I thought the al would pass in a harmonious atmosphere filled with laughter. Unexpectedly, halfway through, an unexpected guest arrived.
"Miss Irene, you, you’re back too?" Nanny Garcia quickly pulled open her chair and stood up, heading toward the dining room door.
Irene Morton’s appearance was quite unexpected.
Asher Land slightly furrowed his brow.
"Sister Sophie, it’s really been a long ti." The first person Irene greeted wasn’t Nanny Garcia, nor was it Asher Land. It was actually ?
Sophie Smith was sowhat puzzled. Reasonably speaking, in this house full of people, Irene should least favor herself.
"Irene, you..." Sophie found herself wanting to act confused at this mont, "When did you co back here? I, I didn’t know."
However, she wasn’t at all good at pretending to be confused. Even a wide-eyed observer could imdiately sense her uneasiness.
"Oh, Sister Sophie, it seems Brother Asher has never ntioned to you at all." Irene laughed cheerfully, showing no discernable clues, as she approached the dining table, sitting down casually without any sense of alienation.
"Nanny Garcia, could you get a set of dinnerware, I just happened to not have eaten, so I’ll join you." Irene blinked her eyes, looked at Asher’s unwelcoming face, yet remained serene.
"Brother Asher, I say, I’m just here for a al, do you really have to look as if you want to murder ?"
Ha, Irene finally understood why he hasn’t been ho often lately. It turns out he’s been living quite freely and comfortably with Sophie Smith...
"Sister Sophie, did Brother Asher really not ntion at all?" Irene was sowhat relentless.
"Oh, ..." Sophie was in a dilemma. If she said he did ntion her, it would contradict what she said earlier. If she said he didn’t, would Irene be upset with Asher? After all, Sophie knew a thing or two about Irene’s temper.
"Are you here to eat or to inquire?" Asher stayed composed as he picked a dish with his chopsticks and placed it in his bowl, his expression indifferent.
"Who said you can’t talk while eating?" Irene snorted a couple of tis, "Honestly, Brother Asher, you’re quite sothing, finding Sister Sophie in Eastern City and yet not ntioning my na in front of her. How would she know what you’ve been through these past four years if you don’t bring up?"
Irene implied aningfully, but Sophie found it utterly confusing.
How has Asher Land been these past four years?
Truthfully, Sophie really wanted to know.
But in the short ti she spent with Asher, she’d tried subtly probing but his responses were either silence or just perfunctory remarks.
After a few attempts, she dared not ask anymore.
Because that was, after all, sothing he was unwilling to speak of.
"Sister Sophie, you and Brother Asher must have been together for quite so ti, right? He hasn’t been ho much during this period."
Ho much?
"Are you... living together?" Sophie tried to keep her tone calm.
"Yes, for the past four years, we’ve been living together." Irene’s mouth curved into a smile that made her seem blissfully happy.
Irene’s words undoubtedly further ignited the deepest curiosity within her.
She thought that in those missed four years between them, there must be a lot of stories to tell.
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