After sending the picture over, Alex gave him at video call. âWhere were you guys in this picture?â âPromise Island,â Eugene replied with a smile. âAre you guys spending the new year on the island?â Alex asked. âYeah. Are you joining us?â Eugene asked in return.
Alex wore a worried expression on his face. âI canât leave, and I have no reason to travel during the new year. Why did you guys bring. Jean over to the island?â
Eugene glared at him. âSheâs Oliviaâs good friend, not your precious Jean.â Upon hearing Eugeneâs words, Alex realized how he had spoken a little too quickly. âI got it. I know that sheâs your Jewel. Sheâs my Jewel too. How many days will you guys be on the island? Iâll be there by the day after tomorrow.â
âWeâll leave on the day after tomorrow,â Eugene said just to annoy him. âDonât! Itâs rare for you guys to travel there, so you should stay for a few more days. Iâll pay for everyoneâs expenses once I get there. How does that sound?â
Eugene pretended to consider his offer. âFine. We put in a lot of effort to help you get your girlfriend, anyway.â âYeah. Iâll pick you as my best man when I get married, Alex uttered.
Eugene put on an exasperated look. âDid you say you want me to be your best man? The relationship is still so new-do you think youâre going to get married before me?â
âYou never know,â Alex replied with a grin. âI bet you think of Jewel as Jean from the past, huh? Do you think sheâs going to go with whatever you say? As a friend, Iâd like to remind you that sheâs the one who provides you more guidance in life nowadays!â
Eugene said.
Whatever he says is spot on, Alex thought. âYouâre right. Sheâs being really cautious toward me now, so I donât know how to interact with her, Alex uttered. âDidnât you guys contact each other?â Eugene asked.
Alex pouted. âHow are we supposed to contact each other? Before we got in touch, she treated me as a bad guy, and she didnât respond to my texts and calls. Now, even if weâre not friends, at least she replies to my texts,â he mumbled.
âYou sure are easy to please.â Eugene was amused by the other manâs troubles. âThis is a step-by-step process. Isnât that the joy of being in love? When you first met Olivia, did she fall for you immediately? Donât you recall how she scammed more than a 100 million out of you once? Come on! We can offend each other if thatâs what you want to do! Eugene glared at him. âDo you believe that I have the ability to turn you guys into strangers?â
Alex wasnât afraid of the other man. âYou sure are good at exaggerating your words. Jewel has the ability to make her own judgments, so Iâm sure she can tell that Iâm a good person!â he uttered in a provocative tone.
Eugene gave Alex a sly grin. âI can speed up her process of getting to know you. I can tell her the clubs you usually go to, the women you typically fall for, and how you asked my girlfriend about your sexual problems!â
Before hearing Eugeneâs words, Alex had been sitting in a relaxed position. However, hel immediately sat upright after hearing what Eugene said. âF*ck! Do you want me to kill you, Eugene?!â
Eugene put on a smug grin. âI want to hear you say some good stuff about me!â In an instant, Alex put on a toady expression.
âBrother! Youâre my biological brother!â Eugene stuck his lower lip out. âMy younger brother isnât as terrible as you are!â
Alex quickly responded to the other man. âLook, you canât spill my bowl of food after youâve finished your own dish, right? We grew up looking at each otherâs naked butts-can you really bear to see me starving like that?â Eugene smiled. âWould someone like you ever starve to your death? Iâd believe it more if your said that you stuffed yourself to death.â
âI might really starve to death. Ever since I met her, Iâve been feeling hungry. Furthermore, Iâve lost all interest in the rest of the women, and I donât think about doing nasty stuff anymore. Iâm truly suspecting if thereâs something wrong with me,â Alex replied.