Filed to story: Mia Bowen and Timothy Barrett Novel
That lady sobbed, “I asked you to pin our chat, but you just wouldn’t. And now you’ve pinned another woman’s chat. How could you? I’m your girlfriend!”
“Know your place. How can you compare yourself with her?” Claude was livid, but he reined himself in because Mia was around.
His angry expression gave way to a gentle one before he turned to face Mia. “Mia, this is a misunderstanding. I didn’t block your number. Don’t be angry.”
“I’m not.” Mia shifted her gaze onto the crying lady. Mixed feelings churned in her as she didn’t know what to say.
Playboy yo
The way he suggested a breakup did sound like that of a playboy.
At that moment, an officer stood up. “Enough. Miss, please sign your name here. You may resolve the personal issue yourself.”
Mia signed her name on the document. “Sorry for the trouble.”
Silence filled the room, accompanied by the woman’s crying.
Annoyed, he looked at Mia. “Mia, let’s go.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yeah. Just leave her alone. Give me a second. I should get changed.” He went to the other bedroom.
Mia felt slightly awkward standing in the middle of the room as she waited. She spoke to the lady on the couch, “Hey there-“
Before Mia could finish, the lady shot glares at her and rushed into the bedroom.
Words failed Mia. She spun and stayed where she was. It would be unbecoming of her to enter the bedroom when Claude was changing clothes inside.
Soon enough, she could hear his voice. “What are you doing here? Are you crazy? Why are you stripping?”
Worried that Mia would be appalled by the scene, he closed the door.
That woman seized the chance to hug him from the back. “Claude, I know you still have feelings for me. Didn’t you say that I have a hot body last night?”
With a deadpan face, he grabbed her chin. “Yes. But you shouldn’t have talked ill about my sister. You’re nothing but a toy to me. You think I don’t know what you’ve been doing out there with my name?
“If you want to get away unscathed, leave this instant! Otherwise, the next guest to visit your doorstep will be a lawyer.”
Claude himself admitted that he was a playboy. This woman actually did everything in her power to drive a wedge between him and his ex, only to become his girlfriend.
He turned a blind eye to it because she wasn’t the only toy he had.
He had always been generous and forgiving to his girlfriend, but there was a limit to it. No way he could condone his girlfriend getting mad at Mia, let alone blocking Mia’s number.
That woman shrunk her neck in the face of those frosty eyes. He was legitimately livid.
Disgusted, he removed her arms. “Pack up your stuff and get your ass back to Nord City!
“If I catch you staying here without my permission or causing Mia trouble, don’t blame me for not showing mercy. I can have you canceled with a lift of a finger.”
Horror finally registered in the woman’s system, hence her slow response. “Okay, I’ll leave. Don’t get angry. Let’s give each other some time. I’ll be waiting. We can talk after you come back to
Nord City.”
Claude’s eyes were steely. To him, there was nothing to talk about between them anymore.
As long as she hadn’t crossed the line, he wouldn’t have been bothered by her antics and little tricks. However, now that Mia was involved, he couldn’t let it slide.
He hummed in response. The solution for now was to send this crazy woman back to Nord City so that she wouldn’t cause him trouble in Bern City, as well as to save Mia from trouble.
His response brightened the woman up. She packed up her luggage happily.
As long as they didn’t break up, there were ways to wrap him around her fingers once he returned to Nord City.
Claude, who got changed, left the bedroom.
The way Mia faced her back in the bedroom appeared cute to him and he chuckled. “Sit. Why are you standing there?”
She spun around, still finding the situation awkward. “Since everything’s resolved, should I go now? Why don’t the two of you sit down and talk?” After all, this was between him and his girlfriend. Mia shouldn’t get in their way.
“No. If someone has to leave, it’s her, not you.” As soon as he said that, the woman stormed out of the place with her luggage.
Now that they were alone, Mia asked, “Claude, did I get you into trouble? Did you explain it to her?”.
“She’s not someone important. This kind of woman-” He stopped halfway through his speech to speak gently. “Mia, she’s my girlfriend, nothing more than that. She won’t be your sister¨Cin¨Claw.”
The corner of Mia’s lips twitched. It is official now¨CClaude was a playboy!
Sensing that he was losing respect from her, he elucidated, “Mia, dating and marriage are two different matters. See what happened a while ago? I think we’re not the right match.”
Reality finally sank in her, that there was a playboy among her six brothers.
In the face of his gorgeous eyes, she couldn’t help but sigh. Claude did look like the popular guy among women.
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A spasm of guilt hit him as he rubbed his nose, embarrassed. “Let’s go to the tourist attraction. I heard that it’s a popular place to watch the sunset.”
Mia nodded. It was his relationship issue after all. She couldn’t meddle in it, could she? It was fortunate that they were a family.
And soon, they left Vania Hotel together and hopped into his car.
A black luxury car was parked by the roadside. Timothy witnessed them take the same car and he frowned. “Look into that man. Find out who is he.”
A while ago, curiosity and worries simply got the best of him. He was curious what made Mia anxious and was worried about her safety.
It was a reasonable concern after considering how her adoptive parents actually kidnapped her to the mountains.
Yet, he turned out to be the clown! It was an unnecessary worry.
Heath called the hotel management to look into the matter, which put him in a tight position to tell Timothy the truth or not.
“Spill it.” Timothy loosened his tie.
As if a thunderstorm clouded over him, Timothy was very irritated.
Heath decided to just bite the bullet and went for It. “According to the hotel manager, that man stays in a presidential suite.
“The cops were involved because his girlfriend caught him having an affair with another woman.”
“Who’s the other woman?” Timothy questioned.
A sheen of cold sweat covered Heath’s forehead. Timothy was asking the obvious. This was a fatal question!
Left with no choice, Heath mustered the courage to answer. “It’s Mrs. Barrett.” He could sense the shift in the atmosphere as soon as he revealed that.
It took Timothy a while before he instructed, “Let’s go.”
Heath was confused by the vague order.
Go? Where to?
Mia and Claude spent the whole afternoon visiting the tourist attractions nearby.
It had been years since she last went outside to have fun, let alone visit the local tourist attractions. Due to her financial circumstances, she had to work part¨Ctime jobs round the clock to earn a living.
It was getting late and they decided to call it a day.
Mia, who got into the car, took a glimpse at the rearview mirror.
Claude took the wheel. “What’s wrong, Mia?”
“Nothing.”
“It’s getting late. Let’s grab something to eat first. I came across a famous restaurant online. We can try it out.”
It was the right timing, she was a little hungry too.
They drove to the famous restaurant. As they entered the restaurant, she happened to notice a familiar face¨Cwas that Felix?
Felix was sitting next to Janice. And sitting opposite them was a gorgeous lady.
He even poured a glass of water for the lady like a gentleman. The bouquet of roses on that empty chair added invisible pink bubbles to the air.
It seemed like a blind date.
Withdrawing her gaze, Mia followed Claude to a private lounge upstairs.
After returning home, Claude proffered Mia a black card. “Take it. Don’t mind the amount and buy whatever you want in the future.”
Mia chuckled lightly. “Looks like your business is on a roll, huh? I heard that the vocational academy is going to be listed. Are there many intakes for piano lessons?”
He looked at her. “You want to learn piano?”