The glimmer of smile deepened in Jerome's eyes, "Tell me your phone number."
Summer gave Jerome her phone number.
After storing the number into his phone, Jerome said, "Are you going back now? Let me drive you
home."
Summer, of course, would not get on his car.
"Don't bother. I can go back by myself."
Jerome did not force her. "Goodbye, then."
Seeing Jerome's car off, Summer took a taxi home.
After taking a shower, she received a phone call from Eliza.
Eliza asked as soon as Summer answered the phone, "Did Bowen say anything after I left?"
"What do you expect?" Summer took the rare chance to tease her.
In fact, she knew that Eliza liked Bowen.
However, she was rather surprised. Bowen seemed to have been born into a poor family. Judged by
the way he acted, he was a stable man, calm but not dull.
It was easy for a woman to fall in love with him.
Eliza looked extremely anxious. “Tell me quickly if he said anything!"
Summer advised her, "Why don't you ask him yourself?"
"Well, it's a long story," Eliza sighed.
In the end, Summer told her the truth, "He did ask me what we had talked about, but I asked him to go
to you. Are you happy with that?"
After a moment of silence, Eliza said at the end of the phone in a faint voice, "I don't think he will
come."
Jerome had mentioned that he wanted Summer to do him a favor in a few days.
But in the end, Summer was informed that she should accompany Jerome to a banquet.
When Summer knew it, she refused at once. "You can find someone else. I can't help you with this."
Leonardo had asked her not to meet Jerome.
How could it be possible to drive Jerome out of her sight? But she could refuse to attend the banquet
with him.
Although the Patels wasn't as powerful as the Jarretts, it still had a say in the Hoover City. She did not
want to see gossips spreading again after she showed up with Jerome in the banquet.
Jerome seemed to have anticipated that she might refuse early on, so he calmly replied, "You promised
me earlier. You never go back on your words."
"But I can do it now." Summer rejected firmly.
After a long silence, Jerome stared at Summer for a while and said in a ridiculed tone, "Because of
Leonardo?"
Summer stiffened for a moment without saying anything.
Everyone thought that she had truly broken up with Leonardo, but Jerome did not think so.
Jerome did not mind Summer’s silence. Instead, he leaned closer to her and said softly, "Summer, I
know you better than anyone else. I know what you are thinking and what you want."
Summer was not used to men other than Leonardo being so close to her. She retreated, but Jerome
suddenly reached out to grab her wrist and said, "Leonardo is not for you. His family is too
complicated."
"What do you mean?" Summer narrowed her eyes and questioned, "When I went abroad, you said the
same thing to me at the airport. You mentioned that his family was complicated. How complicated it can
be? How much do you know?"
Jerome did not expect that Summer would give him so many rhetorical questions.
Her tone and eyes were filled with aggressiveness. The smile at the corners of Jerome's mouth faded
and he said in a serious tone, "I won't hurt you. In the past, I might have used you like Vicky and the
others, but I'm now doing everything for your own good."
"What do you know about the Emersons? Tell me." Summer became more certain that Jerome had
known something.
"Are you so eager for the answer?" Summer nodded.
Jerome loosened his grip on Summer’s wrist and said with a cold face, "Attend the banquet with me. I'll
tell you everything after that."
"You..." Summer stared at him in astonishment. This was clearly a threat.
Perhaps her thoughts were revealed from her eyes so obviously that Jerome could see what she was
thinking.
"Summer, it’s not a threat. I'm a businessman, so I won't do anything that can’t bring me benefits. If you
want me to tell you something, you must pay for it. I just want you to accompany me to a banquet."
Jerome's tone was very serious.
Summer thought for a moment and reckoned that what Jerome had said made sense.
She already owed Jerome a favor, and he had no obligation to tell her what he had known.
If he really knew anything about the Emersons, it must be a big secret.
Whether he told her or not was also his prerogative.
Thinking of it, Summer asked him to confirm one thing, "Just to attend a banquet? After that, you'll tell
me the secret?"
Jerome frowned slightly, seemingly a little unhappy, but he nodded. "Yes."
The banquet that Jerome was talking about was held at eight p.m. on a Friday night.
The venue was in a seven-star hotel in the Hoover City.
The banquet that Michael had invited her to had been also held here.
As soon as Summer got out of the car, she saw Jerome in a white suit.
He stood at the entrance of the hotel waiting for Summer. He was handsome, and his white suit made
him more elegant.
He was the exact opposite of Leonardo.
Leonardo hated to wear such a white suit. He was a reserved man, and his suits were all in dark colors.
"You look beautiful today." Jerome saw Summer getting off the car and walked towards her.
Actually, Jerome wanted to pick her up from home, but Summer refused.
Summer was a stubborn woman. Since she had promised to accompany Jerome tothe banquet, what
she would do was only to stand with him in the banquet hall.
She didn't take the gown that Jerome had given her, and she directly returned it to him.
When Jerome suggested to pick her up, Summer refused with a cold face.
Summer avoided Jerome's hand and said, "Thank you."
She wore a black dress in an extremely simple style today.
The bangs on her forehead had been grown long. Normally, her hair was straight, parted in the middle.
Today, under the consideration that it was a banquet, she had her hair done and styled it into curly hair.
It made her look more mature. Perhaps she had given birth to a child, so a trace of charm was revealed
from her eyes when she inadvertently looked up.
Jerome withdrew his hand and stared at her back with a faint smile.
She changed a lot.
Summer and Jerome walked in side by side.
Out of courtesy, Summer held onto Jerome's arm and entered the hall with him.
Many people had already reached the hall. Among them, a large number of women had gathered
together.
As Summer passed by, she heard what they were talking about.
"How's my hairstyle today? The designer just came back from a European tour. It's really cool..."
"Nice dress."
"I wonder if Mr. Emerson would be attracted by me later."
Mr. Emerson?
Summer suddenly stopped.
At this moment, Jerome's voice rang out in Summer's ears. "I forgot to tell you. Leonardo will also
come."
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