Chapter 307: What Are You Smirking At?
Yvonne knew that he had seen her through, so she hurriedly said, "There."
While he was looking over, she deliberately sprinkled a little water behind herself, and then she said, "And here! The floor is so slippery. I almost fell just now." She then pretended to walk away cautiously.
James could see she was trying to make things difficult for him. However, it didn’t matter. Since she liked to play, he would play with her. So, without saying a word, he walked aside, picked up the mop, and began to clean the floor. Yvonne thought he looked funny when he mopped the floor in a prim white shirt. So, she couldn’t help but take out her phone and take a photo secretly.
In the future, if he dared to be bossy to her again, she would mass text this photo. She thought he would never dare to give orders to her anymore When she was pondering while holding the phone, and James suddenly looked over and asked, "What are you smirking at?"
Yvonne hurriedly put away her phone and stammered, "Nothing. You focus on mopping the floor."
James said, "I’m done."
Yvonne was startled and said, "You are fast."
She decided to let go of him today, so she said as if she were doing him a favor, "Then you can go back."
James snorted in his heart, put the mop back in place, picked up his jacket on the chair, and said, "Good night."
Yvonne waved her hand at him.
James cast a meaningful glance at her, then chuckled triumphantly, and turned to leave.
On Monday morning, Yvonne got up early. Before going to work, she went to the outpatient department of First Medical Group.
She had lost contact with Stanley for several days. He hadn’t answered her call, nor had he texted her back. She didn’t know what had happened. Stanley happened to be there when she got to his office. She was overjoyed, hurriedly walked over, and said, "Stanley, is everything OK?"
Seeing her, Stanley was startled and asked, "Yvonne, why are you here?"
Yvonne felt a little bit embarrassed. After all, it was improper for her to appear in his workplace without notifying him. "Stanley, are you very busy recently? I called you several times, but you didn’t answer my calls or message. You..."
Suddenly, Stanley’s assistant Flora walked in. Seeing Yvonne, she was taken aback and immediately said, " Dr. Levingston, I’ sorry. I didn’t know you have a guest. I will come again later."
When she was speaking, she turned around, intending to leave. "Flora, wait... Is everything for the surgery ready?" Stanley suddenly asked.
Flora was stunned and looked at him in confusion. After catching the hint in his eyes, she said, "Yes! Everything is ready."
Hearing this, Stanley turned to Yvonne and said, "Yvonne...I will operate soon, so I’ll have to leave first." Before Yvonne could respond, he hurriedly pulled his assistant out, who had just entered. Yvonne didn’t even have time to say anything but could only watch him leave. She sighed. It seemed she had to go back first.
After returning to the laboratory, Yvonne kept thought about what had happened and found that something was wrong. When Flora had entered the office, she had been wearing casual clothes. It didn’t seem like she had been preparing for surgery. After all, she had to wear asepsis clothes when making pre-surgery preparations. And she hadn’t need to change back to casual clothes then.
At the thought of this, Yvonne immediately made a call, and the phone was quickly picked up.
"Hello, this is the Internal Medicine Department of First Medical Group."
"Hello, is Dr. Levingston there? I am his patient, and I want to know if I can make an appointment this morning."
...
The nurse on the other end of the phone quickly replied, "Dr. Levingston is available this morning, and I can help you make an appointment."
Yvonne was stunned when hearing the reply. She had been thinking about why Stanley had lied to her until she got off work. He had got no surgery at all in the morning. But why had he lied? Was he avoiding her?
Yvonne had reflected on this matter for a long time, and this was the only possible reason. However, she couldn’t understand why. She sat in the laboratory for a long time, pondering, but she still failed to figure it out. When she came back to her senses, she found that all her colleagues had already left, and she was the only one still sitting there. She glanced at the time, and it was about seven o’clock. So, she hurriedly changed her clothes and left with her bag.
After returning home, she went to the bathroom and took a shower. After she came out, she sent a message to Janice. "Janice, do you know why a man avoids the woman whom he had just expressed his love to?"
In the villa. Janice was eating a plate of apples with a fruit fork on the sofa when receiving the message. "Honey, if a man has expressed his love to a woman, why would he hide from her?" Janice suddenly asked.
Christopher was sitting on the carpet next to the sofa, gently massaging Janice’s calves. Recently, Janice kept complaining that her calves were uncomfortable. The doctor said that it had been caused by the edema in the second trimester of pregnancy and that massage could help alleviate it. So, every night before going to bed, Christopher would massage her calves like this. Hearing her question, Christopher asked, "Who is the man?"
Janice said, "I am not referring to anyone. I was just asking hypothetically."
Christopher glanced at her phone subconsciously, couldn’t help but smile, and said, "Well, I guess he regrets it."
"He regrets it?"
Janice was surprised at this answer. What she had speculated was that the man might be afraid of being rejected. But she hadn’t been sure, so she had asked Christopher. After all, he was a man, so he should know men’s thoughts better, but she hadn’t expected his answer to be like this. She doubted it. She looked at Christopher dubiously, but he was massaging her calves carefully, so she didn’t think he was joking. Was it really because of regret?
She hesitated for a while and sent Christopher’s answer to Yvonne. After Yvonne saw the answer, she was dumbfounded. So, Stanley had been avoiding her because he had regretted it? She couldn’t help but remember what he had been like when he had told her that he liked her. He seemed to have acted on impulse. Maybe he had not been mentally prepared at all.
He had said it without thinking carefully, so when he calmed down, he began to regret it? Thinking of this, Yvonne’s heart sank. Yvonne hadn’t replied to her message after a long time, so Janice was a little worried. She suspected Yvonne had been talking about herself. If so, her answer just now must have hurt her feelings.
Thinking about this, she quickly sent another message, saying, "It is just my guess, so it is not necessarily right."
However, she still received no response. Suddenly, Janice became anxious. Maybe she had guessed it right? She quickly picked up the phone and called Yvonne, but the line is always busy. Therefore, Janice panicked, wondering who Yvonne was talking to on the phone.
...
When Christopher entered the bedroom, he saw Janice sit still, holding the phone, so he asked what had happened. Janice put the phone away in depression and said, "Honey, I feel that something is wrong with Yvonne."
"Why?" Christopher asked.
Janice wanted to tell him why but couldn’t say anything specifically, so she frowned and said, "I don’t know how to put it. Anyway, she must be hiding something from me."
Christopher frowned, "Maybe you think too much." Janice shook her head, "No. I know her the best. She used to keep no secrets from me, but when we chatted just now, she beat around the bush as if trying to keep something from me."
Hearing this, Christopher frowned, sat down beside her, and said, "Are you talking about the question you asked me before?" He then looked over meaningfully. Janice was startled and asked, "How... how do you know?" She looked at Christopher with her mouth agape. Christopher said to himself, "Because I have seen all of your messages just now."
He smiled, "I guessed. Even though you are very close friends, she will still keep something only to herself."
"What kind of thing?" Janice asked.
Christopher paused and said, "Of course, something about her love life."
"Love life?"
Janice thought, "Will Yvonne hide such things from her? Aren’t we friends who tell each other everything? Seeing her looking sad, Christopher continued, "Think about it. Did you tell her everything? Don’t you have any secrets?"
This reminded Janice of something. She did have concealed her marriage with Christopher from Yvonne at the beginning. At the thought of this, Janice was relieved. She then suddenly remembered something and said, "By the way, let’s go back to see your mom and grandpa tomorrow."
"Your legs are swollen. Can you walk?" Christopher frowned. Janice shook her leg subconsciously and said "Yes! My legs were just a little swollen, but I’m not disabled." Christopher shot a helpless look at her and said, "Okay, you’re always right. Can we sleep now?"
Janice nodded and followed him to the bed. The next morning, the two went back to Allson’s villa. When they entered the door, they heard the noises inside. "Nathan, get out of here. Don’t come again."
"Wanda, listen, I’m really sincere."
"Sincere? You sincerely want me to support you at the shareholder meeting, right?"
"Wanda, I..."
"Fine, I know, and I will think about it. You can go."
When Christopher and Janice walked in, they saw Nathan coming out. His complexion was not good. When he noticed the two of them, he paused his footsteps. He hesitated for a while but didn’t say anything before he walked away in the end. Christopher and Janice exchanged glances with each other and then walked towards the courtyard. Wanda stood alone in the courtyard with her back toward them, so they couldn’t see her expression.
Christopher called, "Mom." When she heard Christopher’s voice, she looked back and saw her son and daughter-in-law standing behind. She quickly changed her expression and asked happily, "Janice and Christopher? Why are you here?"
"Janice said we haven’t come back for a long time, so she wants to visit you and Grandpa."
Christopher walked forward holding Janice’s hand, and he noticed his mother’s eyes were red. For fear that Christopher would know she had been crying, Wanda turned to Janice and said, "You are pregnant, and it is inconvenient for you to go out. It’s OK if you can’t come to visit us."