Passionate Devotion: Master Fudd's Beloved Wife novel Chapter 220

Lain had no intention of leaving. Since she was so blatantly shameless, Verian was unable to get her to leave.

After taking a walk around the mall, Verian did not know what to eat so she asked Serene, “What do you want to eat?”

Serene was known to be an avid eater and was pretty easy to please. She said, “I’m fine with anything. Aren’t you pregnant? Don’t you crave for spicy and sour food? Why don’t we eat some hotpot?”

Verian thought hotpot was a great suggestion.

However, Lain was quite the attention seeker. She said, “Heaton isn’t a fan of hotpot because the spices are too heavy and will stick to the entire body after the meal. He might not be able to accept it.”

Ever since earlier, Lain was desperately trying to force her existence at them. Every statement she said was related to what Heaton liked. Although Verian kept her smile up, her raging fury burned brightly inside her.

“But, I suddenly felt like eating hotpot today. If you don’t like hotpot, Dr. Heidy, we can share a meal together next time. I have not met Serene in years and feel like treating her to a meal today.”

Lain was self-absorbed as she thought she knew Heaton the best. However, Verian adamantly wanted Heaton to eat hotpot with her.

Serene grabbed onto Verian’s arm. She added, “I too wish to eat hotpot.”

She accompanied Hades Jarret to an extremely expensive French meal last night and could not understand what was so delicious about it.

They headed toward a Sichuan and Chongqing hotpot restaurant. Since it was currently lunch hour, it was crowded. Verian made an excuse to use the washroom. When she arrived at the restroom, Verian sent Heaton a WeChat text.

"Free to head out for lunch?"

When he received the text, Heaton had just finished his meeting. He raised his brows slightly as he read the text on his screen.

Was she not out shopping with Serene?

"What’s up?"

Something must have happened for Verian to invite him out for lunch so suddenly.

Verian replied honestly. "Ran into Lain at the mall."

Heaton’s dark eyes deepened as he hammered out a series of words to her. "Send me the location, I’ll be there immediately."

Verian was speechless.

She replied with a string of ellipses.

Heaton could imagine her annoyed look as he stared at the screen. He replied with a "?".

He had the audacity to reply with a question mark? When she invited him out for lunch earlier and the moment she brought up Lain, he wanted to come over without hesitation?

"Are you here to accompany me for a meal, or are you here to meet Lain?"

"I’m just worried that Lain might bully you."

When she received this text, Verian clutched onto her phone as she somehow felt delighted and glad.

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They took a four-person seat at the hotpot restaurant.

When Lain had just gotten seated, Serene’s quick-thinking mind made her immediately sit next to her.

Lain frowned as she gave Serene a glare. There were glimmers of menace which flashed at the bottom of her eyes. However, as untalented at everything as Serene was, she was quite unmatched in playing dumb. She could not be bothered by how bitter Lain looked as she chuckled at Lain.

Verian was secretly grateful to Serene. If Serene had sat next to her earlier, Heaton would have been seated beside Lain.

Heaton had not arrived yet, so Verian picked out the soup base first. She thought about how bland Heaton’s usual diet was so she picked out four different soup bases. There was the red soup, the bland soup, the mushroom, and the tomato soup.

When Verian was sanitizing the cutleries with hot water, Serene noticed the diamond ring around Verian’s finger. She praised, “Verian, the ring around your finger looks really pretty. Was this given by Heaton as your wedding ring?”

Verian bluntly admitted, “Yes, it is.”

She could see from her peripheral vision that Lain’s expression looked slightly bitter.