Said I didn’t Love Him But I Lied

The heavy downpour took away the scorching heat that had been terrorizing Ocpeace City for days. A rainbow was now hanging over the city’s evening sky.

When Everleigh’s car reached her home, she parked her car just beside a curb in her neighborhood. They saw Theodore’s assistant when they came down from the car. He had arrived earlier to fetch Theodore home. He nodded at Everleigh by way of greeting when he saw her.

“Let me do it,” Everleigh took the sleeping Adrienne from Theodore, “I’m sorry to trouble you today.”

Theodore’s expression was indifferent. “Let’s go up. The wind’s acting up again.”

They had been playing the whole afternoon and the weather was also bad. It would be easy for one to fall sick after sweating so much.

Everleigh nodded and said, “Well, you’d better go back early. You were caught in the rain just now, so please remember to drink some hot water when you get back. Don’t take too many medicines for your stomach. They have a lot of nasty side effects.”

Theodore merely replied with a ‘hmm’ and didn’t give any other response.

Everleigh did not say anything more than she already had. Theodore had plenty of maids and a fiancée. She forced a smile before holding Alastair’s hand and went up to her apartment.

Theodore did not stay too long. He ordered his assistant to drive him home after he was sure that Everleigh had entered the building she was staying at.

When the car drove out of the estate, the assistant checked Theodore’s expression through the rearview mirror. He carefully said, “Mr. Godfrey, Jacob called you.”

“Really? What’s the matter?”

“He said that Miss Bailey’s waiting for you at the mansion.”

Hearing this, Theodore’s brows knitted together as he asked, “What day is it today?”

He had been with Josephine for two years. Apart from necessary occasions, Josephine would never personally show up at his mansion.

His assistant was in a bit of a dilemma. “I don’t think today is any special day.”

Theodore hummed in response and stopped asking any further questions. He leaned back on his seat and closed his eyes to rest. He did not think too much about Josephine. She must have something to discuss with him and that was it.

When Moses’s eyes caught Theodore from the rearview mirror, he felt inexplicably nervous.

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When night fell, the air was filled with the refreshing scent of grass.

Everleigh closed the windows, settled the two children into their beds and closed the door to the room. She then opened the refrigerator, took out a can of beer and settled down on the sofa.

White foam shot out from an opening on the can of beer after Everleigh jerked it open. Beats of water droplets quickly formed on the surface of the cold can.

Everleigh raised the can and took a sip. She quivered as the cold liquid slid down her throat. She then curled up and leaned against the pillows with her eyes looking at the big, wide ceiling. Soon, she was lost in her sea of thoughts.

Her phone had notified her that she had received some text messages. At first, she did not bother replying to them as she thought they were sent by Christopher. For now, she would finish her beer first. To her surprise, Stainley turned out to be the sender. Her eyes widened as she saw “William” inside the content of one of the messages.

Stainley wrote, “William asked for your messenger account from me. What do you think?”

Another batch of messages reached her phone, probably because she did not reply to the older messages.

“Don’t bother if you’re not willing. I’ll turn him down for you.”

“Have you thought about Dr. Morgan’s offer to teach at the university?”

“You don’t have to be so awkward around William, you know. Both of you are specialized in different fields and you won’t have to see him too much if there’s nothing special going on.”

Stainley was a thoughtful person. He would always take care of important people around him. He usually went into great detail in everything he did for his friends so that they would never feel mistreated.

Everleigh thought for a while and replied, “I’ll take the offer once I’m done with Dr. Harrison’s project. I won’t feel awkward with William since there’s nothing between us.”

She tapped on the “Enter” button to send her reply to Stainley. It took only seconds before she got his reply, “Good. I’ll help you turn down William’s request then.”

Everleigh hesitated for a while and wrote, “On second thought, please don’t do that. Give me his account. I have something to ask him personally.”

She had forgotten everything William that told her that afternoon at Block A of Ocpeace Medical University. If Theodore had not appeared, she would have calmed down and asked William some detailed questions.

What did William actually mean when he said it was not his intention for not saving her? He would not say something like that if he did not know something.

At first, Stainley’s reply was a simple “Good”. But then, he got worried and sent another message, “Be careful, okay? William’s been having a terrible life after he married Erica. His reputation at the university isn’t very stellar either.”

Stainley did not know what had happened seven years ago. By asking Everleigh to be careful, he must have wanted her to choose her words wisely when she talked to William.

“Okay, I understand. Rest early.”

“You too. Good night.”

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There was another shower of rain on the way back to Godfrey Mansion, but it was not as heavy as it was earlier. When Theodore reached the mansion, the rain had stopped completely. A maid came out from the mansion and readied an umbrella for him.

“Young Master, did you get caught in the rain today?” Jacob, the Godfrey family butler, looked suspiciously at Theodore.

“It’s fine.” He refused to talk too much about it.

As soon as Theodore and Jacob entered the house, the latter ordered a maid to prepare a ginger soup, “Young Master, why don’t you go take a shower? It won’t be good if you catch a cold.”

“Mm.” Theodore nodded his head slightly. As he went upstairs, he loosened his necktie.

He did not see Josephine waiting for him in the living room. He thought she must have left and he did not think too much about it.

The whole bathroom was filled with steam from the hot water pouring out from the shower head. Theodore made some bubbles on his head before facing the shower head. Hot water washed through his face, as if taking away some of his messy memories.

A gust of cold air brushed on his back. The door to the shower opened slowly, but the sound failed to escape Theodore’s ears.

“Who is it?” As soon as the question escaped his mouth, a pair of slender white arms wrapped around his waist. Another second later, a soft body attached itself to his back.

“Theodore…”

The woman’s voice was trembling, as if she had summoned up all the courage to do so.

“Josephine?” Theodore frowned. “Who let you in?”

“I’m your fiancée, why can’t I be here?” Josephine’s tone was not forceful at all. It was full of grievances and even a bit of tear. “I’ve been with you for two years, but you’ve never touched me. Why?”

In fact, she had been with Theodore for more than two years. Theodore would have touched her a long time ago, if he wanted to. On the contrary, Theodore never showed a slight hint of wanting to have an intimate relationship with her, which turned out to be quite unbelievable.

To Josephine, it was a great disgrace. A shame that she would never tell anyone. A source of her fear.

However, only she knew it. She knew that Theodore refused to touch her because he had someone else in his heart.

Theodore’s brow furrowed even deeper. “Let go of me. Please, leave me.”

“No. No, I’m not.” Josephine’s arms tightened their grip on Theodore’s waist, refusing to let it go. “Theodore, I’m afraid. I’m very afraid…”

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