Chapter 128 The Old Lady
God could be so biased sometimes. It wasn’t fair what he did from time to time.
“How could God be so partial to someone?’ Gabrielle thought deeply.
Just like what God had done to Westley. This man was just too good to be true. He gave him a very good background and upbringing and still gave him a perfect body that someone could die for. God went too far in blessing this man!
With a man as handsome as this, women were constantly mesmerized, even men too could not take their eyes off him when they saw him. His facial features were loved by both men and women,
“Do I look handsome?” Westley said in a calm voice as he looked at Gabrielle.
“Yeah, you do,” Gabrielle said subconsciously. There was sincerity in her eyes and firmness in her tone.
But after she said that, she immediately
realized what she said and regretted that she blurted it out so quickly. Her face flushed and she felt very ashamed of herself. She didn’t even want to look him in the face.
“Westley, L… Uh… I just blurted it out. I didn’t think about it before I spoke. It’s not true…”
“Not what? Not very handsome?” he asked as he peered at her face closely. The corners of his mouth curved up a little in a smile. So Gabrielle, who was sitting on the passenger seat, couldn’t see him smiling at all.
“Yes, you are very handsome…” she muttered quickly.
As soon as she said that, she didn’t say anything. By the way, she felt that no matter what she said, she would surely fail in front of him, so she decided to let
‘If I talk too much, I will lose. So it’s better not to speak what is on my mind. Let me just agree with him, ” she concluded
Westley took a quick look at his wife and
said nothing. Although the two of them didn’t say anything for a while, the atmosphere in the car was very calm and relaxed.
The more she looked out of the window, the more she became familiar with the area.
“Is this not the way to the Isido Mount? Is that where we are going?” she asked him with a hint of doubt and hesitation.
“You will know when we get there. Just: relax,” he responded to her. Westley didn’t have much time to start explaining things to her.
Gabrielle wasn’t the kind of person who insisted on getting to the root of a matter. Since he didn’t want to talk
about it, she might as well forget it.
Soon enough, the car arrived at a farmhouse near the Isido Mount. Although it was built with red bricks and green tiles, it was quite different from all the other farmhouses in the area.
All that she could see was a sea of flowers, in and out of the courtyard, and also in front of the house and outside
“Wait a minute… Isn’t this… Isn’t this that nice old lady’s home?” Gabrielle asked in surprise. She was very familiar with this small farmhouse. In the past, about three or four years ago, when she and Sloane came to the Isido Mount to have fun, there was a heavy downpour and they happened to also miss the last bus that was supposed to go back to the city. The two of them took shelter from the rain at the small bus station. Since the station was so small, it didn’t adequately shield them from the rain as they were wet to their pants. At the same time, they saw an old lady who had fallen not too far from them. They helped the old lady get back on her feet and sent her back home. Because of their kind gesture, the old lady took them in for that night. Miley happened to be the old lady they had helped that night
“What old lady?” Westley asked as he peered closely at her.
“An old lady helped me back a few years ago. Do you know her?” She was surprised that her husband knew the lady, and wanted to know how they got to know each other.
Westley stared at her face in wonder. ‘Is this woman serious about not knowing whose farm is this? Or is she just pretending?” he pondered seriously.
“Why are you not saying anything? How did you know her?” she asked him again. When she saw that he didn’t say anything. Gabrielle was more confused. She looked at him with a puzzled expression on her face.
“You’ll know very soon. Don’t worry.” Westley replied to her with a mysterious air around him. He didn’t know if she would be scared when she found out the truth.
T’ll know very soon? Why is he sounding So mysterious all of a sudden?” she asked herself as she gaped at him in disbelief
She looked at him seriously. What was the big deal about answering such a simple question? She didn’t even want to know anymore.
“So how did you both know each other?
Tell me,” Westley asked curiously.
Gabrielle didn’t expect that he would ask
her such a question.
with a tinge of
She looked at him hesitation and doubt.
Since she didn’t expect him to ask such a question, she also became a bit curious too.
The beautiful farmhouse in front of them was built by Zaid, Miley’s husband, when he was very much alive. It was built over ten years ago, for him to enjoy his life with Miley when they became very old.
Later on, he fell ill and passed away, Miley was inconsolable. She would come here to live for several months every year. Anytime she missed her late husband, she came here to reminisce. She took good care of everything here.
In the yard, she planted and grew all kinds of flowers and vegetables
Now that she was much older, they took her back to the Morris Mansion. But Miley still came here to live alone for a few days before going back there.
Sometimes she spent almost half a month alone.
Miley happened to live here these few days and she had asked him to bring Gabrielle down here.
At the beginning. Westley thought that his grandmother had just asked him to come here with his wife because she liked Gabrielle so much. If not, she wouldn’t have allowed her to come if she didn’t like Gabrielle.
But then, as soon as he arrived at the Isido Mount, he discovered that there were some things that he didn’t know about the relationship between Miley and his wife, Gabrielle.
As it were right now, it seemed that not only did he not know, but also Gabrielle herself had forgotten about her. He didn’t know if Miley would be very sad and angry at the same time if she knew this
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