Female Novel
Chapter 251
Kimberly nodded. "Is there any problem with that?"
Kimberly was staring at Maddox the whole time when she raised that question, trying to spot thechanges in his expression.
It was the first time Maddox avoided her gaze. Instead, he looked elsewhere and uttered coldly,"No."
"Oh, I'm going to be on leave today then. I'll leave first."
Kimberly grabbed her handbag and walked out of the door.
"Stop right there," Maddox suddenly called out.
Kimberly was rooted to the spot. Maddox did not realize the sullen look on Kimberly's face from theback. Her expression changed substantially when she was facing him.
"Are you sure you're going out with her alone? Not anyone else?"
Upon hearing this, Kimberly turned around and smiled at him.
"Do you think that I'll go on a date with another man behind your back?"
Maddox frowned unhappily and glared at her with a solemn look.
"Don't worry, I'm not interested in such things. Besides, if I was really going on dates with men, Iwouldn't have flaunted myself that much in front of you."
Kimberly left the room immediately after finishing her words.
As he was looking at her retreating figure, Maddox felt like he had an unfathomable feeling, as if hehad lost something.
This feeling caught him off guard.
When Kimberly arrived downstairs, she coincidentally met Benedict who was preparing to leave thehouse.
Their eyes met, and Benedict's eyes were gleaming with a sparkle of amazement. Soon he waspuzzled, why would Kimberly suddenly doll herself up when she always dressed up in a simplemanner?
Before he was able to react, he strode towards Kimberly.
"Kimberly, are you going out?"
He queried hurriedly.
Kimberly nodded and stated, "Yes, good morning, Brother."
The way she addressed him made Benedict's eyes darken for a bit. After a while, he seemed tohave it all figured out. "Good morning, you are all dolled up today. Is there someone important thatyou are going to meet?"
"No, I'm just going shopping with a friend."
"Do you need me to give you a ride?" Benedict remarked as he shook the keys in his hand, "I'mheading out as well." Kimberly wanted to reject him at first, but just as she looked up, she cameacross a familiar figure out of the corner of her eye. Kimberly paused, nodding. "Sure."
Benedict noticed her reaction, and he curled his lips, "Let's go then."
"Okay." Kimberly walked forward. Benedict suddenly looked up, and glanced at the figure, meetingthe eagle-like gaze at the same time.
Benedict was usually gentle. However, this time he put on a winning smile, as he strode towardsKimberly and walked alongside her. "Have you had breakfast yet? Do you want to grab some foodon the way there?"
Kimberly blinked and nodded her head. "Sure."
Benedict was clueless of what had happened between her and Maddox. He had no idea about thereason for her drastic change. Nevertheless, it didn't mean much to him either. As long as Kimberlywas willing to give him a chance, he would surely seize the opportunity to express his feelings toher.
To him, that was enough.
After getting into the car, Kimberly took out her mobile phone and messaged Sylvia, asking her tomeet at the bubble tea store near the school.
When Sylvia saw that Kimberly requested to meet at the bubble tea store, Sylvia replied to her witha question mark.
Another reply came in, "Why would you want to meet me in the bubble tea store all of a sudden?"
Kimberly answered calmly, "I'm suddenly craving for bubble tea. Are you willing to accompany me?"
Sylvia paused and after some time, replied to her, "Sure." Kimberly told Sylvia the meeting timebefore putting her mobile phone aside.
"You have an appointment with your friend?" Benedict questioned unintentionally.
Kimberly gave a slight nod, leaning against the seat and gazing at the trees and buildings from thewindow.
Although the sun was bright, and the streets were bustling at that hour, Kimberly was freezing cold,and... felt very lonely. As such, she wore thick clothing that day.novelbin
Benedict shot a glance at her. He sensed that she was not in the mood and seemed sorrowful thatday.
He furrowed his brows and queried anxiously, "What happened?"
Kimberly hesitated for a moment, shaking her head, "Nothing happened."
"There's something wrong with you today."
"Oh really?" Kimberly smiled faintly. "Is it because I'm all dolled up?"
She commented blankly, as if she did not care about it at all.
Seeing that she had no intention to answer his question, Benedict gave up asking further. "What doyou want to eat?"
"It's your call, I'm fine with anything," Kimberly replied solemnly and rested her eyes in an instant.Benedict did not say another word so as to not interrupt her nap. He stepped on the gas and the caraccelerated.
The car moved forward, and after a while, it finally came to a halt. As Kimberly was in a deep sleep,Benedict had to call her several times to wake her up. He looked at her sleepy eyes as hementioned softly in a pampering manner, "Here we are. Prepare yourself to get down."
Kimberly stared at him blankly for a moment before she came to her senses.
"Alright."
She unfastened the seat belt and was about to rub her eyes, but Benedict caught her hand, and shelooked at him in bewilderment.
"Brother?"
Benedict let out a chuckle, next stretched his fingers to tap on her forehead. "What are you thinkingabout? You have make- up on your face. Your eyeshadow will be ruined if you rub it."
His voice was so gentle that it struck her to the core.
Upon listening to him, Kimberly came to a realization that her make-up would be ruined if sherubbed her eyes.
She nodded, saying, "Okay."
Subsequently, she withdrew her hand, blinking her eyes a couple of times, then got out of the carwith Benedict.
Kimberly spaced out during the meal. She merely sat there distractedly, even though a variety ofdelicacies were placed before her.
Benedict took a dumpling and put it on her plate saying, "It seems like you are not fascinated by thefood."
Kimberly finally came to her senses when she heard his words.
"Oh, it's fine. It's good." She smiled awkwardly and took a bite of the dumpling.
It seemed that the food in her mouth was wholly bland. Benedict couldn't resist frowning as he puthis cutlery down, staring at her in concern.
"Kimberly, tell me, what happened?"
Kimberly solely stared at him in a daze.
"What happened between you and Maddox last night? Don't try to hide it from me. You're beingtotally different today."
After giving it some thought, Kimberly smiled nonchalantly. "You've been overthinking. I was justwondering where I would go shopping with my friend. That's the reason I was being absent-minded.Nothing happened between me and Maddox. Don't worry."
She delayed her speech for a while, glaring at Benedict, "Did you forget what you said last night?You won't force me to do or say anything, will you?"
Her reply had left him lost for words. A few moments later, he mentioned helplessly, "Are you tryingto say that I'm meddling in your business?"