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Eden patted Maxwell’s car window.
“Hey, dude, what were you thinking? Look at my car! It’s a total mess now, and fixing it is gonna cost a fortune. How are you gonna make up for this?”
Maxwell opened the car window.
He said, “I’ve already called the insurance company.”
“Max, it’s you!” The beautiful girl recognized Maxwell. “Why are you driving this piece of shit?”
Maxwell took a closer look at that girl, and only then could he recognize that it was none other than his cousin, Eden Cheney.
Maxwell instantly got out of the car. He took Eden to the side and talked to her for a long time.
Camila was sitting inside the car, unable to hear their conversation. She could only see Eden keep looking over with a face full of surprise.
Eden was indeed very surprised.
She said, “Max, marriage’s no child’s play. You can’t marry someone without any useful family background!”
“Your grandfather made me do it. I was left with no choice.” Maxwell didn’t want Camila to get suspicious. So he urged Eden to leave and asked her not to tell her parents in Oclia.
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Eden said, “Fine, but Grandpa isn’t doing well. My dad and mom said that they would come back after they get their recent business done. You won’t be able to hide it from them.”
“Let’s take it one step at a time.” Maxwell tucked Eden in her car and told her to have the housekeeper take care of the repair work.
Eden didn’t miss the opportunity. She asked Maxwell for the new Porsche he had just bought.
When Maxwell was back in the car, Camila asked him worriedly, “Are you acquainted?”
“It’s an old neighbor,” Maxwell said indifferently.
Neighbor?
Camila didn’t think herself blind.
Maxwell and Eden were obviously much closer than
neighbors. However, if Maxwell didn’t want to tell Camila, she
wouldn’t ask.
After all the fuss, it was already past 8 when they got home.
Maxwell said that he would go buy some water, so Camila got out of the car first.
Camila pushed the door open to see that there was a woman in a slip nightdress watering the plants.
The woman’s back was alluring, her skin white and shiny. Her almost bare back was especially eye–catching.
Camila fake coughed twice.
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“You are back!” The woman turned around and her bright smile stiffened the moment she saw Camila.
“You?”
“Dr. Laxton?”
Both Camila and Chloe were shocked.
“Why are you in my house?” When Camila saw Chloe’s slutty outfit, she kind of figured out that Chloe was waiting for Maxwell.
Chloe immediately pulled up the straps she purposely took off and her expression grew even stiffer.
“Hasn’t Mr. Starling come home?”
“You are waiting for him?”
Chloe didn’t see Maxwell and then her face changed.
“Camila, how about we make a deal? You like Dewitt so much, and I like Maxwell. I’ll give Dewitt to you, and you give Maxwell to me. You and Maxwell will probably end up divorcing in half a year anyway, so let’s speed up that schedule and make things work for all of us.”
Camila thought that Chloe had hypochondria.
“Dr. Laxton, I suggest you go see a psychiatrist. First of all, Dr. Booker and I are just friends. Second, what right do you have to ‘give him to me‘? Is he your boyfriend? And lastly, whether Maxwell and I get divorced half a year later is our business, not yours.”
Chloe’s face turned an ugly shade of green at Camila’s words.
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She said, “Camila, didn’t you just marry Maxwell for those 80 thousand dollars? Since you’ve already had it and you don’t like him, why don’t you let me have him?”
“Who told you I didn’t like him? He has a handsome face, a good personality, and is never flashy. Where can I find another good man like him?”
“Are you talking about me?” Maxwell walked in through the
door with a carton of water in one hand and a laptop in
another.
Camila blushed. She wondered how much of their
conversation was heard by Maxwell.
Maxwell handed over the laptop, and Camila hurriedly stepped forward to take it, naturally like an ordinary couple’s daily routine.
“Dr. Laxton, it’s cold in the night. You should wear more clothes, or you might catch a cold,” Maxwell reminded Chloe.
Chloe’s face became pale instantly. She watched Camila and Maxwell walk inside the house together and Maxwell’s arm was around Camila’s shoulder.
Chloe was furious.
She had bathed and dressed herself and didn’t even wear perfumés. She did all of this to create an opportunity to get close to Maxwell when he came back.
But she didn’t expect her plans to be ruined by Camila.
At that moment, Raven, who had been hiding behind, took Chloe back to her room and berated her for being too hasty.
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But Chloe said that what Raven told her was wrong and that Maxwell didn’t dislike Camila as much as he seemed to.
In the room, Maxwell was leaning on the sofa tiredly.
But Camila was standing in front of him. She was waiting for Maxwell’s explanation.
“Go cook the pasta. I’m hungry,” Maxwell urged her.
“Why would Dr. Laxton live in our house? How come I don’t know it at all?” Camila didn’t realize how much she looked like a wife who was questioning her husband for taking another woman to their place behind her back.
Maxwell held back his smile and asked in a seemingly serious tone, “Are you jealous?”
“Not at all.” Camila’s face turned red. “Didn’t you say that I’m in charge of family matters? Now there’s another woman in our house. Of course, I have to ask about it.””
Maxwell held his forehead, thinking that women were really troublesome.
But he still explained patiently, “Dr. Laxton is Raven’s niece. Her dormitory is having a renovation, so she’s staying here for a while.
“Grandpa happens to be away recently. Raven can have company with Dr. Laxton here.”
“You actually believed her words?” Camila was angry when she thought of Chloe’s words.
“Raven directly talked to Grandpa about it. She’s just staying for a few days. It’s no big deal.”
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Camila got even angrier because of Maxwell’s indifference. However, she couldn’t talk much about it since it was Gideon’s decision.
She said, “Alright, if everyone’s okay with it, I don’t have any objections either.”
Maxwell could tell that Camila was jealous and he felt happy about it. He thought, “Seems that Chloe isn’t completely useless.”
Camila sighed.
“Where will she sleep at night?”
“The study.”
“And you will be…” Camila suddenly realized that Maxwell would have to sleep with Chloe if Chloe was sleeping in the study and maybe that was what Gideon was up to.
“I can stay in a hotel,” Maxwell said.
“The hotel’s so expensive! Why waste money?” Camila blurted
out.
Then she regretted saying that immediately. It seems that she was inviting Maxwell to sleep in her bed.
Her heart was pounding fast.
And her face was burning.
Camila used the excuse of cooking pasta and left. Only then did she feel less embarrassed.
Half an hour later, the pasta was ready, but Maxwell had
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Camila saw that he was sleeping soundly, so she went to the shower without waking him up.
She was nervous when she thought that she and Maxwell would be sleeping in the same bed tonight. She even felt that the shower water was hotter than usual.
After the shower, Camila walked out of the bathroom. Maxwell was still asleep and the pasta was getting cold.