Chapter 38 The original scourge

(Ryan's POV)
I did not expect that it would be Raphael's wife who would come to me.
I pushed the girl next to me out of the way and after a few kind words, I got up and went to the room they were in.
The two men were still talking when they pushed the door open: "Hello ladies, am I interrupting something?"
With that, I held out my finger and pointed to the door, asking if I should go out first now.
Then Nina got up from her seat in a panic: "No, sir, you guys talk, I'll go out now, it's only right that I disturb you."
Lena looked at Nina, "Honey, I'll catch up with you later."
I watched as Nina waved and then gave me a sweet smile, which was followed by her pushing the door wider open and walking away from me.
I closed the door to the private room and walked in.
"Can I sit here?"
Lena nodded, "Of course, sir, have a seat."
After I sat down, I gave Lena a look.
To be honest, I am rather hesitant to call Rafael or not and tell him that his wife is with me right now and as to what she wants from me, I don't know yet.
However, Lena didn't seem to want me to, as she quickly opened up, "Hello Ryan, before we start talking, I was hoping you could keep this to yourself and not tell Raphael about it."
Lena looked at me, and her eyes were sincere. Even though I've seen many beautiful women, I still couldn't stand the thought of Lena looking at me with such a gaze.
No one can refuse her.
I nodded and averted my gaze, "Okay, Lena, I won't tell him, but if you want me to do something for you that even I can't do myself, I'll be sure to tell Rafael about it."
Lena looked happy as she let out a laugh, "Of course Ryan, I'm sure I won't give you a hard time I'm just going to ask you a question for the sake of it, and if you don't want to answer me, it's okay."
I was slightly relieved to hear this.
"Okay, what's the problem?"
Lena took a photo out of her bag, and then, she placed it in front of me. After I saw this photo, my smile disappeared.
I looked up at Lena, "Where did this picture come from?"
It wasn't this photo that worried me, nor was it Lena's question. If she suspected that Rafael had another woman, then she certainly wouldn't have come over to me to ask about it.
What worries me is the source of this photo.
"Someone else sent it to me, but I don't know exactly who it is, but I do have a suspect, but I have no proof."
I looked at Lena and my expression had begun to tense up.
"What question do you want to ask me?"
Lena looked at me and she bristled, "I know, they probably have more than just this one picture there, so I think there must be something special about this one that they sent over, Ryan, is there something that Raphael hasn't told me, yet, you know."
Lena's eyes are very beautiful, but once she gets serious, you will find yourself unable to look her in the eye.
I took a careful breath and then, with a smile that didn't care: "Lena, you probably think too much, if Rafael did something bad, the kind of person he is, there's no way he would stay hidden. A long time ago, before he didn't meet you, but many people wanted to sleep with him, but, none of them could succeed."
Lena blinked at me.
I know that she is still a little unconvinced.
But I interrupted her directly: "Lena, Rafael does not like other women, although this may make you hate me, but, I have introduced him to no not many also have a dozen, but, he never showed a favorite, the only time, or because that girl and you have the same eyes, can you understand, the same purple eyes. "
Lena couldn't help but laugh out loud.
After I heard her laugh, I was relieved.
"Ryan, listening to you, I'm going to suspect that I'm set up too."
I know that Lena's remark was a joke, but I also admit that I was taken with Lena's looks at first, after Nina's plea.
As a result, there was no expectation that Raphael would be interested in her.
"So, is there anything else you want to ask?"
"If that's all you know, then I don't think there should be any need for me to continue to stay here either."
Lena thanked me for making time for her, and I pretended to take it easy until she left.
After Lena took out that photo, I knew exactly what was going on.
The picture of Lena, the one from the night Rafael first met Lena.
What exactly was said that day, I still remember clearly.
After Lena left, I called Rafael, but, surprisingly, he hung up on me straight away.
I let out a breath, and aside, Jaime noticed my face and asked me what was happening.
"I'm helping people clean up their messes."
Jaime whistled, "What did you invite again?"
I glared at Jaime and continued to call Rafael's phone.
"If you talk any more, just get the hell out, got it?"
Jaime didn't care, he laughed softly.
Thank God, after five or six phone calls, Rafael finally got through.
"What's wrong?" Raphael's tone didn't sound very pleasant, but right now, I didn't have the energy to worry about him being angry anymore.
"Rafael, what the hell are you doing? Why aren't you answering my calls?"
"I'm busy with my work, what do you want? If you're calling so much just to ask me out for a drink, you're screwed." Rafael was still warning me.
I sneered, "This matter is not clear over the phone, do you have time now? Let's come out and meet."
"No, wait until tomorrow."
"Something to do with Lena."
Raphael was silent for a moment, although, I did not want him to worry in advance, but, if not the main character of the story, I may not be able to make an appointment with Raphael until next year.
Sure enough, Rafael's tone tensed up, "Ten o'clock this evening, after I've taken care of the company's business."
"Okay, I'll wait for you."
Jaime was still peering at me curiously when I gave an impatient tsk and left.
It wasn't until 10 p.m., after Rafael arrived at the bar, that my heart dropped a little.
Rafael looked anxious too, and he rejected the wine I handed him straight away - it's become my habit to give Rafael a glass of wine at the first opportunity.
Then, I timidly took the wine back and took a sip myself.
"What's going on?"
Raphael's gaze looked like I couldn't help but be scared, and I cleared my throat and tried to stay calm: "Raphael, let me ask you, do you really like Lena, or are you doing it to fulfill the bet you made in the first place?"
Rafael looked very puzzled.
I know that he has forgotten.
That day, he said he would make Lena fall in love with him, and afterward, I realized that he didn't like the girl at that time, but just for revenge. But now, whether it was revenge or not, I'm not sure.
"Do you remember, at that time, when you first saw Lena?"
Reminded by me in this way, Rafael quickly remembered, he looked up at me, his face turned ugly.
"You like Lena, now, don't you?"
After seeing Raphael nod, I was relieved.
I've been sort of a witness to both of them - although they may not know about it personally. But, both Rafael and Lena, of them are not easy to come together yet. If all this is Rafael's deception, then even I can not easily accept it.
"Did she come to see you?"
To be honest, I swallowed the words back after Rafael had asked them out.
After a period of silence, I opened my mouth and said, "You guessed this yourself, I didn't tell you."
Rafael gave me a look.
"Lena didn't want to tell you, Rafael, and probably was afraid you'd worry about her."
"She knows about it? You didn't tell her, did you?"
"Of course not, I know the lightness of it."
"I'll tell her sometime, only it certainly won't be now."
I know what Rafael means. Now, Lena is five months pregnant, and both of them have been worrying a lot lately because of the Hill Group. If you stimulate Lena now, she will probably have problems.
"By the way, there's one more thing." I suddenly remembered something.
If someone sent the photo to Lena, it means that this person will not give up if he cannot achieve his goal. He will find other ways to tell Lena.
I told Rafael about the strange message Lena had received, and his face was even more ugly than it had been earlier. It's not hard to understand, these people are in the dark, and Raphael and the others are in the light, it's very easy for them to do something. Moreover, even if Raphael knows who is most likely to do this, without concrete evidence, Raphael is afraid that nothing can be done.
Of course, that's all I can do to help them.
Raphael was going to go back after being specific with me about the situation.
Before leaving, I still called out to him.
"Rafael, you do remember why you didn't keep Lena three years ago, right?"
Rafael looked at me, "Because of that video?"
I rolled my eyes, "That's only part of the reason, if this continues between you, there will be problems later."
"I got it." Rafael left a message and drove straight away.
I watched his car disappear into the night and shook my head.
Does he know?
Or do they know?