Female Novel
Chapter 248
John took a seat beside William with Sophia next to him. As for Isabelle, she was seated beside OldMr. Bailey and diagonally across from Sophia. The two girls could see each other when they lifted theirheads. This seating arrangement was quite similar to the arrangement in the Constance Family’s dininghall.
When they started ordering food, William handed the girls the menu, claiming that the ladies should gofirst. Even so, Sophia didn’t care about ordering earlier or later because she had just finished a mealbefore this and was not hungry at all. She flipped through the menu and picked nothing. John gave hera look and took the menu from her. He more or less knew about her situation, and he volunteered tochoose. “Let me do it. I know what you like.”
Isabelle immediately shifted her gaze from the menu to John’s face. Old Mr. Bailey then coughedbeside Isabelle and asked, “Belle, what would you like?”
His question cleared up her distracted mind, and she hurriedly looked down at the menu. “I guess I’lltake a look. Hmm… I like these few dishes.”
“Order anything you like. If there’s more than one, just get them all.” His voice was almost a whisper,whereupon Isabelle looked at him and nodded. “Okay.” novelbin
Sophia lifted a brow in amusement. The father and daughter were obviously talking in circles, thinkingthat she would not understand it. After the menu was passed around and everyone ordered their food,the waiter left the table with the orders.
Meanwhile, Elder Mr. Bailey had been staring at Sophia for quite some time. She was well aware of his
attention, for it was impossible not to notice the old man’s eagle-sharp eyes unless one was blind.However, Sophia didn’t entertain him and merely turned around to inform John about her storeopening. Within these few days, she would be getting the design plan. It was also close to the end ofthe month, which meant that the rental contract would come into effect soon.
Yesterday, Robin sent her a message, informing her that the desserts would be disposed of and thatshe could bring some workers in to take a look around. As for finding the right construction workers,Sophia had decided to enroll Zack for help because he seemed reliable. With Zack around, or morespecifically, with John around, it was less likely for her to be scammed.
After she chatted a little with John, Elder Mr. Bailey made a remark across the table, “I heard thatyou’re now living together with John instead of staying at the old residence.”
Sophia paused as she stared at Elder Mr. Bailey. She then grunted and added, “Yeah. The oldresidence is far from the company, and John always has a lot of work events going on. I don’t want tomake him travel too much.” Sophia came prepared with the carefully-crafted excuse.
The old man smiled at her. “Is that so? But when I look at the other members of the ConstanceFamily…”
Before he could finish speaking, Sophia instantly cut him off, “What the other family members do isnone of my business. I’m doing this because I care about my husband. If others from the ConstanceFamily are willing to wake up in the wee hours to travel to work, it’s their freedom. But I don’t want tosee John tired from the commute, and I prefer to settle down in the city area. That’s my freedom too.”
Before he could finish speaking, Sophia instantly cut him off, “What the other family members do isnone of my business. I’m doing this because I care about my husband. If others from the Constance
Family are willing to wake up in the wee hours to travel to work, it’s their freedom. But I don’t want tosee John tired from the commute, and I prefer to settle down in the city area. That’s my freedom too.”
To be honest, Sophia’s rebuttal was quite bold, but because she expressed it in a cordial tone and witha pleasant expression, aided by her pretty features and demure manners, the lengthy rebuttal did notcome across as rude.
Elder Mr. Bailey was stunned and squinted his eyes. His gaze became even more unfriendly towardher. This was the first time someone had the guts to interrupt him. She was indeed a country bumpkinwith a terrible upbringing!
After defending herself, Sophia inched closer to John. “Look, now John even has the extra time to restand relax at home after work. How great is that?” She seemed to be ignoring everyone else’sexpression because she went on, “This is why we shouldn’t make our lives troublesome just to pleaseothers.”
John cast a glance at Sophia and curled his lips. His smile appeared rather insincere. Despite that,Sophia did not take it to heart. She did not care what the others thought about her as long as she couldmake them feel as uneasy as possible.