Jack's car was still parked in the yard. Why didn't he pick her up on time? Why didn't he answer her calls?
At this moment, countless terrifying scenes were flashing in her mind.
"Creak..." The old wooden door swung open. A woman in a skimpy nightdress leaned against the door. Her curly blonde hair looked messy, and her chest was covered with red marks. Those were clearly signs from a romantic tryst earlier.
"Angie?" Avril exclaimed.
Her eyes widened in shock. Avril was in disbelief. Why was her best friend here, at her fiancé's house?
What's more, she was dressed so skimpily! It was a spaghetti-strapped silky nightdress.
Could it be, that Angie and Jack...
"No, it can't be! Angie must have something she needed Jack's help for! Hence, she came here.
Coincidentally, I met her here!" Avril thought in a frenzy.
"Angie, who is it?" Jack's voice came from inside the house. It sounded a little hoarse.
Angie scoffed coldly at Avril, and her slender fingers brushed through her hair in a relaxed manner. There was a ring on her finger, and the sight of it pierced into Avril's eyes painfully.
It was the wedding ring that Jack got for her!
"Honey, I think it's better if you handle this yourself," Angie said as she turned around lazily, leaving the enchanting sight of her back to Avril.
Avril clutched her dress tightly between her fingers. She was trembling in anger. If she could not figure out what was going on, she would have been too stupid!
Angie Sorrento! Jack Normandy! Her best friend was having an affair with her fiancé! Could there be anything more ironic in this world?
Jack came out half-naked. He panicked when he saw the slim white figure at the door. "Avril? What are you doing here?" Jack
asked.
"Jack, what's going on? Do you remember what day is it today?" Avril asked in a sorrowful voice. Her eyes were filled with pain.
Angie hugged Jack from the back, putting her head on his shoulder, and provocatively showed the diamond ring on her finger.
"I know, isn't today the day both of you are supposed to get married?"
"Angie!" Jack frowned and pushed Angie away. He turned around and said to Avril, "Come in here. I'll explain it to you."
"Is there a need for an explanation?" Avril dodged his hand and pointed at Angie.
"This is what you have for me after three years of our relationship?" Avril angrily asked.
"..." Jack lowered his head. "I'm sorry."
Sorry? Could an apology make up for what she had poured into this three-year relationship?
"Why must it be her? Of all the people you could have an affair with, why Angie?"
Avril was enraged and asked. Angie had
been her best friend for so many years. Both of them had such a profound friendship. It was Angie who got both of them together!
"It's all because you're too conservative. Jack, a man in his 20s, has been in a relationship with you for three years. Other than kissing, he hasn't had any intimacy with you. How could he stand it? You're dreaming to be his bride? How funny! Let me tell you the truth now. We have been together for more than a year. How stupid could you be to find this out like now?!" Angie sneered.
Avril's eyes widened in shock. She was so angry that she had trouble breathing.
All because she did not want to have sex before marriage, so Jack felt free to hook up with Angie?
And furthermore, it's been more than a year since the affair started?
"You both are total sc*mbags!!"
Avril pointed a trembling finger at them. Anger and sadness had engulfed her.
"How dare you swear at me?"
Angie raised her hand and was about to give Avril a hard slap on the face.
Avril took a step back. She shut her eyes in fear. What she expected did not happen.
However, a faint yet refreshing fragrance wafted into her nostrils. It was the scent of roses in full bloom.
A stranger appeared and grabbed Angie's arm before she could strike Avril. His seductive yet lazy voice sounded, "Angie, you've betrayed me!"
It was clearly a sorrowful phrase to say. However, he said it in a nonchalant manner, like he was just describing someone else's story.
Avril slowly opened her eyes. She saw a tall, handsome figure. But somehow, she felt this figure seemed a little familiar... Avril thought about it for a long time. She could not recall where had she seen this man.
When Avril was still puzzled, Angie broke free from the man's grasp.
She threw a look of disdain at the handsome man standing before her.
When Angie first met him, she took the initiative to hook up with him just because she thought this handsome man had some money, so he could buy her new clothes and expensive jewelry. As it turned out, he was poor and lazy. Hence, she had long planned to dump him.
"Haider Evans Ventrue! I wasn't serious about our relationship anyway. So now, l'm done with you!" Angie exclaimed.
"Oh, really? What a pity," Haider's seductive voice raised slightly towards the end of the sentence. He sounded like an outsider.
Haider gave Angie a meaningful glare. He used Angie to get close to Avril. If he didn't arrange such a scene today, how could he get close to Avril so easily? He turned around and looked at Avril with his deep violet eyes.
"Hello, pretty Lady, what a coincidence. We have both been dumped today!"
Avril was stunned by his handsome looks. He looked like a perfect God from Ancient Greek mythology. His figure exuded an aura of power.
Even though he was wearing a cheap white shirt, it couldn't hide his nobility in the slightest.
Avril stared right into his eyes. She suddenly heard an inner voice telling her, "You should not look like a fool in front of Jack and Angie!"
She looked away from Haider's mesmerizing, dark violet eyes.
Avril had an inexplicable anger rising in her all of a sudden. Her azure blue eyes, as clear as lake water, were staring angrily at Jack.
"Hey, Mr. Handsome, you've got it wrong! I'm not sad about him dumping me at all! In fact, l'm actually glad it happened. They both look like two maggots in a stinking drain now. I wish I could get this disgusting man out of my life immediately!"
"Avril?" Jack frowned. "Do you mean that you are going to break off the engagement?"
"Of course!" Avril said haughtily.
She looked at the handsome man next to her and grabbed his hand.
"If l asked my admirers to line up, the whole queue would stretch from the streets of London all the way to the end of Arton Street. Who do you think you are, Jack?
Not only am I going to break off the engagement with you, I'm going to marry him right now!" Avril raised her head and stared into Haider's eyes.
"Mister, so your name is Haider Evans Ventrue?"
Haider lowered his head and chuckled. In his eyes, there was a sparkle of delight.
"Yes, Miss Avril."
"Will you marry me?" Avril asked, her heart was pounding rapidly. She was nervous.
Haider froze, and his fingertips began trembling. He could not figure out what was Avril thinking.