CHAPTER 282: MISS YU CAME BACK WITH A MAN

’Esther and I broke up because she betrayed me. But I can’t let go of the love I have for her, overnight.’

Sitting in the cab, Ella reflected on Mo Jun’s response.

’Is something like love more important than everything you stand for?’ She asked him rather challengingly.

After all, from her perspective, there was some mismatch between Violet, Esther and Mo Jun. As someone who doesn’t know who he is supposed to love, how can he make big claims about it?

Didn’t she also spend lifetimes thinking she loved Max? How did it turn out?

’Ella, when you love someone, you don’t even realize it until you are too deep into it,’ Mo Jun responded with a small smile, ’They can be completely different from you. They can stand on the opposite of everything you stand for. Yet, it is too late for you to think about it...’

’Because you already love them. You think of them, dream of them, wish for them, care for them... They consume you, like nobody has ever before.’

Ella laughed at that, ’I never thought you were such a poet.’

Yet, now as she sat in the cab and looked out at the gradually darkening sky, Ella found herself haunted by those words.

’’That guy must be doing poetry..." Ella shifted in the car seat.

At this moment, she noticed something.

"This is not the right way..." She glanced at the old man who took a weird turn.

"Miss, it’s a shortcut."

Ella nodded as she sat straighter.

The old driver looked at her from the rearview mirror when she was not noticing.

His eyes darkened ominously when he saw that she was sitting still, without any signs of suspicion.

He lowered his gaze and took another sharp tone. And suddenly—

’Bam’

A heavy handbag hit the side of his head, right at the spot above his ears, "Y-You..." His ears rang, his vision went blurry.

Ella bolted out of the car, holding the closed door tight as she watched the man sinking down on the seat, struggling to stay conscious.

"I have never had good experiences with shortcuts."

Once the driver dropped unconscious and showed no signs of further movements, Ella grabbed a stone from the ground and opened the car door.

With cautious movements, she scanned through the man’s body for any clue. Yet after a thorough search, she found nothing on the man.

Just as Ella began to retreat, a hand clamped around her wrist.

Her blood turned cold.

Ella slowly looked up. But seeing that the driver’s eyes were still closed, her heart settled down.

"Ella?"

Ella turned around when she heard the familiar voice. She glanced at Mo Jun, "Why are you here?"

Mo Jun raised his hand, showing her the phone in his grip.

Ella instinctively touched her bag, only to realize that her phone was missing from it.

Mo Jun’s gaze scanned over the entire place once before he looked at her, "I will drop you."

Given her current circumstances, Ella could not be bothered to keep up appearances so she tagged along with him.

On the way, Mo Jun did not ask her any questions and she was pretty grateful for that.

At first, Ella asked him to drop her on a random road.

But then, Mo Jun looked at her weirdly, "Considering what happened earlier, it would be risky..."

And Ella finally remembered that Mo Jun already knew of some of her entanglements with Adrian during her exchange with her family.

"The Eve Mansion."

Although Mo Jun had expected the response, he was still startled. He looked at her, wide-eyed and shocked.

But Ella simply looked away, barely bothered to clear his doubts.

...

In the King Empires, it was a day of dread.

The skies were stormy and the air was permeated by a chill that gave one frostbite.

The chilliest area was the private floor and anyone who got closer to the secluded office room, lost hopes of coming back.

A bunch of directors left Adrian’s office with light footsteps, "What happened...? He was happy last time..."

"Shh... There must be some huge business loss."

"What loss? We are thriving already! Not to mention the recent huge deals and collaborations!"

"King Empires is ready to take over the business world at this rate!"

"But then... Why do you think the President is in such a foul mood?"

"I couldn’t breathe..."

Ji Yan eavesdropped on their conversation from a distance and shook his head internally.

These fools... How could Second Master be happy when Miss Yu is ignoring him so passionately?

Ji Yan’s phone rang at this moment. When he saw it was a call from Eve Mansion, his heart chilled a bit.

Holy cow, it better not be anything ominous!

But the moment he answered the call and heard Bertha’s report, his face blanched.

With a single knock, he rushed inside the office room.

In the middle of the room, Adrian was seated on the chair, his face incomprehensible.

In his hand, he held his phone, looking at Ella’s previous texts. The texts that had gone unreplied when he was in Westra City a few days ago.

"Second Master..." Ji Yan’s voice was shaky.

Adrian did not avert his gaze from Ella’s profile picture until—

"Second Master, Miss Yu came back to the mansion with a man!"

’Thud’

The phone in Adrian’s hand landed on the floor with a dull sound.

Adrian’s eyes darkened, as grey clouds formed above his head.

"Kill..." Adrian opened his mouth.

Ji Yan held his breath, awaiting his orders like a royal decree.

But after a moment, Adrian remained still. His lips were thinned and his eyes were cold.

From the sight of it, it seemed like he was refraining himself from making the order. But on the other hand, he was also struggling to do so.

"Second Master..." Ji Yan lowered his head, "It seems like the man is Esther Yu’s ex fiancee, Mo Jun..."

Adrian rose to his feet.

"S-Second Master..."

"Back to the Eve Mansion."