NovelEnglishMiller left for his company. Blair went to her bedroom and sat on the bed, lost in thought.
Blair had only asked for three days of Leave. She should have been back to work now. Since her mobile phone was ruined in the constant downpour and flash flood, she hadn’t been able to reach her superior to extend her leave. To her co-workers, she was a no-call no-show. She was worried she might get fired for it.
She had planned to thank Wesley in person with Miller after she recovered. But she didn’t have a phone number yet, so the matter had to be put off for a little while. The message to Wesley was her old phone’s last gasp before the screen went black and it refused to turn back on. Miller had gotten her a phone, but it was up to her to get everything transferred.
One day, Debbie and Megan had a huge fight. Fed up with Megan’s whining, Wesley went to Carlos’ manor, insisting Debbie go to the hospital and apologize to Megan. To his surprise, Debbie got upset. She refused to apologize to Megan, and even implied there was a reason he was single.
What baffled Wesley most was that she thought Blair was his girlfriend, and that she’d left him over Megan.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtOf course, he realized Debbie didn’t have a clue what was going on. But
Wesley didn’t owe her any explanations. She wasn’t his girlfriend, so he didn’t care what she thought.
Later, after he drove Debbie to the hospital, Carlos showed up too.
Though Wesley had a reputation as a tough guy, the way Carlos spoiled
Debbie made him jealous. Not paying much attention to where he was going, he ended up at a certain housing complex.
This was where Blair and her fiance lived. And she was pregnant.
Or so Megan had told him. The girl claimed that she met Blair at the airport; Blair had told the man with her she was pregnant.
Wesley brooded silently for a whole afternoon after he had heard the news.
He scrolled through the images on his phone and found a picture. It used to be a photo of Niles and Blair, but Wesley cropped his brother out of the picture, so right now, it was just a pic of Blair, smiling.
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Niles had sent him that one.
Six months ago, Niles had planned a trip to England. When Cecelia heard of it, she insisted that Niles visit Blair after he got there.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmNiles didn’t want to. But after thinking about it, he decided it was not a bad idea. He could check up on her for his brother.
Niles met Blair soon after he arrived at his destination.
Having lived alone so long in a foreign country, she was thrilled to see another person from her homeland. And the brother of the man she loved. Happy tears welled in her eyes. She was super nice to Niles then, taking him out to dinner and showing him around, Looking after him like her own Little brother.
When the two of them grew tired and took a break, Niles took out his phone and suggested that they get a selfie together. Blair agreed gladly and posed for the camera.
Later, Niles secretly sent the picture to his brother.
“Why did you send this to me?” Wesley asked. But the next second, he opened the picture in a photo- editor and cut Niles out of it.
Niles told Blair he was sending the picture to his mom. She believed him.
The soldier pondered this over a cigarette. When the cherry had grown so large it threatened to burn his fingers, he put it out in the ashtray and started the engine, ready to go home. Then a cab cinto view and ground to a halt at the entrance. A man in his thirties got out of the cab. His face caught Wesley’s eye.
‘Isn’t that Blair’s fiance?”
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