“Rest? What rest?!” Beryl instantly shifted her attention from Eileen to Fia.She glanced at him and said, “Can’t she walk herself, Conrad? She needs you to pick her up now?!”Conrad glared at her coldly. “Watch your tone, Mother.”“Just what did she do to seduce you like this? She’s blind! Why haven’t you divorced her yet!”Conrad didn’t want to waste his breath on her and said, “Mrs. Taylor, send her away!”“Master Maxwell, I… Well…” Mrs. Taylor was having a headache.Yes, she didn’t like Beryl too, but she was Conrad’s birth mother after all. She couldn’t get rid of her just like that.“I’ll do it!” Eileen huffed and puffed away and came back with a broom in her hand.She held the broom high and yelled at Beryl, “Scram! Or I’m going to sweep you out of this place!”“Who do you think you are? This is my son’s house and I’m his mother!”“With a mother like this, I pity him!” Eileen gritted her teeth. “You either scram or I’m going to give you a hand!”With that, she pounced
“As a wife and as a daughter-in-law, how can you act like that?!”Beryl was very unhappy. She gave birth to that boy! Shouldn’t he side with her without question?!“Haha… Of course. I can’t compare myself with you!” Fia sneered back. “Why haven’t I realized that you could be so generous? Finding work for the daughter of a relative of yours? Or do you want to make her your son’s lover?”Eileen burst out laughing. “True! She’s obviously a bad mother-in-law! There’s no need to pretend!”“You…!” Beryl was so angry that her face turned red. “Conrad, are you deaf? Can’t you hear what she’s saying to me?!”Conrad then said, “Go back to the family residence.”“Are you my son or her son?!”“Do I have to indulge you without limit just because you’re my mother?!”Conrad’s eyes became cold as he stared at his own birth mother.Beryl looked at Conrad in disbelief. “But… But didn’t you hear what she said about me?!”“It’s what you deserve!” Conrad said in a heavy tone.The two of them sta
“Mrs. Taylor, tell the driver outside to come in. Send her back to the family residence! From now on, she’s not allowed to step into this house!”“Conrad Maxwell!” Beryl screamed as she felt her blood pressure shoot up. She was almost fainting.However, Conrad didn’t want to look at her anymore. He walked over to Fia and picked her up.Fia was shocked by his sudden movement and yelped as she grabbed his well-toned arm.“Ms. Reid, do as you wish. I’m taking Fia up to have some rest.”Eileen nodded numbly. To be honest, she was touched by what Conrad had said.If Victor could be like Conrad… Even if only one-third of it… She was willing to be his underground lover forever!Beryl walked out of the mansion angrily and glared at Mrs. Taylor holding the luggage.“Don’t think I didn’t know what you’re planning to do, Mrs. Taylor!”Mrs. Taylor lowered her head and said nothing.If she were to be angered, it would make her life difficult too.“Hmph! You’ve been protecting that whore
Looking into the woman’s beautiful yet confused eyes, Conrad could feel his throat becoming dry. He really wanted to have her at this moment.He wanted to use his gentleness to make her feel how much he cared for her.“Fi… I missed you,” He bit her earlobe, giving her a sign.“Ahchoo!”Fia blushed, thankful for her sudden sneeze.“Are you cold?” Conrad immediately covered her with the blanket and looked at the air conditioner. “The temperature’s too low?”“Yes, it’s a little cold.”Conrad quickly got out of bed and increased the temperature by two degrees. When he looked at her again, he no longer had the fire in him.“Then sleep a bit. I’ll make you something warm.”“Sure.” She didn’t catch a cold, but she was thankful that he was not around her. That way, her heart could stop thumping uncontrollably.”“Where’s Fia?” Eileen asked nervously when he saw Conrad walk down on his own.Conrad glanced at her and said, “She’s not feeling well, so I’m going to make her some tea.”
After she went in, Eileen sat down by the bed and held her hand.Fia moved over with a smile.“I thought about something, Eileen.”“What is it?”“Don’t tell Victor that you already found a new job. I’m worried that if he found out, he would try to stop you. Then, you can’t leave early anymore.”Eileen nodded. “I believe so too. Once I have the time to speak with the people from that company, I’m going to leave when he least expects it.”“That’s for the best!” Fia agreed.Eileen looked at how relaxed she was and she patted her head.“That’s why I need to go back to work for a while. Once I’ve gone to his wedding, I’m going to leave.”Fia was stunned. She wasn’t expecting the two of them to separate so soon.“So that he doesn’t suspect anything. I’m going to work very hard to lower his suspicion,” Eileen said. She then whispered to Fia, as she was very worried about her, “I can’t accompany you anymore. Are you okay staying here on your own?”Fia’s eyes shook, but she smiled an
Fia drank the water, and the saltiness in her mouth finally disappeared.As she couldn’t see how gloomy Eileen was, all she could say to alleviate the awkwardness was, “Let’s try some other dishes.”“I’m not a lab rat!” EiIeen put down her fork. She didn’t dare to give it another try even if she was starving.Conrad took his fork and tried the second dish.His expression turned dark and he tried the third, the fourth, and then the soup.He was almost sent to the afterlife by his own cooking.He could learn anything quickly, but he was like a complete fool when it came to cooking.“Forget about what I said. Fia can’t use you as a butler with the kind of cooking skills you have!” Eileen looked at Conrad, worried. “Just hire a cook, please. Otherwise, Fia will die from being poisoned!”“Alright,” Conrad agreed. He could continue learning how to cook, but he couldn’t mistreat Fia because of this.Once he was very good at cooking, he could then cook for her.Fia immediately said,
Conrad didn’t give Annie another look and simply drove away.When Annie looked at the man who disappeared into his car, she felt her heart becoming somewhat empty.She forgot to ask him for his name and wondered if she could still see him.It was fine though. She knew that he worked in Maxwell Corporation. She could always go there to see him!…In less than half an hour, Silas brought over takeaways from a five-star restaurant.“Enjoy, Madam, Ms. Reid.” Silas stood aside.Fia looked at Silas’s direction, but she still got it wrong.“Aren’t you going to eat, Silas?”Silas looked at her blank eyes and stared at the location about a meter away, and felt somewhat bad.She was the wife of a CEO, but she was never treated as one during her few years of marriage. And now, she was even blind.“I’ve eaten.”Seeing that he wasn’t in a rush to leave, she asked, “You have other business being here?”“Once the boss is back, I need him to sign a contract.”“Alright, wait in the living
“I won’t let her get close to Fia.”“Fine! You better walk the talk. Otherwise, I’ll come back and take Fia away no matter how far I am!”Conrad frowned and looked at Eileen. “You’re leaving today?”“Yeah.” Eileen lowered her eyes. “Thanks for helping me, but I can’t let Victor realize that anything’s wrong. Otherwise, it’ll be quite messy afterward.”Conrad nodded and said, “Good luck.”“Take care of Fia for me.”“Don’t worry.”Eileen left.Conrad quietly got up to the bedroom, but Fia was already asleep.Maybe it was because she hit her head, but she got sleepy very easily.She slept until three in the afternoon. Fia opened her eyes, but the world was still a fog of gray.Every time she opened her eyes after she woke up from her sleep, she wished her eyes could see again.She hated that she couldn’t see anything nor do anything. “You’re awake? Are you hungry?” Conrad asked as he sat by the bed, holding her hand.Fia frowned and asked, “Eileen’s gone?”“Yes. Don’t worr