“You come with me.”
Celeste pulled her son into the teacher’s office, pointing to Alice, “You ask her if I can’t come into your office.”
Alice stood up, looking stiff.
Several other teachers all looked at her, confused, not knowing what had happened.
Louis was startled for a few seconds. He got it at once, and smiled, “It’s not a big deal. Yes, it can’t be blamed on Miss Lee. I usually instructed her like this.”
“You don’t need to help her out. You usually instructed her to let visitors go to the cafe by themselves if they want coffee?”
“That’s because you spoke rudely in the first place.”
Alice replied with dignity.
“How am I speaking rudely? Is it too much to wait in my son’s office?”
Alice was obviously shocked by her words, and couldn’t help but look up to examine the noblewoman. Was she Louis’s mother? It was very surprising and frustrating to her.
Why did she have a quarrel with Louis’s mother? It was simply cutting her own throat.
Louis didn’t love her. Now that she had offended his mother, he must have become even more unfriendly to her.
“You didn’t state that you are Mr. Hunter’s mother.”
“Didn’t I say that? I asked if you knew who I was. But you said that no matter who I was, I was treated equally with other people. I didn’t know that we had such a strictly impartial teacher in our school, and now, as the chairman of the board, I demand that you pack up and leave immediately!”
The atmosphere suddenly cooled and all of them held their breath as they all knew that there was a mysterious major shareholder in the school. But they didn’t know that the shareholder was the principal’s mother.
Alice’s face was extremely pale. She no longer defended herself and waited for Louis to speak.
Louis sighed, “Mom, you’re being a bit unreasonable. She’s just doing her job, and she haven’t done anything wrong. So why should they let people go?” He paused, “Besides, the teachers at the school got in on merit and don’t violate the rules of the Ministry of Education, and no one has the right to fire them, not even you, the major shareholder who has never shown up.”
“You …”
Celeste was angry again. She had just been raged by Alice, and now her son didn’t speak for her, and she growled in annoyance, “I’ll fire her. If you have to go through the formal procedures, then I naturally have a way.”
Now Celeste was no longer what she was more than twenty years ago. Her power was unimaginable.
A bell rang, and Bella ended the course back to the office. She saw Celeste and was very surprised, forward to greet, “Auntie, why did you come?”
Celeste was still in a haze, but after seeing Bella, she was happy.
“Bella, were you in class just now? I looked around and didn’t get a chance to see you, and as a result, I was snubbed by a rude person.”
Bella looked around and saw that Alice was pale. She immediately realized something, and smiled, “It might be a misunderstanding. Auntie, you’re a bigger person. Please don’t take it to heart.”
“She’s firing Alice.”
Louis quickly leaned close to her ear and reminded her.
“It’s not a misunderstanding. She’s obviously uneducated. How can an uneducated person educate children? She must be fired today.”
“Auntie, Miss Lee is my good friend. You really misunderstood. She didn’t mean to snub you on purpose, and we have always done things by the rules.”
“Is she your good friend?”
Celeste raised her eyebrows, “How could you be friends with someone like that?”
Bella stiffened, and was very unhappy with Celeste’s contempt for Alice, but to trivialize the matter, she suppressed her displeasure and said, “It’s really a misunderstanding. Can you please forget about it for my sake?”
Celeste thought, “Alright then, since Bella has pleaded for a favor, I’ll let her go. But this favor isn’t given lightly, so you will have dinner with me tonight.”
It was dinner again …
Bella was so worried, but for the sake of Alice, she could only promise,”Okay, no problem.”
Having received her promise, Celeste was very happy and patted her hand, “Then it’s settled. At seven o’clock in the evening, we’ll see each other at the last Hunan Cuisine Restaurant.”
“Okay.”
Louis smiled and give Bella a thumbs up, hugging his mother’s shoulder, “Can we go now, Ms. Taylor?”
Celeste stared at her son, then looked askance at Alice, “You’re also teachers. How come there’s such a big difference?”
Anyone could hear the demeaning words, and Alice felt sad just because the person who said this was the mother of the person she had a crush on.
“Bella, I’m leaving. Don’t forget our promise.”
Bella waved, “Okay, I will arrive there on time.”
When the office finally quieted down, Alice ran out. Bella immediately followed her and kept running after her to the woods behind the school.
“Alice, don’t take Celeste’s words to heart. She misunderstood you, but Louis won’t misunderstand. He’s not the same person as his mother.”
“I’ve never been able to figure out why Louis likes you so much. I’m not worse looking than you, and I’m not dumber than you. But why does he just like you? Until this moment, I finally understood that this is fate. Louis’s mother is not easy to get along with, but even such a person likes you. What else do I feel unhappy about? ”
“It’s not like that. I picked up her wallet on the street once and then we knew each other. You just met her at a bad time, but that doesn’t mean that you and Louis can’t be together.”
“Yeah, that’s why I say it’s all fate. You picked up her wallet and she appreciated you, and I just did what I was supposed to do instead of offending her. That’s enough to prove that I can’t be with Louis. There are no favorable conditions that can bring us together.”
Bella was very distressed by her words. She grabbed Alice’s hand and said, “Don’t think so badly. Things aren’t that serious. Because you are not brave enough. If you’re brave enough to confess your heart to Louis, the result will definitely be different.”
“Never mind. It doesn’t matter. I’m already ready to leave here anyway.”
“Won’t you regret leaving just like that?”
“A relationship without expectations doesn’t make me feel sorry.”
Bella no longer said anything, but she wouldn’t let Alice leave just like that.
Before leaving work, she called Kevin, “Hello? Do you have a social life tonight?”
“No. Why?”
“I’ll probably be back late, I’ve got a dinner date.”
“Who? Is it Alice?”
“No, it’s … Celeste.”
“Louis’s mother?”
“Right.”
He was silent, and only after a while did Kevin say, “What does Louis’s mother mean? Why she always ask you out to dinner?”
“It is a special occasion today, so I’ll talk to you at home, okay?”
“Got it.”
Kevin hung up the phone with distress.
Bella went to the appointment on time and arrived at the appointed place, but was surprised to find that the person sitting there was Louis.
“Where’s your mother?”
She sat across from him, very confused by the question.
“My mother suddenly had an impromptu social engagement that she couldn’t come to, so she asked me to cover her appointment.”
“Then a phone call would have been fine. It wasn’t necessary to have dinner.”
“Because I’m here, right?”
Bella was stunned, “No, I’m worried that you are busy.”
“I’m not busy. It’s been a long time since I ate with you, and for this dinner, I’m actually looking forward to it.”
She sighed, and there really wasn’t much more to say.
“Just order then, I’ll buy this meal.”
“Okay, anyway, you’re no longer the one who just stepped out of school and is so poor now. I won’t show any mercy when the rich lady treats me.”
Bella rolled her eyes, “Do I have to be so sarcastic?”
“I’m telling the truth. I’m just mocking at myself. It’s my failure to make you Mrs. Hunter.”
Louis glanced at her meaningfully and lowered his head to scan through the menu.
“What do you think of Alice?”
They were silent for a short while, and Bella asked carefully.
“Pretty good.”
“And do you know if she has a crush on anyone?”
“I don’t know, but she told me that.”
“Aren’t you curious who that person is?”
Louis shrugged in disbelief, “Why am I so curious about that? It’s her own private business. Besides, it’s not like it’s going to be me anyway.”
“How are you sure it’s not you?”
Bella really had the urge to confess on Alice’s behalf, but she endured. After all, just like Louis said, it was her own private matter. Confessing on her behalf without her consent was a bit too much, even if they were good friends.
“She knows I like you.”
“If the person she likes is you, what does that have to do with you liking me?”
Louis looked up and asked in a serious manner, “Would you like a man who likes another woman? And that man spends his days asking you about that woman he likes.”
“Why not? There’s no way to control the feelings.”
“Could it be that she really likes me?”
Louis’s expression turned suddenly serious.
“Oh no, I’ll play the analogy.”
Bella shook her head, feeling awkward. It was better to encourage Alice to confess to Louis.
“How have you been lately?”
Louis continued to scan through the menu, feigning casualness and asking her. In fact, he cared about if she actually lived a happy life.