After everyone was seated, Louis invited everyone to begin eating. Emma sat right next to me and I spotted her gaze darting back and forth between Hannah and Kiki. “What a beautiful pair,” she finally remarked, looking at John, “You guys were a family, right?”
John was stunned for a moment but quickly regained his calm. “You can say so,” he admitted without shying away.
I thought Emma would be affected by John’s forthright answer, but instead, she shrugged indifferently. “Serves you right. You should’ve treated them nicely when you still had them by your side. You only have yourself to blame since you’re the one who had an affair.”
Her comment took me by utter surprise.
John would have lashed out at her on usual days, at least that was what I expected, but I got it all wrong. John looked back at her nonchalantly and emulated her shrug. “If you say so,” he replied shortly.
I really could not get my head around those two. How they interacted with each other was just beyond me.
Everyone stayed back for a little chat after the meal.
Kiki was already fast asleep and everyone was getting ready to leave when a loud ruckus sounded from the outside, so Louis asked someone to go check it out.
The housekeeper returned and walked right toward John. “Mr. Stovall, someone’s looking for you.”
“Me? Who is it?”
The housekeeper looked stumped. “It’s the lady who came over with you last time, Ms. Wilde.”
“I don’t know her. Tell the guards to throw her out before she dirties this place,” John replied coldly.
The housekeeper stared at him uneasily for a second and went back outside to do as John said.
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