Chapter 149 Irritated
Chapter 149 Irritated
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Maybe it was the frustration getting to him, but for once, Waylon didn’t call her “Ms. Stone.” The name “Freya” slipped out of his mouth far too naturally.
Louis shot him a glance and saw the irritation written all over his face. He casually dropped a bombshell.
“I almost got divorced.”
“… What?” Waylon had been too caught up watching Freya cling to Jasmine and chat away to process what he just heard. “What did you say?”
“I almost got divorced yesterday,” Louis repeated calmly.
“Then why didn’t you? You two should’ve gotten divorced a long time ago.” Waylon said it without thinking.
Louis had been watching Freya and Jasmine the whole time, but now his gaze shifted sharply to Waylon. His silence was heavy.
Waylon froze. He felt a chill crawl up his spine under Louis‘ gaze and realized what he had just said. Tentatively, he probed, “Wait… you don’t want to get divorced?”
Louis said nothing.
Waylon kept guessing, “You’re not… falling for Ms. Stone, are you?”
“If I divorced her now, it’d make me look ungrateful,” Louis said slowly. “It’s not the right time.”
Waylon couldn’t believe what he was hearing. From Louis–the coldest, sharpest, most ruthless guy they knew?
Since when did any of them care about public opinion?
And for what? A woman like Freya? She didn’t have a shred of influence behind her. Even if he divorced her, so what? Their marriage had been forced from the start. He could easily find someone better in a heartbeat.
Unbelievable. Louis had caught feelings–and worse, he didn’t even realize it.
Waylon glanced at Freya again. She was practically leaning into Jasmine, chattering away. He made a mental note to watch the drama unfold between Louis and that “Freya.” This’ll be good.
Louis didn’t move, bur Waylon couldn’t take it anymore. He strode over to the two women, a smile on his face that couldn’t have looked more fake if he tried.
“Well, well, Freya! Fancy running into you here. Don’t tell me you and Jasmine got caught up in the same incident?”
He’d already had his suspicions on the way over, but even now, it was hard to believe both women were involved in the same thing. He couldn’t imagine Jasmine getting into trouble, and even though he didn’t know Freya well, her past reputation wasn’t exactly… brilliant.
Sure, he didn’t know why Louis was suddenly treating her differently, but people didn’t change that much. For all he knew, Freya was the one who caused the trouble and dragged Jasmine into it.
Waylon’s assumptions weren’t exactly generous. He was annoyed–maybe even irrationally so. But with Louis watching, he couldn’t show it. Still, as he spoke, his eyes kept flicking toward Freya’s arm wrapped around Jasmine’s like he wanted to yank it off.
Freya noticed his strange look. His eyes were practically burning a hole in her arm, and it made her deeply uncomfortable. She reflexively loosened her grip and leaned a little away from Jasmine, completely unaware that Waylon was the reason for her unease.
In her mind, Waylon had never been particularly warm to her anyway. At most, he’d been slightly more polite than Louis‘ other best friends. Without anything to compare it to, she didn’t register his shift in attitude and simply replied casually,
“Yeah, we were caught in the same thing. Thank goodness Jasmine was there to help, or things might’ve gone really badly for
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Chapter 149 Irritated
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