Rosalind instinctively covered her heart with her hand.
She asked herself.
Did she hold on?
“Hello, hello? Rosalind?” Tilda called out a few times from the other end.
Rosalind snapped back to reality, “I’m here.”
“Promise me, we won’t go for men who clearly have someone else in their hearts, okay?”
She smiled and lowered her eyelashes, “Mm, okay.”
…
Because the work at Fragrant Harbor was handed over to Cedric and Ulric couldn’t go there, he was busy at the company until nine o’clock in the evening.
As he got into the car, his long fingers unbuttoned the top button of his shirt and loosened his tie.
“Mr. Walters, back to Easthaven Bay?” the assistant asked, turning his face slightly.
“Yes,” he responded and then thought of something, “Did you send her back?”
“Yes, Miss Ruell is at Easthaven Bay.”
Ulric thought of Rosalind, and his thin lips subconsciously curved slightly.
This woman repeatedly minded his relationship with Sirena. From another perspective, it should be because she cared about him to some extent, right?
Otherwise, given her personality, if she didn’t care, she wouldn’t keep bringing it up.
This could be considered a bit of progress between them.
The car arrived at Easthaven Bay, and Ulric got out with his briefcase.
As soon as he unlocked the door, the high heels at the entrance made him frown deeply, his heart sinking.
Mother is here?
“Ulric, you’re finally back. If I had waited any longer, I would have left,” Audrey said as she saw him and got up to greet him at the door.
Ulric instinctively glanced behind her.
No Rosalind.
She didn’t meet his mother?
“Mom, what brings you here?”
“I just wanted to see where you live every day! I’m quite surprised to see you willing to change your habits and hire a cleaning maid! It’s been so long since I’ve been around you, and I had no idea about my son’s changes.”
Cleaning maid?
Ulric’s eyes darkened. “When you came, was there a girl here?”
“Yes! Quite young too. Isn’t she here to clean your house?” Audrey immediately noticed the change in her son’s expression.
“… Is that what she told you?”
“Yes.” Audrey nodded. “Why, isn’t she?”
Ulric immediately knew this was something Rosalind would do! It was also his fault for not knowing in advance that his mother would come. Seeing her must have made Rosalind panic.
“Mom, next time let me know before you come.”
“I thought you were working and didn’t want to disturb you! You’ve been using this 0825 password habitually since middle school. I tried it and it still worked, so I just came in.” Audrey smiled and took the briefcase from her son’s hand. “By the way, this WR0825 represents Sirena’s birthday, doesn’t it!”
Ulric pursed his lips and took a deep breath.
“Mom, there’s nothing between Sirena and me.”
“Nothing?” Audrey’s face immediately darkened, changing expression swiftly.
Ulric stopped what he was about to say and just walked inside without continuing.
Audrey followed him, her tone turning sharp and questioning from the previous gentle motherly one. “Are you planning to defy your father and me? Ulric, don’t forget what you promised us!”
“…”
“You personally said that as long as I didn’t think about suicide anymore, you would consider marrying Sirena!”
Ulric’s tall figure paused. After a long while, he slightly turned his handsome face. “Mom, I’ve been very busy lately. I’ll have my assistant take you home first.”
“Being busy is fine, but you must marry Sirena! No one else is worthy of being my daughter-in-law.”