Awakening of the Scheming Wife
Chapter 17: Game? No!

Chapter 17: Game? No!

"Who is that?"

"Helena," Tristan replied.

"Put it on speaker," Vernon ordered with his raised eyebrow.

"Hello?" Tristan put the phone on speaker and answered. He looked nervous for some reason.

"Tristan? It’s me, Helena," Helena’s voice came from the phone.

"Yeah, I know. I have your number with me. Do you need something from me?" Tristan asked.

"I want to meet you. When are you free?" Helena did not waste too much time and went directly to the topic.

"Huh? You want to meet me? Why?" As he nervously asked that, he raised his head to look at his friend’s face.

Even if they were friends, a woman and a man meeting behind the husband’s back seemed dubious. Tristan was worried that Vernon would doubt the relationship between him and Helena.

Thankfully, when he saw Vernon’s face, it wasn’t as dark as he expected. He just frowned, showing his curiosity for her call and the meeting.

Tristan sighed in relief. As long as his good buddy did not doubt his intentions towards his wife, everything was fine.

"Let’s talk when we meet. Also, don’t tell about this to Vernon," Helena said.

"Huh?" Tristan was stunned and looked at his good friend again. He did not know what to do about this situation at all.

Vernon simply looked at him and calmly gave him a nod.

Tristan understood what he meant and replied, "Okay. Let’s meet in a while if that’s okay with you."

"Yeah, sure. Tell me the place. I will be there in a few minutes."

"Okay."

The phone was hung up.

Tristan looked at Vernon, "Buddy, what’s going on here? Why does she want to meet me? And why is she hiding it from you?"

He knew that Vernon didn’t know the reason as well. But he just asked those questions to let Vernon know that he himself did not know anything about this call and that he never had any secret contact with Helena behind him.

Vernon looked at his friend and understood his concerns. Vernon never doubted his friend. Nor did he doubt Helena of trying to have an affair with him.

"Just give the address of this place. I will place my phone there and listen to your conversation. Don’t let her know that I am listening. Do you understand?" Vernon gave him some instructions as he started planning.

"Huh? No," Tristan pitifully shook his head as he really did not understand what this wife and husband were playing with each other. One is hiding a meeting from her husband and the other is hiding to listen to the conversation.

Which normal couple behaves like that?

Anyway, he did not care how this married couple behaved with each other. But he did not understand why he was dragged into this game between the couple.

He really was thinking that Helena and Vernon were playing a game with each other innocently.

If the couple in concern were to find out about his thoughts, they would tell him that it wasn’t a game at all.

Vernon was irritated when he looked at his friend’s silly expression. How could he handle Helena’s schemes if his ’partner in crime’ was like this?

He wanted to punch his friend in the face to wake him up. Otherwise, Helena would break their friendship just like that in a while.

He had to stop that from happening at all costs this time.

Theo saw his friend’s serious expression and was worried, he would outburst on Tristan. He immediately spoke, "I will explain it to him. You relax."

Tristan looked at Theo and gave him an expression of gratitude. He was scared that Vernon would punch him a second ago even though he did not understand the reason.

Vernon gave the same expression as Tristan to Theo.

Theo’s lips twitched when he looked at these two grown-up men’s expressions.

He felt like an elementary school teacher taking care of two kids.

***

"Ummm, Helena, what do you want to talk to me about?" Tristan twisted in his seat as he asked Helena.

Helena calmly sipped some water and looked at him with her cold eyes.

Tristan was scared, alright?

"Tristan," Helena called his name and placed the glass on the table with a small thump.

Tristan jumped in his seat. "Uh, yeah?" he trembled as he asked.

"How long have we known each other?" She asked him.

"Huh?" Tristan did not expect that question. But he thought for a while and answered, "I think almost twenty years, right?"

"In these twenty years, have I done anything wrong to you?" Helena asked.

Tristan blinked his eyes. He did not understand her question. "Why do you ask that?"

"You answer me first."

"No." Looking at her cold and scary eyes, Tristan did not delay for a second and shouted the answer as he shook his head like a rattle drum.

"Then why did you do that?" Helena asked him.

"Huh? Helena, what did I do?" Tristan still trembled as he asked with caution.

"Why did you try to destroy my marriage with Vernon?" Helena asked him.

~~ whoosh ~~

Even though they were inside a private room, where the wind couldn’t enter, Tristan felt a gust of wind pass by him.

After a long while of silence, Tristan finally found his voice as he asked, "What? What did I do to your marriage?"

"That woman who faked to be pregnant. Aren’t you the one who arranged for her?" Helena asked him.

"Huh?" Tristan blinked his eyes. He did not know how to react to that. Should he agree to it or deny it?

"Don’t try to play dumb in front of me. I know that the woman was arranged by you. I have all the evidence, I just want to know the reason. that’s all," Helena asked him.

Vernon heard each and every word they spoke from the adjacent room. He couldn’t help but frown.

So she did not ask him about the incident because she was investigating things behind his back?

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