She is a CEO by George Chapman novel Chapter 696

Chapter 696 Night Walk

"Lucia, I agree too," Sophie said gently.

It was Theodore's first Christmas with his grandparents, and Lucia hadn't planned on it.

"Anyway, we've just eaten, haven't we?" Sophie's smile softened.

Lucia was very grateful to Sophie. She turned to look into Theodore's excited eyes. She knew that he missed Esmae and Chris too, but... She stood up and walked over to Arthur, whispering in his ear,

"There's gonna be... a lot of unpleasantness going back. I don't want Teddy to see that. Arthur... thanks for the offer."

Arthur looked into Lucia's slightly wistful eyes and felt a little guilty. He hadn't really thought much about it just now.

"Teddy, I'm sorry," Arthur said, stroking Lucia's arm and squatting down in front of Theodore.

"I didn't think it through. You want to stay with your grandparents for Christmas, don't you?"

"Of course!" Theodore nodded immediately. Of course he was happy to spend Christmas with his grandparents. He glanced sideways at his mother's expression of wanting to say something. Theodore walked over to Sophie and held her hand,

"Grandma, I want to stay with you."

How could Lucia not understand what that expression was? She could not help but feel moved and distressed by her son's understanding.

Sophie was happy that Theodore was staying, of course, but she was more worried about Lucia than about what would happen to her if she didn't go back with him.

The fireworks slowly dispersed. Under the fog, there was a vague sense of oppression in all people's hearts. At that night when they went back to their rooms, everybody was very silent.

At night, Theodore was still with Lucia, but when the two children were fast asleep, Lucia could not close her eyes. She could not keep her heart still.

Finally, Lucia couldn't help getting up. And Arthur was in the next room.

When she went out, Lucia made sure that the two children were asleep before she closed the door. Then, under the dim light of the corridor, she walked gently to Arthur's door. However, she did not knock immediately. Instead, she stood quietly at the door with her head down, hesitating.

As Lucia repeatedly raised her hand and put it down, hesitating to knock, the door suddenly opened, and Arthur stood before her.

Looking up, Lucia was stunned. How did he know she was at the door?

Seeing Lucia's wide-open eyes, Arthur could not help but smile. When he was lying on the bed just now, he was facing the door to the side, so he noticed two shadows at the bottom of the door. He did not have to think too much about it. He knew that it was her.

Arthur, too, had a malevolent taste for men, so he kept silent as Lucia paced back and forth outside the door, hesitating, until, finally, he could not bear it himself.

"Are the kids asleep?" Arthur asked gently.

Lucia came to her senses and nodded her head in embarrassment. "Well, they're all asleep."

When Arthur heard this, he went back into the dark room. Lucia watched as his figure moved around the bed until he came back to her and saw what he was holding. Lucia was moved in a second.

Draping a thick coat over Lucia, Arthur whispered, "You'll catch a cold."