Chapter 15 Everett pushed her away and looked down at her , his eyes cold : " You sure had guts , drugging me . " Jessica's face changed and she hurried to explain , " Mr. Barnes , let me explain , it was my coworker ... " A Everett didn't have time to listen to her . He went out and made a call : " Bring a few guys to room 806 , sixth floor , Valerie Bar . Take care of Jessica , make it clean . " ར་ ད་ ་ ༽ ་ ཚན་ རང་ རྐང་ ། དང་ད་ ་ ་ བཟུང་ ཟ་ After that , I couldn't wait and drove to where Emily lived . Neon lights flashed in the night , and cold wind blew into the car . Everett's heart pounded like crazy in his chest . almost about to break his ribs . His hands on the steering wheel kept tightening . Before , he thought , Emily divorced him and became Elliott's woman . He would feel bad for a few days at most . After that , his life would go back to how it was before . So he just accepted what Jessica did tonight , since Jessica was the one he had chased for so long But he didn't know why - ever since Emily left , whenever he looked at Jessica , he just felt she was dull and boring . He didn't feel any desire to win her over at all , and he could barely even remember her as a person . Tonight , when Jessica kissed him , he didn't feel anything . Instead , Emily's face kept flashing through his mind . Not just tonight , every night , he thought of Emily . Emily looked so gentle when she fed him hangover tea in her robe ; when she helped him with his tie , her eyes curved and he saw his own reflection in her almond - shaped eyes . 0.00 % 0037 Chapter 15 When Emily woke up from a nightmare , holding him tight with tears in her eyes and wouldn't let go ; when Emily saved him from the dirt in the pouring rain . Even just thinking about it , like when Emily was in the bathroom , her fair skin flushed pink from the steam , her almond eyes shimmering with spring water , and she looked so warm and beautiful . All the blood in his body felt like it was set on fire , rushing and roaring through his veins . The car kept speeding up . Everett's left hand kept shaking with excitement because he was about to see Emily . Until that moment , he didn't want to hide his true feelings anymore . He wanted Emily . Even if it was an Emily who'd been with someone else . *** A Emily was recently pulled into a film crew for a cameo by her bestie Florine Duffy . Tn- Florine was a famous screenwriter . She said the second female lead in the new costume drama really matched her vibe and asked her to step in . Emily also loved acting and finished work late every night . At 10 p.m. , after Emily sent Elliott the check - in message , she leaned back on the couch to rest , waiting for her assistant to bring her some cake . Suddenly , a shadow blocked the light , and its aggressiveness completely surrounded her . Emily stretched out her slender wrist and mumbled , " Sylvia , I'm starving . " But she didn't touch the cake . Instead , a pair of big hands grabbed hers . Emily suddenly opened her eyes and sat up . When she saw Everett , the look on her face turned cold . " Everett , what are you doing here ? " Emily suddenly shook off his hand . 00370 Chapter 15 Everett didn't use much force himself and got shaken off by her , but he wasn't angry . He slowly pulled his hand back , looked down at her , didn't answer her , and asked back instead . " I look exactly like Elliott , how did you know it was me , is it because Elliott never held your hand like this ? " Everything in this sentence was just testing . Emily opened a bottle of mineral water and drank it , then looked at Everett . She automatically ignored the second half of what he said : " Of course I could recognize you . Lio was gentle and polite , a real gentleman , totally different from you - sly , cunning , just a spoiled playboy who wasted his life on pleasure . " " What did you call him ? " Everett's voice suddenly dropped , his phoenix eyes narrowing . Lio , this name , he seemed to have heard it somewhere . 78 97