Mr. CEO's Substitute Bride-Chapter 680 - 676, is there a hidden illness?

Nicholas Croft leaned on the card table with a single elbow, drawing on his cigarette. Hearing the words, he turned his gaze to Felix Shaw, "Why should I tell you anything about Sophie and my private life!"

Felix Shaw backed off a bit, feeling vexed, and curled his lip, "Even if you don’t say it, I know. There must have been something! Even a man as stoic as Nathan can be so impulsive, let alone a seasoned player like you!"

Listening to Felix Shaw’s topic veering off further, a certain image flashed before Evander Lancaster’s eyes. He tensed, flicked the cigarette butt away, and swept the cards off the table, "Tired, heading home to rest."

He had zero interest in the matters between men and women, found even the discussions nauseating.

Watching Evander Lancaster put on his jacket and leave, Felix Shaw turned his gaze back to continue gossiping.

"Big bro, do you think Evander has some kind of hidden problem? Otherwise, how come we’ve never seen him with a woman all these years?"

Nicholas Croft’s gaze withdrew, took a drag of his cigarette, pressing the butt into the ashtray. He sighed out the smoke, "Perhaps."

Seeing the door left ajar, Felix Shaw kept gossiping, "I’m telling you, remember that time we wanted to have some fun with a few women, and Evander’s reaction was so tense..."

Those events were years ago. On Nicholas Croft’s birthday, the guys celebrated for him, going to a nightclub, ordering plenty of drinks and women. By the end, they planned to take those women back for more fun, but after leaving the nightclub, Nathan Moore left alone. Everyone understood since he had Olivia Zane by his side, committed, but Evander Lancaster actually pulled out the woman who had gotten into his car, with a face full of disgust and disdain, as remembered by Felix Shaw to this day – holding that woman’s arm as if holding something dirty.

Evander Lancaster was only a few months younger, a 27-year-old man, still single, not having a girlfriend, never even seeking the company of women, which made Felix Shaw seriously suspect that Evander had some physical deficiency.

"Perhaps he has a mental clean-freak issue," Nicholas Croft casually remarked, "After all, he’s a doctor."

"Big bro, do you think it’s because he has some psychological trauma? Staring at nude women all day, after a while, he might lose all desire and interest?"

Felix Shaw was caught up in his gossip and, after finishing speaking, took another drag of his cigarette. Then, with an ’ow’ sound, he flicked the cigarette butt away, too preoccupied with gossiping about others to notice it had already burned down to his fingers.

Nicholas Croft shook his head helplessly, standing up and said, "Felix, if you spent as much time thinking about Mia, you wouldn’t be off on such flights of fancy!"

"How am I off on flights of fancy? I’m just worried about Evander," Felix Shaw retorted with dissatisfaction, "Let’s leave, too. We’re heading back."

Nicholas Croft patted Felix Shaw on the shoulder, the latter rising reluctantly, "The evening was all set, and yet it didn’t play out, what a letdown."

...

The company’s project was still in the bidding process, and many companies were vying for the contract. As the person in charge of this project’s development, Felix Shaw had been very busy recently. Elizabeth White had called him countless times urging him to visit the set, but he had no time, which of course also became an excuse for not having time to date Mia Foster.

Mia Foster returned to work at her company’s headquarters. As the manager of market development, she also had plenty of work keeping her busy, occasionally having to entertain clients. Since getting engaged, the two had not seen each other for the better part of a month, connecting only through the occasional phone call, and usually, it was she who initiated the calls to Felix Shaw.

After dinner, Mia Foster settled on the couch with her mother to watch a TV drama. While she had occasionally visited bars with colleagues when abroad, now back in her home country, Mia Foster wanted to spend more time with her mother at home.