Stefan returned to the office and found Eden waiting for him. He'd been out of the office recently. So, he got tons of documents to review and sign.
He concentrated on work till ten at night, and even didn't notice when Eden had left the office. Stefan was down in spirits and felt tired out.
He went back to Harrison Villa and saw Giana sitting properly in the living room. Stefan frowned and looked sullen. He almost forgot two unwanted people were living in his house now.
Giana saw him and said with enthusiasm, "Oh, Stefan. What took you so long?"
Stefan simply ignored it. He believed Giana was up to no good by waiting up for him and he didn't want to talk to her at all.
Giana wasn't mad and kept going, "How was the surgery going? I wanna visit Jimmy tomorrow. We didn't go visit him yesterday because we hated to cause you trouble. Amanda and I were too worried at home."
Stefan looked at Giana gloomily and answered indifferently, "The surgery was a success."
"Thank God! I'm so glad to hear that! Martha should be relieved now. She was much too worried the day before the surgery. It was heartbreaking to see her with that look."
Giana acted to care about Martha, but meanwhile, she was secretly watching Stefan's face.
Stefan was going upstairs. Not surprisingly, he abruptly paused his steps and looked back at her, "You met Martha? When?"
Giana was stunned and looked at him confusedly, "You didn't know it? I thought she'd told you."
"Rhys asked me out to meet the cafe before the surgery. And Martha came with him," said Giana. She had twisted the fact, but she did meet Rhys, and Martha did come to the cafe.
"Rhys asked you out?" Stefan narrowed his eyes, pursed his lips. Apparently, he doubted it.
"Yeah. He's told me his identity and said he always wanted to be part of the Harrison family. Well, it was nothing much. We just had a domestic chitchat. He's a good kid. He didn't refuse to bond with me though we haven't met before."
Giana pretended that Rhys respected and cared about her, and told Stefan that Rhys intended to come back to the Harrison family and bond with the senior generation, which she thought would piss him off.
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