Female Novel
Chapter 2113
Gary made no reply, and the silence that ensued was somewhat unsettling for Cindy. As such, shequickly said, "If it isn't anything important, I'll just hang up now."
He hummed in response this time. It meant that he could hear her clearly over the phone just now, buthe simply chose not to answer her question.
This irritated her for some reason, and she regretted returning his call. It would have been fine hadthere been an actual conversation that came from this, but the call only seemed to solidify theawkwardness between them.
She hung up the call and walked away from the balcony. Aurora stood up from the couch when shesaw her and asked, "Did you manage to get a hold of him? What did you guys talk about?"
When she saw Gary's name on Cindy's phone screen earlier, she presumed it was a business call.
"Oh," answered Cindy absentmindedly. Then, she tried to school her features into an indifferentexpression as she said, "He was just telling me about the investment project and all that—nothingmuch. I can't understand all the technical mumbo-jumbo anyway, so I didn't really take away much fromthe phone call."
Aurora laughed and brushed this off before walking toward the door. She then said, "Only theprofessionals would know all that, I believe. All we need to concern ourselves with is whether we canbankroll the investments."
Cindy said something in agreement before she sighed and mused ruefully, "I think I'll give up oninvestments after this. I can't seem to wrap my head around them."
Aurora opened the door as she pointed out, "Well, you're not really having problems with yourinvestments so far. Your consultant is quite reliable, and you don't necessarily have to understand theprinciples of the investment as long as you have him to keep an eye on the market for you."
There was nothing wrong with Aurora's words. Gary was an investment consultant, and it was wellwithin his job scope to keep an eye on the investments Cindy had made. However, their relationshipwas complex right now, and it was annoying as well as inconvenient.
Nonetheless, Cindy saw no point in telling Aurora of such things since it would only lead to amisunderstanding, so she hummed in response and did not continue the topic.
As such, they headed out of the apartment and strolled around downstairs. They had been out andabout before, and they usually went home after walking around the block. However, they had barelytaken a couple of steps today when someone came over to them and asked, "Hi there, did you manageto get that conundrum solved today? The man came to pester you, right? What happened to him in theend? Did you have him thrown out? Will he come back again? My goodness, it must have beenterrifying for you. I even saw him make a ruckus twice today outside the compound!" novelbin
Thanks to that idiot of a man, Aurora and Cindy couldn't even take a quiet evening stroll without beingquestioned by the residents in the area.
Aurora kept up a pleasant smile as she said courteously, "I got over it, though it was unnerving at first.He said he would never come back again, and we've already lodged a police report on the matter. Theway I see it, he will probably stick to his word if he knows what's good for him."
The resident nodded earnestly. "That's a relief. What horrible luck you must have to be pestered so
relentlessly by that man. You ought to be careful from now on!"
That much was true, for it did take some horrible luck to be badgered by him.
Aurora thanked the resident kindly and watched as she walked away, looking pleased to have gossipedabout this. On the side, Cindy grew exasperated as she asked, "Are you famous in our neighborhoodnow?"
"It looks like it." Aurora gave a deprecating smile and added, "I can't do much about my fame, youknow."
They went over to a less crowded area before Aurora added, "Actually, I did consider moving into anew place. I don't trust him to just leave us alone. What if he comes back again in two days and tries tomake a scene? I might as well move into someplace new—somewhere he can't find me. I'm sure thatwill be the better choice."
Cindy didn't think there was any real practicality or necessity in doing that. "If that guy is dead-set onfinding you, he will track you down no matter what. I think we should confront him boldly whenever heshows up so that he knows we can't be messed with. He'll back off eventually."
There was no use in evading a person like him because it would solve nothing. One had to stand firmon one's ground and intimidate him into backing off, or there wouldn't be an end to this.
Aurora hesitated for a brief second and said, "We'll circle back to this. Perhaps I'm just a little frazzledright now, but I'll come up with a plan after this."
They continued walking for a while longer, and those who passed by them would turn to shoot curious
glances at Aurora. None of them said anything, but it was clear to see that they knew exactly who shewas.