Own Fate novel Chapter 396

Chapter 396

Hugo didn’t bother hiding the call from Bowen. “Birgitte is calling me.”

He added, “I heard your girlfriend is pretty close with Birgitte. Maybe you could put in a good word for me sometime.”

Hugo picked up.

Birgitte, never one to lash out for no reason, asked, “Hugo, are you busy?”

“Not at all. What’s up?”

“I’m in Rithol City right now, and 1 just ran into Grace. She seems to have some misunderstandings about our relationship. Do you think you could talk to her and clear things up?”

Birgitte had put the call on speakerphone.

‘Grace?‘ Hugo wondered.

Hugo’s brow furrowed in recognition, but before he could say anything, Elizabeth’s voice came through the speaker.

She said. “Hugo, it’s Elizabeth. I’m here with Grace at an art exhibition. We happened to run into Ms. Cherniavsky and Ms. Miller. Grace can be a bit impulsive, and there was a bit of a conflict.”

Hugo swallowed the words that had been on the tip of his tongue. He thought, ‘Elizabeth is there too? I could ignore Grace’s feelings, but with her cousin present, I can’t just say whatever I want!’

Bowen’s attention snapped to the phone at the mention of Aubree. He asked, “Bree, you’re there too?”

On the other end, Aubree was caught off guard by his voice. ‘Seriously? What are the odds?‘ she thought.

“Yeah, Birgitte and I came to buy some paintings, and we ran into a moron,” Aubree said before pausing, clear amusement in her voice.

From the way she said it, it was obvious she hadn’t been the one to lose out.

Bowen’s eyes softened in relief. “Is it any trouble? Want us to come over?”

Hugo felt that Grace’s constat pestering was quite troublesome. He knew exactly how he felt about Birgitte. There was no way he’d let her get hurt. Besides, with Birgitte’s personality, if he ever started waffling, she’d drop him in a heartbeat.

“Where are you? We’ll come over and check things out,” Hugo said.

Hearing they were coming, Grace quickly rattled off the address. After hanging up, she shot Birgitte a smug look. “See? The moment Hugo heard I was in trouble, he’s rushing right over.”

Birgitte didn’t say a word, but Aubree just looked at Grace like she was watching a circus act.

‘Elizabeth seems perfectly normal. How did her cousin turn out like this? Did all the brains skip a generation or something?” she thought.

Elizabeth’s lips curled into a faint smile as she glanced at Grace’s half–swollen face. ‘Didn’t expect to get this kind of bonus bringing her out today. When Bowen shows up, I’ll make sure to put on my best performance,‘ she thought.

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