Chapter 680 Not Ordinary People

Book:That Stranger Lying Beside Me Published:2024-6-1

Abbie got in the car and started the engine. Then, she spat fiercely, “We have such bad luck! If you hadn’t stopped me back there, I would have beaten Talitha up!”
“You can’t hit her! She’s pregnant now. If something bad happened to her child, it would be your fault, and we’re still waiting to use her pregnancy to make trouble!” Valeria smiled.
“Ah, you stopped me because of that?” Abbie came to a realization, “I was wondering why you were so calm when you saw them, you must have really fought the urge to hit that b*tch!”
“Yes, I wanted to hit both her and her sister, but I can’t be impulsive in order for my plan to succeed. It just began, so I can’t mess it up.”
They laughed and chatted all the way until they reached the famous Spanish restaurant in B City. It was noontime for lunch, so the traffic outside was very congested. After a little while, Abbie found an empty spot to park her car and pulled Valeria straight to the restaurant.
The private room they had book was upstairs. When they went to the hall, they unexpectedly met Braelynn, who was also very surprised to see them, “Miss Brown, are you and Abbie here for dinner?”
“Yeah, join us!”
“Are you allowed to eat spicy food?” Braelynn asked worriedly.
“Yes! My husband has given me permission, but I’ll still ask them to make the dishes less spicy. Let’s eat together!”
“Sure, if he let you,” she followed them up the stairs in relief. As soon as they reached the corridor on the second floor, a delicate voice came from behind, “Ah, so many people are here! Richard, are you sure the food here is delicious?”
The name ‘Richard’ made Braelynn turn her head, and she saw Richard walking with a fair-skinned and beautiful girl with a coat on his arm.
She hadn’t seen him since the last time she hit him, nor did she pick up his phone calls, so she was flustered when she saw him unexpectedly.
She subconsciously looked at his forehead, his bruise had disappeared.
While she sighed in relief, he saw them and smiled, “Abbie, Valeria!”
“Hardy, you’re here too?” Abbie turned around, “That’s great, today is your treat.”
“Sure!” He nodded with a smile, and his distant gaze fell on Braelynn, “Miss Saunders is here as well!”
He usually looked at her with a warm and intimate gaze, and his tone would be flirty and seductive.
But today, he sounded very dull, and his expression was extremely indifferent.
She felt a little disappointed, but she still nodded at him and said, “Hello, Mr. Clark!”
“I have a guest with me, so I won’t entertain you any longer. I’ll pay for the bills after we’re done,” he said and entered a private room with the lady he was with.
Abbie looked at Braelynn at first, and confusingly at Richard’s silhouette, it was rather strange. He used to be so enthusiastic towards Braelynn, why was he acting so cold today?
Did something happen between them?
Valeria also found his behavior very strange. But when she thought of the time Braelyn hit him, Valeria was enlightened. He must have come to a realization.
Anyway, Braelynn didn’t like Richard, so this was all for the better.
As she thought about it, the temptation of the delicious food engulfed her thoughts, and she immediately began ordering food after entering the private room.
She and Abbie were both foodies, so they didn’t hold back when ordering. Soon after, the table was served full of food.
Before, they would always order the spiciest dishes available. However, today they specified to the waiters that they wanted the food to be less spicy. Valeria put down the menu and sighed, “Less spicy definitely won’t taste as good.”
“You’re pregnant now! You’ll constipate if you have something too spicy,” they were reminded of Natasya when the word ‘constipate’ was brought up, and the two of them burst into laughter again.
Braelynn looked at them strangely, and they told her about what happened to Natasya. Then, Braelynn also laughed and said, “Valeria, that was such a good idea!”
“Valeria has been influenced by William’s wickedness, she used to be so quiet and virtuous, but now she even knows how to have fun when plotting against others!”
Braelynn immediately chimed in, “Oh my, William’s smartness has definitely influenced you!”
“I’m born smart, this has nothing to do with him,” Valeria snorted.
“So we can’t even say that your husband is smart? Okay, anyways, how could the two Anderson sisters be so shameless?” Abbie shook her head.
“Those two sisters were brought up to be Ruthorham’s role models under Raelyn’s care, who thought that they would lose their reputation when they came here! Natasya became the ‘sh*ttiest person’, while Talitha is not in a better situation either. However, I can’t believe Hardy would bear to be with her. Oh right, he’s car s*x Hardy, right? Hahaha!”
The three of them burst into laughter at the mention of Hardy’s nickname, and Richard, who was in the next room, was gloomy and lost his appetite when he heard their laughter, he put down the chopsticks in his hand.
The woman with him was startled by his movements and looked at his face carefully, “Mr. Clark, you…”
“It’s okay, you can continue eating, don’t worry about me,” he leaned back and took a smoke.
After he put out the cigarette, he picked up his phone and sent a message to William, “Your wife came out for dinner, why aren’t you accompanying her?”
“I wanted to, but she didn’t let me, she’s willing to do anything for Spanish cuisine. By the way, have you seen Braelynn?”
“Yes, I have.”
He reminded him, “Remember what I’ve told you, you need to play hard to get!”
“I know! So annoying!”
“What’s annoying? Back then, I used this trick to get Valeria.”
“Hmph, it’s different for you, okay? I haven’t even kissed her yet,” Richard was dissatisfied.
William replied, “An innocent virgin! It must be hard for you!”
Richard’s eyes were burning with anger when he saw the nickname, “Shut up!”
In the hospital, Talitha dragged Hardy with her to visit Natasya’s ward, Raelyn and Devon were surprised to see him showing up.
They went from being allies to enemies, and now they were a family. If it were someone else, it would be very awkward. But the Anderson family and Hardy were not ordinary people.
After a short while of awkward silence, they found a common topic to talk about, and they kindly asked Hardy to sit down. He suppressed the disgust in his heart and faked a smile. He even pretended to care about Natasya’s condition.
Natasya’s nickname, ‘Sh*ttiest person in Ruthorham’ was widely spread, both Raelyn and Devon felt very ashamed by it, but there was nothing they could do. Anyway, Hardy had admitted the relationship with Talitha, so he was their son-in-law.
There was nothing to hide since it all came to this, they wanted to get straight to the point.
However, they knew that the ward was not a suitable place to talk about the plan.
Hardy glanced at Talitha, she understood and immediately said, “Mom, dad, in addition to visiting sis today, Hardy said that he wants to invite you two to dinner tonight.”