“David, good evening!” Kay says nonchalantly, “Are you still in the Smith mansion having dinner with Mr. Smith?”
“No, he made me leave.”
Kay acknowledges quickly and asks again, “Then, are you at home?”
“Mr. Smith won’t let me stay with him, so of course I have to come back. I took a private plane and got home in an hour. But why are you asking me about this? Why do you care about me?”
“David, my cousin! Of course, I should care about you!”
On the other end of the call David sneers, “Come on, do I not know you? Your parents are at my house. They were just showing off that you found a girlfriend, asking me why I haven’t found one yet.”
Through the call, Kay can feel David’s grievances. The elders must have said a lot.
But, after all, David is twenty-nine.
Kay smiles unkindly in his heart and touches his nose, “Will you return to Yorkshire tomorrow morning? I have something to give to Mr. Smith but it’s not easy to give it to him by myself.”
“What? It’s not Miss Lily’s something, right?”
“… Yeah, it is.”
“Then you go by yourself!” David immediately changes his tone, but kindly reminds him, “Her name is a bomb for Mr. Smith, so you go by yourself.”
“Is that so?” Kay feels miserable.
He originally wanted to hand it over to David, thinking it will reach Louis, but David is really not going to help to him!
David sighs quietly, “If it wasn’t for my work, I would never have been able to avoid Mr. Smith. Oh! By the way, I sent him to his residence this evening. He hasn’t been to the Smith mansion for a long time. I think he will also spend New Year’s in his residence. You know where he lives, just go there directly.”
Kay has no words to respond with.
“David, are you done? It’s time to eat.” A gentle female voice suddenly came from the other end of the call.
Kay has no recollection of that voice.
He freezes for a few seconds and then exclaims, “Fuck! David, who is that? Aren’t you at home having New Year’s dinner?”
David stammers, “It’s a relative… who just came from abroad.”
“You bastard!” Kay over runs him, “I have basically seen both of out relatives. When did this relative come back from abroad with her soft voice?”
“Okay, you go deliver the stuff quickly!” David doesn’t answer directly and hangs up the phone.
Kay chuckles.
The more David hides, the more Kay thinks there is a problem.
“Okay, but for now the focus is to deliver this.” Kay mutters as he looks at the DSLR.
Now that David has gone home, he can only risk his own life and go to Mr. Smith.
When he is about to drive away, he suddenly remembers that today is the New Year’s Eve and Mr. Smith and Lily have broken up. If he goes over with Lily’s things, would he be beaten?
Kay hesitates in the car for a long time, then turns it off and locks it and goes back to Daisy’s house.
Daisy opens the door.
Kay can’t see Joey and Chloe in the living room. Maybe they are in the room, so he says to Daisy, “It seems that Mr. Smith didn’t go back to the Smith mansion for New Year’s Eve dinner because of work. Mom, can you cook up some food, I’ll take it to him.”
“Are you going to give him something?”
Kay scratches his head, “Yes, something very important, must be delivered tonight.”
“I’ll make it right now, you wait.”
The woman in front of him appears young but upon looking carefully he can see the fine lines around her eyes. She is obviously over fifty. Even if Mr. Smith broke up with Lily, he would never…
At Kay’s question, Yuna’s eyes darken. She says in an obscure tone, “He probably doesn’t want to see me. Can you please give it to him? It’s not good for him to stay hungry.”
Kay asks her tentatively, “Are you familiar with Mr. Smith?”
Yuna hesitates for a while, then shakes her head resolutely, “Not quite familiar.”
So why are you concerned about him so much? Kay thinks.
Kay can’t understand it. He doesn’t want to help her deliver the food but Yuna bows deeply to him and asks sincerely. Her actions make him embarrassed so he brings the bento box too.
When he goes up the stairs and rings the door bell, he sees that Yuna gets into her car and soon the car drives away.
Who is this woman?
Kay is still thinking about it when the door opens. Louis stands there, wearing dark gray casual clothes. He is staring at Kay with a pair of cold eyes, intimidating him.
“What is it?”
Kay suddenly gets chills down his spine. He hurries to put on a smile, “Mr. Smith, are you busy? My mother was afraid that you were still hungry so I brought you dinner.”
Louis raises an eyebrow, “Your mother knows me?”
“No, I spoke wrong. I meant, my mother-in-law.” Kay realizes he just blurt out without changing her title, “You still haven’t eaten yet? Should I bring it in for you? It’s quite heavy.”
“No.” Louis’s face sinks, as he reaches out to close the door, his tone even colder than before.
Kay quickly wedges his foot in the door and says emotionally, “Mr. Smith, you and Miss Lily broke up, but my mother-in-law still cares about you.”
“She heard that you were busy with work and did not eat. She spent hours in the kitchen, made so many dishes and soup and asked me to bring it here for you. She also asked for you to stop working so much and rest more.”
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