Chapter 169

Chapter 169

How Do You Know That He Has Feelings for Me When Leanna and Zoe returned to the room, everyone

had almost finished their meal and was chatting with one another. When Maya saw this, she said even

more cynically, “You two are indeed very busy. We’ve all been waiting for you for a long time. Even Elijah,

a businessman, isn’t as busy as you two.” Before Zoe could respond, Elijah replied, “I’m not usually that

busy. Those who work for me are the ones who do the majority of the work.” Not long ago, Maya was still

bragging about her husband’s position as an executive for a large corporation, which kept him so busy

that he rarely returned home. But what about the executive level? To put it bluntly, he was just an

employee. Elijah responded well to this remark, and it was clear who he meant.

Everyone else at the dining table had their corners of their mouths quirked up and secretly smiled. Maya

only attended today’s class reunion because she wanted to boast about marrying a wealthy man. She

did not anticipate that she would shoot herself in the foot, though. She was enraged, but she couldn’t

lash out at Elijah since he hadn’t expressly said that his reply was directed at her. As a result, she could

only grit her teeth and suppress her anger. After the reunion, everyone departed one at a time. He

glanced at Leanna and Zoe and said, “I have nothing to do, so I’ll give you a ride home.” Leanna smiled

politely in response. “It is not necessary. We have a car, so let’s go.” Zoe immediately said, “My car has

broken down!” Leanna was dumbfounded. Zoe said with a straight face, “Nana, remember how my car

was acting up on our way here? As soon as we parked it in the basement, it stopped moving.”

“Why don’t I …” “Of course you wouldn’t know that! You weren’t the one driving,” Zoe said as she

dragged Leanna toward Elijah’s car. Then, she thanked him. Elijah smiled. “You’re welcome.” Zoe

opened the door on the passenger side and shoved Leanna into the seat. “Sit here. I’m feeling a bit

unwell, so I’m gonna sit alone in the back seat.” Leanna couldn’t say anything. It was clear to her at this

time what her intentions were. She couldn’t say no directly in Elijah’s presence, so all she could do was

glare at her quietly and fasten her seatbelt. Zoe got into the back seat while humming a tune and

pretending not to notice the expression in her eyes. Elijah asked, “Where do you stay?” Zoe replied,

“Ah… it doesn’t matter where we stay. If you’re free, just drive us around. We just ate dinner, so it’s good

to give the food some time to digest.”

Leanna couldn’t be bothered to blow her cover. Who can digest food while sitting in a car? “Sorry to

trouble you, but thanks for the ride,” she replied after giving him their address. He was surprised to hear

the address she gave him. “Are you two staying there?” Zoe suddenly leaned toward them. “Don’t tell me

you’re staying there as well. What a coincidence!” What do they call this again? Well, fate had brought

these two together! He shook his head with a smile. “No, I do not. My friend recently returned from

abroad and is currently residing there.” She was a little disappointed. “Oh, that’s too bad,” she said after

a brief pause. Then she said, “I’d like to know who your friend is. Is your friend someone you’re close to

and can visit frequently? If you’re free, then…” Leanna covered Zoe’s mouth and said to him

apologetically, “Let’s go.” Soon after Elijah started driving, he received a phone call requesting him to

return to the office to deal with an unanticipated situation. “I’m sorry, but I may not be able to drive you

two around today,” he apologized to Zoe with a smile.

Having overheard his phone conversation, Zoe nodded repeatedly. “Sure, no problem! We’ll do it next

time, then,” she said while taking a business card out of her bag and handing it to him. “This is the

address of our studio. You are welcome to visit and have fun at any time.” Leanna said, “Elijah, just drop

us at the side of the road. We can go back by ourselves.” He replied, “It’s okay. I’m not in a hurry, and

besides, we’ll be there soon.” Seeing that he had no intention to stop, Leanna said nothing else. She

merely rolled down the car window and looked out the window impassively. Twenty minutes later, the

black Porsche stopped downstairs in front of the apartment. Zoe said, “We won’t invite you upstairs for a

cup of tea since you have something important to attend to at your office. See you next time.” Elijah

nodded with a smile before turning to look at Leanna. “See you next time.” After he left, Zoe lamented

with a sigh, “A nice guy like Elijah is really hard to find. You’ve got to hold onto …” “Let’s go.” She turned

around and caught up with Leanna. “Hey, Nana, I really mean it.

You should think about it. I think he has feelings for you, so perhaps you two can try and work out a

relationship.” Pressing the elevator button, Leanna asked with a smile, “How do you know that he’s got

feelings for me?” “Didn’t you notice that he looked at you differently? Not only that, he was especially

tender toward you.” “No, I didn’t notice it.” Zoe continued on her own, “This kind of thing is always clear

to the outsiders but not to the parties involved, so it’s normal that you didn’t notice it.” Leanna was lost for

words. Zoe then said, “Didn’t we agree to forget about Aidan that b*stard and start all over again? Elijah

is simply brought to you on a silver platter by God himself!” “But didn’t you say that we should date a

womanizer so that we’ll cheat on each other? Elijah doesn’t seem like a womanizer to me.” For the very

first time, she was floored by her own words. She said falteringly, “W-Well, I did say that when I was

drunk, but it can’t be taken seriously, right? Seriously, I think Elijah is pretty nice. If you start going out

with him, you’ll definitely be the happiest woman in the world.” Just as they were talking, the elevator

door suddenly opened, and a tall and big mixed-race man stepped out from the inside. Zoe paused

instantly as her eyes widened.

After the man left, the two ladies entered the elevator. Zoe whispered, “Hey, Nana, did you see that?

That guy’s so handsome! Oh, we must have the devil’s luck to have seen so many handsome guys

today!” Leanna asked thoughtlessly, “Handsome guys? How many of them?” Zoe replied, “Ain’t I right?

Well, there’s Elijah and the mixed-race guy just now, and there’s Ai …” Toward the end of her sentence,

however, she hemmed and bit back the last syllable. Well, Aidan is a b*stard, but he’s got good looks.

To be honest, Elijah has changed a lot, but he’s slightly inferior to Aidan. She pondered for a moment

before suggesting, “Zoe, let’s hire another designer when our studio is on the right track.” Zoe didn’t

come to her senses for a moment. “Huh? Why?” Not knowing how to explain the situation, Leanna let out

a breath. Judging from what Aidan had said before leaving at the time, she felt that he had no intention of

letting her off just yet. As she had no idea what else that b*stard would do, she feared that she might get

Zoe into trouble. Because of that, she was entertaining the idea of leaving everything to Zoe and quitting

after the studio was on the right track.