Female Novel
Chapter 212
They didn't say that Sophia was there as well. The reason John didn't tell them that was because hedidn't want his mother to go looking for trouble.
At the Constance Residence earlier, she had spent the whole afternoon making disparaging remarksabout Sophia. She had been endless with her remarks, but actually, he didn't like to hear about them.
Also, the reason Isabelle didn't tell them Sophia was here was because she was worried people wouldtalk when they knew that the married couple were in separate rooms. If she let Sophia come over here,she would definitely lose her appetite.
Old Mr. Bailey nodded his head. "That Jefferson brat is indeed a bit unruly when he acts and speaks,but youngsters should be vigorous like this. You should be more energetic like him."
He was mainly saying this to Isabelle, so she looked at Old Mr. Bailey, knowing what he was trying toconvey. While she was more on the tacit end of the personality spectrum, John’s temper was easy totrigger, so when such two people got together, it was indeed difficult for them to cultivate feelings foreach other. Sparks could only appear between two people with complementary personalities.
Isabelle had actually thought about this problem before. When John had come to break off theirengagement, although he had apologized, he acted unusually calm. She could tell he wasunapologetic, and she could not see any conflicted feelings or reluctance from him. Thus, Isabellethought that John probably didn't like her.
She had thought that she had the charm, but she had lost to someone like Sophia, which was a factthat she simply couldn’t accept. After encountering Sophia for a couple of times, she had secretly madecomparisons between the both of them, and she thought that other than their personalities, she wasn’t
on the losing end compared to Sophia at all.
Sophia's identity was nothing and her behaviors were often inappropriate, so other than her jovial andunabashed personality, there really wasn’t anything else about her. Thus, Isabelle thought to herselfthat maybe men like women like Sophia.
William laughed, then he turned the topic toward the joint effort between the two families once again.Old Mr. Bailey naturally followed his words and continued the talk.
The only thing left for the two families to work together was to get the contract signed, for the detailsand the like had all been negotiated. novelbin
Sounding somewhat emotional, Old Mr. Bailey said that he actually wanted to cooperate with theConstance Family before, but some things came up halfway and caused it to be delayed.
When those words were heard, everyone at the dinner table was taken aback; it was obvious what hewas talking about.
Mrs. Constance blinked and turned her head to look at John, but he was obviously distracted as well.Frowning slightly, he seemed to be rather irritable.
Isabelle also gave John a look, and she could take a guess why he was like this.
Meanwhile, William smiled. "It's never too late for a good thing to happen. Although the time had beendelayed, our families ended up cooperating in the end. In a sense, it is the same thing."
Old Mr. Bailey glanced at Isabelle from the corner of his eyes and echoed William’s words, "Yes,
indeed. It's never too late for a good thing to happen."
Isabelle frowned before drawing her gaze back from John's face. As she lowered her eyes to look atthe teacup beside her, she felt a little powerless.
The Baileys and the Constances didn't know that Sophia was here in the other private room, so theyweren't affected at all as they chatted about, ate and drank for a long time.
Seemingly getting more irritable by the minute, John finally stood up. "I'll be going to the bathroom."
Without looking at anyone else, John got up and left. He did move toward the bathroom, but when hestood at the sink, he took out a cigarette case directly before lighting up a cigarette. Then, he heard agiggle coming from inside the bathroom.
Logan's voice was heard saying, "It's a shame I got to know Sophia a bit later. I tell you, I really like thatgal's personality. Do you know what I thought of before? If she was single, the two of you should gettogether, then she would be able to deal with those people in your family properly. A strong,independent woman like her would surely give them a headache.”