Filed to story: Sweetheart Do You Still Love Me
Startled, the woman studied all the mocking gazes from all around her and decided to continue arguing.
“I don’t care. They’re all on your side. I won’t believe them.”
“If so, can you tell me why I would hook up with your husband?”
With her chin lifted, the woman told Elspeth everything good about Evan.
“Of course, it’s because he’s extraordinary. He’s good-looking, has a good temper, and works for such a big company. He even received many awards. I think it’s normal for a woman to fall for him.”
At this moment, Elspeth rubbed her chin, making a thoughtful expression.
“So, are you saying that he’s extraordinary?”
“Ain’t that it?”
As her words resonated around the room, they elicited another burst of laughter.
“Do you know who my boyfriend is, then?”
It was obvious that the woman had no idea as she looked into Elspeth’s eyes blankly and asked,
“Who’s your boyfriend?”
“My boyfriend is the president of this company. Now, you tell me. Whom will I choose? A handsome and rich president or an ordinary tech guy?”
The woman was misdirected as well.
“Of course, a handsome and rich president.”
“That’s right. Now, am I pretty?”
Elspeth smiled brightly at the woman.
Of course, the man knew Elspeth was beautiful. She had eyes akin to the stars, as though they could touch one’s soul. Not only that, she had a mysterious aura with a bluish tint in her eyes. Most importantly, from her attire, she didn’t seem like a woman whom an ordinary man could lay hold off, so even when the woman knew that her husband was extraordinary, he might not be good enough for Elspeth.
“You are. You are very pretty.”
“So why would I fall for an ordinary man?”
This was how confident Elspeth was. She deserved a fine man with any of her hidden identities, so why would she fall for a so-called ‘key person in
“Even when the president of this company has feelings for me, he needs to pursue me step by step. Who do you think your husband is for me to call him ‘darling?”
Elspeth’s words were so impeccable that even Alaina was shocked, watching from the side.
Alaina had thought of several ways that Elspeth would counterattack. It might be using glib phrases to win the argument, asking people to throw the woman out, or confronting Evan straight away. Yet, she had never imagined that Elspeth would use such a confident and outrageous way.
It was a useful tactic, as the woman was stunned after hearing all that. Then, the expression on her face turned perplexed.
“So, who’s the person who slid into my husband’s DMs?”
As Elspeth lowered her head, she asked,
“Do you know what’s her Instagram handle?”
With sudden realization, the woman replied,
“Yes! I took the chance to note down her handle on my phone when my husband was asleep. Here!”
When Alaina heard that from the corner, her back was soaked in cold sweat instantly. Didn’t Evan say that his wife is illiterate? Why is she so smart? She even wrote down my handle. Isn’t this going to expose me for sure?
She took a few steps backward, preparing to leave the office. However, the moment the colleague beside her saw that she was in distress, he asked,
“You don’t look so well, Miss Sullivan. Are you sick?”
Awkwardly, Alaina chuckled.
“Yes, I’m unwell. I’m thinking about going to the hospital.”
“Let me give you a ride. You’re cold-sweating.”
I should already be out of the office with the time I wasted on this small talk! Alaina was so pissed, but she still continued saying,
“Thanks. It’s fine.”
Within seconds, their voices grabbed Elspeth’s attention.
When she noticed that Alaina looked like she wanted to run away, she gradually took out her phone to compare the Instagram handle. As expected, it was Alaina’s doing.
Although she knew that it was Alaina, she still asked people around her with a surprised expression,
“Can you guys tell whose handle this is? I can’t figure it out.”
As soon as her colleagues around her saw the ID, they recognized it immediately.
“Isn’t this Alaina’s? I’m very familiar with her username. I even complimented her, saying that her handle is.nice.”
At once, Alaina’s action of running away came to a halt, and she felt embarrassed. Suddenly, an idea popped into her head, and her fingers moved swiftly across her phone. Now that I’ve changed my Instagram handle, no one can recognize that it’s me!
“How can it be me? I changed my handle a long time ago. This ID is not mine.”
Alaina faced the people in front of her with an innocent look, as though she had really been falsely accused.
“Let me see… Eh? She changed her ID. Is it not her, then?”
The colleagues around her suddenly doubted themselves. I thought we had the culprit already, and everything made sense, but why is there suddenly a twist?
However, those who knew Alaina’s way of thinking had already seen through everything.
“Pffi! It can be her alternate account. After all, Miss Sullivan is always busy socializing with different men. Who knows if our Mr. Steward is one of them?”
With a pale face, Alaina bellowed,
“What nonsense are you talking about?!”
“I think all our colleagues here know if what I said was nonsense since they’ve seen everything. I’m not in your department, so I’m not afraid of your revenge on me. Miss Sullivan, you hooked up with more than one man, am I right?”
The person who was talking looked quite familiar to Elspeth. She was an androgynous girl named Avery Lennon, who was a fresh graduate. Speed Demon had always been her nickname in the Operation Department.
Elspeth didn’t know that Alaina had already pissed off colleagues out of her department. At this thought, she couldn’t help but click her tongue in her mind.
“Avery, shut up if you don’t know how to talk properly. Why are you slandering me?”
Avery had quite a straightforward personality.
“You know it in your heart whether I’m slandering you or not. How dare you frame Miss Lynwood? Shame on you!”
Hearing that, Elspeth put her hand over her mouth. It looks like this Avery girl has a fighter spirit as well. She’s quite eloquent, but the most important thing now is to finish Alaina.
“You said that you changed your handle, right?”
Her gaze landed on Alaina’s face without fear.
“And you changed it a long time ago. Am I right?”
Alaina thought that Elspeth was trying to trick her into talking, so right away, she answered,
“Either way, I’ve definitely changed it before this happens.”
There’s no proof. Even if I lie, so what?
