NovelEnglish“But then, Loraine studied abroad, right? | remember you happened to start a business abroad at that time. Maybe that was when you met her?” Marco shook his head firmly. “We were not in the same country. How could we have met each other?” Jimmie shrugged and fell into deep thought again. After a while, he murmured, “You can’t be too sure, Marco. Maybe you met each other during an overseas project. Doris is helping you manage your business abroad, right? If you want to know more, maybe you should ask her to investigate.” Doris Hoffman...
Marco shook the wine in his glass and closed his eyes. He didn’t bother to continue the topic anymore.
Already, the atmosphere in the room dropped sharply.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtSlater felt this was a bad sign. He nudged Jimmie with his elbow and whispered, “Don’t mention her again! Don't you see Marco hasn't mentioned her since he came back? There must be something. We put so much effort into send Keely away. Don't bring up another trouble!” Jimmie gasped. How could he forget this? And it turned out that Slater, of all people, was the one who reminded him.
For a moment, he was speechless and didn’t know what to say or do.
Slater narrowed his eyes and looked Jimmie up and down. Suddenly, he blurted, “There’s something going on with you.
Something has been wrong somewhere recently.” Jimmie felt guilty and quickly became defensive to avoid discussing the topic.
“What's wrong with me? You're just thinking too much and reading into things that don’t exist.” At this point, Slater was feeling like Sherlock Holmes. He began to outline his deductions to his friend.
“I've noticed that you've been absent-minded about everything recently.
ninja.com How have you managed not to notice what even | could notice? Come on, tell me. What the hell is going on?" “Stop reading too much into things!” Jimmie scolded, still refusing to admit it.
“Fine! You're forcing me to use my trump card!”
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This was the first time that Jimmie was being bothered by Slater in this manner.
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