BXBX NOVEL 131 Chapter 131
"I understand. I won't cook for you tonight. Don't forget to use a condom, okay? You still need to be careful. It's dangerous out there," Chloe warned as carefully as possible, not wanting to anger Vernon in any way.
Vernon's expression tightened instantly. He clenched his phone and yelled spontaneously, "DON'T PRETEND LIKE YOU CARE, BI—"
Vernon hung up the call before he said that slur word. He threw his phone on the bed beside the sofa. He kicked the table in front of him in a fit of rage, "Why do you keep pretending like you care about me? You didn't! You never cared about my life! ARRGHH!"
Click.
Nicky opened the door at the wrong time. She was stunned when she saw Mr. Phoenix Gray kicking the table while cursing at someone— a woman. He seemed to be stressed out and couldn't control his rage.
'He was so calm before, but I left him for fifteen minutes, and he is already raging like this?' Nicky pondered, then a bright idea came into her mind. 'Wait, isn't that a great opportunity? This is like a novel! Mr. Phoenix Gray must have broken up with his girlfriend and now wants to forget about her. I can replace that woman in his heart! O M G! I'm going to be rich!'
Nicky shyly entered the room and opened her mouth to notify her presence since Mr. Phoenix Gray seemed to be absorbed with his own rage right now.
"Pardon me, Mr. Phoenix Gray..." Nicky said.
Vernon turned around with hostility in his gaze, which made Nicky both scared and excited at the same time. She was fantasizing how good it'd feel to be fucked by such a handsome man that exuded tons of masculinity like Vernon Phoenix Gray.
Vernon went silent instantly. He wasn't the type to show his uncontrollable rage in front of other people, mostly because he had this public image of a devil-may-care attitude.
Not this mess of a man he was currently, all because of his sister-in-law. That woman made him like this!
Vernon tried to calm down. He disliked showing this side of him in front of strangers, "Sorry, I had a little fight with someone on the phone.
"It's fine, Mr. Phoenix Gray. I'm here to accompany you after all," Nicky said. "I've prepared the seven-star fantasy set of drinks. Sir, may I suggest you sip the light one and gradually go to the heavy one? The heavy one consists of a strong drink that might make you black out, though…."
"Yes, that'd be great," Vernon said. "But I shouldn't drink the last one before having you."
"S—Sure, Mr. Phoenix Gray…" Nicky's body started to feel warm when Mr. Phoenix Gray said that. She was already enamored by everything about him, and the way he told her that she'd be his tonight was absolutely fantastic!
'No wonder so many women competing for his love. He's so— Ugh, I can't even describe it at this point!'
Excited about what to come, Nicky tried to hold Vernon's hand— which Vernon didn't reject, and led him back to the sofa that he had kicked before, "Mr. Phoenix Gray, you should sit first and relax. I will put the drink on the table, so you can taste it."
"Hm, yeah…"
Vernon sat and watched how this waitress poured the first drink into a wine glass and put it on the table. The waitress stood beside the sofa, waiting for Vernon to drink it.
Vernon glanced at the waitress and grabbed her wrist. He yanked the waitress to sit right beside him on the sofa, "Ah— M—Mr. Phoenix Gray?!"
"Sit with me and help me drink it. I don't want to spend the night alone," Vernon said.
Nicky looked shy, but she was secretly rejoicing in her heart. Because she had a chance to be Vernon Phoenix Gray's woman for the night.
Nicky picked up the glass on the table and helped Vernon to drink it. Vernon felt relaxed after the first drink, he still had Chloe in his mind, but at least he wasn't as stressed as before.
After the fourth drink, Vernon started feeling tipsy. He blinked a few times to ensure he didn't close his eyes.
However, he was already dazed, emptily staring straight at the wall in front of him.
His mind was flooded with one woman he had never been able to dispel off his head, even for ten years after his departure. She filled every part of his brain… and his heart.
And that stayed the same even after ten years, probably even stronger now.
Vernon knew that he was an idiot for falling into the same trick, so he wanted to ruin his Big brother and sister-in-law at the same time, alongside the Gray family that had never fully accepted him.
So if he set everything on fire, he'd also be able to set his heart ablaze, leaving nothing but ashes of the image of that woman.
Nicky noticed that Mr. Phoenix Gray was staring emptily. He must've been in his trance, which was a perfect time to crawl into his heart.
'But first, I need him to tell a story about this woman in his heart, so I can slander her and call her a bitch until Vernon Phoenix Gray thinks of her as nothing worthy. Then I can replace her in his heart.'
"Mr. Phoenix Gray, are you still thinking about this woman? Is she that important to you?" Nicky asked. "Do you love her that much?"
…
Vernon didn't want to tell anyone about it at first, but after he drank the fifth drink, his mind started feeling a little too relaxed, lowering his guard. He finally opened his mouth to describe this woman;
"She has been in my mind for more than fifteen years, and I don't think she's going to leave anytime soon," Vernon said. "Not unless I burn everything to ashes. So I can forget her and the sweet but fake memories in my mind."