thoughts.


    Maeve returned to her room uneasily and fell asleep while waiting for Byron''s message. She only woke up at dusk. She subconsciously reached for the phone beside her pillow and opened the empty message interface. Her eyes grew dimmer until she became lost in her Byron did not reply to her message for the entire day. Not even a phone call. Perhaps he had forgotten, or perhaps he didn''t want to apany her to do such a boring thing. From his standpoint, whatever he did was reasonable. Still, Maeve didn''t know why he would agree in the first ce. Maeve buried her face in the pillow, her fists clenched so tightly her knuckles turned pale.


    At this moment, she heard voicesing from outside the door Among them was a blurry young man''s voice.


    Maeve raised her head at once. Her eyes lit up again with undisguised surprise. She hastily put on her fluffy slippers and trotted out of the ted out of the room. Maeve


    eve followed the voices to the living room. When she saw Jett sitting on a chair chatting with Scott, her smile instantly disappeared. "Why are you here?" She frowned at Jeff, the rejection in her eyes obvious. Thest tinte she went to the Graves family and exposed what Jeff had done, he had never appeared in front of her again. She wondered what he wanted to do this time


    For some reason, Jeff smiled gently at Maeve, "When Valda fainted at home, I was the one who sent her to the hospital. Can''t I visit her?"


    These words ended Maeve''s thoughts of chasing Jeff away. The strange feeling in her heart intensified. She did not think Jeff was so helpful.


    "Is that so? Thank you very much, Maeve said indifferently and was about to return to her room.N?vel(D)rama.Org''s content.


    Scott stopped Maeve. "Maeve, your mother went to buy groceries. I have a few work calls. Help me entertain our guest first.


    Seeing through Scott''s intentions, Maeve said calmly, I''m afraid not. I''m going back to the city center now. I still have work to finish tonight." She had nned to stay until after dinner, but now it seemed there was no need. ''t you going to have dinner? Your mother went to buy groceries," Scott said disapprovingly.


    "Aren''t y


    Don''t worry.


    I''lle back to see you guys another day." With any hesitation, Maeve returned to her room to get her things. and left.


    Scott could not stop Maeve. He said to Jeff apologetically, "Mr. Graves, sorry for making youe for nothing. They were too anxious.


    Jeff wasn''t angry. After what happenedst time, he seemed to have calmed down a lot. "I didn''t expect Maeve to forgive me immediately, but as long as her marriage isn''t real, Ell have a chance to make her change her mind."


    "Of course," Scott hurriedly said, "We were only suspicious at first, but Maeve''s so-called husband never showed up. He hasn''t even called us. That''s why we''re sure that she is lying to us. The man you saw at my daughter''s house earlier might be an actor she hired." The reason why Maeve said her husband was too busy and could note out was most likely because the actor was afraid of exposing himself and went back on his word at thest minute


    Jeff looked satisfied. "I''ll have to ask you for help with Maeve and me in the future. When we marry, it won''t be a problem for you to get promoted."


    Scott smiled broadly, "Don''t worry, Mr. Graves.


    Downstairs, before Maeve could leave the neighborhood, Jeff caught up to her. "Maeve, I drove here. I''m returning to the city center too. Shall I give you a ride?" he asked solicitously. Maeve ignored Jeff and walked straight ahead.


    Jeff was not angry. "It''s not easy to get a taxi here. You may have to wait for some time. It''s almost dark. I want to send you off. I promise I won''t do anything else," "No need." Maeve''s eyes were indifferent. "I don''t need you to send me. I just want you to stay away from me.'' She would never forget about the camera and the indecent photoshop, If you still bear a grudge against me for


    Maeve looked at him mockingly. But what I did to you before, let me apologize Jell''s tone was sincere. "I was blinded by greed and did many shameful things before. I''m sorry. You can punish me however you want. Now, I just want to be friends with you again."


    into


    I''m not interested in being friends with someone who has repeatedly broken thew and only knows how to force women into doing what he wants." With that, Maeve got i taxi and left.. a Jeff stood on the spot and breathed in a mouthful of car exhaust. His face turned ashen.


    Night fell. Maeve returned to the apartment. It was pitch-ck inside. It was obvious that Byron had not yet returned. She looked in the direction of the master bedroom in a daze, her emotions indescribable. Her intuition told her that Byron would not stand her up for no reason, nor would he disappear for an entire day without replying to her message. Moreover, the work he did looked ordinary, but it was very dangerous. Maeve wondered if something had happened to him. She could not sit still. She picked up her phone and called Byron. She would continue to call him until he picked up. She was really worried.


    After calling repeatedly for half an hour, her phone grew so hot that it was about to run out of battery. Maeve became more and more anxious. She stood, wanting to go out to look for Byron even though she didn''t even know where hispany was.


    At this moment, the call that was about to automatically hang up was answered. "Hello?"


    Maeve''s eyes lit up and she quickly brought the phone to her ear "Mr. Mcdaniel? Is that you? Are you alright? I thought..."


    "I''m sorry." The voice on the other end of the phone was not Byron, but Karen''s gentle voice. "Byron is taking a shower and doesn''t have time to answer your call. What''s up?"


    These words made Macve feel as if someone had poured a bucket of cold water over her head, chilling her from head to toe. She opened her mouth, but her voice seemed stuck in her throat


    "Yes,


    After a while, Maeve found her voice again, but it was a little hoarse. "Ms. Booth, is Mr. Mcdaniel with you now?" we''ve been together all day," Karen said, "I saw that you kept calling and sending a lot of messages to Byron. I felt that it was noisy and asked him to turn off his phone. If something is up, you can call another day. It''s not convenient today, so don''t disturb us anymore." With that, Karen hung up the phone.


    the busy tone. It turned out that Byron had been with Marve closed her eyes andughed self-deprecatingly when she heard Karen the entire day. He didn''te to her family''s house because something had happened to him or he was busy with


    work. It was purely because his promise to her was not as important as being with Karen.


    no


    ??


    Karen and Byron were childhood sweethearts and had a close rtionship. Of course, it was not something an outsider like Maeve couldpare to. Maeve knew very well that her rtionship with Byron was just a little better than that of strangers.


    Still, tears welled up in Maeve''s eyes. Her heart felt empty and cold. She didn''t know why she felt so sad.