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Elaine clearly noticed it too. She squinted her tipsy eyes at me, teasing, “Ms. Murphy, is there a fox chasing after
you? What kind of wolf is it-the biting kind, the devouring kind, or the protective kind?”
“You're drunk. Just a client, that’s all,” | replied, trying to keep my cool.
Elaine blinked in surprise. “Calling a client a fox is kind of weird.”
gave a faint smile. “Nothing weird about it. Sclients are tougher to handle than any fox.”
Elaine immediately nodded in agreement. “Totally. The ones I've run into are even tougher than foxes-they’re
basically
bears.”
On the outside, | kept my cool, but my heart was pounding. ‘Edward's back in the United Kingdom?“
Just then, my phone started ringing again. | ignored it, but Elaine snatched it up and turned it off. “Seriously,
what tis it? Do they have any manners? Who calls someone about business in the middle of the night? Ms.
Murphy, you let them get
away with too much. If it were me, I'd have cursed them out already, she snapped.
| had no idea what to say.
It was not that let him get away with too much; it’s just one of Edward's annoying habits-he always liked to call
the middle of the night.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt| was still debating how to dodge the call, but Elaine’s move was quick and solved the problem. With that, | didn’t
have to
be in a dilemma anymore.
It was almost midnight, and to be safe, Lfigured I'd better get Elaine home.
Elaine could really hold her liquor. Even after all those drinks, she was still surprisingly sober.
On the way, she wouldn't stop tellingabout all the romantic stuff her ex did. Elaine said, “Skiing... yeah, he
taught me
how to ski. And... he even promised to takeon a cruise...”
She just kept talking, and I quietly listened, helping her downstairs to her apartment.
A black Rolls-Royce sat silently at the entrance of the apartment building, its headlights cutting through the faint
mist.
The beams landed right across the path we needed to take to get home.
As soon as | looked up and spotted the car, my heart started thudding in my chest.
“Seriously, who parks with their headlights on? It’s hurting my eyes,” Elaine grumbled, clearly annoyed.
| quickly steered her to the side, making sure the headlights wouldn't shine in her face.
As | walked past the car, the back window slid down.
Edward's authoritative, striking face appeared under the dim streetlights, his expression aloof and untouchable.
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He fixed his gaze on me, givingthat look that said I'd crossed the line by ignoring his calls and even shutting
off my
phone.
| shot him a quick glance, but Elaine was already clinging to my arm, groaning that she felt sick and needed to
get upstairs.
. I didn’t even bother with Edward-just hurried Elaine inside the apartment.
Elaine hunched over the toilet, throwing up for quite a while. Then she shrugged off her coat, sprawled out on
the bed,
and fell asleep immediately.
Watching her, it struckthat everyone has to taste the bitterness of love sooner or later.
| gently closed the door and turned to go downstairs.
Downstairs, Edward's car was still parked quietly, the engine off.
Not far away, someone was crouched down, smoking-a guy who looked like his driver.
| stood by the car door, and Edward opened it, his voice low. “Get in.”
| bent down and got inside. Edward said, “Still out drinking this late?”
| hesitated for a moment, guessing he must've smelled the alcohol on me.
“My roommate was feeling down, so | went with her to cheer her up,” | explained.
“I'm not feeling great either. Can you keepcompany?” Edward asked softly.
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