However, to her surprise, the girls’ eyes brightened and they pulled their chairs to sit closer to Wayne
“You already have a child! Sir, can I have a look at your son’s photos?” “Sir, you are so handsome. Your son must be very good-looking, too.”
Sitting aside, Anna clenched her fists with a darkened face. A few from her pocket and said, “I have some photos of his son. I’ll show them to you.”
The two girls were slightly surprised.
One of them asked, “Miss, aren’t you his subordinate? Why do you have his son’s photos?”
Anna raised her eyebrows and said, “Who says that a subordinate can’t have the photos of the boss’s son? I not only have his son’s photos but also have a group photo with his son.”
As she spoke, she showed the girls a photo of Wayne, Matthew, Tammy, and her which was taken in the Maldives.
Looking at the photo, the two girls were dumbfounded.
“It turns out that you are a couple,” a girl said and smiled awkwardly. “I thought that you two were just boss and subordinate just now.”
Out of the corner of her eye, Anna saw Wayne watching them leisurely. Then she thought of something and said to the girls, “You haven’t graduated yet, have you?”
The two girls shook their heads.
“When you graduate, you will know that society is much more complicated than the university. Many things aren’t like what you think. Sometimes, the relationship between two people is not what they appear to be.”
“What?” The girls were confused. “I’m not his wife,” Anna said with a meaningful look.
Hearing this, the two girls looked at each other in astonishment. After a while, they seemed to understand something and walked away silently.
It was raining outside and the hall was still noisy. After the two girls left, Wayne had been gazing at Anna with a faint smile.
Clearing her throat, Anna sat upright and said, “I didn’t mean to drive them away. I just think they look underage and are not suitable to be Mathew’s stepmother.”
“So you cooked up a story that I have an affair with you?” Wayne asked and looked into her eyes.
Even a fool could tell what her meaningful words meant just now.
“I didn’t say that. I just told them that the society is complicated,” Anna said frankly. “What’s more, Mr. Wright, a clean hand wants no washing. You are upright and principled. You won’t mind it if others misunderstand you, will you?”
Hearing this, Wayne didn’t say anything for a while.
“Why are you looking at me like that?” Anna felt uneasy being gazed at him and regretted talking nonsense just now.
“Anna,” Wayne suddenly called her name, sat up straight, clasped his hands together, and rested them on the table. Then he leaned forward slightly and fixed his eyes on Anna.
“What’s up?” Anna was stunned, “Have we met before you entered the company?” Wayne asked.
Hearing this, Anna suddenly calmed down and her passion disappeared. And only Wayne‘s question echoed in her mind.
“Why do you suddenly ask this?” She pretended to be surprised and asked. “Have you ever seen me before I entered Carousel Hotel?”
Wayne paused and then leaned on the backrest of the chair again. “I don’t know. I can’t remember.”
Even if I have seen her before, I shouldn‘t have had such a sense of familiarity when I‘m with her. It doesn‘t make sense. Maybe it‘s just my illusion, he thought.
“Here comes the gumbo!” At this moment, the receptionist’s loud voice came. Soon, she served every guest a bowl of fragrant gumbo.
“The gumbo was cooked by the proprietress in person to apologize for any inconvenience caused by the power failure just now. Hope you can enjoy it.”
The receptionist was smart and tactful. Even if no one was dissatisfied because of the power failure, she still apologized to every guest sincerely.
Anna tasted the gumbo and said to Wayne, “The gumbo is so tasty. This hotel is worthy of ranking first on the hot hotel list in this town.”
“Is it so delicious?” Wayne asked with his face full of doubt and then took a sip. The next moment, he frowned.
“What do you think of it?” Anna asked. She didn’t notice the change in Wayne’s expression and continued, “The decoration of this hotel is designed by the proprietress. When I chatted with her before, she asked me about you. She also said that she had heard a lot about you. Although she didn’t know you, she seems to pay much attention to you.”
After hearing this, Wayne stood up and stopped the receptionist who was about to leave. Then he asked with a darkened face, “What’s the proprietress’ name?”
The receptionist was startled and asked, “What’s wrong?”
At the same time, the clear sound of a porcelain bowl falling on the ground came from the kitchen
In an instant, the noises in the hall disappeared and the guests all looked in the direction of the kitchen,
When Anna turned around, she saw Jennie hurriedly turn around and go back into the kitchen And at the kitchen door was a bowl broken into pieces and the gumbo scattering all over the ground
Seeing Jennie’s behavior, Anna was confused
Suddenly, she heard the sound of a chair rubbing against the ground. Turning her head in surprise, she saw Wayne go upstairs with a darkened face
What‘s going on? Did I say anything that made him unhappy?
Then thinking of what she had said just now and Jennie’s flustered look, she realized something
When Anna came back to the room and pushed the door open, she found that the room was in darkness. She could see a figure sitting on the sofa with the help of the light that came in from outside.
With a cigarette between his fingers, Wayne inhaled deeply on the cigarette and the cigarette end glowed red in the darkness.
After hesitation, Anna closed the door gently and walked toward him. “Why did you suddenly come back? You don’t like the gumbo?”
“No,” Wayne answered briefly. For a moment, Anna didn’t know what to say.
She gently waved her hand, trying to disperse the smoke. Although she had been holding her breath, she couldn’t help but cough when inhaling the smoke.
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