"Underground casino?" Renee asked urgently, "Which underground casino?" "That''s hard to say. You


    don''t understand gambling addicts-they''ll go to all the underground casinos once they''re addicted. They


    won''t stay put in one ce.’ "You''re lying!" Renee didn''t believe Jovan. Firstly, Stefan would contact


    Renee immediately if he was alive-there was no way he would be lingering in underground casinos.


    Secondly, his properties were enough to support him for his whole life, so he didn''t have to hide even if


    he lost money every day. Also, Renee had never seen Stefan show an interest in gambling from the


    time she''d first met him. It was impossible to imagine Stefan bing addicted to gambling in the one


    month he went missing. There was only one possibility when she thought about it, and that was that


    Jovan was lying to Renee on purpose.


    "I know you don''t trust me, so I wasn''t nning on telling you." While talking, Jovan picked up a


    pancake and munched it slowly. "But I saw you speaking to Briar that day. I figured you must be


    desperate to know how he''s doing now, so after a lot of contemtion, I decided to tell you." "You..."


    Renee swallowed, feeling awkward. "How did you know I asked Briar about it?" "What else could it be


    about?" Jovan sneered. "Plus, I know much more than you think. I''ve known about the thing you didn''t


    want me to know, and I''ve known it for a while now."


    Coldness gripped Renee, and shame made her cheeks burn. "And... what would that be?" "The thing


    you''re thinking of right now."


    Renee was at a loss for words. It seemed like Jovan had seen those photos before her, which was why


    he was being so shameless and relentless. He might have figured that her rtionship with Stefan was


    unstable after the incident with Briar, and that even a strong rtionship would be hard to maintain


    once there was a crack; it would fall apart sooner orter.


    "I sometimes think that you might have never truly understood my so- called wless cousin. You


    thought he didn''t gamble, but he was seen in an underground casino. You thought that he was loyal to


    a fault, but he..." Jovan trailed off, then slowly took a sip of his wine. He didn''t say anything more on the


    subject.


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    Renee clenched her fists, her fingernails stabbing into her palms. She forced her tone to be calm as


    she said, "I know what kind of person he is, I don''t need opinions from outsiders like you. The things


    you said weren''t confirmed by him, so there has to be some kind of misunderstanding. I''ll clear it up, I


    assure you." "You''re bold. I''ll wish you luck." Jovan lowered his eyes and smiled sadly. Love truly was


    blind. Stefan could make countless mistakes and Renee would forgive him because she loved him. On


    the contrary, Renee would not care about Jovan regardless of how perfect he was because she didn''t


    love him.


    After leaving the restaurant, Renee looked at the crowded streets, unsure of where to go. After a while,


    she took out her phone and dialed a number she hadn''t called for a long time...