Chapter 61
Then, a deep, pleasant male voice followed.
“Hmm, have you eaten?”
“Not yet, but Mom’s almost done.”
“Really?”
Adele paused for a moment, then walked out of the kitchen, holding the dishes.
At that moment, Isabella and Franklin walked in from the living room.
“Mom, Dad’s back!”
Adele glanced at Franklin, then quickly averted her gaze. “Hmm.”
She took off her apron and handed it to the butler before they all sat down in their usual places.
Isabella, eating the food Adele had served her, asked, “Dad, didn’t you say you’d be back tomorrow?”
“I finished my work early and came back.”
“Oh…”
The Collins family didn’t have many formalities at the dinner table. Isabella spoke freely, while Franklin, though quiet, responded to her in everything.
Isabella chatted happily, then turned to look at Adele. “Mom, why aren’t you talking?”
Adele smiled gently. “It’s fine, I’m happy to listen to you.”
“Oh…”
Actually, the butler also noticed that something seemed off with Adele.
Previously, she had always tried to avoid bothering Franklin, thinking he might be annoyed, but every time he returned from a business trip, he never
failed to greet her or show concern.
Today, however, not only did Adele not initiate a conversation with Franklin, but it seemed like she hadn’t even looked at him directly…
Franklin, however, seemed to be oblivious to Adele’s odd behavior, maintaining his usual calm expression.
At that moment, Franklin’s phone rang.
It was a call from the old madam, Franklin’s grandmother:
“Did you go on another business trip?”
“Just got back,” Franklin put down his phone, turned on the speakerphone, and continued talking while eating. “What advice does the little old lady
have for me?”
The old madam chuckled on the other end of the line. “It’s been half a month since I last saw Mag and Bella. The weather’s getting cold now, so tomorrow, you should take them to the hot spring resort. Let’s go soak in the hot springs and warm up.”
“Understood.”
After hanging up, Isabella was overjoyed. “We can go to the hot springs again! Yay!”
Franklin looked at Adele and said, “I’ll have someone come pick you up tomorrow night.”
Adele didn’t look up. “I’ll drive myself from the office. It’s fine.”
“No, Mom, come with me! The hot spring resort is so far, and it’ll be boring for me to go there alone by car.
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He Faked Death for Mistress,I Faked It for Revenge
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Adele paused
for a
moment.
Forget it.
“…Fine.”
Recently,
Cole had been developing a new
and after dinner, app.
to Johnny called
discuss
some technical
issues with
her.
While Franklin and Isabella were chatting in the living room, Adele went outside to take the
call.
It
was
half an
hour later before she finished the
call.
looked Isabella
her and couldn’t but
help I up at weren’t like this before…”
say,
been “Mom, you’ve
getting
a
lot of
calls
lately,
and you
talk for
such a
Franklin, hearing Isabella’s swords, also glanced at her.
It was
s only then that the
butler realized that this was indeed unusual.
Adele used
to rarely talk on
the phone.
Let alone
talking
for so
long
every night.
Could it be
that the
lady has…
an affair?
No…
That couldn’t be it.
long time every evening.
You
Given
how much Adele
cared about Franklin, that wouldn’t
make
sense.
“It’s
just something,” Adele
replied, not elaborating. “I’ll g
I go upstairs to
take care of some things.”
Isabella: “Oh…”
Adele opened her
and computer
I began
processing the file that
Johnny
had sent her.
Isabella returned to her room. Seeing her
she didn’t busy,
disturb her and
played by
herself. After
taking
a
bath, she
came back
to peek at her.
In fact, over the
past few
years, Adele hadn’t completely neglected
her professional work.
Whenever she had some free time, she would design a few knowledge with her.
programs.
