Chapter 223 - Chapter 223: Dinner at the Gilbert Family
Chapter 223: Dinner at the Gilbert Family
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She thought Benjamin Rivers would continue asking but he simply sipped on the glass of water in his hand and started for the stairs. When he passed her, he paused. “Let’s make an appointment some other day for both parents to meet and then settle your marriage.”
As she watched Benjamin walk up the stairs, the smile on Serenity’s face disappeared and she stood there expressionlessly. Her clear eyes were dull but her heart was also unusually calm.
In Jonan City, Gabriel had just come out of the bathroom in his hotel when he received a text message on his phone. As he wiped the water droplets off his hair, he took his phone and sat down on the sofa. He opened the new text message and his eyes darkened.
The message was a single photo of a handsome man and a beautiful woman, the former carefully holding the latter as they walked out of a restaurant. Berlin Restaurant’s signboard was very well-lit with red lights.
The angle of the camera was not bad, accurately capturing Serenity’s expression as she looked at Calvin Gilbert. Her watery eyes were gentle and calm while Calvin’s face was full of pride.
Anyone viewing the photo would easily think that the couple looked very compatible, but Gabriel found it to be a glaring sight.
She returned to Andalas in the morning and had a meal with another man at night. Wasn’t she tired?
It was an unknown number that sent the message but he knew the sender was from Andalas. Gabriel dialed the number but the call was no longer in service!
He threw his phone on the sofa, picked up his glass of wine on the table, and walked to the balcony.
The river’s surface at night was very beautiful as the mist enveloped it before the neon lights like a flickering star.
Work went on as usual for Serenity but many colleagues were still envious of her since Gabriel had brought her along on several business trips.
Serenity had wanted to tell them that she was more of a nanny to him than anything while at Jonan City.
The words were on the tip of her tongue when she heard a colleague say, “If President Jones brings me along on his next business trip, I’m even willing to be his nanny.”
Another female colleague joked, “Don’t be delusional. There are so many people in the Secretariat. What makes you think he’ll take you on the next one?”
Serenity immediately swallowed the words she was about to say. Although these people looked envious of her on the surface, she didn’t know how they would frame her behind her back if they found out that she was indeed his nanny in Jonan City.
Gabriel returned from his business trip a week later. But he did not go home to rest upon his return. Instead, he went straight to the company to deal with a pile of documents.
Serenity was the last one to leave that day. As she walked out of the building, she saw many people gathered outside, speaking with envy as they wondered who the romantically handsome person was looking for.
She took a few more steps before coming across Calvin Gilbert leaning against the car with a bouquet of bright roses in his hand. He was looking at his watch impatiently.
Her eyes widened.
Ever since Calvin Gilbert met Benjamin Rivers as her ‘boyfriend’, Benjamin had spoken to Mr. Gilbert at a dinner party about it. Mr. Gilbert had suspected Calvin had a girlfriend so he insisted that his son bring her home.
Calvin and Serenity had already spoken on the phone last night about how he would pick her up after work today to go to the Gilbert’s for dinner.
However, she did not expect this guy to be so flashy. He drove a limited edition Porsche, held a large bouquet, and stood outside the company. Was he here to show off?
Serenity grabbed her bag strap, hoping to leave quietly in a taxi to the Gilbert’s residence or get off halfway and ask him to pick her up there..