Love After a Steamy Affair

Chapter 142: Abandoned

Translator: End less Fantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

It had been three years but this question had always lingered in her mind. She had wanted to ask for a long time, but who could she ask?

Calvin Gilbert did not expect her to ask this question and almost spat out his tea, choking on it. After a while, he said, “You should ask him. How would I know?”

She did once, but he spat his answer so viciously like a whip: “Obviously it’s because 1 like her. Why else would 1 marry her?”

She was hurt so badly by his response that she almost lost all sense of reason.

They were still dating then. But he claimed to like Selena to the point of marrying her, then what did that make Serenity? Who was she to him then?

Calvin Gilbert looked at her pale face, watching as the blood on her lips slowly fade away. He could no longer bear to see her like this so he said, “It’s been three years. Why are you still hung up about it? What good will it do anyway once you find out the reason?”

He was right. What was the point?

Serenity forced out a bleak smile. John already had a wife and a cute daughter.

No matter what the reason was, it was no longer important. She would have to slowly forget about it and live a new life.

Gabriel drove straight to the bar after leaving Serenity at the hospital. The moment vodka entered his mouth, his throat felt like it was on fire.

When Joseph Lopez arrived, he saw his friend drinking as if alcohol was water. With surprise, he asked, “Do you have a grudge against alcohol?”

Gabriel had already drunk quite a bit by then. His suit jacket had been thrown aside, revealing his black shirt with sleeves roiled up to his elbows. His tie was pulled loosely so no matter which angle one looks at Gabriel, it would be hard to tell that he was the strict president of Zephyr Group.

Gabriel swirled the alcohol in the glass that was lightly gripped with his well-defined and slender fingers. “Do you want a glass?”

Joseph Lopez shook his head. “1 have kids at home. I can’t drink.”

Gabriel finished the alcohol in his glass in one gulp, took the bottle, and poured himself another glass. The corners of his lips curled up slightly. “Are you showing off to me?”

Joseph Lopez smiled noncommittal. “1 can’t help it. 1 have a family.”

When he thought of his three loved ones at home, the corners of Joseph’s mouth curved upwards. It was a taste of happiness.

Gabriel could no longer be bothered by him as he leaned lazily against the rattan chair with his long legs crossed, and a dark light flashed in his deep eyes.

Joseph Lopez took a closer look and saw that Gabriel was in a bad mood today. How could a person like him, who would remain calm even if Mount Tai collapsed, be in a bad mood?

“Which blind person made you unhappy?” Joseph might have asked in concern, but it was not hard to hear that there was a hint of schadenfreude in his tone.

Gabriel couldn’t get rid of that woman’s figure from his mind. Suddenly, he felt a little stuffy in his chest and he tugged at his tie in frustration.

He took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth. But when he couldn’t find a lighter, Joseph Lopez took his out and leaned forward to light Gabriel’s cigarette.

Gabriel took a deep puff with his eyes closed. His thick eyelashes covered his eyes, making it impossible to see the emotions in his eyes.

Joseph Lopez kept silent for a moment. But no longer able to contain how puzzled he felt, he asked, “What’s wrong with you today? What triggered you?”

Was he agitated?

It was all because of that woman who didn’t know how to appreciate favors.

Joseph Lopez noticed his dark eyes and raised his eyebrows playfully. “Look at you. Those who don’t know better would think that you’ve been dumped.”

The colorful lights shone on Gabriel’s cold face and his sinister smile. “If anyone is going to do the dumping, it would be me, not the other way around.”

After he finished speaking, his gaze gradually became sorrowful. He had been dumped by someone once, and that woman was his first love..