Chapter 444: Chapter 444 Have You Found That Sc*mbag

Harley thought that there was no one else inside the private room.

Therefore, he lay on the sofa and looked at his mobile phone the moment he stepped into the room.

His phone started ringing a short while later. He picked it up.

“Yes?”

It was his colleague, a young girl in her early twenties. She was good at her work, thus everyone in the team treated her like a younger sister.

The connection in the private room was not very great. Hence, Harley turned on speaker mode.

The sweet voice of the little girl soon came from the other end of the phone, “Harley, they told me that you went out with some girl today! Is that true? I’m so sad!”

Their team members would usually joke around like this.

Harley answered nonchalantly, “Don’t worry. I won’t forget you even if I were to go out with other girls!”

Just then, footsteps could be heard from outside the door. Harley thought that someone was coming in, hence he turned off speaker mode, “Can I help you with anything?”

“It’s about the case that you’re dealing with right now. Hand it over to me once you come back, okay? Alright, I’ll talk to you later!”

Harley’s gaze fell on Thea’s profile picture on his screen. He frowned slightly.

He wondered what she had been up to recently. Could she still be seeing that terrible man?

A wave of anger rose from Harley’s belly at the thought of that man. He vaguely recalled that the man’s name was Finley. Honestly, what kind of name was that? Harley was certain that he was much better than Finley in terms of appearance or capability in work.

He couldn’t believe that Thea would fancy such a man.

“D*mn, this woman must be blind!”

Harley said bitterly.

At this moment, he heard flushing from the washroom in the private room. Harley froze for a second, then got up and sat straight.

The next second, he saw Thea pushing the door open and coming out from the washroom.

They looked at each other, and tension filled the air.

Harley was the first to speak. He acted nonchalantly and greeted, “It’s you! Long time no see!”

Thea smiled in return, “It’s been a while.”

The two of them soon took their seats at the table. The atmosphere became awkward again all of a sudden.

Harley took out his mobile phone and started to play the games on it. After a while, the sound effects from the game bellowed across the room.

“Great!”

“Amazing!”

“Unbelievable!”

Thea was the first to speak amid the noise.

“How have you been?”

Harley’s hands trembled and he almost dropped his phone.

Although he was playing games on his mobile phone, Harley had been looking at Thea out of the corner of his eye. She had become much skinnier and she was no longer as mischievous as she used to be.

Harley frowned and asked, “You don’t look very good. Have you found that?”

In fact, he wanted to say,  “Have you found that sc*mbag?”

However, he changed his mind at a second thought.

“Ah… I found him!” Thea answered. In fact, she didn’t know why she had said that. Her mind was filled with the sweet girly voice that she had just heard in the bathroom.

It seemed that it didn’t take long for him to get a new girlfriend.

Harley’s face darkened. Then, he chuckled and said, “Congratulations. Is he still working in that industry?”

That question was a little harsh. Thea’s face paled in an instant. She was a little gaunt and that made her look even more terrible now.

Harley’s heart suddenly ached.

He cursed himself silently in his heart and then apologized, “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to say that.”

“It’s fine,” Thea responded. Obviously, she didn’t want to talk about this topic anymore. After that, they fell silent again.

Meanwhile, Eudora was standing behind the door to the private room, and she witnessed the awkward exchange between them. She couldn’t take it anymore.

Harley was completely off his game this time. Wasn’t he good at handling stuff like this in the past? Why did they become so awkward once it came to expressing their honest feelings?

Eudora accidentally kicked something on the ground when she was trying to get a better view of the two. A chill ran down her spine and she ran away hastily.

Harley’s reflex was still as outstanding as before. He jumped out of his seat instantly upon hearing the noise from outside the door.

Before Eudora could run away, Harley had already emerged from the room and held her back.

“Why are you running?”

He then frowned.

Eudora looked at Harley guiltily. It would be embarrassing to tell them that she was eavesdropping on them.

Harley said, “Eudora? How could you be so rude? How could you eavesdrop on other people?”

A wave of anger was burning in Harley’s belly because of Thea. Hence, his tone was not polite at all.

At this moment, Harley saw two figures, one big and one small, coming out from behind. They questioned him at the same time, “Who is bullying my wife/Mommy?”

Harley was dumbfounded.

He didn’t know what else to say as he looked at the two fearsome figures, “Are you kidding me? I’m the victim here, aren’t I?”

“I don’t care!” The two of them once again said in unison.

Harley surrendered, “Alright, it’s all my fault, okay?”

Eudora covered her face and apologized, “It’s my fault. All of you, stop! I just wanted to see how it was going between the two of you. However, it’s indeed not the right thing to do. Harley, please don’t be mad at me.”

She knew that Harley was already in misery!

Harley felt a little better, saying, “Since you did it out of worry, I’ll forgive you this time.”

At this moment, Christopher and Tina arrived.

The two of them were in a different state from Harley and Thea. Their relationship had improved significantly because of that incident the last time. They were inseparable from each other since then.

Harley sighed as he looked at the two people who were attached together as though they were conjoined twins, “I’m going out to have a smoke.”

…

Harley came in the last minute before the gathering began.

Everyone had taken their seats, leaving only two adjacent seats for him and Thea.

The two settled in their seats quietly while sitting across them were Tina and Christopher. Tina picked up a chicken wing and put it into Christopher’s plate intimately, saying, “This is your favorite. Eat more.”

Christopher gave her a piece of pork ribs and said, “You’ve lost weight recently. Have more meat.”

Next to them were Eudora and Amos. Amos scooped some salad into Eudora’s plate and said, “You need to eat more vegetables so that your diet is well-balanced.”

Eudora’s face was full of disgust, refusing, “I don’t want it.”

“Be a good girl!” Amos frowned, looking as though he was reprimanding his daughter.

Even the youngest of the lot, Juju kept staring at Eudora’s belly, “Mommy, perhaps my little brother wants to eat vegetables as well. Why don’t you give it a try?”

They were all in pairs!

Harley frowned. “Guys, could you please don’t?”

The five people glared at him in unison and said, “Mind your own business!”

Harley was speechless.

At this moment, Thea clutched her chest and retched all of a sudden.