Chapter 159 Turns Out, She Was His Unforgettable Ex-Lover
Barbara saw a lot of people in the lobby and was quite satisfied.
"Barbara!" Chloe saw Barbara and said, "Let's go."
"Wait a moment. I need to give someone keys," Barbara said as she took out the keys from her bag.
Brayden, standing in the lobby, felt embarrassed seeing so many people coming out. He kept his back turned, looking at the promotional board.
Fortunately, no one noticed him.
"Oh, I forgot, Chloe, this is your husband." Barbara suddenly raised her voice.
"What? Who?" Chloe hadn't seen Brayden yet.
She instinctively thought it was Donovan who had arrived, her expression suddenly tightening as she looked around.
When colleagues heard words like "Chloe" and "husband," they instinctively thought of Mr. Blake and stopped to look.
After all, "Mr. Blake" and "Chloe" used to be the center of gossip.
Everyone thought there was new gossip.
"Brayden. I saw everything that night," Barbara said.
Many people had gathered around Chloe by now, all smiling foolishly, thinking Barbara had made a big mistake.
But no one told Barbara the truth; they were all waiting for her to make an even bigger mistake.
Barbara was pleased, thinking her colleagues were laughing because Chloe had found such a scandalous character as her husband.
Meanwhile, Donovan and Charles had just returned.
They stood outside the crowd, hearing and seeing Brayden standing there.
"What night?" Chloe's eyes widened, wondering what her cousin was up to with a well-known lie in front of everyone.
"It was on New Year's Eve. You two had a long chat, watched fireworks together, and went back to the hotel together... Isn't he your husband?"
Brayden saw Chloe's embarrassment and tried to come over to explain.
But Chloe, feeling extremely embarrassed to have lost face in front of everyone, stomped her foot and left.
She walked through the crowd in the hall, not seeing Donovan.
She knew Barbara's excuse about seeing her mom was fake; the real intention was to embarrass her.
She didn't know Barbara had mistaken her husband's identity; she thought Barbara wanted to reveal what happened that night to embarrass her in front of her colleagues.
Barbara was so cruel as a cousin!
Donovan growled low to the people around him, "What are you looking at? Disperse!"
His gaze was icy as if forged over a millennium—
So, what really happened that night? What did they do at the hotel?
Donovan still didn't know where Chloe went on New Year's, and Chloe never told him.
Turns out, on New Year's, she watched fireworks with Brayden. How romantic!
"Donovan, I remember where I saw Chloe." After pressing the "up" button for the elevator, Charles followed.
They had just finished dinner outside and were preparing to work late to finalize next year's budget.
"Where?" Donovan replied absentmindedly.
"Remember when you had a corneal burn? You were just in the hospital, and not long after, I saw this girl. Yes, her. She was waiting for you in front of the sauna for a long time. When she saw you, she silently held your hand, then turned off the switch and left. I finally remembered when I went to see you that time. I saw her, but she didn't see me. She was carrying a big backpack back then. She seemed a very innocent girl, just a student, and now she's becoming more and more beautiful."
Charles finally remembered where he had seen Chloe, relieved to have let go of a burden.
"Is that so?" In the CEO's office, Donovan lit a cigarette and tossed the lighter on the table.
He felt a momentary warmth in his heart.
She was indeed his unforgettable ex-lover.
In fact, a long time ago, although he never confirmed it, he had thought: 'The scent of sandalwood on her, the feeling when I touch her hand, it's either her or no one else.'
But that was all in vain.
It couldn't make up for what happened between her and Brayden on New Year's.
His unforgettable ex-lover didn't care at all, and to her, it wasn't even an issue. It was just her "instinct." Like the last time she saved him, it was an "instinct."
So, when she started college, she found Andrew as a boyfriend; now that she was married, she was flirting with Brayden.
Donovan was never in the picture.
Even in the eyes of all the New East Group employees, he was wearing a label that said "cuckold," and he would have to wear that label for a long time.
He had long known that she sympathized with Brayden, and it was only a matter of time before something happened between them.
And now, something really did happen!
"Let's deal with this tomorrow. I need to step out." Donovan extinguished the cigarette in the ashtray.
"Donovan..." Charles called from behind, but Donovan had already left the office.
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