Hour Chase

"It is you."

What the man on the opposite side said made Ellie confused for a while.

Holding the phone, she carefully looked at the name of the number displayed on the screen, and it was indeed Caroline's name.

Ellie brought the phone close to her ear, but the person over there lost her voice.

However, if you listen carefully, the voice on the other side is very noisy.

Men and women cheered, sang, and talked about.

It's all on display, and there seems to be...an indoor party going on.

Maybe her friend answered the phone for her.

Just as she was about to speak, Ellie realized that the other party's original noisy voice was much lighter.

"Are you looking for Caroline? Sorry, she's out."

It was still the voice of the man just now, Ellie could only reply when she heard it,

"Oh... yeah, that's bothering you."

Just about to put down the phone, I heard the other party say.

,

"Wait a minute, I know who you are."

I wanted to hang up the phone at this point, but unfortunately, the person on the other side started talking.

"I've heard that Caroline has a friend like you, but I have never had the chance to meet you..."

After a pause, a word came out of the man's mouth, but a familiar voice sounded behind him.

Ellie heard it, and it was Caroline's voice.

The phone was hung up in a hurry, and the phone conversation between the two came to an end.

Caroline was talking with her friends in the courtyard of Neil's house, but she saw Neil, who was supposed to get a coat for her, appear here.

He stood a little far away, but the coat in his hand made her sure that she was right.

"Neil! I'm here!"

In front of many friends, Caroline smiled and waved to Neil.

Neil, who was talking to Ellie at the side, subconsciously turned off the phone and stuffed it in the pocket of his suit pants.

He didn't forget his mission, and ran towards Caroline with his coat in hand.

"Sorry for keeping you waiting, put it on quickly, the weather is a bit cold today."

Neil didn't say anything about the phone call, pretending nothing happened, and handed the coat to Caroline.

Today's party is celebrating Neil's company's third anniversary.

Although it is a subsidiary of the family business, Neil manages his company with great fanfare.

As Neil was the protagonist, most of the people he invited were colleagues from the company, as well as his relatives and friends.

"I still have a reception tonight...I'll take you home later, shall I?" Neil suggested.

This was the second time he had told Caroline about tonight's itinerary today, and he said it again just so that she wouldn't forget about herself, and...her own identity.

own fiancée.

But to ask about Caroline's private affairs, this is Neil's practice that has not changed from the beginning to the end.

However, not asking does not mean not knowing.

It's not that he doesn't know who the girl named Ellie is in Caroline's phone.

Even, even if they don't fully know what's going on between them, they can still perceive the unusual aura between the two from a man's point of view.

Even though they haven't met, they can tell whether Ellie is up to something. Neil trusts his intuition very much.

Rather than saying that he has no objection to Caroline making various friends, he hopes that Caroline can have her own circle of life instead of being bound at home and in the palm of her own hand.

If he wanted, he could use the two powerful shackles of financial power and family power to lock all the women he loved.

Unfortunately, such an approach is extremely inferior and stupid.

Therefore, he can allow Caroline to do anything without touching the bottom line of his tolerance.

He believes that his strength can allow him to do it.

Looking at Neil's colleagues in front of her, facing her fiancé's words, Caroline nodded and bid farewell to them.

"Sorry, I won't accompany you today. I have a chance"

What a very happy unmarried couple, everyone present has the same idea.

Not only Neil, the so-called boss, but even his fiancée's family background is quite enviable.

In the car, Neil carefully fastened Caroline's seat belt.

At this time, Caroline remembered that her mobile phone was still left here.He unbuckled his seat belt and wanted to get out of the car.

"What's wrong? Did you forget to take something away?"

Neil watched as Caroline opened the door and got out of the car.

"I'm going to get my phone, I'll be here right away."

"I'll just go!"

Neil quickly got out of the car and strode home.

If it happened that she knew that the phone was in his pocket, it would not be an easy solution.

Not long after, Neil returned to the car and handed the phone to Caroline.

Of course, on the way back, a text message and a call from Ellie were deleted by myself.

Of course, Caroline didn't know this.

Neil seriously drives a well-known sports car worth more than 300 million pounds, driving on the road.

Escorting his fiancée home is one of his important missions.

Sometimes Neil would look at Caroline out of the corner of his left eye.However, every time, the eyes of the two will not meet.

Even so, Neil would not feel any loss.

He knew Caroline well, she was not a woman who liked to be bound.

Their homes are not far apart.Also in the wealthy area of ​​London, the house of Caroline's family is not as ostentatious as Neil's house. From the outside, it looks like an ordinary single-family house.

Turning the last corner, Caroline's yard is in front of you.

Neil stopped the car at the right time and opened the door for her.

"I'm going back. You should drink less at the evening reception, and drive carefully."

Neil was very pleased with Caroline's instructions, so he leaned over happily and pressed a kiss on Caroline's cheek.

"I will definitely keep the words of my future wife in mind!"

Seeing Caroline's leaving back, Neil's mood suddenly changed from cloudy to sunny.

I was so happy that I could forget all the unhappiness just now.

The sound of the engine of the sports car sounded behind her, Caroline breathed a sigh of relief, and put one hand on the place where Neil kissed just now, feeling a little helpless.

At night, the hour hand has passed seven o'clock, and night falls.

Caroline, who had just had dinner, returned to the room, turned on the computer, and checked the emails in the mailbox.

In the list on the first page, she sees an email from a student.

Open it up and see some photos.

To her relief, Jamie, whom she called a mischievous kid, actually performed Caroline's best piano repertoire, "To Alice", at a large-scale folk recital.

Caroline always felt that although Jamie was naughty, he was as good at playing the piano as any rich kid who had received professional training.

Calori could see Jamie's serious expression in every photo.

After closing this email, the title of another email came into view.

Checking the letter, it turned out to be a letter from Principal Enfield.

The principal expressed regret for Caroline's resignation in his heart, and at the end also wished her a happy wedding with her future husband in advance.

It seemed like an ordinary email, but Caroline read it with a different meaning.

Indeed, at the suggestion of his family and Neil, he had already expressed his willingness to resign to the principal.

However, he only sent out the resignation email by himself, and did not submit the resignation letter himself.

No need to ask, Neil has done everything for himself.

Seeing the lawyer and other words mentioned in the principal's email, Caroline understood that Neil had done something without his knowledge.

It's hard to accept it in my heart, but since the resignation has become a fact, talking to Neil will only increase the distance between the two of them.

Thinking about it this way, even the matter of Jamie couldn't make me happy again.

Silently closed the mailbox page, suddenly, the mobile phone at hand rang.

There is only one person who will ring this bell.

"Ellie! You..."

"Oh, Caroline, are you home yet?"

Hearing Ellie's voice, Caroline's eyes lit up.

In the previous meeting, Caroline was not willing to say those words to Ellie.

She was just angry, angry at Ellie's timidity, and angry at her incomprehension.

However, now hearing her voice again, all the unpleasantness disappeared.

Until the evening, Ellie still cared a little about the man who was a little strange to her.

In my own impression, such a man does not exist.

However, he also said that he knew himself, which was even more strange.

If Caroline is connected with that man, his identity can be somewhat guessed.

"I did go out today, and I just came home in the afternoon."

"It turned out that I really went out..."

Ellie's whisper was ready to be heard by Caroline,

"Is there anything you need to see me today?"

"Ah! Yes! Well, I want to ask you about last Saturday."

After a pause, Ellie went on to say,

"I heard from David that I got drunk and made a big fuss when I went back... and said too much. Did you...have I told you anything?"

It was the same yesterday, and it was the same today. Ellie was not in a good mood because of Saturday.

Even receiving a text from Caroline, the words in it made Ellie both sad and puzzled.

As things stand now, it’s okay not to ask clearly.

Again, Ellie didn't wait for Caroline's answer, and said,

"When I called you today, someone picked up the phone for you...I know you didn't do that on purpose, right?"

"What? You mean you called me today?"

Caroline pressed the speakerphone while operating the phone.

"A man picked it up for you, don't you know? Didn't he pass it on to you?"

Looking through the call records, there was no call at all that Ellie said today.

"Are you sure the number is correct?"

"I'm sure because I sent you a text message the night before and you sent me a reply? I got it..."

After hearing Ellie's words, Caroline flipped through the text message records again.

The last one was from my mother, and the time was yesterday afternoon.And there was no text message after that.

This time, what Ellie said did not match what she saw.

Recalling everything that happened today, from morning to night, what I did, and who I met.

Everything unusual points to one person.

The author has something to say: