Chapter 38: Forced cohabitation


    "Director, I ..." E looked at Daniel speechlessly.


    "It''s off-duty time. You can call me by my name. Ms.E, are you really married?" his eyes were full of


    disbelief.


    Standing face to face, E thought about exining just now but suddenly didn''t know how to start.


    Looking at the employees walking out of the gate from thepany, she realized that at the rush hour


    it was quite inconvenient to have a talk standing here. E offered, "Shall we talk somewhere else? I''ll


    exin everything clearly."


    With a permissive nod by Daniel, the two walked across the sidewalk to a cafe.


    After reaching the cafe, E found a corner to take a seat firstly and Daniel chose to sit opposite her.


    The waiter came and they each ordered a cup of coffee, then both of them sank into silent for a


    moment.


    After the coffee was served, E said to Daniel after a sip, "Indeed, I am married. But I am going


    through with the divorce these days. I didn''t try to hide you but just didn''t want to exin my current


    rtionship with my husband when you asked me if I have a boyfriend. As colleagues in thepany


    areplicated, I didn''t want my personal life to be the topic of their gossip. The three female


    colleagues from my formerpany all met my husband before, but they don''t know about my


    husband and I getting divorced."


    He put the coffee cup gently on the table, his hand that held the coffee cup showing an obvious sign of


    rxation, frowning for a few seconds and he looked up at E again, "Thank you for your willingness


    to tell me. I understand your situation now. Can I ask you a question?" he said calmly.


    "Okay, you say."


    "What''s the reason of your getting divorced?" Daniel asked with confusion in his dark and cold eyes.


    E looked dismal, "He has been cheating on me for more than half a year."


    Ten minutester, they left the coffee shop together. Daniel paid the money for coffee, refusing to let


    E pay it whatever she said.


    She asked to invite him another meal as a reward. He smiled and said yes.


    On the subway back home, E sat on a seat and thought of what Daniel had said in the cafe, that her


    design had been selected as the top three in the designpetition whose rank was chosen by him


    and another famous designer.


    As for the result, it will be announced at thepany before next Wednesday.


    Daniel also told her that he will wait for her to deal with her marital situation and hoped she can give


    priority to him as a boyfriend.


    She answered him directly that she was not thinking about love matters for the moment but just wanted


    to work intently.


    He did not force her but just said he would wait for her.


    Half an hourter, E arrived home. She bought some ingredients in the small supermarket near the


    apartment to prepare a homemade hot pot for the evening with Alice before entering home.


    Within twenty minutes, Alice opened the door with a catty of live shrimp.


    Scarcely had she entered inside when she smelled the fragrance of hot pot. Joyfully, she took off her


    heels and ran into the kitchen.


    Seeing that E was cutting potato chips, Alice asked with happiness, "What is the big day today? Tell


    me what happened. Is your design approved by your director?" E looked up at her, "Why did you said


    so?"


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    "Why? You would do such a tiring thing as making hot pot yourself! There must be something to


    announce!" Alice said for certain.


    The confidant was really observant. E did not refute only saying to her, "Alice, wash the shrimp


    quickly so that we can eatter."


    "Well, I''ll wash the shrimp first."


    Half an hourter, they ate a lot. E nced at Alice and confessed, "I will move away after the meal."


    Alice was shocked by the unexpected news of E and asked urgently, "You are moving away? Why?


    Don''t tell me you are moving back to Benjamin''s home?"


    E shook her head without a word.


    Her silence made Alice more anxious, "Then where are you moving to? God, we live in harmony. Why


    do you move? If you moved away, I would live alone, then how bored I would be! E, do you want to


    move away for my disadvantages?"


    Although she had hesitance, facing her best friend she was afraid Alice would have random thoughts if


    not to tell the truth, and then their friendship would also be estranged.


    She exined, "Dear, it has nothing to do with you. Don''t think so anymore! To be honest, do you still


    remember that the male prostitute I met was actually my boss?" Alice nodded, "Yes, is it rted to him?


    You two are going to live together?"


    "Well, you can consider it as living together, whereas we''re not a couple. He''s threatening me with my


    sexy pictures to enforce me to be his lover for three months. He wanted me to move in with him,


    exactly tonight. A driver will be asked to pick me up at 10 p.m."


    E showed helpless and desperate. She even received a call from Aiden to urge her when buying the


    ingredients in the small supermarket.


    After listening to her words, Alice cannot speak for a long time, frowning on his eyebrows slightly and


    eating the mmulina mushroom numbly."


    E did not say anything as well, eating potato chips silently.


    After about three minutes, Alice suddenly looked up, "Do you feel that your boss likes you? Or would a


    president of the Hill Group, such argepany, has no other lover? Why did he threat you, a small


    staff, with your sexy photos? Well, when did he take the photos? Did you volunteer or forced?"


    E chewed food and looked at her, only feeling it was hard to distinguish the expression of the


    confidant at the moment.


    The mood of Alice was soplicated at the moment. (A man suddenly came out to deprive E with


    her. If E moved away, she would live in such a big apartment alone. So Lonely! And if he really liked


    E, would E be out of single soon?)


    She left behind again in the aspect of love.


    As for her question just now, E did not shy away of course, replying, "You must think too much. How


    could he fell in love with me? Just enjoying freshness... Maybe because it is more convenient to have


    sex with me as I am his employee."


    E said with anger, "As for the photos, I had no idea that he took them at first. I thought of solving it


    through thew, but I was afraid it would be uncontrolled and all the rtives and friends around


    me would know it. My reputation would be ruined! He is too wealthy and power to be revolted."


    She sighed, "I''ll put up with it thinking he said he would let me go after three months. It''s my fault for


    having been stupid enough to provoke such a man. Maybe the fate is punishing me for my careless of


    my life. I will never have rtionship with a man casually anymore no matter how heartbroken and


    unwilling."