Chapter 143

I held my breath, afraid to hang up the phone, and afraid to make a sound. What should we do now? Just as I anxiously paced back and forth, like an ant on a hot pan, there was a sudden knock on the door. Thinking it must be Trevin, my eyes flickered, and I hurriedly ran to open it.

It was indeed Trevin. He was taken aback for a moment. Before he could speak, I quickly gestured for him to be quiet and handed him the phone, indicating he should answer the call. Trevin glanced at me suspiciously and said into the phone, "Hello?"

I stared at him without blinking. I saw him pick up the phone, say, "Hello," then ask, "Who are you? Speak up!" After a moment, Trevin handed me back my phone, saying, "It seems like that person hung up." I glanced at my phone; the call had been disconnected. Perhaps Reynaldo heard a man's voice and thought he'd guessed wrong, so he hung up.

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I smiled at Trevin and said, "Thank you." He looked at me and asked, "Who was that just now? Why did you ask me to answer the phone?"

"No, it's just an old friend," I smiled, then asked, "By the way, it's so late, is there something you need from me?"

As soon as I asked, he looked embarrassed. "I came here to apologize," he said. "I was wrong earlier. I said hurtful things, I'm sorry."

"No," I replied, "it was actually because I didn't explain clearly, leading to your misunderstanding. You and Aunt are actually both very nice people."

Trevin put his hands in his pockets and stared at me nervously for a few seconds before asking, "Esmeralda, can we still be friends?"

"Of course," I laughed, "we've always been neighbors and friends."

Trevin breathed a sigh of relief. "That's good. Actually, after I said those hurtful words, I regretted it. I was afraid you'd ignore me."

"No, we were always neighbors," I said politely.

Trevin laughed. "Well, then I can rest assured. My mom scolded me, saying you're so good and I shouldn't have said those things. It was just me being a toad wanting to eat swan meat. It's entirely my fault."

"Trevin, don't speak ill of yourself like that," I said. "You are a pretty nice person, and in the future, you will definitely meet a good girl."

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Trevin's eyes flickered, and he suddenly asked, "By the way, you said you got married and pregnant again. So, where is your husband? How come he's never appeared before?"

This… I didn't want to talk too much about my personal matters with others.

Trevin saw I didn't want to speak and quickly said, "It's okay. If you don't want to say anything, it's fine. I was just asking casually. I'll go back first. You should get some rest, sis."

"Well, alright, Trevin, you should rest early too."

After seeing off Trevin, I leaned against the door and stared at my phone absentmindedly. Reynaldo now completely believed this number wasn't mine anymore, and he probably wouldn't bother Lavonne anymore. But, Reynaldo, why did you go crazy looking for me like this?

I lay back on the bed wearily. Just as I had laid down, my phone rang again. It was still Lavonne's number. I was on edge. Was it Lavonne who called this time, or was it Reynaldo?

Hesitant, I answered but dared not speak first. "Oh my goodness, you scared me just now," Lavonne exclaimed. As soon as I heard her voice, my tense nerves instantly relaxed.

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I hurriedly asked, "What exactly happened just now?"

"Who knows," Lavonne sighed, "originally today I was invited by Winston to attend their company's new drama's opening ceremony, who knew I would run into Reynaldo." Reynaldo, being the main investor, attending the opening ceremony wasn't surprising. It was quite surprising that he personally attended, considering his current status.

"And then?" I asked.

"Then I saw him asking Winston about your whereabouts, and Winston said he didn't know, so he went and asked Anton," she replied. Anton, you know, right? He is the male lead of this drama, that very handsome and attractive male actor. But, what's your relationship with Anton? Why did Reynaldo ask him about your whereabouts?

"Oh, I worked for a few days under Anton, at Winston's company," Lavonne explained.