chapter 44 : exposed
Words : 1719
Updated : Dec 5th, 2024
Wesley opened the personnel file of Zhuomei Shopping Center in confusion. His eyes stayed on the first page, and his expression changed rapidly. It was no less shocked than me when I first saw it.
Zoey, who was beside her, noticed Wesley abnormal behavior, said "What's wrong" and looked at the personnel file in Wesley hand. After just one glance, she covered her mouth in shock and then looked at me with a pair of big eyes. After a while, he said: "Oh my god, the CEO of Zhuomei Shopping Center is your girlfriend. This is too exaggerated. I am still hallucinating."
Wesley put down the file in her hand, looked at me with the same expression as Zoey, and said, "Maxwell, what's going on? I've never heard of you saying that Penelope is Zhuomei's CEO."
"I only found out about this personnel file this morning after reading it. I feel the same as you, I also think it's my hallucination."
Wesley and Zoey looked at each other and asked me with still shocked expressions: "How did you meet her?"
"Remember what I told you, the old house I lived in before was bought by a woman who drives a luxury car?"
"Well, you told me."
"Penelope bought it, and then we got to know each other naturally."
Wesley nodded, and suddenly seemed to have thought of the key to the problem, and asked with a piercing look in my eyes: "In less than a month, she became your girlfriend."
I also tried to hide it: "I can't help it, even if fate comes, I can't stop it."
"The CEO of Zhuomei was chased by you Maxwell in less than a month. The plot of the novel does not develop so fast, right?"
Zoey echoed, "When you first introduced Penelope to us, we all thought that you had been dating her for a long time, but you just hid it from us and didn't expose it. I didn't expect that you had only known each other for less than a month. Maxwell, you are so good at picking up girls. But it’s great to reach the top.”
"Can you two stop talking to me in such a shady manner?" I said and glared at the two of them.
Wesley and Zoey asked in unison: "Then tell us honestly what is your relationship with Penelope?"
In fact, the moment I showed Penelope's file to Wesley, I already knew that this piece of paper could not contain the fire today. Who would believe that the CEO of a top shopping mall would fall in love with an unreliable clerk? No wonder life is too crazy. Why is Penelope the CEO of Zhuomei? Even if she were the daughter of a township enterprise owner or someone who jumped out of a rock, I wouldn't be facing the dilemma of being exposed now.
For a long while, I said impatiently to Wesley and Zoey, who were staring at me: "You two, don't look at me like a prisoner. I'm going to kill you."
"Hurry up, if you don't do anything, we will torture you."Zoey raised her pink fist at me and said.
I lay on my back on the chair, finally looked at the ceiling, and said with all my might: "She is not my girlfriend. At your wedding that day, I felt quite empty by myself, so I called Penelope and said I would invite her to dinner. , tricked her into attending your wedding banquet, and then when I met Emily, I suddenly said she was my girlfriend, and then I kept covering up the lies with lies until all of you really thought She is my girlfriend"
"Oh my God, Maxwell, does this mean you still can't forget Emily?"Zoey asked me in shock, regardless of the crowd in the restaurant.
"Wesley, give your wife a sedative, she's so noisy," I said in the calmest tone.
Wesley gave Zoey a look to signal her to be quiet. Zoey finally looked at me apologetically, then fell silent, leaving room for conversation between Wesley and me.
After a moment of silence, Wesley said to me: "Maxwell, why do you use such childish methods to deceive yourself and others?"
I smiled and said, "Are you childish? I just want to make myself feel better, as well as Emily and Brian. At least we don't seem so bitter and bitter. At least we can talk to each other like friends."
Wesley sighed, and then fell silent. The most powerless thing in the world is the love between men and women. It can come and go without anyone's control, and no one can save the past between me and Emily. Wesley chose to remain silent. Because he understands this truth.
I am also silent, helpless in silence, sad in helplessness, but not a single leaf can break the waves and take me away from the boat of sadness on this late autumn night, so my desires are imprisoned, my soul is wandering, and I look around uneasily.
After dinner, I walked alone on the street. I couldn’t say I was devastated, but I wanted to leave this city. In fact, I wanted to leave a long time ago, because this city has made me fantasize for two years and made me tired for two years. Year.
Countless sleepless nights, I imagined that one day Emily would come back to me, but the fantasy was shattered again and again, so I became more and more tired. Now I finally don’t have to fantasize anymore, because Emily already belongs to me. I was already awake when Brian put on the love necklace for her.
I really want to leave all my fantasies, loss, and loneliness in this city, walk away, and then let the cold autumn wind crush all this damn thing, and it will have nothing to do with me from now on. How fucking cool would that be?
I want to leave, leave here, and go back to the city where I grew up. When it’s cold, there are sweaters knitted by my mother, and when it’s hot, there’s herbal tea made by Father Ban.
But I can't leave this city, my soul has long been buried here. There is a guitar singing lonely here, there is an empty city hiding the past, and there is an old house that comforts me.
Sitting on the bench at the bus stop, I stared blankly at the buses carrying passengers heading to every corner of the city, but I seemed to have nowhere to go this night.
The last No. 32 bus stopped at the bus stop. I suddenly woke up. Then I ran on it in a panic and threw in a coin. Then I finally had an identity as a passenger. This night, I will follow this No. 32 bus through the bus. Go back to the old house across 6 streets.
Subconsciously, I didn’t want to leave this old house, so this morning, I took the risk and went to Penelope’s room, found a bunch of keys to this room, and naively thought that Penelope really left this house to her. You left me and will never come back again.
I took out the key and opened the door of the house, but unexpectedly heard the sound of washing in the bathroom. I looked at the shoe rack and saw a pair of Chane crystal sequin women's leather shoes. It was undoubtedly Penelope return.
I stood quietly at the door of the bathroom, looking at Penelope who was washing up, and suddenly said: "You are back."
Penelope was not frightened. She might have heard the sound of me opening the door, but she ignored me and seemed to be still angry with me for my shameless behavior yesterday.
"Did you just rinse your mouth?" I asked Penelope again.
Penelope subconsciously looked at her toothbrush and then said, "Why do you ask this?"
"I woke up late this morning. I didn't have time to buy toiletries, so I used yours." I replied.
Penelope's expression suddenly became uncertain, and her breath became heavier: "You"
"You left so resolutely yesterday, I thought you wouldn't come back. Otherwise, I would have told you in advance, or bought you a new set."
Penelope looked like she had seen the cockroach that day and said angrily: "Aren't you disgusting?"
"You are a beautiful woman, so I won't feel disgusted. Just use it." I told the truth. In fact, this is a trivial matter to me. When a few men smoked a cigarette in college, they would all salivate. I squeezed it into my mouth and smoked it. Using this as a reference, why would I mind using the toothbrush used by the beauty? Besides, I really planned to buy her a new set. Who knew she would be back tonight.
"I mean your behavior is disgusting"
I said innocently: "It's not disgusting to use your toothbrush. You don't have to worry about me."
Penelope's expression became even more angry. She threw her toothbrush, towel, and even cosmetics into the trash can. She walked up to me who was blocking the bathroom door, pushed me hard, and uttered a curse word for the first time: "Fuck you!"
I grabbed Penelope and"suddenly realized" and said: "Oh, it turns out I was using your toothbrush. You find it disgusting. Look at your expressive ability. It's really worrying. I can't even explain it."
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