Said I didn’t Love Him But I Lied

The elevator doors creaked open, revealing the garage. The place was cold, even colder than it was on the surface level. Everleigh disliked it as it reminded her of her encounter with Madison the day before.

Theodore’s assistant was already standing in front of the car. As soon as he saw Everleigh, he politely nodded and greeted her. He opened the door and said, “Dr. Trevino.”

Theodore was already in the car.

The car left the garage and Jackson Hospital. Outside the window, the view of the trees in the suburbs quickly passed. No one was speaking in the car. The air conditioner was set to a low temperature. It made Everleigh touch her arms in response to feeling cold.All content © N/.ôvel/Dr/ama.Org.

Not long after the car started driving, Everleigh’s phone rang. When she saw the caller ID, she subconsciously glanced at Theodore, only to see that he was leaning on the back of his chair and closing his eyes to rest. It seemed like he was not paying attention to her, so she decided to answer the call and said in a low voice, “Hello?”

Stainley’s voice coming from the other end sounded a little anxious. “Everleigh, where are you now? I just finished an operation and I heard that you were injured. Are you alright?”

“I’m fine. I’ve bandaged it.”

“Are you still at the set? I’ll go look for you. I’ll send you home so that you can rest.”

“It’s okay. I’m on my way home now.”

He breathed a sigh of relief and said, “That’s good. Go back and have a good rest. I’ll head over to see you later.”

“It’s okay, I…” Everleigh was about to ask him not to worry too much when the hair on the back of her neck stood up. Her intuition had always been accurate as she noticed Theodore’s eyes were focused on her. His gaze was all it took to make her feel guilty.

At that instant, she dismissed the call after a few brief replies. Her mind went blank.

“Was that Stainley?”

Theodore’s voice came from beside her. Even his voice sounded cold.

Everleigh managed a forced nod and said, “Yes.”

“He cares for you, doesn’t he? He even follows you wherever you go. He’s still the same after all these years.”

“You’re mistaken. He came to Jackson Hospital for a symposium. It has nothing to do with me.”

“Really?” Theodore snorted. “What’s the point of explaining so much to me?”

His words took Everleigh by surprise and she felt embarrassed. It seemed like she cared too much about Theodore’s opinion. That would explain why she talked about Stainley.

From the looks of it, Theodore was still the same as he had been in the past. He was competitive and would find the appropriate time to strike whenever he could.

She did not say anything along the rest of the journey. After Theodore sneered at her, he closed his eyes to rest. He looked like he did not have anything more to say to her.

The summer afternoons could make someone feel groggy. Looking at the moving scenes outside the car window, Everleigh’s eyelids felt heavy as she sat comfortably on her seat.

She was clueless as to when she had fallen asleep. She even had a blurry dream.

Theodore stayed awake. He frowned when he saw Everleigh curled up and hugging herself. He raised the temperature and instructed the driver to drive a little slower.

When they were about to arrive downtown, Josephine called him.

Checking the caller ID, Theodore glanced to the side from the corner of his eyes and pressed the answer button.

Josephine’s voice sounded gentle as it usually would, “Theodore, you won’t be at the company today? Sarah prepared some soup for you and sent it over to the company. She came back and said that she didn’t see you.”

“I paid the crew a visit. I’ll go back later.”

“Well, that’s fine. The soup’s in the refrigerator. I’ll remind the secretary to heat it up for you and then you can drink it.”

“Okay. Thanks for the effort.”

“Don’t mention it. I’ll be having dinner with my aunt on Friday. I’ve prepared some gifts. Can you help me choose the best one later?”

“Sure.”

“Alright. You can get back to your work. I’ll hang up now.”

“Okay.”

The call was short. Theodore checked his phone and noticed that the call was only two minutes long. This was how he always communicated with Josephine all these years.

The biggest difference between Josephine and Everleigh was that in Everleigh’s world, she was always the center of attention. To Josephine, however, that would be Theodore.

Josephine was always tactful. She always made sure not to cause any trouble for Theodore.

She made sure to prepare gifts for Theodore’s weekly family gatherings and even for Madison and his grandmother’s birthdays. The gifts were also meticulously chosen so that he never had to worry about anything.

Theodore glanced at the sleeping Everleigh next to him. His expression was unreadable.

If only he met Josephine first instead of Everleigh, his life for the past seven years would have been much better. He must have owed Everleigh a lot in his past life.

The woman next to him was sleeping soundly. She turned around and went back to sleep against the window. It seemed like the phone call she had received earlier did not affect her much.

Theodore laid back on his seat and closed his eyes.

Everleigh opened her eyes and stared at her reflection on the car window beside her. A pair of eyes filled with great loss was looking right back at her. No matter how hard she tried to hide her emotions, she still felt very uncomfortable.

The car was too silent. It was so silent that not only had she heard Theodore’s words, but also Josephine’s voice through the phone. Her ears caught the entire conversation without missing a word.

It was the truth. No one was holding anyone back. They lived separate lives now.

Half an hour later, the car arrived at the gate to the building of the community.

By the window on the 20th floor, a pink figure was lying on the balcony, looking through a telescope with a lollipop in her mouth. When she saw a black car downstairs, her eyes widened and she turned to shout, “Alastair! Alastair, come quickly.”

“What’s wrong?” Alastair, who was playing games in the living room, looked up at the balcony.

“Daddy’s car!”

Alastair frowned, put down the game controller, and went straight to the balcony.

Adrienne handed the telescope to her brother, and said excitedly with a lollipop in her hand, “Look, isn’t it Daddy’s car? I also saw Mommy. Daddy sent Mommy back.”

Alastair took over the binoculars and looked downstairs. As expected, he saw Theodore’s car and Everleigh was bending over to say something to someone in the car. He could see it clearly with the binoculars.

“Daddy must be dating Mommy. I’m going to take a closer look!” As she spoke, Adrienne was going to run out of the house.

Alastair was quickly in his reflexes and grabbed her arm.

“Alastair, what are you doing? Let me go.” Adrienne struggled in displeasure and was very anxious. “If you don’t let me go, it’ll be too late.”

“You can’t go.” Alastair looked serious, as serious as an adult. “Mommy has a lot to worry about already. Don’t make any more trouble for her. Also, Adrienne, I’ve told you countless times. Theodore is not Daddy so don’t call him that.”

“Yes, he is.” Adrienne pouted. “He is Daddy if I say he is. Alastair, let go of me.”

Adrienne was very stubborn growing up, especially in front of Alastair. When push came to shove, her brother would always let her win.

However, Alastair was particularly stubborn about today’s matter. He refused to let go of her arm. When the black car in the telescope turned around and left the community, Alastair loosened his grip and dropped a few words. “Go, if you want to go.”

Seeing that, Adrienne sat down on the carpet with her legs kicking the carpet into a mess. She said with her little face flushed, “Alastair, you’ve gone too far! Don’t you care about Mommy’s love life at all?”