Mr. CEO's Young Mistress novel Chapter 65

For some inexplicable reason, Sharon's heart skipped a beat. "Do you recognise me?"

Ruby studied her for a while before shaking her head with a smile. 

Sharon frowned and whispered, "Then it must have been my imagination."

"Why do you say so? Do you think we've met before?" Ruby asked, curious. 

Sharon paused and shook her head.

Ruby did not press her further. She turned around and looked at Simon kindly. "Yolanda called. We better hurry, or she'll start worrying." 

Yolanda was Alexandrina's aunt, as well as Simon's mother. 

Simon hesitated and glanced at Sharon. "Sharon..."

"We were just about to leave. Well, goodbye, then." Sharon smiled and waved her hand. She pulled a stupefied Melanie along and headed towards Nick, who was watching them from afar.

Simon watched as Sharon walked away, his eyes flashing with disappointment. 

Ruby reached out to touch his arm and comforted him softly. "You have a long road ahead of you. So what's the rush?"

Simon turned pink, and he grinned bashfully. "We should get going too, Aunt Ruby."  

Ruby nodded. They turned around and walked in the opposite direction of Sharon. 

Before Ruby turned around, she seemed to have glanced in Sharon's direction. 

......

Melanie and Sharon were sitting in the car. 

Sharon had been lost in thought ever since she got in, and Melanie had no idea what was going through her mind. 

She nudged Sharon gently. "What are you thinking about?"

Sharon's brows furrowed, and she turned to Melanie. "Melanie, I think it's strange."

"Hmm? What do you mean?" Melanie was puzzled.

"I feel like I've seen Simon's aunt before somewhere..." Sharon murmured.

"Where?" Melanie asked. 

Sharon pressed her lips together, staring at Melanie. After some thought, she shook her head. "I can't seem to recall exactly where."

"Well, it doesn't really matter, does it? So what if you've seen her before?" Melanie shrugged. 

Sharon blinked. She nodded with a small smile. "You're right. I'm overthinking it." 

"I think that it's quite normal to think that someone seems familiar even though we've never met," Melanie commented. 

"Maybe that's what happened to me. And I don't think I've met her before." Sharon decided.

"That's why you shouldn't think about it anymore. You should reserve your energy for practising questions at home. With the amount of work you have, you'll be busy for days." 

"Dear me." Sharon touched her forehead dramatically. 

"Good luck, beautiful!" 

Sharon chuckled. 

......

Sharon had Nick send Melanie back to her home in Washington before heading back to Coral Pavilion. 

By the time they arrived at the villa, the sun had already gone down.

Kelley rushed out as soon as they saw the car stop. 

She rushed forward when she saw Sharon carrying her bag. Taking over the bag, she immediately frowned at Sharon. "It's so heavy."

"Really? But I'm used to it." Sharon rubbed her shoulders and walked into the villa. 

Kelley followed behind her. "Miss, why were you so late today?"

Sharon sighed. "I missed a week of classes, so I had tons of papers to do. I stayed back to finish some of them before leaving." 

"Oh, no. When will you be able to complete them?" Kelley was shocked. She hadn't expected children nowadays to have so much on their plates.

"Who knows?" Sharon shook her head sadly. 

They walked into the house together. Sharon took off her coat by the door. Her eyes immediately swept over the living room, and she let out a sigh of relief when she saw that he was not downstairs.

"He's in the study upstairs," Kelley whispered behind her.

Sharon chose to remain silent. 

"Sir hasn't had dinner yet. He was waiting for you." Kelley murmured. 

Sharon pressed her lips together, frowned, and headed to the living room. 

Kelley stood in the doorway. "Miss, shall I fetch Sir for dinner now?"

It wasn't until Sharon walked into the washroom did she hum softly in approval.

Kelley paused before grinning. She placed Sharon's bag onto the sofa and went upstairs briskly.

Standing outside of the study, Kelley raised her hand to knock on the door. 

"What is it?"

A timbre voice answered after a moment. 

"Sir, Miss has returned. She is waiting to have dinner with you downstairs," Kelley announced. 

"I'll be there right away."

The man replied very quickly this time. 

Kelley suppressed a smile. When she heard footsteps coming from the room, she turned around and went downstairs. 

Kelley was halfway down the stairs when she heard the door upstairs creak open. 

She looked up to see a tall man dressed in a black shirt and clean trousers walk out of the room. 

His face was as stoic as usual as he strode towards the stairs. 

Kelley turned around and hastened her steps. She dashed to the kitchen and brought out all the warm dishes. 

Sharon came out of the washroom just as Leonard came downstairs, and their eyes met. 

Both of them froze in surprise.

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