Chapter 5
The other women near the sink turned their heads upon hearing the sudden commotion.
Charlotte froze after seeing that it was Yvette. It took her a while to recompose herself and smile. “What are you doing here, Yvie? You didn’t hear what we chatted about earlier, did you?”
Yvette looked up at Charlotte, strolled toward the sink, and spoke with apathy. “I heard everything.”
Charlotte wasn’t expecting the former to admit it so outrightly. Her expression contorted hideously at once.
Her best friends, also in the washroom, sensed something was amiss and wanted to teach Yvette a lesson.
However, Yvette turned on the faucet and didn’t give them a chance to speak. “Those who rely on scheming methods to win over others will never be treated sincerely by others.”
That was enough to render Charlotte wordless.
Disdain infested Charlotte’s eyes. She noticed the mole in the corner of one of Yvette’s eyes. Just then, she felt relieved and no longer bothered to put on a facade. She scoffed before remarking, “You’re nothing more than a replacement. You’ve never actually won over Kay’s love, so what right do you have to talk about sincerity in front of me?”
“That’s right! You’re the one who got abandoned in the middle of nowhere by her boyfriend!”
“What a pitiful girlfriend you must be!”
The three women tauntingly cackled before leaving hand in hand.
Yvette didn’t bother chasing after the women. After all, Kade may have played with her heart, but Charlotte also toyed with his sincere love for her. Perhaps karma was real.
She headed out the door, wanting to hail a cab. That was when she remembered this was a hillside restaurant. As expected, several of her apps showed no available taxi services nearby. There was no telling if Charlotte had intentionally planned everything with Kade’s other friends. However, about a dozen cars drove by Yvette, and nobody offered to give her a ride. Yvette watched as Charlotte got into the last car to leave the premises. The latter even rolled down the window to smugly sneer at her. That made it clear to Yvette that this was Charlotte’s way of getting revenge against her.
A bitter chuckle left Yvette’s lips as she turned to walk down the hill.
The night breeze blew against her, causing her skirt to ruffle. There wasn’t a sound around her, save for the chirping cicadas that kept her company.
Yvette emptied her mind, allowing many memories to play in her mind like a movie. It felt surreal. She thought about her relationship, the fact that she was a replacement, Charlotte’s return, her birthday, and her genuine love for Kade.
She couldn’t help being a little curious. How could Kade feel if he knew Charlotte, the first love whom he tortured himself over these past eight years, was intentionally playing hard to get?
It was already 8:00 pm when Yvette got home.
She removed her shoes and saw the bloody scrapes caused by the friction between her feet and her shoes. With a sharp inhale, she grabbed the medical kit. She was exhausted after dealing with her wound, so she washed up and went to bed.
The next day, Yvette awoke in her bedroom, which looked the same as yesterday.
She wasn’t curious about where Kade had gone. Instead, she got up to reapply the medicated cream on her wounds and change her bandages. She had just done so when Sean phoned her. “Did you sleep really early last night, Yvie? Why didn’t you reply to my texts? Say, let me tell you something–your fiancé has prepared many birthday surprises for you.
“He asked me to help transfer you a large sum of money, and he even sent a bunch of jewelry to our house. You can wear them once you get home.
“What do you think? This guy I picked out for you is pretty decent, right?”
Yvette turned on speakerphone mode and opened her notifications tab. True enough, there was a notification for a 50 million–dollar transfer. She was about to respond when Kade suddenly came home.
He asked, “Guy? What guy?”
Sean perked up once he heard the former’s familiar voice. “Yvie, who was that? Is it Kade? What’s he doing at your place at this time?”
Yvette’s heart raced as she gave a random excuse before hanging up.
Kade’s smile returned when he saw the former so nervous. He deliberately pretended to be upset as he teased, “Why did you hang up? Aren’t you going to let me chat with my best friend? Am I such an embarrassment of a boyfriend that you don’t want to show me off?”
Yvette didn’t want to play along with his jokes. She calmly responded to his question with one of her own. “Haven’t you always been unwilling to tell him about us?”
