A new day.
The weather was still good, the sunshine still brilliant.
In a room at a five-star hotel, Fiona, who had gone several rounds in a fierce battle yesterday afternoon and last night, woke up from her dreams. She opened her eyes, saw the room, and was instinctively confused for a moment before snapping back to reality and realizing where she was.
Then, the comfortable sensation beneath her body registered. Fiona wriggled slightly, savoring it, thinking this bed was truly comfortable.
Just then, stirred by Fiona's movement, Jimmy woke up too. He smiled at Fiona. "Good morning."
Fiona returned the smile, replying sincerely, "Good morning."
To this day.
Fiona basically ignored the fact that Jimmy had a wife, and also ignored the principle she once stated about absolutely not touching married men.
No problem... Fiona's principles had always been relatively flexible.
"Sleep well?" Jimmy asked.
Fiona nodded. "Very well. This bed is too comfortable."
"Then come often in the future," Jimmy said with a smile.
"Too much money wasted. Might as well buy this bed and take it home," Fiona joked.
Jimmy agreed decisively. "No problem. We'll go buy it today."
The two chatted and laughed for a short while.
Naturally, they chatted about trivial things.
After all, the fact was, Fiona and Jimmy were two different kinds of people; there was almost no common language between them.
So, very quickly, there was nothing left to talk about, and the two naturally fcked.
Time flew by.
Past 7:00 AM, the two left the hotel, and Jimmy drove Fiona back.
Returning to the Gallagher house, it was almost eight o'clock.
The two entered the house giggling, walked into the living room, and instantly saw Lip and Mandy squeezed together on the sofa, naked and reeking of alcohol, still asleep. Liam was sleeping in the crib to the side.
Normally, Lip wouldn't sleep this late. But last night wasn't normal. After being caught red-handed by Karen, dumped by Karen, and then fiercely fcking Mandy, Lip drank a lot. He only fell asleep after getting drunk, so he hadn't woken up yet.
Seeing this scene, especially seeing Mandy...
Fiona immediately frowned subconsciously, a clear look of disgust appearing on her face.
Jimmy, on the other hand, wasn't disgusted by anything. Instead, he took the opportunity to quietly check Mandy out, feasting his eyes.
Fiona stared at Mandy for two seconds, gritted her teeth, hesitated, and finally decided to ignore it. She turned straight around preparing to go upstairs, asking Jimmy at the same time, "You have nothing to do today?"
Fiona didn't care if Lip saw Jimmy. This question meant she was asking if Jimmy wanted to go back.
Jimmy thought Fiona was afraid of trouble if Lip woke up. He smiled and replied, "Nothing much. Need me to leave?"
Hearing this, Fiona immediately understood Jimmy misunderstood. She shook her head. "Since you have nothing to do, help me tidy up the house later."
To live for herself, to start a new life, the living environment still needed to be improved.
Hearing this, Jimmy instantly flashed a brilliant smile. "Okay."
Just then, Mandy's phone started vibrating. Mandy heard it in her daze, slowly opened her eyes, and instinctively reached for her phone.
As a result, before she could find the phone, she saw Fiona and Jimmy first.
Mandy didn't know about the conflict between Lip and Jimmy. So, seeing Jimmy elicited no reaction. She simply sat up calmly, grabbed her clothes, put them on openly to cover herself, and then gently nudged Lip, trying to wake him up.
Fiona ignored it and went upstairs silently.
Jimmy glanced at Mandy with a smile, then followed Fiona upstairs.
Seeing Fiona and Jimmy leave, Mandy nudged a little harder.
Finally, Lip slowly opened his eyes with a splitting headache, his vision blurry as he looked at Mandy. "Morning~"
"Morning. Fiona and Steve came back. Just went upstairs," Mandy reminded him with a face full of love and a smile.
Hearing this.
Instantly.
Lip's body jolted. Not only did he sober up completely, but his eyes also widened to the max in disbelief as he asked, "Who did you say? Steve?"
"Yeah..." Mandy didn't understand why Lip reacted like this, nodding in confusion.
Whoosh.
Getting confirmation, Lip sat up immediately, turning his head furiously to look at the second floor. Then, he clenched his fists, truly wishing he could rush upstairs right now and beat the sht out of Jimmy!
He was simply too angry!
But, one second, two seconds, three seconds...
Although it was extremely difficult, Lip still gritted his teeth, bit by bit suppressing the anger churning in his chest, and unclenched his fists.
This revenge definitely had to be taken, but not now!
Right now, coaxing Fiona was more important!
Lip withdrew his gaze, found his cigarettes, took one out, lit it, and smoked fiercely.
Mandy wasn't too smart, but she wasn't stupid enough not to see that Lip was angry. Connecting the dots, she was even more confused. "You have a conflict with Steve?"
Lip exhaled a puff of smoke, looked at Mandy, thought briefly, and nodded. "Yeah. He's the one who broke my leg."
Mandy truly loved Lip and really wanted to be with him. Hearing this, she was instantly furious. "Fck! Want me to get my cousins to break all three of his legs?"
Huh?
Hmm!
Lip hadn't thought of doing it this way. Instantly, joy rose in his heart. "Your cousins would be willing?"
Mandy smiled brilliantly. "We are Milkoviches, of course!"
"Good!" Lip didn't hesitate and agreed. "But not now. Wait a few days, until I can walk. I have to participate personally, break one of his legs myself!"
Speaking of violence, Mandy got excited. She immediately understood the logic in this plan and agreed decisively with a smile. "Okay."
Actually, even for cousins, to get someone to break Jimmy's legs, money would have to be spent.
Mandy planned to pay this money herself without hesitation.
This is love.
Lip didn't say much more for the moment. He took two more drags of the cigarette, then found his clothes, put them on, and let the cigarette dangle from his mouth again. "Go to the fridge and get me a beer. I need to take the edge off."
This is the alcoholic's way of curing a hangover: if you're hungover, just have another bottle, guaranteed to make you spirited.
"Mm," Mandy agreed obediently, got up, and walked toward the kitchen, completely forgetting the phone vibration just now.
By the time Mandy walked into the kitchen, the phone vibrated again.
Lip saw it and said, "Mandy, someone is calling you."
"Coming," Mandy grabbed the beer, returned to the living room, handed the beer to Lip, and only then found her phone to check.
The call was from Mickey.
Mandy pressed answer.
"Mandy! Where the fck is my car?" As soon as it connected, Mickey roared unhappily.
Being yelled at, Mandy finally noticed the time.
It was almost eight-thirty...
And work started at nine. Only half an hour left.
"What's the rush!" Mandy froze slightly, then roared back. "The car is on the side of the road at 2119 North Wallace. Come get it."
Yes.
Mandy had already decided to take the day off and not go to work today, to accompany Lip!
Die-hard romantic, that's just how scary it is.
Mickey: "????? Gallagher house? You spent the night there?"
"None of your business. Bye," Mandy replied impatiently and hung up.
Beep, beep, beep~~~
"????" Mickey was very confused.