Said I didn’t Love Him But I Lied

The room fell silent after the door closed.

Everleigh took out her phone from her pocket and saw two of Christopher Meyer’s missed calls. Looking at the time of the missed calls, she guessed that he had called when she was talking to Mrs. Godfrey. Her phone had been on silent mode then.

She dialed his number, and he picked up almost immediately.

As soon as the call went through, Christopher’s voice came from the other end. “Everleigh, have you been very busy at work? Why didn’t you pick up earlier?”

“I had something on, and I was with someone, so I didn’t see your calls.”

“Who were you with?”

“Why are you asking this? Why are you calling me?”

“Do you think I want to call you? I watched a movie with my girlfriend in the afternoon when I heard you ran into trouble again. I even left my girlfriend in the cinema to try to help you.”

Everleigh was stunned into silence.

“Stainley called me saying that you were pulled away from work by some woman.”

Hearing this, Everleigh finally understood what he was talking about.

“What’s going on?” Christopher’s voice turned a little more serious than usual. “It was Theodore Godfrey’s mother, wasn’t it?”

“Is she the only woman who could drag me away?”

“I see you’re still in the mood to joke with me. You sound fine to me.” Christopher teased. “What happened? It’s been seven years. You have nothing to do with Theodore. Have you gotten back at her for throwing that cup of water at you? If you haven’t, splash that b*tch!”

Everleigh was feeling pretty down at first, but she could not help but laugh when she heard this. “Okay, okay. Could you be a little more serious? Did you really think I’d do something like that?”

“Are you sure? Do you know how many times you told me you wanted to do that when you were drunk? You even made me swore that if the chance ever came, I’d have to hand the cup to you and make sure it’s full so that you can throw it in her face…”

Everleigh’s taste and tolerance for alcohol were equally terrible. Only a handful of people had seen her drunk before. When she was abroad, the only one she trusted herself to drink with was Christopher.

Thus, she knew Christopher was telling the truth.

“I’ll help you carry out this plan when I’m back, okay?”

“Okay.” Everleigh turned over on the bed and stared at the ceiling. She agreed, “You know I’m not afraid of anything, but you should know that Mrs. Godfrey’s a vengeful person. When the time comes, she might even drag your company down.”

“What’s there to be afraid of? My sister is watching over my company. Do you think she’d dare?”

“Those who don’t are cowards.”

“Yes, cowards.”

The both of them went back and forth, spouting nonsense. The dark and brooding cloud in her head gradually dissipated.

On the other end of the phone, Christopher suddenly changed the subject. “You said that Mrs. Godfrey was vengeful. Seeing how she still hates you for something that happened seven years ago, why was splashing water at you the only thing she did to get back at you? It seems like Theodore has a lot of say at home.”

His words reminded Everleigh of something. When she thought about it, she felt her heart thumping, and the look on her face changed.

“Everleigh?” Christopher did not hear a response. “Are you there?”

Everleigh came to her senses and said, “I suddenly thought of something.”

“What is it?”

“Back then, you said if I wanted to find who set me up, I’d just need to think of the person who would benefit the most out of the entire situation, right?”

“That’s right.”

Everleigh fell silent.

In the past seven years, although she was abroad, she had been keeping an eye on how things were back home. The person who set her up must have hated her so much that they would want to destroy her, but she could not think of a single person who benefited from the situation.

After returning home, she suspected that Josephine was the culprit because the incident led to her break up with Theodore. If she had not broken up with him, Josephine would not have had the chance to be with him.

But was Josephine really that capable?

Seven years ago, on that dark rainy night, not a single soul was on the street. That street was supposed to be Ocpeace City’s busiest street. If the person did not have the power to empty the street, leaving her helpless, how would that incident have happened?

“You mean…” Christopher’s voice came from the other end of the line. “It could have been Mrs. Godfrey who framed you that year?”

Christopher’s words echoed with what she had in mind, and something clicked in her mind.

When something happened in the Godfrey family, Mrs. Godfrey was anxious to let Theodore return to inherit the family business. However, Theodore was still in high school, so he was unwilling to go abroad. Eventually, he had a fall out with the family. He was extremely stubborn, so Mrs. Godfrey turned to her…

“Christopher, the person who benefitted the most out of our breakup wasn’t Josephine. It was Mrs. Godfrey.”

Everleigh’s tone was particularly harsh, but she still uttered the words. Her face wore a grim expression.

After that incident, even if she broke up with Theodore, Josephine might not have ended up with him. However, if she broke up with Theodore, Mrs. Godfrey would definitely be able to get him back to inherit the family business.

The biggest beneficiary was Mrs. Godfrey.

It had been seven years. She was just her son’s ex-girlfriend. If she was not up to something, why would she waste the energy to hunt her down?

These thoughts made Everleigh fall into an abyss.

Christopher said, “Don’t think too much, I’ll be back soon. When that time comes, I’ll help you look into it. I’ll make sure every single one of them who was involved gets punished.”

“No, I’m going to find out myself.”

This was her own problem. It had haunted her for seven years. Only by revealing the truth would she be able to be set free of this.

On the window sill, a corner of the curtain was blown up by the wind, revealing half of the sky dyed red by the sunset glow outside.

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After hanging up the phone, Everleigh gathered herself and took the two children to the supermarket to buy groceries. A lot was still on her mind.

Adrienne loved shopping in the supermarket. She would always throw all sorts of snacks into the cart. However, that day, she did not do that.

“Adrienne, do you want this?” Alastair took his sister’s favorite chocolate from the shelf.

Adrienne’s eyes lit up at first, and then she shook her head the next second. “No.”

“Why?” Everleigh looked at her and asked, “Don’t you like this brand of chocolate?”

Adrienne said in a muffled voice, “It’s fine if I don’t have it. I want you to be in a good mood, Mommy. If I don’t buy snacks, then you won’t have to work.”

Hearing this, Everleigh was stunned.

The girl still remembered what she said in the afternoon. She could not help but feel touched.

“Adrienne, I’m not unhappy because of work.” She squatted down and hugged her daughter. “Who said I couldn’t buy chocolate for you?”

“Really?” Adrienne’s mouth twitched. “You’re not upset because of work?”

“Of course not, and I’m feeling much better. You’re my ray of sunshine. Come, let me look at that smile of yours.” As she said, she stretched out her finger and poked Adrienne’s cheek.

Adrienne immediately giggled, and her small face looked like a fully bloomed sunflower.

Their laughter reached to the other aisle, and a tall figure froze in their steps.