Contract Marriage: Abusive Love with Mr.CEO-Chapter 765 - 396: Extra—When Sorrow Flows Upstream 2

Chapter 765: Chapter 396: Extra—When Sorrow Flows Upstream 2

She asked, "Where are we going?"

He was driving, his face calm. "You’ll know once you reach the destination."

Christine Quinn didn’t ask again, leaning against the seat, watching the city neon lights recede.

The car stopped in front of a luxury club.

She got out of the car, puzzled, and asked, "Where is this? Why did you bring me here?"

"It’s just a leisure club I opened out of boredom."

"Ah?"

Skyler Jones tossed the car keys to the valet. "Let’s go!"

Christine hesitated, standing still. "I have no idea why you brought me here, I won’t go in."

Skyler focused his deep black eyes on Christine. "What, are you afraid I’ll do something to you?"

Christine looked away from his gaze, seriously saying, "Yes, after all, I don’t have much of a connection with you." Except for avoiding Marie’s sudden phone call checking on her at night, she wouldn’t have gone out with him.

Skyler chuckled.

Christine glared at him. "What’s so funny? It’s true."

Skyler teased, "No connection, just a child and a marriage certificate."

Christine was momentarily speechless.

Skyler warmly smiled as he walked toward the club. "It’s up to you whether you come in or not, but you should first think of a reason to explain to Marie why you’re staying outside."

Upon hearing this, Christine grudgingly muttered under her breath and helplessly followed him.

Christine didn’t know the extent of Skyler’s assets, so she was only amazed by how he owned such a high-end club in Y City.

"Mr. Jones, Mrs. Jones."

The attendants bowed, respectfully greeting.

Skyler politely nodded at them and headed straight for the club’s elevator.

Christine followed Skyler into the elevator. Although she didn’t know what he wanted her to do, she didn’t feel uneasy.

The elevator "dinged" as it stopped on the third floor. Before she could react, he reached out and pulled her out of the elevator.

"Sky..."

Christine didn’t have time to say anything as the sound of a young man’s hearty laughter suddenly reached her ears. "Haha, brother, I thought you wouldn’t come again tonight."

Christine looked up, finding the young man before her strangely familiar.

The man, with impeccable taste, teased Christine, "Sis-in-law, you’re looking at me like that, could it be that you didn’t recognize me?"

The man’s voice and teasing tone made Christine’s eyes widen, "Ivan?"

"Yes, sis-in-law, at least you recognized me. I was worried that you wouldn’t, which would have been really awkward!"

Christine dryly chuckled and glanced at Skyler beside her.

Somehow, Skyler had already wrapped his arm around her waist, smiling contentedly at her.

Christine was still somewhat confused about the situation.

Ivan, a finance investor, had been one of Skyler’s good friends for over a decade. Because he was younger than Skyler, he always called him "big brother."

Back when she was with Skyler, he had introduced her to his friends, so she recognized Ivan.

Pushing open the private room door, Ivan was the first to walk in, addressing the people inside, "Look who’s here..."

The people in the private room first saw Skyler and then Christine beside him, all of them breaking into smiles.

The warm faces opened a box of memories in Christine’s mind that had been sealed away.

Indeed, she recognized them all; they were good friends of Skyler. However, they were all single then, but today, each had their partner by their side, making a total of five couples.

Ivan embraced his approaching sweet wife and introduced her to Christine, "Sis-in-law, my wife, Victoria Pansy."

Christine nodded politely. "Hello."

Then, each couple engaged in the exchange of pleasantries after not seeing each other for long. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Christine remained seated beside Skyler, watching him smoke and chat freely with his friends, as if nothing had changed.

Oddly, as they talked about their love stories, they all expressed envy towards the love between Skyler and her, even saying they knew long ago Skyler would be ensnared by her.

Christine didn’t understand the purpose of Skyler bringing her to meet these friends today, but these friends had also been hers once, so she refrained from revealing the true nature of her relationship with Skyler, not wanting to ruin the mood.

Suddenly, Ivan’s wife asked her, "Sis-in-law, I saw in the news that you’re pregnant... but you still have such a good figure!"

Christine awkwardly laughed, "Ha... yes, no matter how much I eat, I don’t gain weight." Embarrassed, even after all this time, that news hadn’t faded.

"Skyler, I feel Christine is thinner than before? Have you been neglecting her all these years?"

Skyler turned his face to deeply gaze at Christine, "How could I dare to neglect her? It’s her who neglects me."

Skyler’s seemingly complaining words were full of affection, making others overlook the content of the words themselves, inciting everyone’s envy towards Christine.

Following this were all kinds of couple-themed topics. Skyler integrated well, but Christine found her role hard to play, ultimately excusing herself to the restroom to catch a breath.

She washed her hands and stared at herself in the mirror, lost in thought.

All the people in that private room were ones she had known over a decade ago. Although she hadn’t seen them after losing contact with Skyler, seeing them still vibrant after so many years brought countless emotions upon her heart.

If she and Skyler had genuinely made it to today, what a wonderful day it would be!

Knock, knock—

A knock on the door interrupted Christine’s thoughts.

For some reason, Christine immediately recognized whose knock it was.

She opened the door, and sure enough, Skyler stood in front of her.

The hallway of the club was quiet, with few people around. He spoke gently, "I used your discomfort as a reason to let you rest for a while."

She asked, "Why did you bring me to meet them?"

"Because they believe we’ve always been together."

She didn’t understand, slightly furrowing her brows.

He offered no further explanation, turning away and saying before leaving, "You can rest on the sixth floor, and I’ll have someone call you when it’s time to go back."