Female Novel
Chapter 222
He stared at her like he was looking right at a thief. Kimberly suddenly felt ashamed and angry, andshe bit her lower lip in fear.
"Who said that you stole something?"
Maddox's voice was neither cold nor warm, but it made Kimberly feel cold. She clenched her fistsand asked, "What do you mean by that question?"
Maddox thought of his suit which had lost its buttons.
After he had slept with that unknown woman the other night, he had realized that one of the buttonson his suit had come off when he changed his clothes. He didn't care about it because he knew hewould never wear it again without the buttons. However, he didn't throw the suit away. He had keptit instead.
Just now, he suddenly realized that all of the buttons on the suit were gone.
As he thought about it carefully, he knew it wasn't Kimberly. He knew that she would not deliberatelydo this kind of thing, but... who else could it be?
And at this time, Maddox couldn't help but wonder whether the missing buttons were in thatunknown woman's hands.
"Nothing." Maddox replied coldly and frowned, "It's just that, are you sure you didn't touch any of myclothes?" Kimberly said, "What did you lose? If you have something to say, just say it. Why are youbeating around the bush?"
He remained silent. Kimberly nodded and added, "Well, I'll talk to you later. Sylvia wants to comeover to visit Old Master. I need to go downstairs and get ready."
After that, Kimberly turned around and walked out of the room.
After she had left, Maddox turned the suit over in his hands and stared at the spot where thebuttons had come off.
He remembered that he had lost one of them, but what about the other two— where did they go?
Kimberly went downstairs and was about to wait for Sylvia at the gate. That was when she sawBenedict sitting on the couch as she passed by the living room. He looked to be engaged in a call.Suddenly, he turned towards her as if he had sensed something. Kimberly hurriedly walked towardsthe gate.
After waiting at the gate for a few minutes, she saw Sylvia's car approaching.
After Sylvia got out of the car, she handed the key to the housekeeper to park the car. Then shetook out a couple of things from the vehicle and followed Kimberly into the house.
"Kimberly, I am so glad that you came to greet me. I thought you were angry with me. It took me awhile to get over it, so I didn't come over. I should have known better. Are you still upset?" Sylviaasked in a low voice as she walked through the door.
Kimberly didn't care about all this. These days, she just wanted to live a calm life. So she shook herhead and said, "No, it's fine. Let's go in. By the way, Old Master Yardley has gone out. He mightcome back after a while."
"It doesn't matter." Sylvia smiled and leaned over to rub her cheek. "Anyway, my main purpose wasto come and find you. Grandpa Yardley is just a side project."
Kimberly was touched by her words.
"Thank you, Sylvia."
"Well, let's go in."
Kimberly helped her carry her things. After they stepped into the house, they bumped into Benedict.Sylvia was very excited when she saw him.
She greeted, "Brother Yardley."
"Did you come over to hang out?" Benedict looked at them with a faint smile. He had a book in hishands. He glanced at Kimberly and realized that she was trying to avoid making eye contact withhim. His eyes darkened.
"Yes. I heard that Grandpa went out. I bought this gift for everyone." After that, Sylvia handed thebag she was holding to Benedict and said with a smile, "I hope you don't mind."
"You don't have to bring gifts when you come over, you know that right?" Benedict accepted the giftbag and reminded her.
"I'm your guest. Of course, I have to bring something over." "Well then, you guys go ahead andcatch up. I have some things that I need to do." Benedict excused himself when he noticed Kimberlygetting more and more uncomfortable.
After he had left, Sylvia took Kimberly's hand and walked towards the living room. "Actually, I thinkBenedict is a decent gentleman. He's so polite to everyone. This kind of guy is very good.However... If you don't like it, I'll just pretend to not know anything about it. I won't mention it again."
Kimberly was stunned and looked at Sylvia in disbelief.
"Sylvia?"
Sylvia spoke again, "Isn't it such a surprise? We're sisters. I've given it a lot of thought over the pastfew days. I think I should respect your decision. After all, it's your life. I... shouldn't intervene too
much."
Sylvia then placed the things she was holding on the table. "Don't be too touched by my gesture. Bythe way, Grandpa Yardley hasn't come back yet. What should we do?"
"I'll bring you around the house."
Kimberly wasn't too familiar with the place either. She could use this opportunity to familiarizeherself with the mansion.
So Kimberly took Sylvia to the back garden. However, Sylvia suddenly said that her stomach wasuncomfortable and wanted to go to the bathroom. Kimberly nodded and said, "Go ahead. I'll wait foryou here."
"Okay, wait for me. I'll be back soon." After Sylvia had excused herself, she walked around the longcorridor and saw Maddox not far ahead. She smiled and pretended to be surprised as sheapproached him.
"Young Master Yardley? You are here..."novelbin
On the weekends, Maddox loved to go to the garden to relax, but he didn't expect to see Sylviathere.
Maddox glanced at her coldly. Then, he replied with a muted response.
"I'm sorry. Kimberly and I were just wandering around the house, but... I suddenly needed to use thewashroom and I got lost." Sylvia walked closer and placed her hand on Maddox's back. Shewhispered, "Young Master Yardley, aren't I dumb?"
Maddox was speechless.
He frowned and thought to himself in disdain, "This woman..."
"Can you... show me the way to the washroom?" As she spoke, Sylvia unconsciously pokedMaddox's back with her finger. When she saw that Maddox wasn't responding, she slowly movedher finger upwards, approaching his neck. Her heart pounded in her chest.
Just as her thin, slender fingers were about to land on his neck, her wrist was suddenly claspedtightly.
Maddox stared at her fiercely and asked in a lipped tone, "What do you think you're doing?"
Sylvia was shocked. Maddox held her hand very tightly. He had never treated her like this before.Sylvia was at a loss and gasped, "N-Nothing. Young Master Yardley... you are hurting me." Shelooked at Maddox innocently through her big, watery eyes.
Looking at her watery eyes, Maddox suddenly remembered another pair of cold eyes. He thought ofthat woman, Kimberly. That woman had once looked at him with her innocent eyes. But her eyeswere determined and stubborn, with a sense of determination.
Conversely, the woman in front of him was different. She was obviously pretending, just showing offher puppy eyes.
"Nothing?" Maddox sneered, "Then, why did you approach me?"