Female Novel
Chapter 641
There was a moment’s pause before Matilda went on, “Hasn’t that time of the year already passed?”
Sophia furrowed her brows together. “Yeah, it has passed.”
In the meantime, Matilda seemed to have calmed down a little. “The Constances had wanted to sendsomeone over when your grandfather passed away. However, we were caught off guard by a lot ofother things, as not only did your grandfather pass away, but John’s grandfather was also hospitalized.During that period, his grandfather had been spending time in and out of the emergency department ashis health was declining.”
Sophia cast her a glance before saying, “I know, so I don’t blame anybody.”
Exhaling, Matilda told her, “In fact, John wanted to go to your village back then.” Instead of looking atSophia, Matilda turned to look out into the streets. Never once did she converse with Sophia so calmly.“He was planning on paying you a visit when his grandfather got better, but it kept dragging on withoutstabilizing. Due to the amount of time it would cost to go to your place, John might miss out on seeinghis grandfather in case his grandfather didn’t make it, so we ended up putting the plan aside.”
They ended up putting it off until now after that initial delay. Sophia kept her silence, nor did she knowwhat to say. Meanwhile, Matilda exhaled before turning to look at Sophia. “I recall that you no longerhave any relatives over there.”
There was a moment’s pause before she said, “No, they’re all dead.”
With a nod, Matilda said nothing, whereas Robin stared at both of them in shock. During her past visits,although Matilda never initiated physical conflict, she was always arrogant and spoke in an accusatory
tone. Never once did they engage each other in peaceful conversation.
After a few moments, Sophia looked toward Matilda. “Did you come to me because you needsomething?”
“Not really.” Matilda had a stern look on her face. “I merely want to know where you’ve been.”
Chuckling, Sophia leaned against her chair. “What are you going to do with the information? Will youtell Isabelle?” She smacked her lips. “However, even if you do tell her, it would do nothing but upsether.” novelbin
Matilda’s expression soured, but it wasn’t because of what Sophia told her. Instead, she was starting tofeel a little disappointed in Isabelle. When they last met, Matilda probed Isabelle by revealing that herrelationship with John was being strained. Ever since then, Isabelle seemed to have retreated into herwork, as she was always busy whenever Matilda called, so much so that she didn’t seem to have timeto pick up her calls.
After that, Matilda scouted out the situation at Isabelle’s company, only to see that she was working theregular hours despite constantly lying to Matilda that she had to work overtime. Although Matilda wassomewhat of an idiot, it didn’t mean she couldn’t eventually come to understand complicated subjects.
Natasha had been dissecting things with her during the past few days, all the while chiding that Matildahad been so utterly blind by doting on Isabelle. Although Isabelle indeed had decent assets to her, shewas not as kind as she presented herself to be.
Meanwhile, Matilda felt defeated. Although she didn’t perceive Isabelle as a malicious character, sheonly came to realize that Isabelle wasn’t being completely upfront with her, and seemed to have ulterior
motives. Such a realization didn’t feel good at all.
Upon noticing the unnatural shift in Matilda’s expression as soon as Isabelle was mentioned, Sophia letout a laugh. “What’s wrong? Why don’t you look happy when I mentioned your sweet little girl?”
Of course, Matilda would never tell Sophia about what happened between Isabelle and her, so she letout a harrumph. “It’s none of your business.”
Sophia pouted in response, as she could feel that Matilda was somewhat different compared to theinstances before that.