Adele froze.
Johnny paused as well. He glanced at Adele,
then whispered, “Teacher.. Why would Mr. Collins want to meet with you? Can you tell us?
“He said he wanted to introduce someone to
Nolan replied.
With that, he ended the call without saying more.
Johnny turned to Adele and said, “Could it be that the person Mr. Collins wants to introduce to Teacher is Julia?”
It was during their recent dealings with the
Julia had previously wanted to work at their
family that Johnny found out that the Brown family also had its own tech company.
to be involved with their programming language, cuap.
The outside world believed that cuap was developed by Nolan’s team, even though the truth was more complicated.
Now that Julia couldn’t join their company, it was very likely that she would reach out to Nolan to study cuap. It was even possible that Julia might
want to become one of Nolan’s students.
Thinking of this, Johnny couldn’t help but curse under his breath. “Damn!”
Adele had the same thought.
She suspected that this might be Franklin’s way of compensating her for not allowing Julia’s family to move into the house across from her uncle.
After all, given Franklin’s feelings for Julia, how could he allow her to suffer in order to help Adele?
Johnny said, “If she really has hidden talents, doesn’t that mean-”
Although they were students of Nolan, and although he was usually indifferent to them, their relationship with him was actually quite good.
Nolan was strict with them, but in fact, he was a cold person with a warm heart. He also had strong principles.
If Julia’s abilities and talents were truly impressive, Nolan wouldn’t refuse to take her on just because of the history between her and Adele.
So…
Adele quickly composed herself and said, “Let’s focus on our own work for now.”
The only thing she could do was focus on improving herself.
That evening, she returned home later than usual, and Grandma was already asleep. However, when she got home, Franklin hadn’t yet returned.
He might not return at all.
But when she came out of the bathroom after a shower, she found that Franklin had actually come back.
Seeing him, her steps faltered for a moment, and she/nodded at him slightly as a greeting.
As for why he had met with Nolan today, she didn’t ask a word.
Franklin didn’t speak either. After giving her a glance, he headed to the bathroom for a shower.
The next morning, Adele woke up a bit late.
When she went downstairs, she heard Grandma’s sarcastic voice directed at Franklin: “Last night, I was already in bed by ten, and you still weren’t home. I thought you wouldn’t come back!”
Franklin, sitting across from Grandma, calmly drank his water without replying.
Grandma knocked on the table, pretending to be angry. “Say something! Stop pretending to be inute!”
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Franklin put down his cup and, seeing Adele coming downstairs, glanced at her before turning back to Grandma and saying. “Didn’t you say I had to come back and accompany you this morning?”
“Hmph, I thought you’d ignore me again!”
“I wouldn’t dare.”
Though he said this, his tone was indifferent, showing no sign of discomfort or guilt.
Grandma was so annoyed she stopped talking to him and waved at Adele, signaling her to come and sit.
Adéle sat down and asked, “Grandma, are you going out to play later?”
“It’s not ‘you all,‘ it’s ‘we!” Grandma smiled. “We’ll go together. Mag, where would you like to go? Grandma will follow your lead.”
Adele sometimes felt like a very boring person. She couldn’t think of any entertaining places that everyone would enjoy.
She said, “I’m fine with anything. It’s up to you.”
Grandma already had a plan in mind, and hearing Adele’s words, she asked,
“How about hot springs? Last time we were supposed to go but didn’t get a chance, and I ended up getting sick from the frustration. This time, someone’s going to make it up to me.”
That “someone” naturally referred to Franklin.
Franklin remained calm, drinking his tea, and didn’t seem uncomfortable or embarrassed at all by Grandma bringing it up.
It was as if the incident didn’t matter to him at all.
He never seemed to have cared about it.
Adele realized this and averted her gaze.
She had already been to the hot springs before, and she didn’t feel any excitement about going again. But since Grandma had mentioned it, she simply went along with it. “Alright.”
After breakfast, Adele started packing for the trip to the hot spring resort.
But she only packed for herself, not for Franklin.
After all, though Franklin was her husband in name, he was not her actual husband. He was currently Julia’s man. She guessed he wouldn’t be happy if she touched his belongings.
And right now, she had no interest in touching his things anyway.
As for Isabella’s things, Aunt Sara helped with those.
If this were before, Adele might have worried that Aunt Sara hadn’t packed everything, and even though Aunt Sara helped, she would still have double–checked.
But now, after finishing packing her own things, she simply dragged her little suitcase downstairs without worrying about Isabella’s things.
After waiting downstairs for a while, both Isabella and Franklin came down.
When they arrived at the hot spring resort, Franklin seemed to have gone off to make a phone call.
While Adele was organizing her belongings in the room, Grandma came in and handed her a box, whispering, “This is the outfit I prepared for you. Remember to wear it when you go to the hot springs later.”
From Grandma’s expression, Adele quickly guessed what was inside the box.
