One weekday afternoon.
After having lunch with Larry, Wendy came out alone from the villa. Uncle Lee parked Mercedes in front of a relatively remote cafe.
Not long after she got off the car, her cell phone rang.
As expected, "Charlie" was shown on the screen.
This man, he really kept her in a tight grip.
After the line was connected, Charlie asked in a calm voice, "Are you going to see Uncle Gray?"
"Yes." Wendy did not avoid this subject. Actually, she deliberately did not tell him about this, because she was afraid he would object or maybe he would come with her. That would be ridiculous. She was just sending a German translation of the novel to Kim.
Charlie was naturally not very pleasant on the other side, and Wendy didn't know whether to laugh or cry at the fact that he was jealous all the time.
She pushed open the door of the cafe, there was the sound of wind chimes, and she took the opportunity to say, "I can't talk about it now, I'm going in! We'll it when we get back!"
After that, she boldly hung up the phone and muted it.
The cafe was located in the alley of an old urban area, the facade was ordinary, but there were whole rows and rows of bookshelves after entering. It was very quiet, only the sound of a very soft piano. Wendy looked up and saw Kim who was sitting on the second floor smiling at her.
"Mr. Gray!"
"Miss Lim, have a seat!"
Kim hurriedly greeted her and then pointed to the white porcelain cup in front of her. "I just ordered a cup of cappuccino for you. You girls should all love this, right?"
"Thank you!" Wendy said gratefully with a smile.
"Miss Lim, have you brought that novel here?"
Kim did not wait for her to take the initiative, he could not wait to speak, it is clear that he really wanted to read this novel. She nodded her head and said, "Here it is. I'll give it to you now!"
When she took it out of her bag, Kim had already reached out to catch it with both hands.
He spread the book in his palm, his eyes glowing as he looked at it, unable to hide his excitement, "It's really the original version of 'Ansichten eines Clowns'. That's great!"
"Because it's a bit old, the paper inside is yellow and brittle, I hope Mr. Gray can be careful when reading it!" Wendy smiled and said, "Because this book is important to me, too!"
"Okay, don't worry, I'll definitely be careful with it!" Kim promised with a sincere look.
Seeing this, Wendy was not worried. It could be seen that Kim was a person who loved books, and he took the book and put it into a kraft paper bag very carefully.
After calming down the excitement a little, Kim took a sip of coffee and asked her, "Miss Lim, the last time I mentioned this book, I wanted to ask you about this, do you like this novel very much or have you watched this movie?"
Wendy explained, "In fact, it's my..."
"Honey, why didn't you ask me to come out for a coffee? Such a leisurely and elegant thing!"
Before she could finish her sentence, she was interrupted by a female voice of some age and experience.
An elegant noblewoman was walking up from the stairs, her hair pulled into a high bun at the back of her head, looking even more haughty and not easy to approach, holding a famous brand's handbag in her hand. It looked like she wasn't here for coffee at all.
Wendy frowned as she looked in the direction of the voice.
It was Madge's mother...
"Shut up! That's nonsense!" Kim's angry voice had been the first to ring out.
Linda said mockingly, "Why are you so angry? Kim, I think you're getting old, you're starting to pay attention to the little girl now!"
"Miss Lim is the same age as our daughter, what are you talking about? Don't you know what kind of a person I am? Don't let me hear any more words from your mouth that you shouldn't say, it's degrading!" Kim stood up from his seat and was a little angry.
"Of course I know who you are. It's been more than 20 years since we got married, and Kim, you should be sorry for me!" Linda continued her harsh words as if there was no end to them, "Now you're fascinated by a little girl, and come to such a romantic cafe for a date. Bah, both of you are shameless! Miss Lim, it seems that the children without mother education are different, so shameless!"
"Linda Scott!" Kim shouted angrily.
He couldn't stay any longer for fear that his wife would say something more unpleasant. He looked at Wendy with embarrassment and said, "Sorry Miss Lim, that's all for today. I'll return the book to you when I'm done with it!"
"Alright..." Wendy grudgingly nodded her head.
Linda did not continue to scream, her purpose had been achieved, she just did not want her husband and Wendy to stay together.
She allowed Kim to pull her arm, get out of the coffee shop, and get in the car.
Wendy was waiting for a few minutes before she got up and went downstairs.
She didn't call Uncle Lee. She thought that this place was close to the apartment building, so she wanted to take a look at her bestie, Emily, by the way. Then she went to the side of the road and reached out to get a cab.
Linda's behavior made her very uncomfortable, but she didn't want to think about it, because she and Kim were open and honest. However, she was thinking about something else.
Just like that day at the door of the restaurant, when Madge saw her and Kim, Madge's reaction was almost the same as Linda's. Both the mother and daughter were surprised, and they seemed to be a little panicked...
When she was out of her mind, a car quietly stopped beside her. Wendy thought she had delayed the private car stop, wanted to take two steps forward and then continue to get a cab, only just as her feet lifted, a hand suddenly reached out from the car door and yanked her roughly into the car, followed by a handkerchief covering her mouth.
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: Purchased A Mr. Right
Hate deception and Abby and Dylan take the cake ,ugh...
NO!!! Tina belongs with Wilson…. Let Dylan and Abby get together...
Wow, once again the villain messes up the true love, Abby needs to go back abroad. And Tina’s true identity as the daughter of Bill Ambrey needs to be exposed! Then the families can “convenience marry” !! Abby is a witch....
Too bad Wilson can’t figure out that his and Tina’s ex’s and his cousin Desmond are conniving creeps!...
Anthea is so stupid, lying and leaving the man who loves her more than life itself. 🤬...
She deserves to be unhappy, being with someone she doesn’t love because of resentment for the exact thing she is doing, hopefully she ends up with no one. Calvin is a wimp and doesn’t love her, just wants a wife to please his family....
So the same basic story as Simon and Addy but stupid Emily is going to marry him! What a hypocrite! Ugh...
Emily gets more stupid every chapter, when did she pickup Calvin as a fiancé!!?? This story line is awful….very sad to do to Simon what she “thought” he had done but didn’t. She is truly a dumb woman. Simon never loved or really even cared for Addy….what the hell is she doing with someone she doesn’t even know or like/love. Awful 😢...
Emily is a fool, don’t let go of the man who truly loves you. Let go of the past, of which he did nothing but help someone who saved his life, and be happy with him… he is your soulmate....
Nothing like cutting off your nose to spite your face Emily. Just stupid! Ugh 😩...