Ursula didn’t dare say anything more, or otherwise, Sylvain would most certainly storm off.
Both mother and son did not enjoy their meal. They left the restaurant after the meal. Sylvain stormed off straight away, leaving Ursula all alone at the restaurant entrance. Ursula felt very unsettled. After all, Sylvain had actually offered to walk Robin to the door when she left. She resented how her position in her son’s heart was nothing compared to that of a little girl. They say that mothers-in-law rarely liked their daughters-in-law—there was some logic in this statement. Regardless, she absolutely hated Robin.
Sylvain uncorked a bottle of wine when he arrived home and downed two glasses of it. That allowed him to suppress some of his unsettled feelings.
He pulled out his phone and called Robin. When she answered his call, he spoke in a slightly sunken voice. “Why did you leave all of a sudden during dinner? Was there really a family emergency? Or did my mom make you feel uncomfortable?”
Robin pursed her lips on the other end of the call. “No… I really did have a family emergency. Is something wrong? Why the sudden phone call?”
Sylvain lowered all of his defenses. “Can you come over? I want you to stay with me, talk to me,” he murmured like a helpless child.
Robin’s heart softened. She could hear the despondence in his tone. She wanted to go to him, but she remembered Ursula’s words and held herself back. “I can’t leave right now, so I can’t go looking for you. When are you leaving the country? I’ll send you off on the day you leave.”
Sylvain sensed that something was amiss from her tone. “What are you talking about? Leaving the country? I’m not leaving the country. What did my mother tell you?”
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