“Nothing can’t come to you?”
“That’s not true, it was just an accident.”
“Let’s eat first and talk afterwards.”
Adriana spread her hands and took the lead, grabbing her chopsticks and preparing to eat.
The two of them ate and drank while not talking much.
Until she had almost eaten, and saw that the table had drunk a lot of sake, Adriana only spoke, “How is your brother doing now?”
“In the recovery phase, the doctor said the follow-up needs to be observed, and if it’s good it might be healed.”
“Really? That’s pretty good.”
Adriana smiled knowingly, took a bite of the meat loaf sushi and said, “When your brother recovers, are you going to stay with the company or what?”
When Alvin came back to the company it was also because of her.
Now she has rejected Alvin very clearly and wonders what Alvin really thinks.
As expected, mentioning this issue, Alvin’s hand holding the chopsticks stiffened slightly, the smile on his face instantly converged, and he slightly tilted his eyebrows, “I … don’t plan to be in the company. As you know, my ambition is not here.”
“Where do you plan to go?”
“To teach in remote mountainous areas.”
Adriana’s eyes flashed in surprise, “You’ve thought this through?”
“Sure.”
Alvin made a good decision.
Just that choice was expected by Adriana, never thought he would give up so much.
It was a bit surprising and very unbelievable.
“I really admire you, I thought you were unable to suffer as a young nobleman.”
“Really, do I look that petulant?” Alvin laughed along.
Adriana shook her head, “No. Because you are all noble, to imagine you are teaching in the deep mountains is quite contrary.”
The two men looked at each other and smiled.
Now that Alvin had made his decision, Adriana swallowed the words that came to her lips. She decided not to say anything else.
“Peter is getting married.”
Seeing that Adriana hadn’t asked about Peter since she came in, Alvin took the initiative.
Adriana took a sip of sake from her goblet and smiled, “What does it matter to me if he’s getting married and everyone knows it?”
Lightly spoken words, full of indifference.
It is as if they do not care at all.
“Do you think Peter likes Theresa or not?”
Alvin asked with some curiosity.
“The kids are there, don’t you think?”
There is no point in asking these words again.
“Adri, there are times to look at people and not just take them at face value. He …”
Snap–
Adriana’s lightly made up goose egg face cooled, chopsticks on the table, slightly made some force, “If you continue to mention Peter’s thing don’t blame me for being angry.”
“You … hate him a lot?”
Adriana wrinkled her brow and raised her eyes to lift the bangs on her forehead, “Ever since my identity changed back to Adriana, all I hear is ‘Peter’s’ name in my ears every day, and people keep mentioning him again and again. My ears are now calloused. He’s him and I’m me, and we shouldn’t be tied together just because we have two kids. It’s as if you and Brenda are the same. Understand?”
“He didn’t love Theresa.”
Alvin couldn’t resist and wanted to tell the truth.
“It doesn’t matter if you love him or not, anyway, they have a child and are getting married soon. It has nothing to do with me at all. alvin, can you stop talking about him?”
Adriana felt like she was choking on her breath.
There were always people around her who kept mentioning Peter’s name to her, which annoyed her.
“He’s sick and dying!”
Alvin’s voice rose steeply and told the truth.
Despite Peter’s repeated instructions last night at the bar, he must not tell Peter about himself.
and threatened by various means.
But Alvin and Peter are brothers, and Adriana is very close to the two, he does not want to hide either of them.
“Really? If you die, you die, it’s Theresa who should be sad, not me.”
Adriana picked up her chopsticks, added a slice of salmon, and chewed on it, tasting the tender meat, but her mind was in turmoil.
“You think I’m lying to you?”
He kept asking after it.
Adriana raised her eyebrows and gazed at the gentle man across the room, born with a fair face, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, showing the aristocratic gentleman’s temperament between his hands and feet, making the heart grow fonder.
Naive now makes Adriana a little resistant.
She put down the table, took a deep breath, calmed down, and said again, “I told you, don’t talk about Peter in front of me. it doesn’t matter to me whether he’s dead or alive.”
Before has asked Alvin to confirm the matter of Peter, Alvin have said Peter that a while is a physical problem, but not to die.
What’s more, if he was going to die, how could he marry Theresa?
If you’re going to die, how can you still get Theresa pregnant with such a weak body?
If he had to die, he would still fight her to get custody of the two children?
And how could Logan, who loves his daughter dearly, let Theresa marry a dying man?
You’re kidding!
Perhaps there is an aversion to Peter, so every mention of Peter’s name makes her feel adulterated.
“They’re getting married, and not only will I give my blessing, I’ll give a big gift on top of their wedding.”
Adriana picked up the wine goblet and drained the glass, “So, don’t mention anything about him. alvin, I came over to you today just to talk to you.”
Said the man, shaking his head, “But it was a really bad conversation.”
She got up and walked out of the box.
“Adri, you should know that I’m not good at lying.”
Alvin was a little anxious, stood up and said aloud: “You asked me about Peter the other day, it must be because you had doubts in your mind, so you came over and asked me. It’s just that I didn’t know at all. Last night, if it wasn’t for the fact that Peter was married to Theresa, Edward and I broke into his office and overheard his conversation with Zac, we might not have known for the rest of our lives. I’m not lying to you. Adri, the reason I’m telling you is that I don’t want you to regret it for the rest of your life.”
He called out, and Adriana stopped in her tracks.
However, when listening to Alvin say those words, it was obvious that his body was weak, as if he had been drained of strength, and he was shaking.
Raising his hand, holding the sliding door, he smiled back, “I told you, it’s not about me.”
She’s tough-talking and doesn’t want to admit everything.
The moment she stepped out of the box, her feet were weak, down the steps almost fell, but a hold on the door, can be stabilized.
The attendant who came to the door immediately asked, “Miss, are you okay?”
She waved her hand, “It’s okay.”
Stand up straight and walk out towards the outside.
Adriana doesn’t know how she walked out of the Japanese restaurant, only that her head was dizzy and confused, and she was inexplicably depressed.
Although trying to restrain myself from thinking about what Alvin said, I simply can’t help it.
Adriana slumped over the steering wheel of the sedan, eyes closed, murmuring, “Didn’t I say go to think? Why, why, Adriana, you’re useless.”
Time and time again, I told myself not to mess up because of Peter’s business.