Just as Christopher was about to speak, his phone rang again.
He glanced at the screen, frowned, and hung up the phone again.
Janice confusedly asked, "Why don’t you answer the phone?"
Christopher’s eyes flickered. "Wrong number."
Janice didn’t think much of it. "What did you just want to say?"
"I..." Just as Christopher was about to speak, his phone rang again.
He took out his phone irritably and looked at Janice who was confused, saying, "I’m going to take a call."
As soon as he finished speaking, he turned around and walked away.
Janice didn’t think too much about it. She turned around and continued walking towards the study.
After a while, there was a knock on the door of the study, and Christopher ca in.
"I’m going out for a while."
"Okay," Janice nodded.
Christopher asked, "What about your dinner?"
Janice replied, "Don’t worry. I’ll take care of the dinner myself."
Hearing her words, Christopher nodded and turned to leave.
Watching him leave, Janice heaved a sigh of relief. She could finally concentrate on her work.
Christopher drove to the hotel.
If he didn’t co over, his phone would ring overnight.
When he walked in, he t Daniel, who was about to go out.
Daniel saw him and stopped.
Daniel asked mysteriously, "Guess who I saw just now?"
Christopher didn’t say anything.
Daniel continued, "Sophie! Hasn’t she been in Switzerland? Why did she suddenly co back?"
Daniel supported his chin with his hand as he pondered.
Christopher remained silent.
Daniel seed to have thought of sothing and glanced at him. "Maybe it was
because she knew you were married, so she got back, right?"
Christopher glared at him.
Daniel pretended not to see his glare. "Chris, you must control yourself. You’ve already married."
As soon as Daniel finished speaking, he received a cold glare from Chris, which made him tremble, and then he hurriedly and sensibly slipped away.
When he slipped out of the hotel, he couldn’t help covering his mouth and laughing, "It seems that Chris would have troubles."
As soon as Christopher walked to the door of the private room, Denise just ca out of the room and the two t face to face.
Denise was obviously stunned. She didn’t think that he would co. After all, what happened three years ago was so embarrassing.
After thinking about it carefully, she wasn’t quite surprised.
Denise quickly hid her surprise and nodded, "The chairman has been waiting you for a long ti."
Christopher directly ignored Denise. He walked toward the private room as if he hadn’t seen her.
Denise stared at his back as he walked in. Although she already knew he’d treat her this way, she couldn’t help feeling disappointed.
Denise closed her eyes, and when she opened her eyes, she was as cold as ice again.
Christopher walked in.
Nathan sat alone in this large private room.
Besides, there was also a lady’s LV handbag on the storage rack.
Christopher glanced at the handbag indifferently and walked over.
"You’ve been asking soone to call . What’s the matter?"
Nathan looked at him and said, "Sophie is back. I want you to have dinner with us."
Christopher casually sat down and said, "Since we are going to eat, where are the dishes?"
He swept his gaze across the blank round marble table in front of him. Nathan said, "Sophie went out to answer the phone. Wait a minute."
Christopher sneered, took out a cigarette, and lit it.
Two minutes later, he checked the ti and got up.
...
"I have sothing else to do, so I’ll be going."
He was about to leave.
"Sit down!" Nathan ordered.
Christopher stopped and looked at Nathan. "You asked to co and I’m here, but I will not waste my ti waiting for others to arrive."
"It’s getting late. What can you do at this ti? Sit down and have a al with us."
Christopher snorted, "You know it’s too late. Don’t forget, my wife is waiting for at ho."
Nathan’s face swiftly darkened when he heard this.
"You’d better not say anything to Sophie."
"Why?" Christopher retorted.
"You..." Nathan was about to lose his temper.
"Chris, here you are."
At this ti, Sophie walked in. She stopped in the middle of the two, shifted her gaze between them, and asked in confusion, "What were you talking about just now?"
Christopher didn’t say anything.
Nathan said, "Nothing. You’ve been out for so long. I was just asking your brother to find you, but you co back now."
Hearing this, Sophie looked over and asked, "Really? Chris?"
Christopher didn’t answer directly and just asked, "When did you co back?"
He sat down and said in a cold tone.
Sophie sat down beside him and said, "I just got off the plane this morning."
"By the way, I brought you a gift from Switzerland. See if you like it."
As she spoke, she got up and walked to the storage rack. She took out a small delicate box from the bag and handed it over.
Christopher did not reach out to take it.
Sophie raised the gift box. Seeing that he had no intention of taking it, the joy on her face gradually froze and she pursed her lips in embarrassnt.
"Then I’ll leave it here for now."
She put the gift box on the table in front of him and sat back down.
She stared at him cautiously.
Nathan sat there and observed.
Noticing Sophie being so cautious, he beca even angrier.
However, because Sophie was present, it was improper for him to warn Chris directly, so he changed the topic, "Sophie, have you brought any gifts for ?"
Then Sophie ca back to her senses and said with a smile, "Of course, but it’s in my suitcase. I’ll give it to you when I get ho."
"Okay," Nathan smiled in a good mood.
Christopher asked impatiently, "Can we start eating now?"
Hearing that, Nathan put away the smile on his face and said to the waitress.
The dishes were soon served.
Sophie glanced at the dishes on the table and said emotionally, "Dad, these are all my favorite dishes. I couldn’t have them when I was abroad. I’ve missed them so much."
"Then eat more. Welco back. Cheers!"
Nathan raised his glass as he spoke.
Sophie also raised her glass and glanced at Christopher.
"Chris, let’s have a toast together."
Christopher sat there, not intending to raise his glass.
It wasn’t until Nathan glared at him with piercingly cold eyes that he reluctantly raised his glass, but he didn’t clink glasses with them and directly drank it.
Sophie was stunned at his reaction. Nathan then said, "Cheers, Sophie, Dad welcos you back."
"Thank you, Dad."
Sophie clinked her glass with her father’s.
After drinking a glass of wine, Nathan began to talk about the situation in Switzerland with Sophie.
Christopher sat by the side and kept looking at the ti. He knew that Janice wouldn’t eat anything if she didn’t finish her work first.
...
As Sophie chatted with Nathan, she kept looking at Christopher. She could tell that he was distracted.
Then she asked, "Are you busy? Why don’t you go and do your work first? Let’s get together another day."
As soon as she finished speaking, Nathan said, "What can he do at this hour of the night? Ignore him."
Christopher couldn’t stand it anymore. "I really have sothing to do. I’ll leave first." He stood up, ignoring Nathan’s glare, and walked towards the door.
Nathan’s face was dark with rage. He turned to look at Sophie with worry. "Sophie..."
"He forgot the gift. I’ll give it to him."
As she spoke, she picked up the gift on the table and quickly chased after him.
Nathan could only swallow his words.
"Chris."
Christopher walked out of the hotel and the parking attendant drove over. When he opened the door and was about to get in, Sophie got out and stopped him.
He turned around.
"What’s the matter?"
Sophie walked forward and said, "You forgot to take my gift."
She handed the box over.
Christopher stared at the box and did not take it.
Sophie bit her lip, feeling wronged. "This is just a gift."
She was about to cry.
Only then did Christopher reach out to take it. "Thank you."
He got into the car and threw the gift box onto the storage rack. Then he drove the car away.
Before Sophie could say ’be careful on the road’, he drove the car away.
She could only wave at the car. When the car was out of her sight, she turned back to the hotel in disappointnt.
Christopher returned ho and imdiately went to the study room.
Then he found that Janice was still sitting in front of the computer. So he walked
over with a frown.
Janice heard footsteps and looked over. "Hey, you’re back."
"Yes." Christopher nodded.
"So early." Janice blinked and blurted out.
Christopher narrowed his eyes, leaned over and whispered into her ear, "You don’t want to co back early?"
Janice smiled, "Of course not, it’s just... I thought you’d be out for a bit longer."
Christopher saw through her thoughts and straightened up. "Have you had dinner?"
Janice replied, "Yes."
"What did you eat?"
Christopher glanced at the biscuit on the table.
"Don’t tell this is your dinner."
Janice rubbed the back of her head. "I’m not very hungry. So I just ate a little."
Christopher’s face turned cold.
"It’s not OK. Wait a minute."
He was about to leave. Suddenly he turned back and closed her laptop. "Don’t work anymore."
After that, he forcibly pulled her up and dragged her out of the door.
After Janice was dragged out, she could only helplessly give up.
She went upstairs to take a shower, and when she was back, Christopher had already cooked pasta.
Seeing the two plates on the table, she asked in confusion, "Did you eat anything when you went out just now?"
Christopher said, "I want to eat with you."
He pulled out a chair and sat down.
Janice also sat down and smiled, "My Hubby is so good."
Christopher looked at her aningfully and said, "Since you know your Hubby is good, just wait for him in the bed later."
Janice’s hand trembled then she imdiately lowered her head to eat, pretending not to hear anything.
When she was about to sleep, Janice realized that Christopher was just scaring her.
He already lay on the bed with his eyes closed.
Janice chuckled when she heard his even breathing.
It seed that she had been overthinking things.
She switched off the light and closed her eyes sweetly.
Unexpectedly, after she fell asleep, Christopher opened his eyes.
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