Female Novel
Chapter 135
“He’s alright.” John dismissed all of her questions with a curt response.
Feeling ever more uneasy, Helen went on to say, “Chris will be graduating soon, so he has beenworking on his dissertation. He also told me he doesn’t want to keep on studying after graduation. Infact, he is all grown up now, so I don’t think he needs to keep on studying either. Why don’t you lethim come home? He can work under Pierre to help share his load.”
Savoring his tea, John didn’t give an immediate reply, which unnerved Helen. Ever since she wasyoung, she had a hard time reading John, and despite having spent her life with him, she still failedto read his mind.
“Fine.” It wasn’t until a while later that John spoke.
A smile bloomed on Helen’s face after having finally been relieved of her mental load.novelbin
Ever since that night, Meredith had been staying with the Fowlers. Due to the shock she received,as well as concerns over Pierre’s enemies coming to get her, the Fowlers arranged for her to stay intheir house as a means to placate her. However, she was living in the guest room instead of theroom they prepared for the newlyweds.
The fact that she lived in the guest room felt like a humiliation to her, but on the other hand, stayingin the room for newlyweds despite the fact that she still had yet to get married to Pierre would be aneven greater humiliation. Although she knew Pierre was injured, she wasn’t at all concerned, as shecould surmise from John’s reaction that Pierre didn’t suffer from severe injuries.
Therefore, she was more disconcerted by the fact that Selena was with him. Pierre shared anambiguous relationship with Selena, so she was certain that something might happen betweenthem while they were left alone together.
She was pacing back and forth in the room when the door opened a crack before a small headpopped into the room. “Mom, can you play with me?”
Witnessing Jameson’s behavior irked her. “Why should I play with you? Why is that the only thingon your mind when your father has gotten involved in a major incident?”
Meredith had never scolded Jameson so loudly; the most severe thing he had ever witnessedcoming from her was her look of disdain. Thus, her raised voice was enough to send a shudderdown his spine. Meanwhile, Joaquin was glaring at her from behind him with eyes that were almostidentical to Pierre’s.
Instantly, she knew she had made a blunder. Quickly walking to the door, she pulled Jameson andJoaquin into her room. “I’m sorry, Jameson. I was so anxious as your father was injured. I don’t feellike playing with you at the moment, so can you go play somewhere else?” She did a one-eighty onher attitude.
Upon regaining his senses, Jameson replied, “Okay.” After that, Joaquin led him away fromMeredith’s room while she stared at the direction in which they left with contempt.
During the past two days when Pierre went missing, the atmosphere in Fowler Residence had beendepressing. It made the two kids feel uncomfortable, so they could only play among themselves.
“Joaquin, is she actually our mother?” All of a sudden, Jameson stopped in his tracks to look atJoaquin.
Joaquin scowled as soon as he realized that even someone as happy-go-lucky as Jameson hadnoticed that something was off. “I don’t know,” he replied indifferently.
“She doesn’t feel like our mother. I’ve never seen mothers like her.” Jameson sounded a littledejected. As he observed his naive brother, Joaquin recalled the sight he witnessed while Jameson
was ill. Meredith wasn’t treating him as nicely as people thought she was.
“It would be great if I could choose my own mother! I want someone like Juniper’s mother. Heehee!”As Jameson was but a child, his emotions would fluctuate easily, so he quickly forgot about hisrecent unhappy encounter with Meredith.