My Love, Enlighten me

Chapter 154 Do not hang up and let her talk

Staring at the grey coat given by driver, Gloria burst into tears.

She did not know why. It was like she just could not hold her tears anymore.

“Ah, come on girl. Ain’t nothing worth crying for. Just go and kick some asses.” Driver said,

Gloria couldn't refrain from smiling through tears and said.

“Thank you. Really. Don’t worry about me. I’m not cold at all.”

For the first time tonight, she felt warm, inside and outside.

After Gloria got out of the cab and watched it out of her sight, she cleaned up the tears and called Edith.

She heard phone ringing and Edith answering at some where not far away.

“Hey. You here yet?”

“I’m over here.” She hung up the phone and waved at her.

Edith followed the voice and came to her. She wore like a bear with a coat in her hands.

“Holy Molly! You come a long way with this shit? Are you trying to be ice beauty or something?” Edith put the coat on her as she spoke.

“Yeah. Cool, right?” Gloria sniffed.

...

They got into Edith’s house.

She was barely at home, so it was kind of messy.

The heat was turned up, and Edith poured Gloria a up of hot tea to warm up. Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.

With the light inside the house, Edith noticed the red eyes of Gloria.

“What’s going on?” Edith sat down next to her.

“What? Oh. The cab driver was worried about me getting cold, so he gave me his coat to get warm. I was just touched. ”

Edith checked on her and was sure she was fine, and then nodded.

“Yeah. Good people, huh?” She thought of some thing and said.

“A small kindness from a stranger can be remembered, while a small mistake made by your loved ones is unforgivable, no matter how much that one loves you.”

“You’re talking about Carl?” Gloria asked.

“No! I’m not!” Edith sneered. “That son of a bitch.”

Gloria laid back and said nothing.

“Let’s have a drink. It has been a long time since last time we drink together.” Edith got up to get wine as she spoke.

“It was just a couple of days ago.”Gloria thought to herself.

...

Edith liked drinking, but she was not a alcoholic.

Whenever it would affect her work, she did not drink. Whoever she was not familiar with wanted to drink with her, she did not drink.

Gloria did not drink at all, until she met Edith.

After half of bottle of wine, they both were slightly drunk.

They laid on sofa and chatted.

“Carl is an asshole!”

“Yeah. Kenny, too, ”

“Carl’s always having affairs. And he thought I was too fucking dumb too know! ”

“Kenny... Ummm...Well, he doesn’t.”

“And Carl is...”

Phone rang and interrupted their chat.

Edith looked at the cellphone and the number was unknown.

“You are not selling me anything! I’m cheap! ” She picked it up and yelled.

“This is Kenny.” A deep voice came down the line.

Edith was sober at once. She was about to speak, but Kenny said.

“Don’t speak. I’ll ask you, and all you need to say is yes or no. Is that clear?”

“Yes.”

She responded subconsciously, and before she could realize why she was deprived of the right of speaking, Kenny spoke immediately.

“Carl wants to be your agent.”

“Agent my ass!” Edith yelled.

“YES or NO.”

“Shit!” Edith thought to herself. “Calm down! He’s my boss!”

“Gloria’ s with you, right? ”

Edith took a look at Gloria who was licking at her wine glass.

“Yes.”

“She went there by herself?”

“What do you think? Some kind of angle fly her to my house?” Edith was a little pissed.

Gloria told her what happened in the banquet and the whole Qing Ning thing. Edith was straightforward, and she could not help being mad at Kenny because of his attitude.

“Don’t drink too much. Get some sleep.” Kenny had no reaction to her tone.

“Oh, guess what! Half bottle, gone! And a whole cabinet is await! ”

“Who’s that?” Gloria asked.

She liked being drunk, and without any stranger, she could do whatever she liked and say whatever she wanted.

She leaned on Edith and said.

“Men are pig! Kenny might not chit on me, but he has his own dream lover! And it’s not me!”

Silence on the other end of the phone.

Edith shivered a bit. In a hurry, she pushed Gloria away from the phone and shushed her. But Gloria just kept saying.

“Kenny Clarke! Big mother-fucking asshole! Marrying to that piece of shit is like marring a bomb. One day you’re happily living, and suddenly, bomb! You didn’t see that coming, motherfucker! ”

“May you rest in peace, dear Gloria.” Edith thought. And when she is about to hang up, Kenny spoke again.

“Do not hang up. Let her talk.”

“What the Fuck!” Edith thought.

One was her boss who was capable of ending her career easily, and the other was her best friend who had grown up with her. What should she do?

While she was hesitating, a figure showed up to her front door and knocked.

“Ken...Kenny...But when?” Edith opened the door and looked at him open-eyed.

Kenny did not say a word, and just looked over her into the house.

Edith moved aside, and Kenny found Gloria wearing pajamas and laying on sofa with a cup of wine.

His expression changed a little.

Edith stared at him blankly, wondering if she was in trouble. But Kenny looked at her and said.

“Shall I take off my shoes?”

“Huh?” Kenny did not asked her about Gloria drinking wine as she expected.

“Yeah.” She looked at him in amazement. “If it’s okay.”

Kenny bent over, took off his shoes and walked into her house ignoring her expression.

Edith looked at the fancy shoes left in hallway, and then blinked her eyes.

What? Is that man who asked me if he need to take off his shoes to get in my house, her boss?

He was so polite and not bossy at all!

Edith felt that she did not hate him anymore and even was likely to become his fan!