Alcohol was a must-have for a gathering.
After drinking some alcohol, they were a little drunk and wanted to smoke.
Someone took out his cigarette but Carl glared at him. "Jessica is here. Don't you dare light it."
The man was so frightened that he dropped the lighter.
Carl was the leader of this group since they were young. The rest of the group respected Carl and
addressed him as "Mr. Carl". They always listened to Carl.
Afterward, no one dared to mention smoking and put away their cigarette cases.
...
After the meal was over, the others left to have at other places.
Jessica's hand was injured, so she did not have the energy to go to another entertainment place. The
others dared not invite Jessica. After all, Carl was standing beside her with an unpleasant look.
"See you, Carl."
"Goodbye, Jessica. Let's hang out together next time..."
Most people were gone.
Carl put his hands in the pockets of his suit trousers and asked Jessica, "Where are you going?
Summer's place or yours?"
Jessica turned to look at Molly.
Molly was confused. Why did Jessica look at her? Shouldn't Jessica answer Carl's question?
Did Jessica want Molly to drive her home?
Molly widened her eyes and thought that the relationship between Jessica and Carl might have
deteriorated.
If Carl wasn't here, it would be normal for Molly to escort Jessica home.
But now Carl was here, if Molly dared to promise Jessica to drive her home, Carl would be mad at
Molly and asked Molly to return the money.
Molly was poor now.
Molly dared not offend Carl lest he ask Molly to pay him back.
"Jessica, Carl is asking you. Where do you want to go? It's late and you should go back and rest early.
I have something to do tomorrow morning," Molly said with a smile and pretended not to know what
Jessica meant.
When Jessica was about to speak, Carl said before her, "Then let's go home."
"I..."
Jessica spoke but was interrupted by Molly.
"Christopher!"
Molly did not expect to see Christopher here.
Christopher saved Molly from the embarrassment.
"Are you here for dinner? What a coincidence." To escape from here, Molly ran to Christopher without
hesitation, her tone filled with unprecedented enthusiasm.
Christopher was smart. He glanced at Jessica and Carl, and then observed Molly's expression, and
knew what was going on.
Christopher replied indifferently, "Yes."
Molly would only be enthusiastic about him when she had a request.
However, Christopher couldn't lose his temper with Molly, so he could only expressing his discontent by
being aloof to her.
Seeing Christopher's unhappy expression, Molly thought that he was unhappy with his meal just now,
so she whispered to him, "Can you tell them that you want to leave with me?"
Jessica seemed to have misunderstood Molly's relationship with Christopher. If Christopher wanted to
go with Molly, Jessica would not want Molly to drive her home.
Molly lowered her voice and stared at Christopher pleadingly with her big eyes.
Christopher narrowed his eyes slightly, "Leave with you? To where?"
Molly didn't know how to reply.
Just now, Molly thought her request was normal, but now that Christopher had asked her, she felt that
there was something wrong.
She regretted it.
Now Molly would rather be asked to return the money by Carl than talk to Christopher...
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