Chapter 378 An Encounter In The Mall

Rachel asked, "Where are those people now?"

"They are now in jail. Don't worry. The police will deal with them properly."

As soon as they came back home, Rachel immediately lay on the bed. She felt like she had just closed
her eyes when the alarm clock rang.

She fumbled the alarm clock when she heard footsteps approaching. Jack turned off the alarm clock
faster than her. His voice sounded warm when he said, "Have some more sleep. The driver will pick
you up and take you to the hospital later."

"Okay," she answered sleepily.

She was too sleepy that as soon as she finished her words, she fell asleep again. But when the
doorbell rang nonstop, she woke up in a trance again. Thinking that the driver had already come, she
quickly changed her clothes. But she didn't expect that the person standing outside their door was
Celia, whose eyes were red and swollen. Lea was also there standing behind her, pursing her lips.

Her heart skipped a beat. She pulled her into the house and asked, "What's wrong? Did something
happen to Dylan?"

"No..."

Celia paused as tears welled up her eyes. She held Rachel tightly and sobbed. "I just received a
message from Marcus. He is breaking up with me. I called him to ask why, but he turned his phone off."

A deep frown surfaced on Rachel's face. She was thinking about how to comfort Celia. The latter wiped
her tears away and said fiercely, "I won't break up with him muddled. I must find out the reason first."

"That's good."



Lea patted her shoulder as a sign of encouragement. "That's my friend! You must show them your
unyielding strength."

"But..." Rachel was still frowning. Obviously, she didn't agree with them. She always had the feeling
that this matter wasn't simple. But since they still didn't know the reason behind all these, she couldn't
just conclude casually.

Disappointment was written all over Lea's face as she looked at Rachel. She poked her eyebrows and
said to Celia, "Don't be like Rachel. You have to make things clear with Marcus."

Then with Celia on her back, she stuck out her tongue at Rachel and said, "Coax this silly girl."

Rachel found out that it was Henry who told Lea about what happened to Dylan. As soon as Lea knew,
she immediately sent Rita to the nursery school and rushed to the hospital.

But when she arrived at the ward, she saw Celia squatting alone on the chair outside the door. She
was sobbing and almost out of breath. She had to ask her many times before she finally told her the
reason why.

Lea tried to comfort Celia but it didn't work so she decided to take her to Rachel.

She was glad that Celia showed her determination to fight for Marcus. But she didn't expect that her
toughness was just temporary. Right now, Celia was standing in the study with a book in her hand. She
touched it over and over again and said, "I saw this book in Marcus' house. He said that the four of
them bought the same book together before."

She had said the same words for more than ten times as if trying to recall some memories she had with
Marcus.



Seeing her softened again, Lea couldn't stand it anymore. She stepped forward and pulled the book
away from her. "You should not be sad. Didn't you just say that you want to know the reason? You
haven't clarified things with him yet. Relax and stay calm."

Celia sniffed, holding back her tears. She seemed afraid to cry in front of Lea again. She said, "What
for? He must have made up his mind to break up with me. I really feel bad."

She wasn't aware that the way she looked right now made her friends feel upset.

Rachel also couldn't bear it any longer. She bit her lower lip, patted Celia's shoulder, and suggested,
"Why don't we go shopping now? Let's forget your worries and have fun."

She thought that maybe if Celia went somewhere else and wouldn't see anything related to Marcus,
she wouldn't be lovelorn anymore.

Lea agreed with her, so they drove Celia to the nearest shopping mall.

Since it was a weekday, only a few people were wandering around and looking at every shop
uninterestingly.

When they arrived at the mall, Lea became energetic at once. She put her arm around Celia's shoulder
and asked, "What do you want to buy? I'll pay for you. Remember, for women like us, shopping is the
best solution to any problem."

"Thank you, Lea. I appreciate your kindness." Celia pouted. Her eyes were still gloomy when she
added, "But I don't want to buy anything. I already have enough clothes to wear."

The corners of Lea's mouth twitched slightly. She opened her mouth to continue coaxing her, but
Rachel interrupted, "Let's go around first. If you see something you like, then that's the time you decide
if you want to buy it or not."



Eden just came out of the fitting room wearing a red cheongsam. She turned around and looked at
Marcus expectantly. "Do I look good in this dress?"

However, Marcus turned a deaf ear and continued playing with his phone.

"It looks good," Connie answered hurriedly. "But do you want to try another one?" She then pointed at
another cheongsam on the clothes rack and asked the saleswoman to bring it to them.

Eden was stunned for a while. Eventually, she took the cheongsam and said with a hint of
disappointment in her voice, "Okay."

As soon as she entered the fitting room again, Connie immediately turned and faced Marcus. With a
darkened expression, she said, "Marcus, didn't you hear Eden asking you? Since you are with us right
now, can you put your phone away for a moment and pay attention to Eden?"

Without raising his head, Marcus sneered, "If you don't like my attitude, don't bother to call me next
time. Don't you know that I have a lot of things to do in the company?"

Gasping for breath, Connie shouted angrily, "Then who do you think should I call? After all, you are
Eden's fiance. Marcus, will you please stop acting like a child? Enough of your tantrums already! How
many times do we need to tell you that we are only doing this for you?"

"I don't think this is for my own good. You only want to control my life."

Marcus' tone was flat, an indication that he was already enraged. He put his phone inside his pocket
and straightened up his suit. "I have something important to deal with in the company. I'm going back."

He took out a bank card and handed it to the stunned saleswoman. He said coldly, "If there's anything
else she likes, use this card. I am willing to pay for everything she wants to buy. But if you want me to
be a good lover to her, I'm sorry. I can't do that."



He then turned around and left.

Connie's face flushed with anger as she stared at his back with resentment. With heavy breathing, she
screamed, "You bastard!"

Marcus just smiled. He didn't care at all. He was about to walk out of the shop when his steps froze. A
trace of astonishment flashed across his eyes.

Rachel was so surprised as well. Indeed, the world was so small.

Of all the shopping malls in Ninwell City, she didn't expect they would bump into Marcus here
unexpectedly.

She looked at the name of the store where Marcus stood.

'Why is he here?' she thought inwardly.

A faint, suppressed cry reached her ears. When she turned around, she saw Celia biting her lower lip
tightly. The sobs in her throat seemed to grow heavier.

Lea, who wasn't able to control her temper, sneered, "You have nothing to cry. If you can't afford to
confront him, let me do it."

But Celia grabbed her arm while shaking her head silently.

Her eyes were fixed on Marcus, who put his arm around a woman's shoulder. He looked at her up and
down, then whispered something in her ear. The woman blushed and hit his back lightly.

"Everything is clear now," Celia murmured through clenched teeth. She then covered her mouth and
ran to the elevator.



Eden didn't expect that Marcus, who had been cold to her since then, would suddenly become so
intimate. The smile on her lips was full of sweetness and shyness.

However, her happiness lasted for only three seconds. Marcus suddenly let go of her hand and
stepped back to the counter. He took two pieces of wet tissue, wiped his arms, and left.

It seemed like she was a virus that stuck in his arms.

Seeing her reaction, Connie smiled and explained to her, "Eden, don't misunderstand him. He just
wiped the tea that spilled on him earlier."

But obviously, Eden didn't buy her alibi.

Although Rachel and Lea were both curious about why Marcus was suddenly with a different woman,
they didn't dare to stay any longer because they were worried about Celia. As a result, they didn't see
that Marcus had also left a few seconds after they turned around.

Right now, they couldn't do anything to Celia, who was squatting beside the flower bed. Her head was
buried in her hands as she was crying in pain.

The smell of cigarettes and wine filled the air. The music that was turned on to the maximum volume
was too ear-piercing.

Among the noisy crowd were enchanting and sexy women and crazy young men, twisting their waist
and buttocks crazily on the dance floor.

Those sexy women were playing and flirting with those men, who were full of frivolous words.

Marcus just sat in the corner, listening to the crashing of wine glasses and the uncontrollable howls and
laughter.



A woman who was exaggeratedly twisting her buttocks approached him slowly in cat steps.

She was wearing a black one-piece dress, revealing half of her chest. Her enchanting face was painted
with thick makeup. Her delicate hand slid slowly from his back to his shoulder. "Hi, handsome. Are you
alone tonight?"

Marcus glanced at her silently but didn't answer. He pushed the empty glass in his hand to the
bartender and said, "Give me one more glass."

The woman smiled enchantingly. "Do you want to buy me a drink?"

He snapped his fingers without saying anything. After a while, the bartender came back with two
glasses of whiskey.

The woman picked up the glass and offered a toast, but he just picked up his glass and drank it at
once. Raising an eyebrow, she asked, "Are you in a bad mood?"

Turning a deaf ear to the woman, he gulped one glass after another.

However, the woman didn't get annoyed. Instead, she leaned over and whispered in his ear, "Do you
want to have a good time tonight?"

For the first time, Marcus spoke. "Get lost!"


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