Chapter 83
After a while, Harry returned and placed a plate of food in front of Daisy, then handed her a knife and fork. Daisy quietly began to eat in small bites
Harry asked. “Is it good?”
Daisy nodded.
Harry glanced at Adele, then turned to Daisy, saying, “This auntie is the one who saved you. You should thank her.
Daisy licked the cake off the fork and looked up at Adele. In a soft voice, she said, “Thank you, Auntie.”
Adele realized that Harry had asked the child to thank her. She smiled gently and replied, “You’re welcome.”
Daisy looked back at Harry, who said, “It’s fine, go ahead and eat.”
Daisy buried her head back into her food.
Harry, now focusing on his meal, took a bite of his own food before turning back to Adele, asking, “Did you come alone?”
Adele replied, “It’s a company team–building event. I came with my colleagues.”
Harry didn’t know that Adele had already resigned from Collins Corporation. So, when he heard this, he assumed that Collins Corporation was also holding their team–building event here.
He paused before replying, “I see.”
At that moment, Johnny noticed Adele and waved at her.
Since Adele didn’t want to have too much interaction with people around Franklin, and she had nothing more to say to Harry, she saw this as an opportunity to leave.
She quickly waved back at Johnny and said to Harry, “Thank you for everything earlier. I’ve got to go now. Enjoy your meal.”
Harry could sense that Adele felt uneasy around him, but he didn’t comment on it.
Harry could sense that Adele seemed less warm towards him than before. He assumed it was because of the unpleasant conversation that had happened last time at the racetrack, but he didn’t think too much about it.
When he saw Adele preparing to leave, he simply nodded and didn’t try to stop her.
As Adele walked away, Johnny looked at Harry and asked, “Who’s that?”
When he greeted Adele earlier, Harry had been facing away from him. Given Harry’s broad and tall back, and the fact that he was sitting with a child, Johnny had thought they were just sharing a table.
But after seeing Adele’s brief interaction with him, it seemed they knew each other.
“Harry Becker,” replied Adele.
“That’s him?” Johnny was surprised. “Aren’t you two not very familiar with each other? How come you’re sitting together?”
“He was here to thank me. His niece fell into the hot spring, and I saw it happen and pulled her out,” Adele explained.
Johnny understood immediately. “I see.”
Adele had told him she came with colleagues, so Harry had assumed the person who greeted her earlier was just a regular colleague. He hadn’t looked
back to confirm.
After Adele and Johnny had walked a bit further, Harry realized the person with Adele earlier was a tall young man. The two of them seemed to be close, based on the distance between them as they walked.
“Uncle…” Daisy’s voice brought Harry back to reality.
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Did you finish eating? If you’re done, we’ll go upstairs,” he asked.
“Finished.” Daisy answered.
Harry had already eaten, so he put down his napkin and stood up with Daisy, beading upstairs.
Adele, returning to her room. had just planned to read on the balcony when her phone suddenly rang. It was a call from Franklin
She wasn’t surprised; he usually only contacted her when there was something important. Adele picked up the phone, her tone Cold: “Hello”
“Grandmother wants you to come home for dinner tomorrow night,” he said.
Adele paused before replying, “Alright, I understand.”
Before she could say more, he had already hung up, not lingering on the call for even a second. Adele wasn’t bothered by it. She set the phone aside and continued with her book.
That evening, she slept soundly. The next morning, she woke up early. She went to the hotel gym for a quick run, and after a short rest, she visited the hot spring again.
At that moment, a woman in her forties or fifties, holding Daisy’s hand, walked over. Adele recognized her from yesterday–she was the nanny hired by the Becker family to look after Daisy.
Yesterday, the nanny had been distracted by an urgent call and didn’t notice Daisy disappearing. If Adele hadn’t been there to save her, the situation could have been much worse.
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