Female Novel
Chapter 840
Dad may be a good actor, but his frustration and loneliness are still all written on his face. Despite thatthought, John only replied, “Okay. It’s getting late. You should get some rest now.” After that, heproceeded to take Sophia upstairs, while the lady looked back down at William.
At that moment, William was seen crossing his legs with an irritated look on his face. Nonetheless, sheonly smiled and headed to the bedroom with John. After closing the door, Sophia laughed out loud andsaid, “Did you see your dad’s face? I told you. It must be something to do with what happened earlierthis afternoon.” novelbin
Soon, John took off his jacket, replying with a grunt in a distracted manner. Meanwhile, Sophia went tograb her pajamas before heading toward the bathroom. “By the way, what went wrong with the car?”
Upon hearing that, John paused and answered, “Oh, nothing much. It’s just that the gear knob seemsto be jammed.” He brushed Sophia off with an excuse to dispel her doubts, knowing that it wouldn’thelp even if she knew about it. Furthermore, he was also certain that Sophia would retaliate in a fit ofrage considering her fiery temperament. He wouldn’t want her to be involved in this even during normaltimes, not to mention the fact that she was pregnant at the moment.
Fortunately, Sophia responded unsuspectingly with a noncommittal grunt as she went on to take ashower. In the meantime, John pondered on it for a while before he stepped out of his room and stoodin the corridor to make a phone call.
Humming, Sophia came out of the bathroom when she was done, only to be surprised that John wasnowhere to be found. Then, she opened the door slightly and peeked outside before she finally sawJohn talking on the phone at the end of the corridor. At that moment, she only pursed her lips and
closed the door after a moment of contemplation.
After applying some skin products on her face, she lay in bed shortly before John came back in. Sheonly closed her eyes, listening to John’s movements as he went to take a shower. Soon, he lay besideher, whereupon she turned around and had her back facing him as she told him, “Please stay safe.”
As John had just settled himself on the bed, he was stunned by Sophia’s words for a while before hefinally caught on to what she meant. Then, he hugged her from behind and told her, “I will. Don’t worry.I’ll be fine.”
Meanwhile, Sophia only responded with silence, since she knew that John was capable of protectinghimself. After all, he is a veteran who has accumulated years of experience in the commercial world, sohe should have built his own clout. Therefore, I should put my faith in him and believe that nothing canhurt him.
In the meantime, William sat in the living room downstairs for a little while more before he switched offthe television. Then, he went on to find himself a bottle of red wine and drank some of it. He didn’tfinish it all but instead only drank two glasses of it. After that, he left the bottle of red wine and the glasson the table in the living room and went upstairs.
While the red wine wasn’t that strong, William was beginning to feel a little tipsy after drinking twoglasses of it in quick succession. When he got back to his room, he got changed and instantlycollapsed onto his bed without even taking a shower. Before he dozed off, he took a glimpse at hisphone and saw nothing but a message from Yolanda wishing him good night. At the sight of that, heclicked his tongue and tossed his phone aside before he shut his eyes and slept.
The next day, Sophia woke up late, only to find that John had gone for work. After that, she headeddownstairs in a relaxed manner, only to see Old Mrs. Constance sitting in the living room. The old lady,who saw Sophia coming down, beckoned to her. “Come here. I have something I want to ask you.”
Sophia quickly approached the old lady. “What’s the matter?”
With a confused look on her face, Old Mrs. Constance sat in front of Sophia and asked, “Did you guyssee John’s father when you both came back last night?”
Sophia nodded and answered, “Yeah, he was watching TV downstairs.”
When she heard that, Old Mrs. Constance hissed, “The maid told me that there was a bottle of redwine left open. There was still half of it inside, but neither of us here drank it. So, I wondered if it washim who drank the wine when he came back last night. Anyway, I don’t understand why he’d drink halfa bottle of red wine in the middle of the night. Was he in a bad mood?”