After not showing up the night before, Phil did not show up the whole day the next day either. Anya’s breakfast and lunch were delivered by Gaven.
When Gaven brought her lunch, he said meaningfully, “Mr. Henderson may not be able to cook dinner for you himself yet…”
Instinctively, Anya felt what Gaven said was strange. What did he mean that Phil could not cook for her himself? It sounded as if she only wanted to eat the food cooked by Phil.
Why did he emphasize “Mr. Henderson cooked himself”?
In fact, she never demanded that Phil should cook for her in person. She did not want him to cook. She had lived well when she had been alone.
Anya said to Gaven at the thought, “You don’t have to bring food to me. I’ll handle it myself.”
Gaven shook his head and said, “It’s okay. I just did what Mr. Henderson said.”
It meant that Anya had to tell Phil herself if she did not need the “food delivery service”.
Anya pretended that she did not understand Gaven’s hint and just told him, “You just tell him about it. And please express my thanks to him on my behalf.”
Anya was speechless that Gaven learned from Phil how to give hints in a roundabout way.
Since Gaven implied that she should take the initiative to contact Phil, she would just do it the other way.
After Anya went upstairs, Gaven scratched the back of his head with a sigh and went into his car.
What could he do?
His boss was ill and did not want Anya to know it in case that Anya deemed his sickness as a winning-her-comfort trick. But from the bottom of his heart, he thirsted for her visit and concern.
He read his boss’s mind at a glance. As a subordinate, he had to give Anya hints without directly telling her that Phil was sick; otherwise, his boss would have to scold him, after knowing he was the leaker.
Gaven did not understand his boss. Phil wanted Anya’s care, but he did not want her to know about his sickness. Isn’t Phil pretentious?
But Gaven could only secretly comment on Phil’s actions in his mind. He did not dare to express his true feelings when confronting Phil.
Now it seemed that Anya absolutely had no intention of taking the initiative to call his boss, and she did not even notice his strange hints.
As a matter of fact, Anya noticed. But she did not think about it. For her, it was sheer relief that Phil did not show up. What would she call Phil actively?
However, when it was dark outside, Anya had to call Phil.
Because she forgot her key at home when she got to classes in the afternoon. What a poor memory! And she did not even know why she had a poor memory recently. She remembered that she had put the key into her bag. After rummaging around in her bag before the door of her home, however, she did not find it.
Anya rubbed her forehead and felt it throbbing.
It seemed that she could only call Phil because he had another key.
When Phil answered, Anya heard that he sounded weak at the other end. She said with embarrassment, “Umm… are you at the company now, or at home?”
Phil replied briefly, “At home.”
Anya said, “I forgot my key…”
Pausing for a moment, Phil chuckled.
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