Chapter 523: Hot Potato_1
But Evelyn Willard always entangled her.
When Jade Carlson struggled desperately for her future, Evelyn Willard came to her for loans more than once, with all sorts of reasons. Sometimes it was for business investments, sometimes for emergency medical expenses, and at times she claimed to owe money to loan sharks.
Jade did not want to be entangled by Evelyn Willard, and she always gave money very swiftly. But Evelyn’s appetite only grew, and Jade began to sporadically seek loans from Nathaniel Summers.
She vaguely guessed that Evelyn might have gotten involved with drugs.
An addict is like a hot potato.
Jade wished she could cut ties with her completely as if she had never known her!
But the moment she actually did that, Evelyn would go to her workplace to ask for money.
Dressed provocatively, each of Evelyn’s visits attracted strange looks from the colleagues, and Jade dared not avoid her calls any longer, as she felt both hatred and fear towards Evelyn!
Jade had always felt that Evelyn Willard was a cancer in her life, yet she never expected that, at this point in her life, Evelyn was the only one willing to associate with her.
Had she become as filthy and repulsive as Evelyn now?
This realization left Jade utterly despondent, feeling like all her years of hard work had been in vain…
Evelyn took Jade to her place, an ordinary apartment complex.
She had a two-bedroom apartment there.
As soon as they entered, an unpleasant odor hit them, and Jade instinctively held her breath, frowning.
Throwing off her shoes and switching to slippers, Evelyn Willard strode to the window and flung it open, letting in the fresh air.
Jade stood at the entryway, looked at the messy pile of slippers, and felt they were dirty. She did not switch and walked into the apartment with her own shoes on.
The inside of Evelyn’s home was filthy, with piles of unthrown fast-food containers and drink bottles on the table, dirt accumulating on the floor, and cigarette butts everywhere.
Yet now, Jade could not find a better place to stay than this.
She dragged her luggage into one of the bedrooms, threw the pillowcases and bedsheets on the floor, and gave it a cursory clean-up before deciding to go down to the supermarket to buy a new set of bedding.
She did not want to use anything from Evelyn’s place—who knew if someone with a contagious disease had lain there?
When she turned around, she found Evelyn fiddling with her own phone.
Jade immediately bristled and snapped, “What are you doing?!”
With a titter, Evelyn, holding up the phone, asked her, “Why did you put your phone on airplane mode? Who are you trying to avoid?”
Jade walked over and snatched her phone back, her face taut and silent.
Indeed, she was scared. Since she came out of the detention center, she had been receiving all kinds of harassing calls. Some were insulting and demeaning, others were nosy journalists wanting to interview her about how she came up with the vicious scheme to frame Mrs. Farrell.
These calls harassed her day and night, to the point where she could hardly sleep, nearly driving her to a mental breakdown.
Clutching her phone tight, Jade thought of the torment she had endured these days and was filled with anguish.
Leaning against the door frame, Evelyn chuckled and said, “I think I just saw that Nathaniel Summers sent you a text. Aren’t you going to check it?”
Jade was startled and, coming back to her senses, looked down at her phone. Evelyn had switched it from airplane mode to normal mode, and there were two unread messages from Nathaniel.
Evelyn came over to take a look, teasingly saying, “This man isn’t too bad, huh? He still remembers you. Why not seize the chance to make some money?”
Jade gave her a look of disgust, turned her back, and moved away so she couldn’t continue to see the information on the phone.
Jade was very aware that her actions at the Summers Family’s spring banquet last time had infuriated Nathaniel.
If Nathaniel was looking for her now, it was definitely not to offer help; it must be for something else…
After pondering for a moment, Jade took her phone and left the room. In the deserted corridor, she called Nathaniel back.
“…Hello, Nathaniel, you were looking for me?” Jade asked softly.