Female Novel
Chapter 796
Chapter 796 Your Darling Is In The Shower
To Alex, one hundred and fifty thousand was not a significant amount. However, it satisfied him-as heheld the money in his hands-to know that it was enough to teach the elderly woman a lessoTE
Upon arriving in Lumenopolis, he took a cab to Royal Hotel where Maggie had booked a room for him.It would be another three days before the birthday banquet would be held.
“Shawn, look there. That’s the guy who bumped into me on the plane. You have to avenge me!” Clarasaw Alex hop into a cab upon touching down at the airport and recalled his indifferent attitude towardher carlier. It upset her greatly.
Shawn pulled Clara into his arms and planted a kiss on her check, saying, “Baby, rest assured. I willstand up for you.”
With that, the two of them got into another cab to tail the one that Alex was in and followed him all theway to Royal Hotel.
“Seriously? That penniless guy is staying in such a posh place?” Clara said in disbelief.
As one of the poshest hotels in Lumenopolis, the room rates at Royal Hotel were exorbitant. The costof one night’s stay in the most luxurious presidential suite could be as high as one hundred thousand.Even a standard room could easily cost upwards of a thousand.
“Maybe it’s precisely because he’s penniless that he’s willing to shell out the equivalent of two months’salary just to get a taste of staying in a luxury hotel on his first visit to Lumenopolis,” Shawn saidderisively.
Clara thought about it and agreed that there might be some truth in Shawn’s guess. Alex could actuallyturn out to be such a vain person.
The purpose of Shawn’s visit to Lumenopolis was to attend the birthday banquet of the Grant familypatriarch. As the assistant to the mayor of a small town like Nebula City, he normally would not beinvited
to such events.
The Grant family had, in fact, sent an invitation to the mayor himself. However, the mayor was alreadyscheduled to receive an important official on the same day, and he could not possibly ask the official toreschedule his visit.
Hence, Shawn, the assistant, was tasked with sending the mayor’s present to Lumenopolis, giving hima chance to be in the midst of the rich and influential people there.
He had originally intended to take his wife along. However, she had let herself go after giving birth totwo children and was certainly looking her age in her mid-forties. He felt that she would be a disgraceto him.
Incidentally, Clara had taken a liking to him lately and even began throwing herself at him. Beingsuperior to his wife in looks, figure, and even in the bedroom, Shawn decided that he would take heralong on this eye-opening trip.
By the time the two of them stepped into Royal Hotel, Alex had disappeared completely from theirsight. They had no idea where he was, except that he did indeed enter the hotel.
Clara stamped her feet in anger and disappointment. She was looking forward to giving Alex a gooddressing-down and did not expect that he would give them the slip.
They proceeded to book themselves a decent room in the hotel. Once in their room, Shawn pulledClaranovelbin
into his arms and could not wait to get into the shower with her.
After being rejected by Clara, he went into the shower alone while she sat on the bed and scrolledthrough her phone mindlessly.
Suddenly, Shawn’s phone started ringing from the pocket of his jacket. Clara looked in the direction ofthe bathroom and saw through the glass door that he was still in the midst of his shower.
She ignored it the first time, but when it rang again seconds later, she decided to take the phone out ofthe jacket to have a look. When she saw that it was Shawn’s wife, her eyes turned hard and cold.
She answered the call and immediately heard a woman’s voice saying anxiously, “Darling, our son hasfallen sick and our daughter is still too young. I can’t manage the two of them on my own. Can youcome back? I’m afraid… I’m afraid our son’s condition may take a turn for the worse.” With that, shestarted bawling on the other end of the line.
Without a second thought, Clara pouted and replied, “Your darling is in the shower. We’ve got somebusiness to attend to in a while. I’m afraid we have no time for you!”
Clara had purposely emphasized the word “business” such that anyone listening could discern whatshe was trying to imply