Female Novel
Chapter 488
Matilda stood in place and gritted her teeth angrily. At the same time, Isabelle watched the entireinteraction between the mother and son from the window upstairs. Although she might not be able tohear their conversation, she could tell that things didn’t go well between both of them. Soon, she wentback to her seat and sat in a sulk. Why is John so hard to tackle? Not long after that, Isabelle returnedto her seat, and Matilda came back to the room.
As Matilda showed up, she tried to force a smile and explained in John’s defense, saying that he hadleft earlier because he was busy. On the other hand, Isabelle pretended as if she didn’t know anythingand replied, “I see. Well, I think he must be really busy with his work, so it’s okay.” novelbin
In the meantime, Matilda wasn’t in a hurry to leave either. Thus, she sat back in her seat and uttered,“You need to have a relationship no matter how busy you are. Too bad that kid, John, just neverunderstands.” In an attempt to comfort Isabelle, Matilda added, “John is just a little indifferent. After all,he has never really had a lot of friends since he was little. Besides, he dedicates all his energy and timeto work, as we all know, which is why he tends to be a little insensitive when it comes to romanticrelationships. No human is perfect, so perhaps we should give him time to open up. Please just bearwith him, my dear.”
Isabelle responded with a smile as she was overwhelmed by fear deep down. I wouldn’t mind waiting ifJohn is going to open his heart up in the end, but as I keep waiting and tolerating him patiently, I’mafraid that someone else could steal his heart away.
While John had already footed the bill, Matilda and Isabelle directly left the restaurant and took a cabhome separately. After waiting for Matilda to leave, Isabelle flagged down a cab and hesitated for ashort while before she named the address of Sophia’s residence to the driver. Although she had neverbeen there, she previously heard from Matilda that John gave Sophia an apartment unit to live in when
they divorced. Sophia must be living so comfortably right there since Matilda once mentioned that itwas a strategic location.
As the car slowly approached her destination, Isabelle told the driver to drop her off somewherenearby, which she decided to walk there by herself. At this time, Sophia was already asleep with thelights out. Upon taking a look from afar, Isabelle proceeded to walk closer shortly before she abruptlystopped in her tracks and quickly hid behind a tree.
It turned out that she saw a car parked outside Sophia’s residence with its headlights off. Then, shenoticed a man, who was leaning on the vehicle, staring at Sophia’s unit on the second floor. At the sightof that, Isabelle was overwhelmed by a sting of pain and jealousy. Under the illuminating streetlight,she could tell who that person was by his figure even without looking at his face. She then continued tostand behind the tree while peeking at John, who was seen holding a cigarette without smoking it. Afterthat, the man tossed it onto the ground and trod it before he reached out for his phone and appeared tobe reading something in an absorbed manner.
Standing under the streetlight, John didn’t show a lot of expression on his face while lowering his head,but Isabelle could tell that he was smiling faintly yet gently. After standing there for some time, he finallyturned around and got into his car, whereas Isabelle hid behind the tree until John drove off anddisappeared from sight.
Soon, Isabelle took a deep breath and slowly emerged from behind the tree, approaching the spot thatJohn parked his car. Then, she saw several cigarette butts on the floor before she unhappily trod onthem while feeling a twinge of pain deep down as if someone was pinching her heart.
Meanwhile, Sophia was in her sleep and had no idea what happened outside her residence. As soonas she woke up, she stretched herself and proceeded to go about her morning ablutions in a relaxed
manner. Then, she tidied up her clothes and did her laundry, but she was soon caught in a trance whenshe turned on the washing machine.