Filed to story: Sweetheart Do You Still Love Me
Elspeth and Max might be good friends, but she couldn’t bear seeing Yelena continue to date a man like him.
Hank could guess what had happened from the ever-changing expression on Elspeth’s face.
Surrounded by silence, he chuckled and asked in a low voice, “So you would rather have Yelena date me, is that right?”
Elspeth responded by shaking her head. Her gaze had turned sharp and probing once again.
“I don’t know if you’re a good person. I will keep observing you.”
Hank was no more inferior than Max in terms of family background, temperament, ability, and appearance. In fact, he was another level above Max. Although Hank was decent in every way, Elspeth still wasn’t completely sure about him. After all, he was too much of an enigma.
“You are Yelena’s best friend. I won’t let you down.”
As Hank looked at the unconscious Yelena lying sprawled on the table, he had a doting and loving glint in his eyes. “Yelena Sullivan… I swear I’ll make her mine.”
Elspeth was taken aback when she heard that. She finally couldn’t help but ask the question on the tip of her tongue.
“I would like to know how you got to know Yelena.”
She was curious about why Hank would suddenly be so deeply in love with Yelena.
Hank had no intention to hide it from her, and he said without hesitation, “I fell for her three years ago when she first got onstage.”
That was how simple it was for him. There was no exciting prelude to the love he felt at first sight. It was straight to the point.
Elspeth felt tingly all over when she heard that.
She had imagined uncountable reasons Hank could have fallen for Yelena, but she didn’t think it would be so straightforward.
So he’s a fan of Yelena?
And somehow, along the way, he started to like Yelena as a woman instead of a celebrity, eh?
Something suddenly came to mind then.
“I have a question.” Elspeth’s voice shook a little as she muttered, “Yelena took her first set of photos three years ago and everything was sold out within a day. You couldn’t have…”
Yelena had talked to Elspeth about this before.
Not long after her debut, she took a set of photographs that ended up selling a few times more than the A-list actresses at that time.
She had suspicions that some benefactor was pulling the strings then, but she never found out who it was.
Since then, her journey in the entertainment industry was smoother than butter. In just one year, she has become a B-lister. She had now shot up from being second-best to being an A-list actress with Elspeth’s help.
“I bought them.”
It was just money for Hank. He didn’t mind spending it to make Yelena happy.
As shocked as Elspeth was to hear that, she felt emotional for some reason.
He’s completely enamored, isn’t he?
Hank’s involvement probably had a lot to do with Yelena’s success today.
Her benefactor was actually right in front of her!
“In that case, I have no objection if the two of you want to date.”
Elspeth began to think to herself, Not only is he willing to spend money on her, he treats her well and has her back. They haven’t got any dispute between them, and I’m sure he will choose her no matter what…
It doesn’t sound like a loss for Yelena to date him.
Clearing his throat, Hank muttered, “Your thoughts are written all over your face, Miss Lynwood.”
It was only then that Elspeth came to her senses, and she flashed an embarrassed grin at him.
“But since you have the intention of handing Yelena over to me, I would like to thank you in advance. You can always come to me if you need help with matters concerning your company in the future.”
He raised his glass and concluded in a warm voice, “Looking forward to working with you.”
Elspeth also took her glass. The clear and pleasant sound of glass lightly bumping soon rang out.
“Same goes for you.”
After eating, Elspeth handed Yelena over to Hank with confidence, giving the two of them a chance to be alone.
Hank might have certain intentions, but he was clear-headed. She knew he would not do anything to Yelena.
And so, a drunk Yelena was then ‘abducted’ by him to his car.
Just like the last time when she drank too much, she started to snore as soon as she got in the car.
Hank could only inwardly sigh as he watched how she kept wriggling around even after falling asleep.
He then fastened her seatbelt carefully to avoid waking her up.
The moment he got up, Yelena suddenly opened her pair of big, misty eyes, which were filled with confusion and drunken allure.
He immediately stopped in his tracks.
“Hank…”
“What’s wrong?” The fact that she was aware of who he was even when she was intoxicated pleased him.
Suddenly, she reached out and frantically ruffled his hair. “I’ve wanted to touch your hair for a long time now,” she slurred. “I finally got to do it today. Hehe!”
He was at a loss for words as he pressed down her wandering hands and went back to the driver’s seat.
After he started driving, she suddenly started making noise about wanting to go to the toilet.
“I don’t care! I want to go!”
Hank had no choice but to park the car on the side of the road. When he found a public toilet, he asked, “Shall I take you there?”
The woman reacted by blinking at him while flashing a sly smile.
“Gotcha. I don’t even want to use the restroom.”
Hank had no comeback. In that case, there is no need for me to waste time talking to this drunk lady over here, he thought.
It would be a lie to say that he wasn’t tempted when he saw her smile.
However, there was something else that he was more worried about.
“Hank, I’m going to puke.”
Having learned his lesson after she cried wolf, he ignored her and kept driving fast.
A crisp retching sound rang out the next second.
The defensive wall around his heart immediately collapsed and he quickly parked the car. He then turned his head and looked at her, only to see her leaning to the side with a sunken look on her face as she threw up.
The new car he spent millions on was soiled just like that!
And yet, Yelena was still unappreciative. When she saw him stop the car, she dazedly straightened her torso and asked while she was still in the middle of throwing up. “Why aren’t you driving?”
Hank was speechless at this point. “If you want me to drive now, I will throw you out of the car.”
Aggrieved tears abruptly rolled down her face which looked confused just a second ago.