Female Novel
Chapter 844
“Oh.” John didn’t want William to know about those matters. So, he quickly changed the subject andsaid, “Sophia just called up earlier. She told me that Grandma has just invited Richard to go over for ameal. This doesn’t sound like good news to me.” novelbin
William paused, then he turned around to get behind his desk. “Why is it so? It’s an opportunity for bothof them to bond, so how is that bad news?”
John then came closer and stood before the desk. “Is that really what you think? Well, I’ll level with yousince you put it that way. I think you’re right. Grandma seems to like Richard a lot. Besides, Mom hasalso become much more easy-going than before, and she seems younger. Also, Sophia told me thatRichard is into Mom, so it’s only a matter of time that they become an item after hanging around witheach other a few more times.”
With a calm look on his face, William only responded with a noncommittal grunt. Meanwhile, John onlystared at his father, chuckling a few seconds later as he nodded. “Alright then, I’m not going to sayanything more since everything is fine by you. Anyway, I shall leave you to your work, and I’ll attend tomine. Things are piling up recently.”
Then, John left with a smiling face, while William buried himself in work and began reading thedocuments. It was only after the door was closed that he slowly looked up. Soon, he closed the file onhis desk and thought to himself, So, my son really thinks I’m alright when I say I’m alright?
Unbeknownst to William himself, however, Matilda was not the only one who had changed.
On the other end, John thought to himself, What’s wrong with Dad? He always used to side with Mom,
but he isn’t doing what he should be doing at this critical moment. John then returned to his office andproceeded to go through all his documents. Halfway through his work, he caught sight of Williampassing through the corridor since his door was left ajar. William was empty-handed, and he appearedto be going elsewhere in a hurry. At the sight of that, John chuckled in amusement, for he knew that hisfather could never stand by and pretend as if nothing ever happened.
After William left his office, he drove to the Flintstone Residence. As soon as he pulled oversomewhere opposite the residence, he saw Richard’s car slowly approaching. Wait a minute. Irecognize this car. Well, it’s definitely not some luxurious car. At the thought of that, William shook hishead, but he didn’t know why he wasn’t happy with Richard. When Richard’s car got closer to theentrance, the front gate was opened, so he drove inside.
After that, William took a cigarette out and lit it while staring at the building. Deep down, he knew thelunch wouldn’t end so soon with Richard’s visit. Therefore, he waited until he reckoned it was abouttime they should be done before he gave Matilda a call.
It took Matilda a while to pick up the call, which William deemed she must have left the others to find acorner of the house where she could answer the call since he didn’t hear anything but silence in thebackground.
“Hey, are you busy at the moment?” William asked.
“N-Nope. Not at all,” Matilda stammered.
William sighed and asked, “Are you going to have your lunch soon?”
“Oh, I’m about to have it soon. It’s about time for your lunch break, isn’t it?” Matilda nervously asked asshe didn’t know what else she could say.
“Yeah. I’m away from the office to deal with some business, but it’s taken care of,” William replied, towhich Matilda only responded with an ‘oh’.
Then, William gave his suggestion. “Well, we should catch up during a meal or something. We didn’ttalk about that when we bumped into each other at the restaurant yesterday.”
Matilda paused, leaving William hanging. As he didn’t receive a response from the woman, Williamchuckled and drew his own conclusion. “It’s okay if you’re not free.”
While William said that in a tone that sounded indifferent on the surface, Matilda could sense hisdisappointment. Thus, she bit her lips and asked, “Where are you now? It’ll likely take me a while to getthere.”
Upon hearing that, William was taken aback, but he quickly snapped out of his momentary surprise andanswered, “No worries. Just take your time to get ready, and I’ll head over to pick you up.”