Female Novel
Chapter 485
“Hold on,” Matilda waved her hand and said.
“Is there someone else?” John frowned in confusion.
Matilda smiled in response and answered, “N-No, it’s just that we should order some drinks first. I’vebeen super thirsty since I waited in the lobby back there. Then, she proceeded to act like she wasgoing through the beverages on the menu, ordering a glass of fruit juice before she continued to skimthrough the menu. Not long after the waiter left, the door was opened again in less than a minute.
Nevertheless, it was Isabelle who came in instead of the waiter. While opening the door, she appearedto still be talking. “I was caught in the jam, Mrs. Constance. So, I…” Soon, she stopped mid-sentenceas her expression became awkward.
On the other hand, John’s face darkened the moment he saw Isabelle, but Matilda didn’t seem tonotice his son’s sulky look. She then stood up and said, “Hey Belle, you’re here. Come, please have aseat! We were waiting for you.”
Isabelle slowly walked closer and sat before John while embarrassedly saying, “So, John is here too,huh.”
Matilda answered on her son’s behalf, “Yeah, I passed by his company when I was on my way here, sowe decided to come here together. Here is the menu, and let’s place our order.”
Isabelle appeared a little cautious when she glimpsed at John, whereupon she took the menu that washanded to her. Meanwhile, the man was only seen with a sulky look on his face. So, this is where mymom wanted to take me. I knew something was wrong with her from the beginning. novelbin
Afraid to place her order, Isabelle only picked two dishes before passing the menu to John, but the mandidn’t respond until Matilda took it and began flipping through it. “This fish looks pretty nice, John. Doyou like it? What do you say we try this one?”
Soon, John took a cigarette box out of his pocket and lit up a cigarette without even answeringMatilda’s question. While his reaction implied that he was unhappy, Matilda shifted her eyes to Isabelle,who carefully shook her head.
Then, Matilda sighed and said, “Alright, I think we should try this fish out, as well as some salads. Thisdessert looks good too, so maybe we should try this one out. Oh yeah, we must never miss theirsignature cuisine, and also, I’ve heard about their delicious mushroom soup. So, we should get one ofthose too.”
In the meantime, John only remained silent all this while until the waiter left, leaning on his chair as heflicked his cigarette into the ashtray. Not long after that, Isabelle pondered for a while and uttered, “Ithought it was just you and me, Mrs. Constance. I didn’t think John would be there too, so that’s why Igot scared when I saw someone else in here.”
Matilda said, “Well, that was the initial plan, but since I happened to pass by John’s office, I realized hehadn’t left work, so I figured we could perhaps grab dinner together. After all, the more the merrier,right?”
Meanwhile, John only responded with a nonchalant smile, implicitly taunting Matilda. At the sight of herson’s reaction, Matilda decided to keep quiet, knowing that she shouldn’t push her headstrong son toofar, or her plan could backfire. However, she was still rather grateful that John didn’t embarrass her bywalking out on her despite his anger. I guess that still counts as a success.
The next few moments, none of them said a single word until the dishes were served. While thereweren’t many customers in the restaurant, the dishes were served pretty quickly. Upon waiting for allthe dishes to arrive, Matilda courteously treated Isabelle by placing some dishes onto her plate. “Come,Belle. You should take more of this. This one is packed with nutrition!” Then, she picked up a fork andknife before passing them to John. “Let’s dig in.”
After receiving the fork and knife, John glanced through every dish on the table, which he foundunappetizing. Therefore, he laid down his fork and knife shortly after that and said, “You guys can carryon. I’m going to smoke outside.” He then took his cigarette box out, ready to stand up from his seat.
Afraid that John would secretly ditch them, Matilda quickly placed her hand on his phone on the table.“You can go ahead and smoke outside, but leave your phone here.”