After the tumult, the banquet continued. The guests clinked glasses and moved forward. Obviously,
they were not affected by the farce at all.
Noticing that Rose was in a low spirit, Burke did not want to stay any longer. He took Rose's hand and
was about to leave.
When Rose knew that she had to go back, her gloomy face turned a little relaxed, like a prisoner
released from the execution. She really didn't like this kind of boring and limited place.
On the way back to the manor, Rose didn't say a word all the way. Seeing that Rose was in a bad
mood, Burke didn't speak a bit.
Burke's phone buzzed violently. It was Amanda. He glanced at Rose beside him and picked up the
phone.
"Burke, where are you? Can you come to see me? Amy is so scared!" The sound of Amanda's tears
came from the telephone receiver made Burke frown.
"What's wrong? Where are you? " Asked Burke, expressionless as ever.
"I'm at home. Come over. I'm really scared." Amanda was about to cry when she saw Burke was about
to come over.
"Okay, I see. I'll be right there." As soon as Burke finished speaking, he hung up the phone. He turned
to the driver, who was focusing on driving, and ordered, "Turn around, let's go to the Hua Community."
"Okay, Mr. Gu." The driver agreed, turned the steering wheel and made a turn.
Hua Community was where Amanda lived. Burke did not notice the disappointment on Rose's face. His
conversation with Amanda was also heard by her in the quiet car.
At this moment, Rose was still silent, looking out of the window at the street view that was rapidly falling
back. It was already ten o'clock in the evening. There were very few cars on the road, and the
pedestrians were in twos and threes. The shops along the street were about to close. All the street
lights were now standing lonely in the dark night.
Rose felt quite sad deep down inside.
She knew that Burke's attention was not on her, but every move of his could easily touched her
feelings. She felt herself ridiculous.
The car was parked in front of the Hua Community.
"I'll go upstairs first. Wait for me in the car." Burke said to Rose, and opened the door and got out of the
car.
Sitting in the car and looking at his receding figure, Rose couldn't help laughing at herself. Her husband
went to see his lover, but as a wife, she still waited for him to come back.
Suddenly, Rose sneered. She took out her phone from her bag and dialed the number of Xavier.
The phone was quickly picked up.
"Hello, Rose. Why calling at such a time?" In the phone came the exciting voice of Xavier.
"Xavier, I want to ask you a favor." Said Rose.
"Whatever you need, Rose." Xavier replied decisively.
"Can you help me investigate the background of this woman called Mandy Zhao?" Rose hesitated for a
moment and said slowly.
"Mandy Zhao? What did she do to you? " Xavier asked nervously.
"It's not a big deal. She insulted me in front of so many people today. But I don't know her at all." "But
someone taught her a lesson for me. She didn't get any advantage, either." Answered Rose lightly.
At the thought of the ugly scene of Mandy at the dinner party, Rose's mood was a little better after all.
"As for this Mandy Zhao..." Xavier gritted his teeth on the other end of the phone.
"What? Do you know her? " Rose realized that Xavier and Mandy might know each other.
"Yes. Mandy is the only daughter of the senior official in the province, Sun Zhao. Her family is a political
family with fame and prestige." Xavier paused for a while, and then continued slowly, "This Mandy was
spoiled since she was a child, and relying on the political background of her family, she is arrogant and
domineering. She grew up with us in the same courtyard, and has liked Burke for a long time secretly.
We all know about it, but he has never paid attention to her. She is an arrogant and domineering girl.
How could Burke have a crush on her?"
Rose was silent and lost in thought.
"I guess the reason why she humiliated you in public was because of jealousy. She had loved Burke for
so long. But you, Mrs. Gu, came ahead. She must have been crazy with jealousy." Xavier added when
he saw that Rose did not answer.
"Maybe," Rose heaved a long sigh. It seemed that the reason why Mandy was against her was
because of Burke. But if she knew that she, Mrs. Gu, was only a nominal wife of the Gu Family and that
there was actually someone else in Burke's heart, would she think what she did today was very
ridiculous?
They were all poor people who couldn't get loved. There was no difference between them.
"Hello? Hello? Are you listening, Rose?" Xavier saw that Rose did not make a sound for a long time,
and anxiously asked at the other end of the phone, interrupting her thoughts.
"Well, thank you for the information, Xavier. I'm fine now. Good night." Rose said softly to Xavier on the
phone.
"Rose, stay away from that woman. She can do anything. I'll hang up now. Call me if you need
anything." Said Xavier.
"Okay," answered Rose vaguely, and then she hung up the phone.
Outside the car window, the bleak cold wind blew up the yellow leaves on the ground, tumbling in the
air and then falling again.
In a trance, Rose stared at the dark night in the distance.
She had no idea what was Burke and Amanda doing in the room? Maybe they just hugged each other
tightly, or they kissed passionately, or... Rose did not dare to continue. No matter what it was, it would
hurt her worse when she had been too fragile. The pain numbed her, which was probably the feeling of
Rose now.
*
On the floor of the community, Burke walked out of the elevator, came to the door of Amanda and
pressed the doorbell.
The moment the door was opened, Amanda Zhao, who was in a silk nightgown, threw herself into
Burke arms. She said in a sobbing tone, "Burke, you are finally here."
The sudden hug made him feel uncomfortable. He didn't like to have any intimate behavior with
Amanda but he didn't know since when he was deeply repulsed, even hated her. He gently pushed
Amanda away from his arms and glanced at her sexy nightgown. He frowned and kept a distance from
her.
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