Chapter 581
The happiness Halsey had felt moments ago was now replaced with deep disappointinent. She never imagined that it would be Gilbert standing at her door!
Isabel hurried over, draping a coat over Halsey’s shoulders. “Wear his. You’ll catch a chill.”
Halsey looked at Isabel with a questioning expression. “This is the man who came to see me?”
Isabel nodded. “Yes, Mr. Gilbert came to visit. I was about to tell you when you rushed downstairs.”
Halsey asked, “No one else ame looking for me?”
Isabel shook her head. “No, Ms. Lincoln. Who else would you expect?”
Did Dwight not conte?
Gilbert, standing there, eyed Halsey with a smirk. “Were you expecting Dwight?”
Halsey’s lips pressed into a thin line. “Yes. Why are you here?”
Gilbert’s expression darkened. “I heard you were sick with a fever, so I came to check on you.”
“I’m not dead. Thanks for your concern,” Halsey replied coldly, reaching to shut the door.
But Gilbert quickly blocked it with his foot. “Hey, what’s this? I heard you were ill, so I came to see you, but it seems like you don’t want to see me.”
Halsey looked him in the eye. “Take out the word ‘seem‘. I don’t want to see you.”
Gilbert’s temper flared. “You’re so ungrateful!”
“Sienna’s your girlfriend now. How many times do I need to remind you? If you’re a decent ex, you should know to stay away from my life. Don’t bother me again.”
Gilbert took a few long strides toward Halsey, narrowing his gaze as he studied her. She stood there in a pink silk nightgown, her long black hair cascading down, her bright eyes sparkling with a mix of sweetness and beauty. She looked soft, delicate, and incredibly alluring.
Halsey wasn’t wearing any makeup, unlike Sienna, who always seerned heavily made up. At first, Sienna’s beauty had been striking, but now it felt artificial, too much of the “beauty” created by cosmetics.
The difference between natural and manufactured beauty was unmistakable.
Gilbert moved closer, and Halsey instinctively took two steps back. “What are you doing? Why are you suddenly so close?”
He stared at her intensely. “I need to talk to you.”
“About what?”
Gilbert’s face looked strained. “I broke up with Sienna.”
What?
Halsey’s heart skipped a beat. Gilbert and Sienna hadn’t been together for long, and they’d already broken up?
Gilbert had indeed ended things with Sienna, but she had been unable to accept it and hadn’t agreed to the breakup.
After hearing that Halsey had fallen ill, Gilbert rushed over.
Halsey blinked, her voice flat. “Okay, so you broke up with Sienna. What does that have to do with me? You don’t need to report this to me.”
Gilbert clenched his fists, his frustration evident. “Halsey, is this a game to you? Playing hard to get?”
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Halsey froze, confusion crossing her face. “What do you mean?”
“I know you’ve always liked me, but back then, I didn’t feel the same, 1 ignored you and went after Sienna instead. So, you turned to Dwight, right? You don’t really love him; you’re just using him to make me jealous, aren’t you?”
Halsey stared at Gilbert in shock, her eyes wide. What was he even alking about?
“You’re clever–I’ll give you that. Congratulations. Your little trick worked. You’ve got my attention now. Even though I’m with Sienna, all I can think about is you. I keep remembering the time we spent together, and I’ve come to realize how much joy you brought me. I missed the way things were.”
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