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Just like that, the atmosphere became awkward.
The situation made Shedrick feel uneasy. ” Eliza, you can leave first. Just forget about what happened today.”
“What a brilliant capitalist.”
Eliza snorted before she turned around to leave.
“Wait a minute.” Chester suddenly shouted to stop her. Then, he turned around and said to Shedrick, ” You can head out first.”
Shedrick was dumbfounded at how Chester was asking him to go out when this was his office.
However, upon looking at Chester’s threatening gaze, he had no choice but to leave with a bitter smile.
Deep down, he wondered. Chester had never been the petty sort, but he seemed to be targeting Eliza on purpose this time. Could he be interested in Eliza and so want to force her to be his secret lover?
At this thought, Shedrick closed the door cautiously when he left.
As soon as Eliza heard the door closed, her eyes darkened, but she did not say anything.
“Do you know why I wanted you to stay?” Chester stared at her. His handsome face was turning colder little by little. “Were you the one who dug up Boris and his wife’s ashes?”
Eliza’s eyes narrowed, and she pursed her pretty thin lips. Nevertheless, she continued to stay silent.
“You’re smart.” Chester laughed. “At least you’re smarter and calmer than any ordinary woman.”
He had noticed many times that when faced with tough questions, she remained silent without getting agitated. This showed that she was mentally strong.
“Yes, I did that.” This time, Eliza nodded.
“Why?” Chester’s expression was imperceptible. “Do you know Charity?”
“Yeah. ” Eliza nodded straight away. “That’s why I moved her parents’ ashes and buried them elsewhere.”
Chester lit another cigarette. “Her parents’ ashes were well kept there. Who told you to move them? Was it Charity?”
Eliza glimpsed at him in astonishment. “She’s as dead as a doornail. How could she have possibly asked me to dig up the ashes?”
“As dead as a doornail?” Chester turned around with two cigarettes in his hand before he let out a deep laugh.
“Isn’t she? She jumped into the turbulent sea. It would be hard even for a swimmer to stay alive. ” Eliza suddenly said coldly, “Her dead body might’ve sunk to the seabed and got eaten up by the fishes.”
“…Shut up.”
Chester took a deep drag at his cigarette and warned Eliza.
Eliza stared at his back. Out of his sight, her eyes flamed with hatred.
“As far as I know, Charity had very few friends. The only people she knew were Mireya and Cate. “
Chester said, “You didn’t even visit her when she was in jail. It makes me wonder how she came to be your friend. You even dug up her parents’ ashes. If you don’t give me an explanation…”
He paused for an instant and turned around with a cold gaze. “I could suspect that you’re doing some secret cult activities, and I’ll call the police to arrest you.”
Eliza looked at him. ” If I tell you that she appeared in my dream and delivered the message to me, will you believe it?”
“Do you take me for a fool?” Chester instantly burst into a scornful laugh.
Eliza bit her lip. “What I said is true.”
She slowly took out an antique pendant from her necklace. “It’s most probably because of this pendant.
Charity and I used to live in the same courtyard when we were young, and we had a good relationship.
My mom was friends with her mom too.
“When we were five, my mom and Charity’s mom took us to a church for worship one day. It was freezing that day, but because Charity and I were dressed too thinly, both of us nestled in my mom’s coat. A priest happened to walk past us and said that … we were both ill-fated individuals who would die early.”
Chester fixed his eyes on that pendant and clenched his fists in spite of himself.
He recognized that pendant. It was an ordinary topaz that Charity had as well.
When he personally removed Charity’s clothes that year, he caught sight of the same pendant on her chest.
Eliza continued, “The priest noticed my close relationship with Charity, so he gave each of us a pendant. He said that the pendants came in a pair. They’ve been blessed by God, so they’re considered holy objects. If one pendant went missing, the other pendant would sense it.” Chester chuckled.
However, Eliza acted as if she did not hear him.”
Shortly after Charity left Geraldton, I lost touch with her and had not heard from her until three years ago. I dreamed of Charity telling me to look for her parents’ ashes as she was leaving.
” She said that her mom’s ashes were a dog’s, and this was the biggest concern in her life. She did not want the dog’s ashes to replace her mom’s, and her dad’s ashes shouldn’t have been there either.”
Chester shuddered. After some time, he took a deep drag on his cigarette. “Are you fooling me?”
” I’m not. ” Eliza said indifferently, “You’re Young Master Jewell. You can easily investigate it and tell whether I’m fooling you. Indeed, I didn’t interact much with her later on. But one can only relocate the ashes of their close ones. In this case, I just took away the ashes in secret and buried them elsewhere.
I often think that it might’ve been through this pendant that Charity found me.”
“I’ll investigate it. If you dare lie to me, just wait and see how I’ll deal with you.” Chester glowered at her ferociously.
“Why are you asking about Charity?” Eliza asked strangely, “Is it because you love her?”
“Love?” Chester reacted as if he had heard a joke. ” You must be dreaming. Would that kind of woman deserve my love?”
“Indeed, she doesn’t deserve your love because you’re not worthy of her,” Eliza answered with her eyes lowered.
“Eliza, you just have to offend me, huh?” Chester’s eyes erupted with fury.
When they were at loggerheads with each other countless times back then, he had never been offended. However, he was mad this time.
Eliza was quiet for a moment before she said indifferently, “She’s already dead. What’s the point of explaining so much?”
Chester looked at her for a while and then said,” Get out.”
Eliza got out without further ado.
Soon, Shedrick came in. “This lady slammed the door really hard. Was it because she objected to your request to keep her as your lover? Well, she’s very stubborn. A few big guns previously had the same thought, but she’d rather quit the entertainment industry than accept it.”
Chester threw a grim glance at Shedrick.
Shedrick’s heart shuddered, and he promptly corrected himself. “If you’re interested in her, I’ll try my best to send her to your bed, alright?”
“Shut up. ” Chester could not help but warn him, ” I was asking her about something else.”
“Seriously?” An incredulous look crossed Shedrick’s face.
Chester rubbed his temples. “Have you seen me pursuing or forcing any woman?”
“That’s true too. With your status, it has always been the women pursuing you, ” Shedrick answered with a grin.
Chester could not be bothered to drone on with him.
Hence, he turned around and walked out with long strides. When he was at the door, he paused to ask, ” Is the movie The Belle that great?”
“Of course. Look who the director is. It’s Director Cheever. All his movies are f*cking excellent.”
Shedrick continued, “Tsk. Casting the female lead aside, people have also been vying for the first and second supporting female roles fiercely.”
Chester fell silent for a few seconds before he said, ” Let Eliza be the first supporting actress then. Pull some strings with Director Cheever and ask him to give her more parts.”
With that, he strode out.
Shedrick froze. “Hang on. The first supporting actress’s role…” She had to play the villain who was as evil as the Wicked Witch of the West.
