Touch Me, Honey

Chapter 13 - Eve's Scheme

Eve looked at Bella with eyes wide open. She really hadn’t expected Bella to reject her offer of help. Bella usually seemed so innocent. Eve never would have thought that at that important moment, Bella would be so smart, knowing to keep other women away from her target.

There are no true friends, she thought.

But she was Eve Sawyer; she would not give up that easily.

Eve began thinking things over in her head, whilst at the same time pretending to comfort Bella. Soon the class began and they stopped talking.

The handsome, wealthy man appeared constantly in Eve’s mind. She was even attracted by his voice on the phone.

It didn’t matter to her that Bella wouldn’t allow her to approach him. She would make it happen for herself.

Bella and Eve were always together, both in and out of class. Bella cared a lot about Eve and her family. Eve had a wonderful, gentle character, so they got along well with each other and had become best friends.

Best friends should never keep secrets from one another. But Eve quickly noticed that every afternoon there was a car to pick Bella up and send her back at night. Yet Bella was still acting as if she didn’t like James!

It was the same handsome guy who picked Bella up every time. Eve was sure that Bella didn’t hate James, and in fact, enjoyed staying with him.

Every time the car arrived, Bella would carry her medical kit as a disguise and wave goodbye to Eve.

The next day, Eve waved goodbye to Bella as she left once again to visit that handsome man. Since the first time he’d picked Bella up, with the crowds of young women swarming around him, Tony knew to maintain a low profile. Henceforth, he drove a commercial vehicle to pick Bella up and would never get out until necessary.

Eve gazed after Bella with a sweet smile.

Arriving at James’ downtown villa, Bella always began by taking his pulse.

Recently, Bella learned some skills from her elder brother. Although at the moment she was still putting on an act, she believed that she would genuinely be proficient in the job very soon.

Bella asked James to stretch his hand out, then like always, turned back to open her medical kit. She specially asked her brother for a doctor’s home-visit outfit to fool James.

Usually, she would put the medical kit in Tony’s car. Then Tony would help her bring it into the villa and place it beside her. However, this time, she found nothing when turning around.

Bella was in a trance for a moment. “Where is my medical kit?” she asked Tony.

At first, Bella simply thought that Tony had forgotten to bring it to her.

Tony puzzled with a frown, wondering why Bella had not brought her medical kit today. But he did not ask her about it.

“I’ll go back to the car for another look.” Tony thought he might have remembered wrong, after all, Bella did normally bring the kit. So he went to the garage to check again.

Soon Tony came back and said to Bella, “There is no medical kit in the car.”

“No?” Bella said, eyes wide open. But she remembered taking it to the car. The medical kit was her brother’s prized possession. Losing it would seriously annoy him. What’s worse, she didn’t know how to handle her current situation.

Bella was anxious, “How could I lose it? I remember putting it on the backseat. Eve helped me carry it. Tony, did you look carefully?”

Tony flashed her a strange look. He was sure there was no medical kit in the car, but when seeing Bella’s worry and his boss’s expression, he said, “Let me search one more time.”

James looked at Bella with a thoughtful expression. He lay back on the sofa with his legs crossed. The outline of his face looked outstanding in the soft light; his eyelashes were so long that they could nearly cover his deep eyes.

While Bella was stuck without her medical kit, Eve was back in their dormitory, happily playing on her phone. She was sitting on a chair, a medical kit in front of her. It was the one that Bella looking for!

Another roommate got up to leave for dinner. When seeing the medical kit, she instantly questioned, “Why did not Bella take her bag today like normal?”

“Bella said she didn’t need it today,” Eve showed her roommate an innocent smile, “So I helped her bring it back. It was inconvenient for her to take it where she was going.”

“Wow, you are such a good friend.” The other roommates liked Eve for her tenderness and often gave her these genuine compliments.

When there was no one in the dormitory, Eve smiled, proud of herself for having carried out her cunning plan. She had sent Bella off and with nobody seeing, took the medical kit out of the car.

It was almost time to call Bella. Eve phoned her with a worried voice, “Bella, did you forget to take your medical kit? It is still in the dormitory.”

Bella was relieved and replied happily, “I have been searching for it for ages! Thank you, Eve. I am gonna come back and fetch it.”

“I can deliver it to you,” Eve offered. “It’s very close. I remember there is a good coffee shop nearby, I happened to have a coffee there once.”

“Thank you very much.” Bella was moved by Eve’s gesture. “I will treat you later.”

After hanging up, Bella caught her breath. On the one hand, she was thankful she didn’t need to face her brother to explain she’d lost his bag. But Bella began to worry about Eve coming, for fear of James’ bad temper.

James showed no kindness to anyone. Would Eve be intimidated by him?

Bella herself was quite carefree, but Eve was very sensitive and shy. That was why Bella always took care of her.

James Parker had a large fortune but a bad temper. How would Eve react to his arrogance?

Bella was worried she’d made a bad decision allowing Eve to come and said to James in a serious tone: “James, I want to check with you about something.”

It was seldom to see Bella so serious. James’ pretty face showed some interest. He didn’t want to promise anything so he replied: “You should tell me the matter first.”

“My best friend is coming later to give me my medical kit,” Bella said somewhat severely, “Could you please be friendly to her? She is different from me and she might be scared.”

She asked him to be friendly to her friend. Did Bella know who she was talking to? James thought about what Bella had said and about the friend he had heard her talking to on the phone. It was very quiet in the villa, so he had been able to hear both their voices quite clearly.

James lowered his eyes and realized he was familiar with this voice. It was the voice of Bella’s best friend who he’d seen before. James was indifferent to irrelevant people, but he had a good memory. The girl was Bella’s classmate. He had forgotten her name, but there was a certain desire in her eyes that had impressed him.