Chapter 643
Erin Gooding smiled. nCake?’
She was not distant at all.
As Irene nodded, she continued, "James is too busy to accompany me, so it's boring being alone... May I visit you sometime?"
Irene did not want to reject Erin, but she did not have the time-she wanted to stay home and take care of her children while she did not have to work.
"How about work? Something you prefer, preferably... Just to kill time?"
’I wanted to, but James told me that he would pay for everything."
Erin had a look of bliss on her face as she said that, and Irene smiled unwittingly as she looked on.
Happy people tend to radiate a certain glow, and people who watch them could feel their warmth too.
"What is it?" Erin asked. "Did I misspoke?"
"Nope," Irene replied, taking a slip from her glass. "Congratulations. James is a good man."
"Yeah, but he's just so busy," Erin said, resting her chin on her hand." Sometimes it's two days before I get to see him once, and he's never at home at night."
"He's busy with work, I guess," Irene said. "Oh!"
Erin seemed to have more to say, but Irene had stood up since her cake was ready. "I’ll get going now."
Erin nodded. "Okay. I'm going shopping later myself."
Irene was ready to leave with her cake, but stopped at the door, turning around to ask, "Would you like to visit my home?"
"Of course!" Erin exclaimed excitedly, but soon hesitated as she asked,' Would Isaac Jefferson be upset if he sees me?"
After all, they were not related, though she was his mother's adopted daughter.
"No," Irene said, and Erin became relieved enough to go with her.
She was quite clingy too and she linked arms with Irene intimately.
"What should I call you?"
"Just Irene," Irene replied.
"That won't do," Erin said. "How about sis?"
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