“Amanda, when will you have a baby? You’ve got married for several years, haven’t you?” suddenly Jessica asked, “I’ve only seen you this time. Where is Stanford?”
Everyone except Jessica knew what had happened to Amanda.
It was because both Kevin and she were quite old, others in the family were worried that they might not be able to stand the blow, so they had hidden the news from them.
That was why Jessica didn’t know what Amanda had experienced. She still thought Amanda and Stanford were married.
She thought that they had been married for several years. They should have children now.
Amanda creased her eyebrows awkwardly. For a moment, she didn’t know how to answer Jessica.
“Why are you silent? Have you fought?” Jessica widened her cloudy eyes to look at her.
“No, we haven’t. He’s pretty busy. Grandma, have a nap. It’ll take us a few hours before reaching the destination.” Amanda covered her with a blanket and let Jessica lean against her shoulder. Patting her on the shoulder, Amanda said, “You sent us to sleep in this way when we were little.”
Jessica squinted, feeling a bit tired. “Yeah. With a blink, you all are grown up...”
As they chatted, Jessica became sleepy, gradually falling asleep while leaning against Amanda.
On the other side, when Joshua came back after seeing Amanda and Jessica off, he didn’t go back to his company. Instead, he asked Matthew out.
“Dad, I want to ask you something about my company business.” Joshua looked solemn. “Can we have a private talk, please?”
Since his son wanted to talk business with him, Matthew couldn’t reject him, so he walked to the study with Joshua.
“What do you want to know?” he asked while sitting on the chair.
Joshua pulled his chair in front of him. After thinking for a moment, he asked, “Dad, are you, or is my mother sick?”
Matthew was confused.
He wondered why suddenly Joshua asked him such a question.
“Last night, I saw you guys washing the bedsheet. Was it stained with something that embarrassed you and can’t be told to us? So you wanted to wash it so late at night.”
Matthew frowned and asked, “What embarrassing things?”
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