He looked deeply at Elisa and added, “I’d prefer to go back with you.”
Elisa smiled and did not answer.
Nothing had happened between the two of them yet. It was still early for them to meet each other’s parents.
“I’ll go back inside first to help apply some ointment for my mom.”
“Okay.”
This time, Remy was not thick-faced and did not follow Elisa inside.
He stood at the villa entrance and watched her enter the main house before he turned around and walked back.
A few minutes later, Remy drove out alone in his car.
He returned after about half an hour.
Once he was back, he parked his car directly in front of the Stones’ villa and honked.
Soon, the Stones’ maid came out. She saw that it was Remy and opened the villa gate for him to drive his car in.
Remy parked his car and then took the supplements which he had gone out to buy. He went into the house after the maid asked him to.
He wanted to visit his future mother-in-law, who sprained her foot, but he could not come empty-handed. This was why he did not insist on following Elisa into the house earlier-he had to go and buy some supplements.
Ointment had been applied on Mrs. Stone’s foot.
Mrs. Stone kept telling her daughter about how good Mr. Reading was. She said she could not have come home if Mr. Reading had not been kind enough to stop his car and send her home. She forgot to bring her phone when she went out just now.
Clive and his wife looked at each other.
They were grateful that Mr. Reading sent their mom home.
However, they felt that something was wrong when Mrs. Stone overly praised Mr. Reading.
Alice discreetly nudged her husband, who was next to him, and whispered, “Clive, don’t you think that Mom is excessively praising Mr. Reading? She seems to have something else in mind.”
Although it was not nice of Alice to doubt her mother-in-law, she could not help but suspect that her mother-in-law had deliberately planned everything-spraining her foot, chancing upon Mr. Reading, and being sent home by him.
Mr. Reading was probably unknowingly used by Mrs. Stone.
What was Mrs. Stone’s purpose in doing this?
Alice looked at her sister-in-law, who had not realized what was going on. If Alice guessed it right, her mother-in-law did that to create an opportunity for Elisa and Mr. Reading to meet and see if there would be sparks between them.
After all, Alice knew very well that her mother-in-law was against Elisa marrying off to a faraway land.
It was definitely possible for Mrs. Stone to set up something and introduce a few love rivals for Remy to stop Elisa from marrying into the Johnsons, who lived far away.
In fact, Alice admired Remy and thought that he was a good match for her sister-in-law. It was mainly because Elisa and Remy got along well.
Nevertheless, Alice knew her in-laws would be reluctant for Elisa to be married far away.
As excellent as Remy was, he was from Annenburg, which was far from Wiltspoon. It would take about three hours one way by plane
If the Johnsons Oved in Wiltspoon, and Remy liked Elisa, everyone in the Stones would be extremely sst sfied There would not have been such an incident.
Clive punched his wife’s hand, suggesting that she should not expose their mom even if she saw through
They should wait and see what would happen.
Clive loved his sister the most He felt that Remy was a great man but was also reluctant for her sister to be married off far If her sister had another option in Wiltspoon, he would not support Remy in pursuing her no matter what
As for Remy, he was very pressured.
Even if he and Elisa loved each other, it would not be easy for him to win her over.
Elsa did not have other thoughts. She thought that her whole family should be grateful to Andrew for sending their mom home.
She said after listening to her mom’s words, “Mom, Mr. Reading helped you and sent you home. We’re also very grateful to him. I told him that I’ll treat him to a meal one day when he’s free to thank him for sending you home.”
Mrs. Stone replied to her, “That’s right. Invite him over for a meal so that we can show our sincerity. It’ll be a good time for me to thank him in person again. I hadn’t been that helpless for decades-I felt really weak at that time.
“Luckily, I met Mr. Reading. He didn’t ignore the situation just because it didn’t concern him. Instead, he stopped his car and got out to ask what happened to me. After that, he even sent me back.”
Mrs. Stone praised Andrew as much as she could.
Elisa was naive and did not know her mom was tricking her.
She responded, “Okay, then I’ll invite him to our home for a meal so you can thank him properly. Everyone in the family is thankful, so you don’t need to overpraise him, Mom.”
“He saved me, so why can’t I praise him? Besides, he’s an excellent man. It’s just that the Readings have always kept a low profile and never attended parties of the high society, so they’re not well-known,” Mrs. Stone said.
The Readings thought that Tania would easily attract attention after marrying into the Yorks-the richest family-and becoming the head missus. As her maiden family, they could only be low-key so as not to cause her trouble.
1 wouldn’t have paid attention to the Readings if Mr. Reading hadn’t helped you today, Mom. It feels as if Zack and his cousins don’t interact much,” Elisa noted.
“Would you know if they actually interacted?”
Elisa was speechless.
In the past, Zack did not even look her in the eye, let alone talk to her.
Elisa learned to let go and gave her blessings to Zack and Serena. Moreover, Serena was her little aunt’s daughter, so she and Serena were cousins. When Zack addressed Elisa as his cousin for Serena’s sake, the interaction between them increased slightly.
Indeed, Elisa would not know if Zack often interacted with his relatives.
“Madam, Mr. Johnson is here.”
A maid brought Remy into the house.
Mrs. Stone was still praising Andrew a moment ago. When she heard that Remy was here, the smile on her face disappeared, and she looked serious instead.
Elisa looked at Remy.
She came to a realization when she saw Remy carrying many supplements with him. No wonder he did not follow her into the house to visit her mom when he heard that her mom had sprained her ankle. It turned out that he did not want to visit empty-handed.
Remy was attentive. He truly valued Elisa, which was why he valued her family.
“Mrs. Stone, I heard from Elisa that you sprained your foot, so I came to see you.”
Remy went forward with the supplements, and Elisa got up to take them from him. “You could’ve just come. Why did you bring so many things over?”
“They’re for your mom’s recovery,” Remy answered with a gentle smile.
Elisa placed the things he brought in front of her mom,
“Mom, Remy bought a lot of supplements for you.”
Mrs. Stone pursed her lips and thanked Remy indifferently, “Mr. Johnson, you’re too kind.”
Remy was not bothered by Mrs. Stone’s attitude. He was pursuing his future wife, so he had to be thick- skinned.
He still asked with concern, “Mrs. Stone, have you applied ointment to your sprained foot? I also bought a few types of ointments for you. They’re meant for treating sprains and bruises.”
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