"Say another word, Nia Mitchell, and I swear I won’t kill you."
"OUCH..."
Nia Mitchell jumped into Maxwell Peary’s arms, giving him a big hug. She chuckled. He can still joke, so it seems he isn’t really mad anymore.
"It wasn’t on purpose, you know! In the heat of the mont, one can’t help but make a mistake—oh, not a slip of the hand, a slip of the tongue."
She reached out and gently rubbed his lips. He was no longer bleeding; the wound wasn’t big, just a slight scrape.
HEE HEE, that should keep him from casually kissing now.
"Need more rest?"
Maxwell smoothed her jet-black hair, his eyes full of adoration.
"No need, I feel much better after my bath."
Nia looked up at him, beaming.
"So, Mrs. Peary, would you like to go out for lunch?"
Nia shook her head, her face radiant with joy.
"Mrs. Peary wants to eat so Tomato and Egg Noodles made by Mr. Peary himself."
Maxwell patted her head. "Mr. Peary is taking a lunch break, so no noodles. Co on, let’s go out!"
Maxwell reached out to scoop up the little woman crouching before him, carried her to the Changing Room, and handed her a simple and understated outfit.
Smiling, Nia also walked over to the row of cabinets on the opposite side, picked out a set of Maxwell’s clothes, and handed them to him.
The two looked at each other and smiled. "Mrs. Peary, see you in two minutes?"
"Okay."
So, one headed to the Changing Room while the other returned to the Bedroom, and they began to change.
「Two minutes later—」
"What does Mrs. Peary plan to do after lunch?"
Nia pretended to think, settling on an answer only once they got in the car.
"How about we go watch a movie?"
"Sure."
「...」
After lunch, the couple arrived at the biggest cinema in Capital Town. While Maxwell went to buy the tickets, Nia went to the restroom. She didn’t expect to run into llisa Moreland and... Ralph Perez when she ca out.
Nia pointed at the two in astonishnt, her face registering shock.
"So, llisa, you...?" She pointed at Ralph Perez, curious about their relationship.
llisa laughed awkwardly. "It’s not what you’re thinking. I just bumped into the class leader. Actually, I had made arrangents to watch a movie with a friend, but they stood up, so..."
Nia nodded. So I’d been overthinking it.
"Why are you at the cinema? With your flash-marriage husband?"
llisa whispered so that only the two of them could hear. Nia shook her head instinctively.
"Oh, no."
"HUH? Nia Mitchell?"
Suddenly, a woman in flashy clothes, carrying the latest LV bag, ca out of the restroom.
"I can’t believe soone like you would actually co to the cinema. How unusual."
The woman didn’t even give Nia a chance to speak before she began her snide comntary.
Nia inwardly sighed at her rotten luck. To think I’d run into her at the cinema—Julia Adams, the belle of University A’s Chinese Departnt.
"Nia Mitchell, I heard your engagent ceremony was canceled, huh? I told you Hendry Hampton was just playing with you and would dump you sooner or later, but you didn’t believe . Look at you now, what a huge embarrassnt!"
Julia Adams walked towards her, gloating, clearly intending to savor Nia’s dejected look.
"That’s true. Hendry Hampton isn’t mine, but he isn’t yours either."
Julia’s face instantly turned livid, and she glared at Nia furiously.
"At least I’m better off than you! With Hendry, I was the one who dumped him. You, on the other hand, just beca a laughingstock. You really thought you could turn from a sparrow into a phoenix, huh? Now, not only did you fail to get the fish, but you also ended up reeking of it."
Julia Adams was famously sharp-tongued; how could she possibly lose a war of words?
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