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“Us? But what about us? He shouted at me, only me. “
Eva, you are wrong here. He is like this from our childhood days. You know how much he bullied me as an elder brother?”
“Really? “ Naïve Eva thought he was stating the truth.
“Yes, you can ask mom and dad too. And even now he uses to do that now and then he is just jealous of my personality, you know. How girls throw up themselves on me and look at him. He is all alone in his life—no girlfriends, not even a single female friend."
Eva gave a puzzled look at Steve. She couldn’t trust his words, but one thing was the fact that Stephen was never in news of his affairs or flings, and the only girl whose name wasassociated with him was only hers. So she wiped her tears and asked Steve,
“Are you stating that I cannot attend the birthday party now?”
"No, dear, you attend that party and will enjoy it too. After all, you already asked dad, isn’t it? “
Eva nodded at Steve.
“So now no more crying, ok, do you still want to attend the classes? I mean, you are very late now.
"Hmm, yes, you are right; I think we should return home."
Steve smiled at her. At last she stopped crying.
The Smith mansion
William was glaring at Stephen
“Why did you shout at her like that? You know I already permitted her to attend that party."
“Dad, you did what? And why did you do that? Don’t you know how dangerous it could be for her? “
“Stephen, first calm down and listen to me carefully. We will arrange the best security team around her, and you cannot stop her like this from enjoying her life.
Listen to me clearly. Stephen Eva is like a daughter to me and I don’t like the way you behaved with her today.
You cannot cage her in the name of love. She has all the right to make her own decisions. And trust me, if you keep behaving like this, then Eva will only hate you, love you, or get married to you, which will be like a nightmare to her.”.
Stephen took a deep breath to calm his nerves and thought about his dad’s words. He realized that, in anger, he just got overboard, but he is worried for her safety.
When they returned to the living room, they spotted Eva arriving with Steve. Stephen then noticed her appearance. Her eyes were swollen, and her nose was red, obviously showing excessive crying.
Stephen cursed himself for her condition, but now he has to apologize to her
When Eva noticed Stephen in front of her, she thought more scoldings were coming her way, but she didn’t show the fear on her face and started moving towards the stairs when Stephen called her name.
She stopped in her tracks and looked around at him. She was relieved that at least other family members were present in the living room, as their presence gave her some moral support
But his next words surprised her: "I am sorry, Eva; I shouldn’t have shouted at you. I came to know later that dad already gave you permission for this party. So you can carry out your plan.”
Chapter 37 birthday treat
The devil's words took aback Eva, but she sensed a sincere apology and nodded in response.
Stephen smiled at her and then left for his work, as in all this chaos they were already late for their respective works
Because of her excessive crying, Eva spent the day resting to ease her throbbing headache.
She remains unable to comprehend the cause of Stephen's outburst as well as his abrupt apology.
Anyway, she was still excited about attending this party. It was evening time when Rose selected a beautiful black dress for her. Rose selected some expensive designer dresses for her, but she refused them and rather selected a beautiful plain black dress that was also chosen by Rose.