When She Turns Her Back (Teresa and Charles) novel Chapter 211

Chapter 211

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After leaving the restaurant together, Teresa and Hector stood by the roadside, waiting for a taxi. >

With Richard still at Joyacre Villa, Teresa knew she’d probably have to go back there tonight.

So for now, she really didn’t want to head home yet.

She turned to Hector and suggested, “Hector, let’s take a walk first. I’m still feeling a bit stuffed from dinner.”

Hector, who was more than happy to spend more time with her, agreed immediately. “Sure.”

Shoulder to shoulder, they began strolling down the street.

The road ahead looked endless, vanishing into the distance.

Most of their conversations circled around hospital life–patients, colleagues, and all the chaos that came with it.

Before they knew it, nearly an hour had slipped by.

Seeing that it was getting late, Teresa finally decided she should head home.

Hector offered to walk her back, but Teresa just waved him off. “It’s fine, I can get there on my own,” she said.

As soon as Teresa got into the taxi, her phone started blowing up with WhatsApp notifications.

It wasn’t just one or two pings–her phone went off over ten times.

‘It’s either something from work, or Wendy spamming me again, Teresa thought, glancing at the screen.

She unlocked her phone and opened WhatsApp, only to see Troy’s profile picture staring back at her, with a whopping 18 unread

messages.

But when she opened the chat, all she saw were a bunch of “This message has been deleted” notifications.

Teresa frowned, confused. She typed out a quick “?” and hit send.

Troy replied almost instantly: [Oops, wrong button.]

Teresa paused for a second before replying: [Oh.]

That was the end of it–their chat just came to a sudden, awkward halt.

Meanwhile, at the restaurant, Troy kept checking his phone every few seconds, hoping for another message from Teresa.

Nothing. He kept letting out frustrated sighs, one after another.

The actress beside him just sat there quietly, not daring to make a sound.

After sighing a few more times, Troy suddenly perked up, as if a light bulb had gone off above his head. He snatched up his phone and dove straight into Naomi’s chat.

He typed, erased, typed again–hesitating, then finally settled on one blunt line: [Wanna hook up?]

Right then, Naomi was in the study with Charles. The moment Troy’s message popped up, she got such a shock she almost flung ber phone across the room.

Charles was flipping through some documents, while Naomi was digging into possible research topics.

Even though Charles had already strong–armed Cedric into getting Hector to handle the research project, Naonu knew she couldn’t relax until everything was officially settled.

She’d busted her ass to get into this PhD program–there was no way she’d let all that hard work go down the dram

With a doctorate under her belt, she’d be meeting a whole different crowd and seeing doors open that were previously closed

When she saw the message from Troy, Naomi nearly dropped her phone–heart pounding, a nervous sweat instantly breaking out.

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Charles picked up on her reaction right away, putting his documents aside and turning to her, worried. “What’s wrong?”

Naomi’s cheeks turned crimson. She slammed her phone facedown onto the desk and stammered, “N–Nothing, really.

Charles didn’t believe her for a second. He reached for her phone, determined to get a look.

Seeing that, Naomi quickly pressed his hand down, trying to cover up. “Charles, it’s just a video my friend sent me.”

Charles frowned, concern flickering across his face. “Is something wrong? Can’t I have a look?”

Seeing he was insisting, Naomi spoke softly, “Promise you won’t get upset if you see it.”

Charles, curious about her secrecy, agreed, “Alright, I won’t get mad.”

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Seeing his reaction, Naomi finally picked up her phone, scrolled to her friend’s message with the shared video link, tapped it open, and handed her phone over to Charles for him to watch.

The moment the video started, a woman’s voice filled the room. “If you want to win a man’s heart, here’s what you need to do…”

Charles watched for a few seconds, then lost interest. He handed the phone back to Naomi and said, “Just be yourself. You don’t need to learn all that stuff.

Naomi let out a quiet sigh of relief.

Thankfully, Charles didn’t press any further. If he had, he would’ve seen Troy’s message.

Hearing this, Naomi tilted her head playfully and asked, “But if I don’t learn those tricks, how am I supposed to get you to fall for me?”

Charles paused for a moment, not taking the bait. Instead, he reached out and flicked her forehead gently, his expression serious. “Your focus right now should be on your research project. As for everything else, you don’t need to do a thing.

Seeing his serious expression, Naomi didn’t dare to joke around anymore. She nodded, her voice soft. “Got it.”

Charles went back to his work, while Naomi sat there, flipping through research papers, but her mind kept wandering.

Troy’s message had her all stirred up inside.

In the sprawling city of Riverdale, aside from Charles, Troy was the most powerful man around,

She had already wrapped Charies around her finger, but she never expected to have the same effect on Troy.

That rush of satisfaction she felt right now almost rivaled the thrill of getting into the PhD program–maybe even sweeter.

Thinking it over, Naomi powered off her tablet and said softly to Charles, her voice a little hesitant, “Charles, I’m done studying for today. I just want to go home and relax.”

Hearing that, Charles got up at once. “Alright, let me take you home.”

Naomi didn’t turn him down. “Sure.”

Charles pulled on a jacket and headed out with Naomi, escorting her downstairs.

Richard had already turned in for the night; otherwise, Charles would never have let Naomi drop by so easily.

After dropping Naomi off, Charles didn’t hang around–he went straight back to Joyacre Villa.

Once she was back at Charles’s new place, Naomi sank onto the couch and texted Troy: [Mr. Hamilton, are you really so desperate you can’t even wait?]

Troy’s reply popped up right away: [Well? Yes or no? Just say it.]

Naomi stared at the message, and couldn’t help picturing Troy looking at her like he was ready to devour her.

But just then, a push notification flashed across the top of her screen.

“Troy Spotted with Actress at Five–Star Restaurant, Packing on the PDA”

Naomi couldn’t help but click in to check it out.

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