Female Novel
Chapter 767 An Unwanted Encounter
At the corner under the dim lights.
The silhouette under the long windbreaker.
It made Jack frown with doubt.
Familiarity!
Very familiar!
It was not the kind of feeling he could get from just anyone he had met a few times.
“What’s wrong?”
Amber was next to Jack and had sensed his unusualness. She pointed to the most crowded barbecue
stall in front of them, “Why don’t we eat here?”
She thought that it was Jack’s thought as well.
Before Jack could speak, Steve smiled and rubbed his hands together, “Sure, it’s been a long time
since I last ate barbecue and drank beer at a roadside stall.”
With that, he took a step forward, held Brent with one hand and Jack with the other.
“Shall we have a good drink tonight?”
Upon seeing his father-in-law in high spirits, Jack smiled and nodded too. However, he deliberately
chose a table that was quite a distance away from a particular corner.
He was familiar with that woman.
But he didn’t want to meet anyone he knew here.
This trip was already a risk to them, and he didn’t want to have any extra troubles.
Everyone took their seats around the table.
Steve, Mr. Ward and Brent were busy ordering the food and drinks for the night.
Amber, her mother and Daisy were chatting away at the side.
From time to time, people would throw gazes, which had a hint of adoration in them over here.
All because of Amber.
Even if she became much skinner and looked a little pallid because of the miscarriage, but she was still
a beauty that could catch anyone’s eyes in the crowd.
However, when their gazes fell on Jack who was in a wheelchair, they looked at him weirdly.
Why would such a stunning beauty be together with a handicapped?
Amber couldn’t care less about all those gazes and just ignored them.
As for Jack, he did not care about it at all. From time to time, he would still look at the woman in the
corner with doubt.
Who was that woman?
Soon, the food and beer were served.
Steve and Mr. Ward feasted right away.
Since Brent was just discharged from the hospital, he had to control his food intake and did not dive in
like the other two men.
While Jack only toasted without eating or drinking much because of the thoughts running in his mind.
Toasts were exchanged.
Jokes and laughter were heard.
Under the temptation of delicious food and beer and the drinking contest between Steve and Mr. Ward,
the atmosphere at the table was harmonious.
While Amber chewed on her food, she put down her chopsticks and picked up two skewers of meat,
wanting to pass them to Jack.
When she raised her head to look at Jack, she realized that Jack wasn’t paying attention to their table.
His gaze was focused somewhere else.
Amber followed the direction of his gaze and saw a group of men and women exchanging toasts on a
table far away in a corner. Nothing seemed to be out of place about them.
“Honey, what are you looking at?”
Amber asked curiously.
Jack was surprised, then instantly looked back and smiled, “No, nothing. I just feel like there are very
few night markets like this back at home.”
“You’re right. We have quite a few snacks there, but there’s no such a large night market.”
Amber nodded, then passed the skewers to Jack, “Here, have some.”
Jack nodded and suppressed his complicated thoughts.
He never got the chance to see the woman’s face.
Whatever, he didn’t want to care anymore and just took the skewers from Amber. While he ate, he
toasted with Steve and Mr. Ward.
The night market was always bustling with life.
Even if it was late midnight, there were still many people around.
For a big city like South Maine, which was also a popular destination, the locals with the addition of
tourists were enough to fill the night markets.
Steve and Mr. Ward were already drunk by now.
Everyone else was pretty much done eating too.novelbin
After Jack got Brent to pay for the bills, the group was ready to leave.
At this time, the table of customers that Jack had been looking at the whole night were staggering in his
direction. They appeared to be drunk as well.
Jack could finally take a good look at the woman.
To his disappointment, she had a face mask on.
However, Jack could feel that she was someone he knew from just looking at her eyes. That sense of
familiarity was even stronger now.
“Sir, we’d like to get the bills!”
The woman was drunk and slurred her words a little.
As soon as she spoke, Jack froze!
It was a voice that he would never forget.
Amber, who was next to Jack, had the same reaction too.
She recognized the voice as well.
“Let’s go.”
Jack’s voice turned cold. How unlucky of him to meet her here?
At this time, the woman was already closer to them, but she did not realize Jack and Amber’s
presence.
But because she was too drunk, she suddenly tripped on the leg of a stool and lost her balance.
Bang!
The lady fell into Jack’s embrace.
In that instant, Jack’s gaze turned cold.
Amber’s expression became unreadable too.
“Miss, are you alright?”
Rosie and Daisy quickly brought the lady to her feet.
As she was drunk, she struggled a little while getting up. She removed her mask and said
apologetically to Rosie, “Thank you…I’m fine.”
Then, she turned to Jack.
Even though she was drunk, the tiny bit of rationality she had left told her that she needed to apologize.
When she faced Jack and Amber, she was stunned and the sight before her forced her to be slightly
soberer.
Time seemed to have stopped at the second.
Jack was holding on to the handle of his wheelchair tightly and he looked at the woman with a deadly
stare.
The woman was none other than Shirley Lynn!
The woman who once claimed to be reserved and asked the Parry family for an over-the-top betrothal
gift.
The bitch that could be easily bought over with money, and agreed to help Jack take revenge on the
Parry family.
She was also the woman who could do anything to destroy Jack and Amber’s relationship.
When Shirley was doing so in the past, it angered Jack. Without any hesitation, he got Mr. Ward and
Lone Wolf to send her away. She was forbidden from entering their city again from that day onwards.
Jack never would’ve expected to have this unwanted encounter during his vacation!
Amber’s expression was very complicated.
All of her happy emotions disappeared without a trace the second she saw Shirley.
The memories of the past came flooding back.
Because of Shirley, she had even left Jack in anger for a short while back then.
Following the silence of the three people, Mr. Ward, Brent and the rest turned to look at the woman as
well.
Mr. Ward’s eyes widened and his heart stopped for a second.
Oh lord!
He broke the silence right away, “Young Master, Mrs. Hughes, it’s getting late. Let’s get back to the
hotel now. Mrs. Hughes shouldn’t be exposed to the cold air.”
“Yeah, let’s head back now.”
Rosie reacted right away and supported Mr. Ward.
Steve and Rosie were probably the only two people here who didn’t know Shirley.
With Mr. Ward who broke off the tense situation, the couple did not notice anything unusual.
Shirley said nothing since the beginning and just stood in her spot, unmoving like a statue.
When Jack and the rest left, then only did she come back to her senses.
She sobered up after the encounter too.
“Shirley…what’s wrong?”
A young man approached her and held her shoulders intimately.
He saw Shirley’s eyes that were focused on the group that was leaving.
Then, he took a look and said, “You know the handicapped in the wheelchair?”
“Handicapped?”
Shirley’s eyes lit up and she sneered soon after, “Perhaps this is his karma.”