Nicole walked past the man on the ground before sitting on the couch opposite Eugene. “What’s up with this guy?” she asked while eyeing Andy. “Do you know him?” Eugene shot her a look. Nicole tried to observe the expression on Eugene’s face, but she couldn’t see anything. He was utterly expressionless. This made Nicole more fearful than ever. Did he find out about something? Should I say that I know him, or should I say that I don’t know him?
Right when she was contemplating this matter, Eugene questioned her again. “Do you know him or not? Do you have to think that long for such a simple question?” There was a hint of sarcasm in his tone. Nicole hurried to explain herself. “Oh, no… I was trying to recall his name. Is he… Andy?”
“I thought you didn’t know him!” Eugene replied. Nicole responded smoothly. “I’ve heard of him.. He’s the head of some powerful gang. I asked him for some help a few times.”
“Is that all?” Eugene asked. Nicole looked at him with a confident look on her face. “What are you trying to say?” “Is there something you’d like to tell me?” Eugene scoffed. Nicole felt somewhat hurt by the look in his eyes. “I don’t know what to say!” she grumbled.
“Well, don’t they say that sex creates a bond between two people? You’ve slept with him for so long; why aren’t you going over to check on him?” Eugene asked. When Nicole heard his words, she felt like she had been struck by thunder. Does Eugene know that I slept with Andy? She stared at him with a look of utter shock.
I’ve always been careful whenever I meet Andy. Even if we meet outside, we’ll always take turns going in, and we’ve never shown up together in public. So how did Eugene find out about us? Nicole thought. Eugene sneered at the woman. “Are you curious to know how I found out about this? I know way more than you think I do! Do you want to explain yourself, or do you want me to wake Andy up to confront you?”
Nicole was panicking at this point. She felt like the ground beneath her had just collapsed, and she was falling into an abyss. What does he mean? What does he know? He’s telling me to explain myself… Does that mean he already knows about me getting Andy to kill Olivia? Eugene tortured Andy really severely, so it’s possible that Andy has already ratted me out at this point.
“W-What do you want me to tell you?” She stared at Eugene anxiously. Eugene didn’t respond after she finished her words, and the air around them seemed to freeze as pin-drop silence filled the room. Everyone felt their hearts in their throats as they all sat in silence.
Some of them didn’t even know what they were afraid of-they simply felt like they couldn’t breathe at that moment. Nicole’s chest was so tight that she felt like she was about to get a heart attack.
She finally knew why everyone in Summer City was so afraid of Eugene. He wasn’t someone you could fool around with. However, Eugene was the only one who didn’t seem to notice how intimidating he was. With his slender fingers, he pulled a cigarette out of his cigarette box and placed the stick between his lips.
Click! He flicked the lighter and lit the cigarette before taking a long puff. His cheek sank inward as he inhaled the smoke before spitting it out. “If you don’t know what to say, why don’t you start with the phone call that you had with Andy on the afternoon of the 10th!”
“I wanted to ask him to do some stuff,” Nicole explained. Her heart stopped for a moment.
“What stuff?” “Some private matters!” she replied. “Let me guess. Did you guys call to arrange for a meetup at Loveshore Guesthouse?” Eugene was clearly mocking the woman. He curled his lips into a smug grin!
Nicole felt her heart sinking once more. He knows everything. She shut her eyes as a sign that she was giving up. “Am I not allowed to do that?”
“What’s wrong with that? I’m just curious. Since both of you have been lovers for so long, why did you treat him like he’s a stranger?”
