Chapter 8: Chapter 8

Chapter 8 They averted their gaze, either continuing drinking or chatting, Mariela drank the fruit juice, and her heart gradually sank to the bottom.

In her impression, Jaime never seemed to care about anything.

This was the first time she had seen him lose control like this.

After finishing the juice, she went to the restroom.

She heard the voices of a few girls talking outside the washbasin through the door.

“Jaime is crazy. How could he leave his girlfriend here and leave with Juliette?”

“It means Juliette is the one he cares about.”

pretending that nothing had happened.

“Agreed. Did you see that? When Juliette was about to kiss Efrain, it seemed Jaime was “I did. I feel so sorry for his girlfriend. She watched him go crazy over another woman.”

“You’re right. His girlfriend is just a substitute.”

gonna kill Efrain.”

“If you ask me, they’re gonna break up soon. Everyone can tell Jaime loves Juliette.”

“Yeah, I think so...” The girl stopped as she saw Mariela walking out of the stall through the mirror. The other two girls also saw Mariela. They didn’t say anything more and hurriedly walked away with their heads down. Mariela calmly walked up to the mirror and washed her hands.

They were right. She and Jaime would break up soon.

But it wasn’t him breaking up with her, nor was he dumping her.

It was the other way around.

When Mariela went back to Jaime’s villa, it was already 11 o’clock at night.

She was exhausted, and after taking a shower, she quickly fell asleep.

Jaime came back the next afternoon.

.

He pushed open the door of the bedroom and was puzzled when he saw the open suitcase on the floor.

“What’s this?”

Mariela poked her head out from behind the wardrobe and said, “Oh, you’re back. I’m going back to my hometown in a few days.” She had a lot of belongings since she had lived here for two years. Some clothes, shoes, and miscellaneous items didn’t need to be taken back to New York, but she had to pack and discard them.

When she left, she wouldn’t leave behind anything that belonged to her.

As soon as she said that, she saw the suggestive red mark on his neck. He was stunned for a moment and then calmly looked She was already over Jaime.

So, it didn’t matter to her who he messed around with.

away.

Jaime frowned.“Why are you going back to your hometown all of a sudden? Are you still upset about what happened last night?

You’re going back to avoid me?”

“No. I miss my parents and want to visit them. That’s all.”

Hearing this, he stopped frowning.”It’s good to go back and visit them.”

In the past three years, Mariela had never returned to her hometown.

She even spent the New Year alone.