Gabrielle paced up and down in her room. She felt restless after what she saw on the internet. But by the time she received the phone call from Mia again, she tried as much as possible to relax and calm her nerves. She sat on the edge of her bed.
Most importantly, she had seen the posts disappear one after the other. She knew it was only Micheal, who could have helped her on such quick notice.
"Gabrielle, have you checked your phone? My brother has made great efforts and all the posts have been deleted. Isn't that wonderful?" Mia said happily.
"I have seen it. I appreciate Mr. Robinson's help. Help me thank him on my behalf..."
"If you want to thank my brother, you can tell him face to face instead of going through me. How about inviting him to dinner?" Mia recommended to her warmly.
As soon as she said that, Gabrielle instantly remembered the last time Mia had specially arranged a meeting at a restaurant for her and Michael. She happened to meet Westley and Holly in the same restaurant, eating, which was quite humiliating for her.
So when Mia tried suggesting inviting Micheal to dinner, her mind unintentionally resisted it.
"I can tell that you're scared because of my arrangement the last time, but I need you to know that I'm very serious about this. If you want to invite my brother to dinner next time, I'll make sure I have no hand in it. You can book the restaurant yourself and also choose your favorite food." Mia already knew what was going on in her mind and so she tried to persuade her in every way possible.
"Okay," she managed to say.
"But Gabrielle, although the posts on the internet have been deleted, and my brother is also trying his best to find the person behind the posting of such content, the previous post is quite engaging. It has produced an active debate on the Alorith University's website. It has attracted the attention of both the students and the lecturers of the university. In addition to that, Emily is trying to look for a way to get you expelled from the school," she reminded Gabrielle with so much anxiety. She didn't care about Alorith University's reaction to the matter. Besides, the matter was against Gabrielle whom she cared about so much.
As a student of the university, fighting was a very serious offense that attracted severe disciplinary measures. Gabrielle might be expelled from the school.
Emily was crafty. She waited for the perfect time to entrap Gabrielle.
"It doesn't matter. I will handle it myself. I'll try to find a way around it." As a matter of fact, she just said that to comfort Mia. She didn't know what kind of punishment the school would give to her.
"If you need any help, don't hesitate to ask my brother. As long as it is within his power, he will help you. Speaking of which, your husband... Does he know about what's going on? Or he doesn't want to help you in any way?" Mia asked her inquiringly.
She didn't know if Westley had seen the news on the internet. She hoped that he was still sleeping and that he didn't know anything about it.
"He was too exhausted last night and so he is still sleeping. For now, he still doesn't know what happened." She had to tell her the truth.
"He was too exhausted last night. He is still sleeping. Oh, well, I seem to know something very amazing. It appears that your husband is very strong in bed. Young people should be more temperate in their desires." Mia had started her nonsense talk again.
Gabrielle was dumbfounded. If she had known that Mia would misunderstand her statement, she would have just kept mute.
"Mia, please I have something else to do. I'll give you a call next time. My regards to Mr. Robinson. Tell him I said thank you for everything," she said with seriousness.
"All right. I'll let him know. You can go ahead with your work. We'll talk some other time." Before she hung up, she decided to say one more sentence to taunt her, "Don't forget to ask your husband to restrain himself."
With that, she smiled and hung up the phone.
Her last statement played over and over in Gabrielle's mind which made her even angrier.
She was so annoyed that she didn't want to stay in the room any longer. S
he went downstairs and was about to drink some ice water to calm herself down. Then she saw him, the man who was supposed to restrain himself and sleep well, sitting on the sofa in the living room, looking at her with a dejected face.
She felt a sudden chill run down her spine. 'What have I done wrong again? Did I offend him before now?' she thought deeply.
"Mr. Morris, Why don't you sleep a little longer considering how tired you were last night?" she felt embarrassed and asked directly.
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