Arthur Mitchell looked at the people in the meeting room and nodded, “yes. Where are you now?”
……
Arthur Mitchell said he had time, but I couldn’t find an excuse to prevaricate. After packing up, I took the child to his company.
It was not far from here, and we took a taxi for about ten minutes.
It’s my first time to come to his company. I led Theresa inside nervously.
Arthur Mitchell asked me to take the elevator to the coffee shop on the second floor. I didn’t wander around and found a seat.
About five or six minutes later, I saw Arthur Mitchell walk into the cafe in a neat suit. I felt like I was on a blind date with him for the first time.
He also walked towards me in such a graceful manner and said apologetically, “I’m sorry for keeping you waiting.”
“No, we just arrived. Are you still at work? Will I bother you?”
Arthur Mitchell naturally took a seat next to Theresa. Shaking his head, he said, “I didn’t have anything else to do, but I just came to have a look. Where do you want to go? There are a lot of scenic spots here. Do you want to go out for a walk?”
I think he is the boss here. He probably just came to inspect the work. The schedule is quite casual, and he has brought the child here.
“Uncle Mitchell, I want to go boating.”
Because of Theresa’s proposal, both Arthur Mitchell and I follow our child.
“Irene.” Seeing Theresa bending over the window on the other side and looking at the scenery outside the cabin, Arthur Mitchell stopped me from sitting opposite.
Resting my head on my hand, I looked at the face of Arthur Mitchell from Theresa. “What?”
Arthur Mitchell smiled and asked, “we have known each other for a long time. What do you think of me?”
I was stunned, and then shook my head with a wry smile. “… everything is fine.”
“If there is anything you don’t like, you can tell me. Maybe it will make you feel uncomfortable by accident, but I don’t know.”
I hurriedly said, “no, but I seem to have many problems.”
“You’re good, but you’re a little introverted.”
“Introverted?” It’s the first time that someone has used these two words to describe me. Maybe I’ve been too restrained in front of Arthur Mitchell and I can’t let it go.
“Do I make you feel a little uncomfortable?”
“No, it’s my own problem, right? I don’t know how to communicate.”
I can’t find any suitable reason to explain my indifference in this relationship. The Arthur Mitchell is really good.
“I won’t force you to get married, but I hope you can put down your guard against me a little. If you have anything on your mind, you can tell me. I will face all the good and bad things with you.”
I was stunned. He said that he would face everything with me, whether good or bad, instead of “break up early if it’s not appropriate.”.
“I’m sorry… I might be a little insensitive in love. I… I’ll adapt to it as soon as possible.”
I can’t accept Arthur Mitchell’s kindness.
Arthur Mitchell nodded with a smile, “yes, I will give you enough time.”
“… thank you.”
“You’re welcome. We’re quite estranged from each other.”
I smiled awkwardly and wanted to say “sorry”, but found that it was still very distant.
It seemed that he had been used to such a polite attitude in front of Arthur Mitchell.
Maybe it’s because we got to know each other at the beginning for the purpose of getting married, so I can’t adapt to it.
I can handle it when the child is alive, but it’s a little stressful to talk with Arthur Mitchell alone like now.
I don’t know how long it will take for me to accept the Arthur Mitchell. I even feel that the Arthur Mitchell will probably give up on me after a long time.
……
Jeffrey Scott’s pov
Jeffrey Scott’s POV
As soon as I arrived at the company, I asked the assistant, “Ceres didn’t come to work today?”
“Yes, she seems to be sick.”
I frowned and went back to my office to call her. But no one answered, which made me even more worried.
During this period of time, she came to ask for leave more than she did at work. It seemed that she always got sick.
I’m busy with business travel and haven’t seen her for a long time.
The lights in the corridor were much brighter than before, but the iron door was even more shabby.
I have the key to this house. She knows it and seems to be used to my sudden appearance at her house.
The house was clean, but it was as clean as if no one lived there.
I forgot to change my shoes and pushed open the door of her bedroom. To my surprise, she was not there at all.
Didn’t she say she was sick? Why still running around? Or did she go to the hospital?
I tried to call her, only to find that hER phone was on the bedside table. Where could I find someone without my phone?
Recently, she was not in a good mood and always went shopping alone.
I searched in the bedroom to see if I could find some useful clues and how she lived recently.
She usually took her bag with her and put it on the bedside table. I poured it out and found two medicine bottles by accident. When I picked them up and looked at them carefully, I was a little stunned.
One bottle was for controlling depression, and the other was for sleeping pills.
In the past, Ceres Taylor was cheerful, active and optimistic. i never thought that she would have anything to do with “depression”.
Was it really because of that man?
Did she go to see Ben Scott again?
I took the car key and went out. Maybe I could see her in Ben Scott’s company. She seemed to like to walk around there.
As soon as I opened the door and walked to the stairs, i bumped into her.
She looked a little listless and a little stunned when she saw me. There was a box in her hand, which seemed to be her favorite pizza.
The moment I saw her, I breathed a long sigh of relief. Then I walked up to her and asked, “where have you been?”
Ceres Taylor looked away and said in a low voice, “buy something.”
“This for lunch?”
She didn’t say anything and went upstairs with her head down.
I followed her into the house. It was so cold inside.
She was willing to live in this kind of place and refused to live in the house provided by me. I had planned to make her suffer, but now seeing her getting thinner and haggard, I felt a little sad.
Especially when I think of the two bottles of medicine I just found by accident, I can’t tell how I feel.
does it have anything to do with me that she has become like this? If I treat her better during this period of time, don’t be angry with her and don’t want to punish her, will she not suffer from depression?’?
“I heard that you are sick. What’s wrong with you?”
She lowered her head and replied, “just a slight cold.”
I wanted to scold her when I heard her words. I really didn’t know how to behave like this. But thinking of her current state, I just reached out to pull her up from the chair. “Let’s go out to eat.”
She didn’t even have time to react. It seemed that she didn’t want to argue with me at all. She changed her shoes and followed me out of the door.