Chapter 5
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Hearing the noise, the people by the sink turned their heads one after another.
Seeing it was him, Finn Wilder was stunned for a long time before he managed to maintain a smile on his face, "Declan, why are you here? You didn't hear what we just said, did you?"
Declan Kane glanced at her, then slowly walked to the edge of the pool, his tone indifferent, "You heard everything."
Finn Wilder didn't expect him to admit it so frankly, and his expression instantly turned extremely unpleasant.
A few friends also sensed something was wrong and were about to teach him a lesson.
Declan Kane turned on the faucet, not giving them a chance to speak, "Those who scheme for sincerity will never receive sincerity in return."
With just one sentence, Finn Wilder was left speechless.
His resentful eyes swept over the mole at the corner of his eye, and suddenly he felt relieved. He stopped pretending and sneered:
"Just a stand-in, who never even received Charlotte's love. What right do you have to talk about sincerity in front of me?"
"Exactly, I wonder who got dumped in this godforsaken place."
"What a pitiful boyfriend he is!"
After mocking him for a while, the three of them held hands and left.
Declan Kane didn't chase after them. Charlotte Monroe played with his sincerity, while Finn Wilder played with hers. Perhaps it was indeed karma coming full circle.
He walked to the entrance, about to hail a cab, when he suddenly remembered this was a mountain resort. Sure enough, several apps showed "No vehicles nearby."
And whether Finn Wilder deliberately coordinated with Charlotte Monroe's friends or not, a dozen cars passed by her in unison, yet not a single one offered him a ride.
Watching Finn Wilder board the last car and leave, not forgetting to roll down the window and cast a triumphant glance at him, Declan Kane understood her intention of revenge.
He smiled, then turned and began his descent on foot.
The evening wind tousled her hair, and the surroundings were utterly quiet, accompanied only by the incessant chirping of cicadas.
He cleared his mind, and many memories flashed through his thoughts, like scenes from a movie, giving him a sense of unreality.
Love, substitute, returning home, birthday, sincerity...
He suddenly became curious. If Charlotte Monroe knew that her torment over her first love for these eight years was just Finn Wilder's tactic of playing hard to get, how would she feel?
By the time he got home, it was already 8 PM.
Declan Kane took off his shoes, looked at the blisters on his feet, and, wincing, took out the first aid kit.
After tending to his wounds, he was too exhausted to do anything else, so he washed up and went to sleep.
When he woke up the next day, everything in the room was just the same as it had been the day before.
Declan Kane wasn't curious about where Charlotte Monroe had gone. He got up and changed the dressing on his wounds.
Just as the bandage was applied, Juniper Kane's call came through.
"Declan, did you sleep early last night? Why didn’t you reply to my messages? Let me tell you, your fiancée has prepared a bunch of birthday surprises for you. Not only did she transfer a sum of money through me, but she also bought a lot of things delivered to your home, so you can use them as soon as you return. How about it? Isn’t the arranged marriage partner I introduced to you quite good?"
Declan Kane turned on the speaker and opened the notification bar, indeed seeing a transfer of fifty million.
Just as he was about to reply, Charlotte Monroe, who had been out all night, suddenly returned.
"Girlfriend?
Hearing the familiar voice, Juniper Kane on the other end of the phone instantly became excited.
"Declan, who was speaking just now, Charlotte Monroe? Why is she at your place at this hour?"
Declan Kane's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly made up an excuse to hang up the phone.
Seeing her nervousness, Charlotte Monroe's smile returned, and she deliberately put on an angry expression.
"Why did you hang up? Won't you let me chat with my best friend? Am I, as your girlfriend, really that unworthy of being acknowledged?"
Declan Kane didn't want to engage with her joke and calmly retorted.
"Haven't you always been unwilling to let her know about our relationship?"
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