Chapter 38 | held my forchead. | had completely forgotten about Cecilia Fortunately, this woman still remembered to look forafter a night of fun.
Noticing that I did not say anything, Cecilia continued, “It is okay if the overbearing CEO persona did not suit your taste. When you have recovered, | will get a cooler guy for you.” *Thank you. You do not getinvolved i n this kind of thing in the future. | met Theo and Cindy at the nightclub last night.” | did not want to talk to her about this anymore, so | changed the topic.
F*ck, you caught them cheating red handed again? It must be an exciting scene. Tellabout it.” Cecilia‘s tone instantly becexcited.
“Do you think I have that right?” | held the phone with one hand and got up to pull open the curtains. The sun is high in the sky outside. It was another humid, sunny day.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt“‘That is true. You cannot win against that phony b*tch. Forget it, let's not talk about her lest we get upset. When do you plan to leave” Cecilia was always annoyed with Theo Grant and Cindy. She would get angry every tthey were mentioned.
Just by hearing Cecelia‘s question, | sensed a headache surfacing. | had not seen the divorce papers ever since Theo had taken them. He was unwilling to go through the divorce procedures. Besides that, matters of the company had not been resolved yet.
“It will probably take a while. | have not settled the matters at hand yet.” | felt a little helpless.
It is fine. | will slowly sell off the milk tea shop. For the next few days, | will take stoff to go to Rosella City to have a look. Cecilia‘s tone was relaxed and nonchalant.
| felt a little sad and started choking up.” You have finally managed to make the milk tea shop business prosper.
And now because of me, you have to sell it off. Are ou sure you want to do that?” She had given up too much for me.
“Didn‘t | open the shop for you? Besides, | can always start afresh. There is nothing wrong about it.” Speaking of that, Cecilia suddenly becenthusiastic and said, “Likewise for you, you have made Nectarine Entertainment a success too. Have you thought about what you will do in the future?” | was stunned for a while. | had not thought about it. By the t| settled things here, my belly would have growni. big already | am quite tired after working hard in the past years. Let's take a break for a while first.” That is true. | will take care of you then,” Cecilia said generously.
| felt warmth in my heart and smiled. According to the conditions given by Theo, after the divorce, | will be a rich lady! When you find someone you like, | will surely throw you a grand wedding and not embarrass you.” closest people to each other “I do not want to get married. | want to look after you forever.” “No, | am still counting on you to set married and have children. When the tCone, they will grow up with my children and accompany each other like w e do now.” After talking and laughing for a while, | hung up and stood by the window, looking out at the scenery.
| would need to plan for my future soon | felt hungry, sol gol ready to go downstairs and find something to eat.
To my surprise, there was a tall, handsman in the kitchen, busy cooking at the stove. | stood by the stairs and did not move. | just watched him quietly.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmHe was probably making ssoup, as he was stirring the pot slowly. He scooped a little bit of soup with a spoon, tasted it, and added a spoonful of salt.
This was a scene that | had imagined countless times before, I never thought | would see this happen before my eyes.
| was confused. | could not tell if it was a dream or a reality.
“Why are you daydreaming over there? Cand have ssoup.” Theo's voice spoke up.
| cto my senses just then. Theo had already brought the soup to the table and was looking at me. His eyes were cold, but not the usual coldness.
“Oh.” I quickly sat down.
Theo scooped out a small bowl of soup and passed it to me. “I heard that this soup is good for your injuries.” | lowered my head and saw that it was the black mullet soup. I could not help but frown. I never liked fish, especially mullets. | thought it had an especially fishy smell “Drink it!” Theo urged.