An Impossible Marriage novel Chapter 60

Chapter 60 

Elizabeth pursed her lips. “It doesn‘t matter to me. I have been working for the Lewis family for decades, so it‘s fine for me to retire now. However, Meg, I‘m most worried about your marriage life with Mr. Lewis. You have to do something about the women out there. Those women desire a man like Mr. Lewis!” 

Margaret fell silent. There was nothing she could do about the women Christopher had outside, nor did she have the right to do anything either. 

Shortly after, Christopher returned. 

Margaret handed the phone over to him. “Megan called, and I picked it up for you.” 

He glanced at her and took over his phone before leaving. “Don‘t touch my phone next time,” was all he said. 

A trace of loneliness flashed across her eyes, but she soon recovered her poise. 

Around ten at night, her phone rang while she was dozing off. It was a call from Jack. 

Worried that something had happened to Jodie again, she hurriedly picked up the phone. “Hello?” 

Jack‘s tone was calm. “Margaret, I need to ask you for a favor. Are you free to come out and talk about it?” 

Judging from how composed he sounded, she reckoned nothing serious had happened. After she looked at the time, she replied, “Let‘s talk about this tomorrow. It‘s too late, and I‘m already in bed.” 

His voice was filled with hesitation. “I would like to propose to Jo, and I need your help. The case pertaining to her family has yet to be solved, and she looks miserable every day. I don‘t want to see her in such a state, so I wish to propose to her earlier, lest she overthinks. I‘m in a hurry... Moreover, I don‘t have time tomorrow as I promised to go out with her.” 

Margaret no longer rejected him as soon as she heard it was related to Jodie. “Where are you waiting for me? It‘s quite hard to take a cab here, so I may arrive late—” 

Jack said immediately, “I’ll pick you up. Send me your address, and I‘ll be there soon.” 

Half an hour later, his car pulled up outside the entrance of the Lewis residence. 

Margaret clutched her coat and promptly got into the vehicle as the weather at night was too chilly. 

The bodyguard on night duty remembered the plate number vigilantly when he realized it was not Christopher‘s car that picked her up. 

Margaret did not want to go too far from home, so she asked Jack to stop the car in front of the junction. “We can just discuss it inside the car. It‘s really too late for today.” 

Jack seemed fatigued. “I‘m dead beat today, so let‘s go to the hotel I‘m staying at, and I will call a taxi for you after we finish the discussion. We need to go through lots of details, as I don‘t want to grope in the dark at that time. You are Jo‘s only best friend, and I‘m unsure who else I can ask for help. Just this once, please?” 

Margaret could not bring herself to reject him again, so she followed him back to the hotel. 

The takeout he ordered in advance was delivered after they entered the hotel room. “Do you want to have some food?” he asked. 

She shook her head. “Nope, why are you only having dinner this late?” 

Jack replied in between bites, “I was helping Jo to investigate the whereabouts of the thief who stole the jewelry materials. I haven‘t been sleeping well for a couple of days. I‘m so sorry for troubling you to come over–” His sentence was cut short when he knocked over the soup carelessly, leaving a stain on his shirt.