Chapter 269
Loid didn’t believe Lily for a second, not when she looked so borderline murderous
As if reading Lodd’s mind, Lily elaborated, “I didn’t sleep well last night.”
“Did your Insomnia act up again? Lokd asked grimly
He knew Lily was an insomniac, but her condition hadn’t been serious before. However, she seemed to be losing sleep ever since Belinda’s passing
At first, Lold thought her losing sleep was part of her grieving, But now, it seemed she was losing sleep because of her worsening insomnia
lyhammed tiredly in response. She leaned into her seat, her eyes fluttering close. “Yeah, but it’s nothing new. I’ll be fine.”
Yolanda was furious that Lily and Loid were so lost in their conversation that they treated her as if she were invisible. Still, she leashed her temper and stayed quiet in the backseat.
Halfway through the drive, Lily suddenly opened her eyes and said, “They should reach soon.”
Naturally, Loid knew who she was referring to
hummed in response and finally said to Yolanda, “I’ll let you get off at the next corner and call a cab for you. You can make your way back alone.” Yolanda blinked, dumbfounded. “Alone?”
Loid spat out the words impatiently, “Yes. Don’t tell me a grown woman like you has no sense of direction?”
Yolanda bit her lip. “But I haven’t eaten.”
“Then find a restaurant or something.” Loid pulled up at the junction and took a couple of bills from his wallet. He handed them to Yolanda, saying, “Will this cover your mea?”
Tears streamed past Yolanda’s cheeks. “You promised Agnes you’d take care of me. I have no friends here, and I don’t know how to get around. How could you abandon me like this?”
“I just gave y
ve you money for food, and I’m letting you stay at my place. Haven’t I done enough?” Loid turned around, a frosty gleam shining in his eyes. He added venomously, “Or must I take you to bed before you’re satisfied?”
Neither Lily nor Yolanda expected such a crude response from someone as mild–mannered as Loid. They froze.
Lily was the first to recover from shock. She pinched the space between her brows as she hid a smile.
She wondered what Yolanda had done to piss Loid off so grandly.
Yolanda was an educated and cultured young lady. She had never been spoken to so crudely before. Embarrassment and despondence filled her as Loid’s words echoed in her cars.
Her tears rolled down her face like rivulets. “Lold, how could you say something like that? I’ve known you since I was a kid. Are you going to sideline me now that you have a fiancée?”
She looked beautiful even when she cried. It could break any man’s heart to see her like this, but Lily and Lold w cry more than anything
were different. They hated seeing anyone
Lold did not even bat an eye as he shoved the money into Yolanda’s hands. “There’s a restaurant up ahead.
Yolanda clutched the money in her hands but did not get out of the car
Go get you
your meal there!”
The air was charged with tension.
Suddenly, Lily’s phone rang. She glanced at the caller ID and pot the call through.
“Ms. Brooks, we’re here,” the person on the other line said respectfully.
“Alright. Wait there,” Lily replied and hung up.
Yolanda was still sniveling in the backseat. As her patience ran thin, Lily snapped, “Get out of the car already!”
Yolanda’s temper flared. She snarled. “You have no right to chase me out of the car! You’re just Loid’s fiancée, not his wife! You don’t get to speak here!”
Loid rubbed his temples tiredly and secretly uttered a prayer for Yolanda. Lily did not take kindly to being snapped at
Sure enough, Lily narrowed her eyes as a shadow passed over her features.
She pulled down her baseball cap and opened the car door. After getting like a bag of trash
Without another word, Lily slid back into the drive, Luid
front pas
Lold cleared his throat. “Right away.”
He could tell Läly was pissed
gout of the car, she pulled open the door to the backseat and hauled Yolanda ond
passenger seat and turned to look at Loid. Her voice was icy as she put out, “Aren’t y
going to