SWNOVELS Chapter 195
Chapter 195
Eileen was freaking out.
She stared at the ring she had casually slipped onto her thumb.
Eileen was so scared she could hardly move.
She just held her hand up like that, then turned her head, looking at Egbert with sheer terror, and asked in a stiff voice, “Are you messing with me?”
Egbert kept one hand on the wheel while using the other to reach over and press her hand down. He gently squeezed her fingertips and said, “Chill out.”
How could she possibly chill out?
This was 126 million dollars!
Eileen had forgotten to shake off Egbert’s hand.
But she was very suspicious, “Are you pulling my leg? How could anyone give such a gift to someone they just met? You’re definitely playing me, aren’t you?”
Egbert didn’t respond.
Eileen frowned, “Are you or are you not playing me?”
Egbert still didn’t respond.
Eileen was starting to get mad, she smacked Egbert’s hand hard with her other hand, and roared, “Tell me!”
Egbert looked at his hand that had been smacked red.
He knew she was really upset.
He could only say, “I’m not playing you, they really are loaded.”
Even if they were loaded, they couldn’t just spend money like that.
Eileen was genuinely terrified.
She said, “Drive back right now! Drive back immediately!”
But Egbert didn’t turn back.
Eileen shouted loudly, “Go back! I have to return this to them! They must’ve made a mistake!”
After a while, the car stopped. The traffic lights in front of them were changing, and pedestrians were passing by.
As they paused, Egbert looked at Eileen from the corner of his eye.
His deep gaze was meant to be comforting. He said softly, “You don’t have to.
Eileen said, “How can I not? I can’t accept such an unexpected gift…”
Egbert repeated seriously, “You really don’t have to.”
Eileen was baffled.
When the lights turned green again, Egbert started the car.
Eileen didn’t say anything else. She just stared deeply at Egbert’s profile.
Such an expensive thing, but Egbert said she didn’t have to return it?
Egbert wasn’t the kind of person who would take advantage of others.
He knew Ms. Rosalind, how could Egbert say such a thing?
Eileen looked awful.
Her mind started to run wild.
She thought about Rosalind’s face which was similar to hers.
Then she thought about when she hugged Rosalind, and how Rosalind had cried.
They drove for a long time.
When they arrived at their destination, the buyer’s car was already waiting across the street.
Eileen was in the passenger seat, still in the same position as before, not having moved a bit.
Egbert said, “We’re here.”
Only then did Eileen turn to look at Egbert.
She said calmly, “I’m afraid to touch this thing, take it off for me.”
Egbert glanced at her, then took her hand, removed the ring, and handed it to her.
Eileen didn’t take it, she just got out of the car immediately. “From now on, this thing is in your hands. If it’s damaged, you pay for it!” Egbert’s expression didn’t show any surprise.
He just stared at her, then said, “I thought you would like it, it’s very expensive after all.”
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Eileen gritted her teeth and said, “Yes, it’s expensive, but we have no special relationship, why should I accept such an expensive gift?”
After saying that, Eileen suddenly slammed the car door shut.
She ran across the street and got into the buyer’s car.
Not until the buyer’s car gradually disappeared from sight did Egbert smirk, playing with the ring in his hand. He took out his phone and made a call.
Rosalind knew that Egbert had caused her gift to her daughter to be returned.
She got a headache from anger.
“Why did you tell her the real price of the ring?”
Egbert didn’t say anything.
Rosalind gritted her teeth, “Couldn’t you say it’s worth a hundred dollars? I’ve heard from Flossie that if something is worth a hundred dollars, she would cherish it like a treasure and keep it until the end of the world! Would she return it if you said it was worth a hundred dollars?”
Egbert was still silent.
Rosalind began to have difficulty breathing.
Josephine was worried that her son would anger his future mother-in-law to death before even getting married.
She hurriedly comforted Rosalind, and said, “But at least we’ve proven that Eileen is a person of integrity, right? If it was someone else, would they return something so valuable?”
Rosalind looked at Josephine angrily and said, “Did I give her a gift to test her moral compass? If she has a problem with her morals, is she no longer my daughter?”
Josephine could only sigh.
Alright, there was no point in saying anything else.
When Eileen returned to the military camp, it was already dark.
She walked in her military uniform, deep in thought.
No one would give a stranger a gift worth a hundred million dollars for no reason.
Even if they were incredibly rich.
“A stranger…”
Eileen frowned in thought.
What if the other person wasn’t a stranger?
A thought kept popping up in Eileen’s mind.
But that thought was always rejected by her.
Eileen was so focused on her thoughts that she didn’t notice and bumped into someone.
Without looking to see who it was, she just lowered her head and apologized, “Sorry.”
Then she just kept walking.
Eileen walked quite a distance.
She didn’t know that there were three people behind her, staring at her back as if they had seen a ghost!
Edna was stunned.
She widened her eyes in surprise and asked, “Did she just… apologize to me?”
Patti, standing next to her, also found this strange, “Did we hear wrong?”
“One person might hear wrong, but three people at the same time? Jaqueline, what did you hear?”
At this moment, Jaqueline’s face was ghostly pale, and her lips were a frightening shade of blue.
She said with terror, “I heard it, she said sorry! It’s over, she must have encountered some bad luck when she went out! She must have been possessed by a ghost!”
Edna and Patti’s faces were very serious.
They felt that Jaqueline’s guess might very well be true.
An hour later, Edna, Patti, Jaqueline, along with Colin, Eddie, and two other dudes.
Seven of them, having a secret chinwag right under the dorm building.
After hearing the whole shebang, Eddie, wearing a look of sorrow, said, “We gotta save her!”
Edna snorted and said, “We don’t really like her, but she’s still one of us dorm members. The dirty stuff she brings back affects us too, so we should help
her out.”
Eddie and his gang came to an agreement with Edna and her crew, and they were all on the same page.
Half an hour later, Eileen got back to the dorm after scrubbing up.
But on her way back, she got jumped!
Out of nowhere, seven peers popped up, not a word said, and went straight for her!
Some grabbed her arm, some held on to her legs, and some tried to pinch her middle finger.
In that brief moment, she heard Eddie yelling, “Hold her down! She ain’t herself right now, don’t let your guard down!”
Eileen frowned, her bright eyes fixed on Eddie.
Two minutes later, Eddie was under Eileen’s foot!
He let out a squeal like a pig being slaughtered, “Ah! It’s her! Still hurts like hell! Drag her off, quick!”