Chapter 185 - 11 (2/2)
Shaking his head, he was about to go down and buy one when a ringing sound stopped him. His eyes shot to Evangeline's bag. He wanted to ignore it but thinking it might be important, he picked her phone.
Looking at her phone, it was an international call.
He walked towards their bedroom and knocked.
”Eve, there someone on the phone for you.”
. . .
When no one answered, he went inside and answered the phone, thinking the call might end if he didn't.
”Hello?” he said.
”Hello, this is Design arts studio in Paris. Is this Miss Evangeline Heart?”
Eric's hand on the bathroom door halted.
”No. This is Eric, his boyfriend.”
”Oh. Well then, please kindly inform Miss Heart to call back if she has the time.”
”Can I ask what this is all about?”
”This is regarding her application form.”
The phone in Eric's hand almost went strain on the floor.
”Hello? Sir?”
The room was spinning right before his eyes, and sharp pressure gripped his heart.
The door of the bathroom opened, and Evangeline went out in her robes. Silver eyes pined her to a stop, and the dazed look on her face disappeared at Eric's eyes which were completely blank.
”What's wrong?” she asked at Eric's silence.
Instead of answering, Eric handed the phone to her. She looked at the phone with an international number on the screen. Fear so visceral sipped into her very bones. She didn't have to ask. She already knew what it was.
”Were you ever going to tell me?” Eric said amidst the heavy silence.
”E-Eric . . . ,” Evangeline choked. She didn't know what to say. Her head was in a mess!
”What am I in your life that you don't even tell me this important thing?”
”Eric, it's not really important,” Evangeline replied, ”I only meant to apply as a joke.”
”Really?” Eric huffed a sarcastic laugh. ”It sounds to me that it is not a joke since a prestigious school took the time just to call you.”
Evangeline didn't have anything to reply to that.
”What will you do?”
”Huh?”
”I ask you, what will you do if you get accepted? Move to Paris? What about us?”
”I . . .” Evangeline was at a loss for words. She didn't know what to do since she only did apply on a whim.
”Forget it,” Eric hissed, ”I guess you only found me convenient, and once you don't need me, you'll toss me aside like the others.”
Before Evangeline could say anything, Eric left the room.
Eric's name vanished under the lump in her throat. Evangeline didn't know why she was having difficulty speaking at this crucial moment.
She went out of the bedroom and called for Eric, but only the cold silence answered her call.