NovelEnglishCapítulo 53
Chapter: 53 Acall from Luka cthrough. He asked Chelsea about the outcof her meeting with Edmund.
“Mr. Pierce, due to sunavoidable reasons, | wasn’t able to discuss anything with Mr. Nelson tonight,” Chelsea said without mincing words.
“What happened?” Luka asked with concern.
Although Chelsea was obligated to report what happened during the meeting, she couldn’t tell Luka what happened in detail. She was ashamed to say that Diane showed up out of nowhere just when Edmund reached out to give her pieces of tissue to wipe off the coffee stain on her clothes.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtSuch a scenawould make it seem Like she was in a love triangle with Edmund and Diane. It would also seem like she was coming between the couple yet again.
After pondering about it for a while, Chelsea finally said, “Oh, it's nothing. | have just been thinking, Mr. Pierce. Considering that | have a past with Mr. Nelson, | shouldn’t have gotten involved in the project. Please | would Like you to replacewith someone else. I’m more than willing to hand over my work to the replacement once you find one.”
Luka hazarded a guess immediately. He asked, “Letget this straight. Are you saying you want to quit?” “Sort of.” Chelsea readily admitted.
She had been willing to work on the project even though Edmund was involved. But as the insults and mockery she received earlier that night flashed in her mind, she was fed up and decided to quit before things got out of hand.
It was no news that Edmund and Diane were tying the knot soon. Chelsea didn’t want to be in the news as the woman who was. standing in the way of their love. As a result, she wanted to make sure tonight's occurrence didn’t repeat itself.
“Okay, | see.” Luka’s voice lowered to a grumble. Without saying anything more, he sighed and hung up the phone. Edmund was in Yusuf's bar at this time.
He chere after dropping Diane off. The night was far spent, but he was yet to have dinner. Yusuf asked his staff to prepare dinner for him.
He then kept Edmund company in a VIP room after asking a waiter to bring him a bottle of wine. He drank alone, without offering his friend even as little as a sip.
“Hey, aren’t you going to pour wine for me? | cto your bar to drink. Why aren’t you treatingwell?” Edmund blew a short fuse when he saw that Yusuf poured himself a glass and set the bottle of wine by his side.
“Sorry, pal. | don’t have any wine to give you tonight. Chelsea’s return remindedthat you usually have stomach troubles. What you need now is food, not alcohol. So, letdrink in peace.”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmYusuf knew that his friend constantly had stomach upset. The only tEdmund didn’t experience stomach upset was while he was married to Chelsea. He had stayed away from alcohol and eaten right for three years, so Yusuf forgot about it until recently.
Yusuf knocked his forehead in regret for a while. He then said, “I am sorry for allowing you to drink a lot in the past year. | should have known better.” Edmund, who was already sad, becdepressed when he heard his ex-wife's name.
He couldn't help thinking that Chelsea was currently unhappy because of what happened earlier that night. He regretted not shutting Diane up when she hurled insults at Chelsea. Now, he badly wished he could turn back the hands of time.
It was when Edmund was plummeting into an abyss of regret that Luka’s call cthrough. He cto his senses and answered the call immediately.
“Edmund, | don’t know what transpired between you and Chelsea tonight. But | just called to tell you that | don’t think our cooperation can go on,” Luka said in an unfriendly tone.
Edmund frowned deeply.
“What! What do you mean by that?”
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