Chapter 71
Chapter 71
Josephine was shocked and exclaimed, "You actually got into a fight!"
Ethan laughed and gave her a sign to take a couple steps back. He then opened the door and got out of the car.
As soon as he got out of the car, he could feel the cold. wind blowing Josephine was
was still in her strappy dress that she wore to the party and her scarf looked thin.
Ethan then took off his jacket and swiftly wrapped it around her shoulders. He made sure to keep it on her by
gently squeezing her shoulders.
"Do | look like a weakling who would just let others walk all overwithout fighting back? If he provoked me, of
course | would teach him a lesson. What about you? What are you doing downstairs?"
Just when Josephine was about to explain, her phone started ringing. It was Thompson calling and she quickly
answered
"Josephine, where are you? Do you want to cover?"
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtThompson didn't sound as mad as before, but he sounded more anxious this time. This was not like him at all
and Josephine was starting to get really worried. She didn't want any other bigger issues to stem from the shoe
incident. "I'll go over night now."
As she hung up, she looked at Ethan and said, "I'm pushing somewhere. | have to go now she took off his jacket
and returned it to him as soon as she decided to leave. However, Ethan made no motion to accept the jacket.
Instead, he asked, "Where are you going? | have nothing to do now, so | can give you a ride." "It's alright, it's too
late now. You should go home."
"so, you do know it's getting late. It's dangerous for you to go out alone this late. What if you meet a bad
person?"
Josephine found it funny and thought he was being paranoid. However, when she saw the sincerity in his eyes,
she decided against saying anything silly.
"If that's the case, could you please givea lift?" Josephine thought that before Ethan was continued for the
role of the lead actor, he would be trying his best to curry favous with her.
When she got in the car, she quickly keyed in the address to Thompson's work stuon the car's navigation
system. When he saw the address, Ethan asked curiously, "Are you going to investigate the shoe incident?"
"Even you know about it?" Josephine sald as she massaged her throbbing temple. "This is not a big deal but it
still caused a stir. | need to find out the truth for myself and Thompson so | could explain the incident to Winnie."
When they got to the work studio, Josephine quickly unbuckled her seatbelt. When Ellun reached the passenger
seat, she was already halfway out of the car Nevertheless, Ethan still behave like gentleman as he shielded her
from bumping into the roof of the car. He waited till she got out of the car and closed the door behind her.
"Would you liketo go in with you?"
"You'd be bored waiting around here. Cin withand find out what happened then."
Pearl was waiting for Josephine in the hall. When she saw Josephine walking in, she immediately greeted her,
"Josephine, you're here."
Josephine gave her a worried look and asked, "Did Thompson lose his temper on you?
Pead laughed and replied, "I had nothing to do with what happened. Mr. Thompson would never get mad at me
tot no good reason. He's waiting for you in the surveillance room. Let's go."
It Pearl wasn't at fault, then was it the receptionist?
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmWhen they entered the surveillance room, she saw Thompson pacing around in nervous circles, Josephine had
never seen Thompson this nervous and she was genuinely confused, She asked, "What's wrong? Did anything
terrible happen?" Thompson looked at her with a sympathetic gaze for the longest tbefore he said,
"Josephine, | found the person who switched out the shoes. It's someone you
H
Charter 72
word
word
mmMwWLIII0fiflo&1
mmMwWLIII0fiflo&1
mmMwWLHI0RAO&1
mmMwWLIII0fiflo&1
mmMwWL1i10f1ifl0&1
mmMwWLIiI0fiflO&1