Such an issue had a huge impact on Featherstone Corporation’s corporate image. The media companies had been digging out news, regardless of the truth.
Besides sending Summer to school and picking her up after school, I still had to finish my daily revision for the bar exam. Although my daily life routine was simple, I still understood Anthony’s situation.
He had taken a big step from J City to K City, struggling hard to succeed. Now, he was facing greater difficulties. Perhaps he would be defeated miserably in less than two years.
I waited for Summer in front of the school as usual.
As soon as I picked her up, I turned around and saw John standing by the street with his hands in his pocket. He was dressed in a pure white suit that did not compliment him well. I wondered why he had picked out such a horrible outfit.
“Uncle John!” Summer recognized him at first sight. She broke free from my hands and ran over to John. They were so close to each other, looking almost like father and daughter.
“Get in the car.” John stepped aside, revealing a silver-gray sport compact behind him. I looked at it, confused. The Featherstones’ car is supposed to be in the parking lot.
“Where’s my chauffeur?” I asked.
“He’s disappeared into thin air.” John put on a faint smile. As he spoke, he held Summer and got into the car.
Despite being married, he was still full of nonsense. I couldn’t help but roll my eyes at him before getting into the car as well.
Though both in K City, the Stanhope residence and where the Featherstones stayed were located in different directions. I naturally thought John was going to pay a visit to the Featherstones, but after getting into the car, I realized he was heading in the direction of the Stanhope residence.
“Are we headed to the Stanhope residence?” I asked.
John was focusing his eyes on the road, so he only answered after stopping at a red light. “Your name is on the Stanhope family register. Have you forgotten to take care of the elders in the Stanhope family?”
I knew he was referring to Louis. During the festive season, my godfather patrolled a lot. We hadn’t had the chance to see him when we paid a visit that time.
I found John ridiculous for going through all that trouble. “You don’t have to make your trip all the way here personally. You could have just called. I would have brought Summer over.”
John trailed his eyes to the front as he curled his lips slightly. “I had to come personally to make sure nothing could go wrong.”
“What?” I tilted my head curiously. He sounded strange, but I couldn’t put my finger on why.
“It’s nothing.” John heaved a long sigh of relief. He raised his head, looked at the rearview mirror, and teased Summer, “I missed Summer so much. I couldn’t wait to see her. Of course, I had to come personally. Am I right, Summer?”
“Yes!” Summer grinned from ear to ear. Undoubtedly, I didn’t raise any objection and let John fetch us back to the Stanhope residence.
It was usually an hour’s ride, but we only needed forty minutes to reach the destination, given John’s driving speed.
Louis adored Summer, laughing joyfully the whole time he was with the young girl.
In the blink of an eye, it was half-past eight at night. If it were any other day, I would be tucked Summer into bed by now. The young girl was worn out after playing with Louis for such a long time. She leaned on me and rubbed her eyes with her hands, feeling sleepy.
I adjusted my position a little to make Summer feel more comfortable as I prepared to return home. “John, get a chauffeur to send us home, please. It’s getting late.”
Just as John was about to get up from his seat, Louis stopped him and stated, “It’s not safe to make your way back in the middle of the night. Why don’t you spend the night here? The weekend is just around the corner. Let the little girl keep me company for the next two days. John, go get them to get the room ready.”
John stood up from his seat and replied, “Alright!”
At this moment, Emma showed up at the stairs and craned over, announcing in a courteous manner, “The room is ready! Sienna, bring Summer up. Hurry.”
I was utterly dumbfounded and felt slightly awkward because Emmas had gotten the room ready a minute after the instruction was delivered.
Is she a seer or something? Why does it feels like they’re trying to get me to stay for the weekend?
Knowing Anthony wouldn’t be home, I decided to go along with their suggestion and asked John to bring my suitcases upstairs while I carried Summer up with me.
Once I tucked Summer in, I returned to the living room. I was about to drop Anthony a text message, but John stopped me. “Are you trying to text Anthony? That won’t be necessary. I already told him I would be bringing both of you over here with me.”
Although he seemed to be telling the truth, I was doubtful. Thus, I asked, “Are you sure?”
“Of course! Why would I lie?” John scoffed with a straight face, convincing me it was the truth.
Out of the blue, the notification of my phone running out of battery popped up. Consequently, John snatched my phone away from me and offered, “I’ll return it to you once it’s fully charged in the morning.”
He turned and left the room before I could respond to his offer. On his way out, he closed the door shut. When I was about to call it a day, someone knocked on the door. A voice sounded, “Sienna, have you fallen asleep?”
It was Emma. Since I couldn’t seem to lull myself to sleep, I asked her to join me in the room because I had always been fond of her presence.
After we wrapped up our conversation, I knew Emma had something else in mind because she started stuttering.
When I thought about the incident that had occurred, I forced myself to calm down and asserted in a serious tone, “Emma, feel free to tell me everything, okay? You can always count on this sister-in-law of yours.”
Seeing as to how John had brought me over and asked Louis, as well as the rest, to get Summer and I to spend our weekend here, I was pretty sure something was going on behind the scenes. “If that’s the case, I’ll be frank then.” Emma held my hand and stared at me with a determined look. “Please teach me the way to get John to open up to me!”
The built-up tension dispersed into thin air because she had brought up something beyond my expectations. I asked with widened eyes, “Is that necessary when both of you are married?”
At my statement, Emma flushed and shrugged my hands off quickly. “Of course! John merely considers me his wife, but he doesn’t really care about me… It feels as though something’s missing between us! We might seem like a lovely pair, but we’re not close in any way!”
She began behaving differently from her usual calm and collected self. I teased her in return, “I was there during your blind date with John. Isn’t this kind of relationship the kind you’re looking for? What changed your mind over the past six months?”
Emma stuttered, “I-I think I have fallen in love with him! You can’t really explain the reason behind having feelings for someone, can you?”
She then turned around and glared at me, asking earnestly, “Are you going to help me or not?”
Judging by her reddened cheeks, I knew she was no longer the indifferent woman I knew her to be. I held my chest high and announced, “Sure! After all, we’re a family! I can’t possibly turn you down, can I? I’ll do everything I can and get him to reciprocate the affection you have for him as soon as possible!”
Just as I was about to share John’s secret with the timid woman, a thought flooded my brain, prompting me to ask in a serious manner, “Is this part of John and your plan to keep me here?”
“What on earth are you talking about? I haven’t had the chance to bring this up in front of him!” Arching her brows in confusion, she denoted, “I thought of acquiring your aid when John told us you would be spending some time here with Summer. Are things fine on your end? Why are you running away from home?”
Huh? Wait! That’s not the case!
“Wait! Spending some time here? What do you mean? Aren’t we merely here for the weekend?”
“Does the duration make any difference?” After Emma gave it a thought, she added, “Since there are so many rooms, you can stay here for as long as you want! Isn’t it great? You can teach me the way to tame the stubborn John!”
As I lost myself in my train of thoughts, I couldn’t pay attention to the things she had to say. A few doubts arose in my mind, but I dared not jump to conclusions. In the end, I asked, “Do you have your phone with you? Can you let me use it for a moment?”
After arching her brows in confusion once more, Emma reached for her phone from her pocket and handed it over to me.
As soon as I logged into my Facebook account, I began gathering news regarding Featherstone Corporation.
There wasn’t any latest news regarding Anthony’s latest situation because the only news available were the ones regarding the gravely injured staff some time ago.
I grew increasingly curious; I couldn’t figure out the reason Louis had insisted on keeping me there.
As a precautionary step, I dropped Anthony a text message and informed him I would be spending the weekend at the Stanhope residence. I returned to John’s room with Emma in an attempt to confront him, but the man I was looking for was nowhere to be seen. When we approached the butler, he said John had departed while Louis had fallen asleep.
Emma and I exchanged glances and heaved a long sigh; we both knew there wasn’t anything else we could do about it.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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