Chapter 99 Uninvited Guests
When Nolan opened the freezer, he saw it packed to the brim with meat and seafood.
“You knew the flu outbreak was coming?” he asked.
That one question made Eliza’s movements pause.
“How could I?”
“You stockpiled all this by coincidence?”
“No.”
Eliza replied, “I bought all of it at the start of the outbreak.”
Nolan didn’t say anything.
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At this point, it was too late to question her.
Besides, he didn’t really care if she was lying or not.
“The water’s here. There are a few cases of bottled water in the kitchen too–mix it if you want. I’m heading out.”
With that, Eliza gathered what she needed and left for the warehouse.
Nolan looked around the messy apartment and chuckled quietly.
She must’ve scrambled to clean up yesterday when she found out he was coming.
Clean up, in this case, meant shoving everything into piles out of sight.
Meanwhile-
Eliza had just stepped outside when she spotted a breakfast cart near the warehouse.
Inspections had been strict lately, but workers still needed breakfast before their shifts.
So a few vendors were still operating around the area.
Eliza saw they had cereal, so she bought a box, along with some dumplings and a few other items.
Just as she was about to head back to bring Nolan his breakfast, her phone rang–Zayden.
Seeing his name on the screen, Eliza frowned.
Why would Zayden be calling her?
After a moment of thought, she simply declined the call.
Who cares.
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As far as she was concerned, she had nothing to do with Zayden anymore.
Eliza tucked the phone away and turned around to bring breakfast to Nolan.
On the other end, Zayden stared at his rejected call, his face pale.
Back at the suburban villa-
Naomi walked into Zayden’s room.
When Zayden saw her, his expression darkened further.
“Zayden… I told you, Eliza won’t answer your call.”
Naomi was still wearing Zayden’s clothes.
Zayden’s face turned grim at the sight. “Who let you in here? Get out.”
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Naomi flinched, her face paling. “Zayden… Last night was my fault, I admit it, but… how could you treat me like this?”
Zayden rubbed his temples, his head pounding.
Naomi had been upset last night and started drinking.
He’d been stressed about family matters, so he drank too.
But he never expected that one night of drinking would lead to that kind of mistake.
“Zayden, we’re already engaged anyway. Can’t we just forget about breaking it off?”
Naomi looked at him, tears in her eyes. “If my parents find out, I’m finished… Zayden, you’ll promise me, won’t you?”
“Get out.”
Zayden gritted his teeth, holding back his anger.
Naomi froze at his response.
“Get out!”
His face was thunderous. “Do I need to say it a third time?!”
Naomi was so shocked her face went sheet white. She stood slowly, trembling, then said to him, “Zayden, stop thinking about Eliza! She’s with Nolan now. She probably didn’t answer your call because she was with him!”
That struck a nerve.
Veins popped on Zayden’s forehead as he snapped, “Enough! I don’t want to hear another word from you. You won’t leave? Fine–then I will!”
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With that, he stormed out of the room.
Naomi stood frozen.
Eliza.
It was always Eliza!
Fuming, Naomi hurled the pillow in her arms at the ground.
Last night, even drunk, Zayden had mistaken her for Eliza.
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And this morning, when he realized they’d shared a bed, his face was full of shock and disbelief–not even a trace of happiness.
Naomi didn’t understand.
Zayden used to care about her so much. Why was he now so desperate to get away?
She glanced at the bloodstain on the bedsheet.
What Zayden didn’t know was, nothing actually happened last night.
He had fallen asleep. She was the one who climbed into his bed–and that bloodstain had been faked using ketchup from the kitchen.
But it didn’t matter. She just wanted Zayden.
Once she graduated and got officially engaged to the Holt family, she would still be the envy of everyone as the Rivers family’s heiress.
Meanwhile-
Eliza returned with breakfast.
When she got back, she was surprised to find the once–messy living room now neat and clean.
She froze for a second.
Then she walked toward the bedroom and saw Nolan making her bed.
“Don’t touch that!”
Eliza’s face flushed red instantly.
Nolan turned around and saw her standing in the doorway.
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