell silent for a moment before asking


    his assistant in the front seat, “Does Eileen have a thing for wall clocks, or is she into pyramids?”


    The assistant blinked, stumped. “I’d guess pyramids?” After all, it wasn’t often you’d find a youngdy


    particrly fond of clocks. Nice watches, sure, but clocks? Not so much.


    Egbert frowned in thought, then saved the photo of the owl clock and sent it to his assistant, “See if you


    can find this clock on sale”


    The assistant nced at the photo and nodded. “Sure thing, I’ll look it up.” As for Egbert wanting to gift


    Eileen something she liked, the assistant didn’t find it odd


    Egbert had nearly met his end in an elevator due to identally drinking alcohol, if it weren’t for Eileen


    saving him. In the assistant’s eyes, that incident made it perfectly reasonable for Egbert to give her a


    gift. Plus, Egbert had been exceptionally nice to Eileen during the livestream, likely out of gratitude. So,


    giving her a ride home after theynded seemed like the least he could do.


    Wasn’t that the least one could do for their lifesaver?