The private room that they have booked was on the third floor. It was three rooms away from the one that Richard had entered just now.
Angel desperately wanted to know who was Richard having an appointment with. However, she currently had more important things to do. She needed to make sure that Emily would agree to set foot out of the house with Azalea.
Angel sent a message to Azalea after entering the private room alongside Callum. Azalea reverted the message in which she was on her way towards the restaurant with Emily. Angel then said to Callum after confirming that Emily would be attending the meal together, “Dad, Emily would be arriving soon. Let’s order the dishes first.”
“Okay, that sounds great.” Callum was delighted and had a glance at the menu. He then selected the dishes according to Emily’s preference.
The both of them had been waiting in the private room for more than twenty minutes. Azalea sent a message to Angel which stated, “Angel, I’ve brought my aunt along and we have finally arrived at the restaurant. Where are you?”
“I’ll meet with the two of you right away.”
Angel then left the private room and headed downstairs to get ahold of her mother. Emily was not aware that Azalea had planned this with Angel. She just assumed that Azalea had invited her for a meal alone. She was taken aback upon seeing Angel appearing out of nowhere.
Angel said pretentiously, “Miss Clark! Aunt Emily! Are you two here to have something as well? My dad and I happen to be having a meal here too. Let’s enjoy it together then!”
Angel proactively took Emily’s hand despite not asking for her consent beforehand. Emily was not a fool and immediately realized that Azalea had deceived her. However, it was not the perfect timing to give Azalea an earful due to the presence of Angel. She was then dragged to the private room by Angel.
Callum was contented upon seeing Emily and Angel entering the private room while holding hands together. He got up and pulled out a chair before Emily awkwardly sat on it.
Emily felt disgusted when Angel held her hand. She had no idea why was she feeling this way.
The waiter began to serve the dishes one after another after all of them had taken their seats. Angel took charge and kept serving dishes on Emily’s plate just to show how well-behaved she was. She also did the same thing to Azalea as a token of appreciation for helping her out. Azalea was utterly puzzled by Angel’s behavior.
Callum was very pleased with Angel for being so filial and kind. Emily would no longer be moody regardless of how upset she was.
The three of them would definitely live a happy and contented life together.
It was only halfway through the meal when Angel could not stop thinking about Richard. She then headed to the bathroom as an excuse and left the private room.
She took her time and slowly walked towards the corridor where Richard’s private room was. She paused upon reaching the entrance and realized that the door of the private room was closed. Angel listened carefully but there was no sound coming from within. It seemed to be utterly quiet inside.
How could there be no noises when Richard claimed to be having an appointment with someone else? Angel felt strange about it. She was very curious as she had developed a habit of eavesdropping on others. She desperately wanted to know what was going on in the private room.
She glanced around and confirmed that there was no one around her. She swiftly leaned over and placed her ear on the door of the private room.
The door suddenly opened at the moment when she rested her ear on it.
Angel had placed her entire weight on the door. Hence, she struggled to balance herself when the door opened and she uncontrollably bolted inside of the private room. Braelynn immediately moved aside upon seeing a person rushing in when she opened the door. Angel fell on the ground with her entire body facing the ground.
Her forehead knocked against the ground relatively loud and she was in agony. However, the pain she felt was not as worse as being embarrassed at the situation.
Braelynn was taken aback when realizing that it was Angel who fell to the ground. She glanced at Richard with a puzzled look on her face.
Richard was also surprised by the entire situation. He could not wrap his head around how Angel would barge into the private room like this.
Richard asked, “Angel, is that you? What are you doing here?”
Angel knew that she had made a fool out of herself because she had attempted to listen in on others. She struggled to come up with an explanation on why would she bolt into their private room judging by current circumstances. It would be foolish to tell Richard that she charged into the private room because she tried to eavesdrop on them, right?
Angel came up with a brilliant idea despite the awkward situation. She swiftly rolled her eyes and pretended to faint.
It would be unwise for Richard to not make any move upon realizing that Angel was motionlessly lying on the ground. He immediately dialed Callum’s phone number, “Mr. Floyd, Angel has passed out and I have no idea how did it happen. Do come over right now and have a look at the situation!”
Callum stopped enjoying his meal upon hearing that Angel had fainted. Emily and Azalea followed him out as well to grasp the situation.
Callum was shocked upon seeing Angel lying on the ground with a bruised face. “Angel! Angel, what happened to you? Mr. Clark, what on earth is going on?”
Richard replied with an awkward look on his face, “Mr. Floyd, I could not seem to answer your question. Angel rushed into the room out of nowhere and passed out. I have no idea what the entire picture is but the urgent matter right now is to send Angel to the doctor. We can always get ahold of the surveillance footage to know how she had fainted!”
Richard had a solid point. Callum was worried about Angel as he was not aware that she was pretending to have been passed out. He swiftly supported Angel in leaving the private room. Both Azalea and Emily gave him a helping hand as well.
It was insensible for Richard and Braelynn to sit back and do nothing upon encountering such a situation. Hence, they followed the group of people out as well.
The manager of the restaurant immediately came to check up on them upon knowing that an incident had occurred. Richard sensed that Angel was trying to play dirty and he needed to avoid being blamed. He then requested the manager to check on the surveillance camera to see why Angel suddenly got hurt.
Angel, who was pretending to have passed out, began to panic upon hearing the conversation between Richard and the manager.
The footage would definitely show how she had snuck up on the door to eavesdrop on others. How could she not feel humiliated by it?
Angel needed to disrupt the manager from viewing the security camera to avoid making a fool out of herself. It was no longer a feasible idea to pretend to be passed out as she needed to cover things up immediately. Angel let out a weak cry and regained consciousness.
She asked in a fragile voice, “Dad… What… What is going on?”
Callum was relieved upon seeing that Angel had spoken, “Angel, you have fainted! What happened just now? Why would you bolt into Mr. Clark’s private room and fainted all of a sudden?”
“Hmm… Let me recall things then!” Angel frowned and pretended to think for a moment. “I was going to the bathroom just now. However, I suddenly felt dizzy on my way there. I then held the wall to support myself and I fell down as I have lost grip on it.”
“What? Why would you suddenly feel light-headed?” Callum was feeling confused about it.
Azalea did not believe the explanation of Angel being dizzy at all. She was much more confident in her speculation upon seeing Richard and Braelynn being together. Angel was trying to get ahold of Richard. She must have been trying to do something fishy upon seeing Richard and Braelynn spending time together but to no avail.
Azalea needed to cover Angel as they were on the same team. She immediately said, “Could she have experienced a low blood sugar level? I used to feel dizzy when I overwork myself. I once even passed out all of a sudden in the middle of my shoot. Angel must have experienced such a thing as she had strained herself too much.”
Callum finally understood what was going on upon hearing about it. Angel did nothing last time as she was used to a relaxing life. She might have been under too much pressure as she had just started working not long ago.
“You did not tell me that you were not feeling well. What is the point of keeping things to yourself? Let me take you to the hospital right now for a checkup.”