A Moment in Destiny

Chapter 263 Her Relationship with Him

"Whose message is it? You're looking at it so intently." Vincent reached over abruptly and took her phone. Leila's hand trembled again as his grim voice suddenly sounded overhead. He'd taken the phone, but it seemed she still had messages left to read.

Vincent happened to see the last message. Strangely enough, he just grunted and didn't say anything. Then she didn't know what he was looking at, except that he seemed to press a few buttons. Leila's heart tightened again. He handed the phone over and she looked down subconsciously to see that the message was gone. He had actually deleted all the messages.

Putting the phone away, Leila looked down and took a small sip of the water on the table.

She felt scared of him as if she had done something shameful. He had seen Callum's message, right? Was he going to humiliate her again by saying she was hitting on men?

"Let's eat!" Vincent ordered two set meals. He ate as if nothing had happened.

Leila looked at him in disbelief, but picked up her chopsticks and started eating anyway. She was a little hungry. The soy milk was pure and the small steamed buns smelled good...

Vincent felt a little distracted and he loosened his collar. For the first time, he felt like he didn't even know himself very well. He hadn't changed all night, and last night he had rushed up and tried to kick the door open and break in, but when he heard her broken cries of pain coming from the flat, he didn't go in.

Leila, sitting opposite him, wolfed down the breakfast in front of her for a while, eating it all, even the soya milk, before taking a tissue and wiping her mouth, and stopping.

Vincent was distracted and didn't eat more than a few bites. When he looked up at Leila across the table, he laughed at himself even more.

He must be out of his mind to have breakfast with this impure woman?!

"Do you want ... another one?!" Watching her eat her breakfast clean, Vincent shrugged his shoulders and looked hopelessly at Leila in front of him.

Her eyelids were red and swollen from crying too long last night. He hadn't expected her to eat an entire set meal with such appetite today.

Leila pursed her lips and shook her head. "I'm full!"

"Then let's go!"

"But you haven't eaten yet!" She pointed to the meal in front of him. He took a few sips of soy milk, a bite of the small steamed bun, and left the side dish untouched.

"I'm not hungry!"

"But skipping breakfast for a long time is bad for your stomach!" She couldn't help but say. Knowing full well that such concern was wrong for them after what had just happened yesterday, but she couldn't help but speak up anyway.

Vincent frowned and actually started to pick up his chopsticks and eat.

Leila seemed relieved and smiled at him.

She was smiling at him. But thinking about her crying last night, he sighed, lowered his head, wolfed down a few bites, then wiped his mouth with a tissue. "Okay, let's go!"

The restaurant staff seemed to have just mopped the floor in the morning, and as Leila walked beside him, she slipped when Vincent suddenly reached out and grabbed her around the waist. That was close. She almost fell.

"Is everything all right? Why don't you be careful? Stupid woman!" His hot breath was at her ear. His body was thick with the scent of tobacco. Presumably, because he smoked a lot.

Leila raised her eyes in panic and her lips brushed his. His eyes narrowed and flashed with a certain lust she was familiar with. She blushed completely and whispered, "Thank you."

"I called you a stupid woman, and you're really stupid!" He sounded a little helpless. Then he released her and took her small hand. Leila's heart warmed and her face froze slightly in shock at his thoughtful gesture.

Vincent drove Leila to work and the car stopped in front of the city hall. Leila was about to get out when Vincent said, "Wait!"

She turned to look back at him and found him leaning over and planting a tender kiss on her forehead.

She blushed suddenly.

"Go on! I'll pick you up from work this afternoon!" He said.

Such a tender kiss made her tears freeze in her eyes instantly. She turned to get out of the car, took a few steps in a hurry, and turned back around only to find his car still there. She was too shocked and nervous again to say goodbye and ran into the gates of the city hall. It wasn't until she turned the corner and could no longer see him that she gasped for breath with a pretty red face and then took a deep breath.

The moment she entered the office, Leila took a deep breath, forced a professional smile appropriate to her status as an employee, and stepped through the door.

"Leila, what happened to you last night?" Callum asked worriedly as soon as she entered.

"Oh, I had a family emergency last night. Sorry, I didn't get a chance to tell you about it!" Leila looked to one side of her head to see Renee behind Callum, who also looked at her with concern.

"I'm glad you're okay!" Renee breathed a sigh of relief. "Callum and I were freaking out last night. We didn't expect you to be gone after the power went out and came back on. I heard you danced with Callum last night and wowed the crowd. Leila, I didn't expect you to have this in you!"

"Uh! Just so-so!" Leila smiled, then realized that Callum seemed to be looking at her with a bit of heat in his eyes. She nodded, politely and distantly, and fled from his gaze.

"Callum, I never thought we'd have two great dancers in our unit, Leila and you. When are you going to show me how to dance? I can't believe I didn't see it last night. What a shame!"

For some reason, Leila felt as if Renee's tone was tinged with a hint of jealousy.

"You went for the eligible bachelor last night, didn't you?" Callum glanced back at her, "It's your loss if you didn't see it. Leila, I wonder if I'll ever get the chance to dance the rumba with you that we didn't finish last night."

His words seemed to have a deeper meaning.

Leila's reply was also very meaningful, "It depends on fate. It's time to go to work. Don't you all work?"

"It's time to go back!" Callum didn’t give up, but could only walk towards his office next door.

As soon as he left, Renee immediately came up to her. "I saw Vincent drag you out last night. Are you guys okay?"

"You saw that?" Leila was surprised.

"Yeah, as soon as the power went out, I happened to come over the hallway and saw you guys go into the lounge next door ..." Renee said as her eyes got ambiguous and looked Leila up and down. "You guys aren't doing anything in the break, are you?"

"What?" Leila didn't respond for a moment.

"My goodness, Leila, you really are so innocent!" Renee couldn't help but raise her voice. "I didn't expect there to be a woman as innocent as you in this society. My God, you're like a national treasure!"

Leila reacted, and her face suddenly flushed. "Why are you going out?"

"Hey! Don't mention it! I had a small talk with one of the bosses of HY Group. I saw that the man looked like a gentleman, but I didn't expect him to be a lecher. Before I could say something, he wanted to drag me to have sex and made excuses about going outside for some fresh air. As soon as we came out, he wanted to take me to the suite. Luckily, I was smart enough not to follow him in. In fact, it was fine to go in. Even if I had gone in, I would have kicked his dick as long as I didn't want to have sex!"

"He's interested in you?" Leila wasn't gossiping, but fearing Renee would change the subject to her again, she had to make herself gossip.

"He's interested in my body, I think!" Renee shrugged dismissively. "If he's only interested in my body, that won't do. I want a combination of spirit and sex, not just sex. If it's just for sex, I can go to a male prostitute, and I don't need to find an eligible bachelor!"

Yes!

Women want to have sex with love. That was different from men!

Just thinking about her relationship with Vincent made Leila sigh a little. What was it between them?

A couple? And yet there was no affection.

Bedfellows? It didn't seem to be consensual. Weren’t bedfellows always willing and happy? But between them, there was only violence and unhappiness.

"I'm trying to find an eligible bachelor, but I'm trying to do it with integrity. I don't want to end up getting myself into trouble without finding an eligible bachelor. That would be a big loss!"

Startled by Renee's words, Leila smiled. "Yes, love is the most important thing!"

"Leila, did you and Vincent get married because of love?" Renee changed the subject back to Leila.

Leila froze and asked, "Is there love in this world?"

"Who knows! Didn't you have a like-minded boyfriend in college? Why did you get married before you even graduated?"

Speaking of boyfriends, Leila's eyes couldn't help but get deeper. The man who had said he would be her boyfriend had gone to Australia to study in her sophomore year and she hadn't heard from him since. She wondered if he was doing well now.

"No!" Leila shook her head. Although the man had said he would be her boyfriend, she hadn't said yes. Technically speaking, she didn't have a boyfriend. Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

"Then we're really in the same boat! I've never been in a relationship either!"

This was a bit of a surprise to Leila. How could a girl as outgoing as Renee not have been in love?

As they were talking, the office phone rang and Renee answered it. "Hello! Oh, Callum. Why are you calling instead of working? We're so close, come and talk if you need something!"

"What? Leila, have you had breakfast yet?"

"I've eaten!" Leila replied.

"Leila said she'd eaten, but I hadn't. Callum, what? I can't believe we're still classmates! Are you such an old-school friend who forgets his friends when it comes to sex? What do I want to eat? Hey, let's have KFC. I'll have the fried chicken leg. Yes, the same as before. Yeah!" Renee cheerfully hung up the phone and turned around to see Leila looking at her. Then she asked sheepishly, "You, what are you looking at?"

"So you and Callum were classmates, huh?"

"Yes! Didn't I tell you?" Renee was slightly puzzled.

"No!"

"Callum and I were classmates from kindergarten to primary school. We didn't go to the same school in middle and high school. When his dad got a job transfer, he transferred away after primary school. Then to my surprise, we met again in college and became colleagues again after college. That was it!"

"That's quite a destiny!" Leila exclaimed.

"What a shitty destiny! Can't you see he's interested in you?" Renee shook her head. "But you're married. I bet if you weren't married, he'd be chasing you like a wolf on a lamb! You don't know how he used to chase girls in college. He is quite good at it!"

"Unfortunately, I'm married!" In one sentence, Leila set aside her relationship with Callum. Because she seemed to have picked up on the subtle relationship between Renee and Callum. A childhood sweetheart? Years of schooling together? That was quite a relationship! "Why are you trying to find an eligible bachelor instead of developing a relationship with Callum?"