Read In Love With My Evil Stepbrother Chapter 72 – Whatever It Takes

I crouch down there frozen, staring at him.

“I said midnight. And you just waited me till midnight?” my voice is filled with shock.

“Yes,” he nods.

 

“But why?” I ask, perplexed.

I can’t think of one reason that would make him wait in the weather like this for 2-3 hours.

Is he just trying to be nice? Or does he still have feelings for-no, impossible. I immediately laugh at that fleeting thought.

And then I hear his answer, “I said I want to have dinner with you. You clearly haven’t eaten anything. Come, let’s go.”

He rises and gestures me to follow. Before I realize, I’m already walking with him side by side under his umbrella. The chilly wind hits me, and I shiver. The next second, a scarf that still carries his warmth lands on my neck.

“It’s cold during the night, isn’t it?” he says casually and looks straight ahead, paying no attention to the astonished look on my face. “Don’t forget to check the weather next time.”

I touch the scarf, which smells so much like him. It’s irresistible. After only a few seconds of hesitation, I tighten his scarf around my neck and instantly feel warmer.

We walk together to the parking lot where he parks his car, which turns out to be a black Audi. Very low-profile. Very unlike him.

“What happened to your fancy sports cars?” I turn to him and ask.

“I sold them.”

I gasp in surprise. I can still remember the proud in his voice when he told me about his car collections, and now he is telling me that he sold them?

Did his family go bankrupt?

“Why? Do you have a financial difficulty?”

He blinks and then bursts into laughter,“ Oh no, nothing like that. I needed money to start my own business, so I sold them for a good price. Plus, I can’t have my business partners see me driving around in a gaudy convertible…doesn’t seem very reliable that way.”

I don’t know which word makes me more surprised, “business” “gaudy” or ” reliable”?

He really has changed a lot. And it makes it harder for me to read him.

“Why don’t you ask Mr. Ramirez for the money?” I ask.

His face darkens for a quick second and then he quickly covers it with a smile, “do you want to have dinner or ask question?”

He is dogging my question. That I am sure of.

He unlocks the car and open the passenger’s door for me. Before I get in the car, I suddenly notice a darker area on his left shoulder. It looks like a water stain from the rain.

But he was holding an umbrella large enough for us two.

Then it suddenly hits me. I was walking on the right side of him. So he must be leaning the umbrella more towards my side to make sure I’m perfectly sheltered from the rain. That’s how his left shoulder got wet.

“Something wrong?” he notices my moment of lost and asks.

“No! No, it’s nothing…I—nothing.”-

quickly lower my head and get in the car, avoiding his gaze so that he doesn’t

to me! He is only making

in his car, I quickly take a deep breath to calm

eat?” he starts the engine and asks

just want to lie down. But my gut feeling is telling me that if I turn him down now, I’ll probably not see

I force out a smile. “It’s late and I’m sure you have things to do tomorrow. I don’t want to take

just drive out of the parking lot. When the car goes into the

playing, Whatever It

with nothing to do but to listen carefully, it just occurred to me that,

strangled smile fell

kills me that I hurt you this

worst part is that I didn’t even

million reasons for

find

the air getting

listening to this song with Eason, who has also done me wrong in the past. But I

on, but this song just snapped

still going in the

whatever

To turn this around;

know what’s at

know that I’ve let you

if you give me

Believe that—”

The song stops abruptly.

off the

any regret for the past and isn’t trying to ask for another

has moved on

of my bag in the darkness and struggle to fight back those hot tears in my eyes. I can’t let

I’m cool with everything, just like

he finally breaks the awkward silence. “Tough

my voice sounds natural and calm, so I carry on with a light tone. “I’m really sorry about that. But I got fired for it and I guess we

voice suddenly turns darker and

yeah. It is my fault, nevertheless.

bit unfair? Getting fired

the innocent side of him has remained

thing in our lives, or those little things will turn into a real b*tch and come back at us. Of course,

and immediately realized that the final sentence sounded more sarcastic and mean than I intended to

face hidden in the darkness. I don’t know

it already. We won’t see each other after

girlfriend seems nice.

who got you fired nice?” there’s

“I’m trying to start a decent conversation here.

says, “I think food

through the window and

says and

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