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Eugene got to his destination eventually by following the navigation device. He got out of the car and entered the place. Yet, a familiar silhouette caught his eye.
“Jackie?”
Jacklyn sensed that someone was watching her intently from behind. She glanced over her shoulder and met Eugene’s eyes.
She could not help wondering what he was doing there.
Eugene swiftly adjusted his expression and walked over to Jacklyn. He tried to appear calm as he placed his arm around her shoulders.
“Jackie, I was looking for you everywhere. It turned out you were here!”
Jacklyn stiffened. She wiped off the sweat on her forehead. Isn’t it time for your morning meetings at work? Shouldn’t you be at the office? Also, how did you find out I was here?”
She furrowed her brows.
Eugene pursed his lips. He explained, “I heard it from Mrs. Crawford. She said you went out early in the morning for your yoga lesson. I canceled my morning meetings since I was worried about you being alone while you were out and about.”
Jacklyn lifted her head slightly. An enigmatic smile played across her lips.
She had not mentioned to anyone about her joining these yoga classes. Naturally, she had not told any of their maids about it, either.
“Jackie, it seems like the participants of this yoga class are mostly married couples. Why did you suddenly decide to join this class?”
Jacklyn met his curious gaze and smiled softly. “I just wanted to give it a try first. I’ll be able to pick things up faster if I happen to get pregnant later on and wish to take these classes.”
Eugene felt a little guilty after hearing her explanation. Recently, he had been spending a lot of time keeping Penelope’s company that he inadvertently neglected Jacklyn.
While he was having an affair with Penelope, Jacklyn was still making plans and considering what was best for their family. She even started considering matters relating to pregnancy.
Eugene had an apologetic look on his face as he held Jacklyn’s hand. “I’m sorry, Jackie. I haven’t spent enough time with you lately. I’ll stay and attend the class with you today.”
Jacklyn did not refuse his offer. Still, she found it repulsive as she took in the look of remorse on Eugene’s face.
Just then, she heard the sound of a ringtone playing.
Eugene pulled his phone out and pressed the reject button right away. He looked flustered as he glanced at Jacklyn.
However, his phone started ringing yet again.
Jacklyn got up and said frigidly, “You should take the call outside. We shouldn’t disturb others while they’re practicing.”
Eugene would not have to act so secretively if it was a call from one of the members of their company’s board of directors. It seemed like it was Penelope again.
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Jacklyn scoffed.
Eugene stepped outside and took the call.
“Gene, where are you? The class has started. It’s really tiring for me to do these poses alone,” Penelope’s sweet, chirpy voice came down the line.
Eugene felt rather annoyed as he listened to Penelope urging him to hurry and join her. “I’m coming.”
He hung up right after saying that.
Penelope was not irked by the fact that Eugene had ended the call abruptly. Anyhow, he had listened to her request and was on his way here. It did not matter to Penelope if he were a bit late.
The two yoga rooms were located not too far from each other. One could easily find the other room after turning a
corner.
Eugene opened the door and found Penelope sitting right in the middle of the room.
“Gene, you’re finally here. I was waiting for you!” Penelope grabbed onto Eugene’s arm and leaned against his shoulder.
The way the two of them appeared really close and affectionate attracted the attention of pretty much everyone in the room.
“Ms. Stinson, your partner looks so dashing. The two of you seem like a great match!” Their yoga instructor was being very generous with her praises as she noticed Eugene was dressed in expensive clothes.
“This is my fiancé, Mr. Lloyd. He’s often busy with work. Still, he cares about me a lot. I wanted to attend these yoga classes alone, but he wouldn’t let me. He even put aside his work to spend time with me.”
Penelope looked a bit shy as she said that.
Eugene felt a little uncomfortable with Penelope clinging to him like that. Still, he suppressed his displeasure for the sake of the baby.
With a dry smile on his face, he greeted whoever came up to him with a nod of his head.
“Mr. Lloyd is clearly someone of elite background and status. You’re not like the rest of us, who have to apply for the day off just to join this yoga class. Ms. Stinson said you owned a company?”
Before Eugene got here, Penelope had been bragging about his wealth and achievements to the others. A lot of the men in the room burned with jealousy after hearing about him.
Yet, they were all trying to strike up a conversation with Eugene now after observing the classy and dignified attitude he gave off.
However, Eugene simply replied to them half–heartedly.
His expression hardened each time he thought about how Jacklyn was just in the room next door. He could hardly maintain his composure.
“Gene, stop being mad at me. I skipped the rare food ingredients and the nutritious meal that you prepared for me today, but that was only because I really couldn’t stomach them!” Penelope said pitifully as she clung to Eugene’s
arm.
What she said made the other pregnant ladies feel extremely envious of her.
“Ms. Stinson, you’re really lucky. Not only is your fiancé handsome, but he also treats you so well. We should have
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our husbands learn from him.”
It was getting slightly rowdy as everyone shared a comment or remark now and then.
On the other hand, all Eugene could think about was Jackly. He told her that he was stepping outside to take a phone call. He was worried that Jacklyn might start suspecting things if he were to stay out for too long.
“Gene, what were you thinking so intently about? Hurry and hold my hands!”
Eugene frowned slightly and got to his feet. “I need to make a phone call. Ms. Levy, please help me watch over her.
He exited the room.
Shortly afterward, he returned to Jacklyn’s side. Eugene breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the calm, unsuspecting look on her face.
Meanwhile, Jacklyn noticed Eugene was already drenched in sweat since he had to run around. She felt nothing but disdain for him.
Jacklyn smiled enigmatically. “Gene, why are you sweating so much? Why do you look so nervous? Could it be that there’s someone you know here who requires your attention?”
