The woman seemed to guess what was going on. She said, “Sure. Please rest assured.”
“All right. All right.” Elizabeth didn’t want to let go of the woman’s hand.
Armand rubbed his forehead, starting to regret taking her to work.
“I’m sorry for that.”
The woman didn’t mind and said, “It’s alright. She’s old. I understand.”
Armand said, “Shall we go in?”
Elizabeth pulled the woman. Armand asked her to wait for him in the reception room. He went to his office to sort out the documents. Later, he would go to the court with the woman.
Armand wanted to push Elizabeth away, but she was unwilling to, “I’ll stay here talking to Theresa. Go ahead with your work.”
“Grandma, she’s not Theresa…”
“Are you blind? Of course, she’s Theresa. Have you forgotten how upset you were when she was missing? How come you can’t recognize her now?” Elizabeth looked extremely serious.
Armand choked up.
The woman smiled, “Is Theresa your girlfriend or wife, Mr. Bernie?”
Armand was a bit embarrassed, “She’s my wife.”
“You must love her a lot. Otherwise, your grandmother wouldn’t remember so clearly how upset you were.” The woman wasn’t teasing him. She always thought that all men were quite bad. Now since she had heard what Elizabeth said, she had changed her mind.
It seemed that Mr. Bernie treasured his love.
Armand hummed and asked the receptionist to keep an eye on Elizabeth.
“Okay, Mr. Bernie.” The receptionist took over two glasses of water.
She passed one to Elizabeth, and the other to the woman.
The woman took over the water and took a sip. With a smile, she asked, “Mrs. Bernie, do you like your granddaughter-in-law?”
Elizabeth’s eyes widened, “You are granddaughter-in-law, aren’t you? Are you still angry with Armand? He has broken up with Phoebe Lewis already. He always likes you. When you were missing, he was also miserable. Now you have a baby. Please do forgive him.”
The woman was speechless.
She liked Armand earlier and thought that he was a responsible man. It turned out…
Sure enough, she had confirmed again that men in this world were all bad.
“I won’t be reconciled with him.”
“Why… why not?” Elizabeth couldn’t believe what she had heard, “Theresa, please…”
“He has cheated on me. Why should I still be with him? Am I nuts?” She believed that as a woman, she must hate the bad men to the core.
“You can’t do this.” Elizabeth pinched the woman’s hand tightly, “Armand has realized it was his bad. Please do forgive him, Theresa.”
The woman suddenly became quite serious with Elizabeth, “A man who has cheated on his wife can never be forgiven.”
Armand got the sorted documents from his office and walked to the woman, “Everything’s ready. Let’s go.”
“Where are you going?” Elizabeth suddenly became quite frightened, afraid that Armand would dump her.
The woman stood up. Armand tried to calm his grandmother down, “We have some business to deal with. I’ll be right back. Please wait here for me.” He winked at the receptionist, “Please keep an eye on her for me. Don’t let her go out. I’ll be back soon.”
“No! You can’t go.” Elizabeth pulled Armand’s arm.
“Mrs. Bernie, don’t you want me to be reconciled with Armand?” the woman deliberately asked. She wanted Elizabeth to stop pestering Armand.
Elizabeth was taken aback and answered, “Of course, I want you to reconcile.”
“All right. If so, please stay here and wait for us. We’ll go out for business. OK?”
Elizabeth hesitated for a moment and nodded in agreement, “Okay. You must come back as soon as possible.”
Armand patted her and answered, “Sure. We’ll be back soon.”
He stood up and looked at his client, “Let’s go.”
They walked out of the law firm together. The woman said, “Mr. Bernie, I always thought you were a good man. It seems I’ve made a mistake.”
Armand looked at her, “What do you mean?”
The woman smiled, “You should know it yourself.”
Armand pulled open the door of the car without explaining anything to her. He wasn’t close to this client. They were just working together now.
They went back to the firm pretty soon.
“Your husband should receive the court summon pretty soon. To prevent that he would do something extreme to hurt you, you’d better not stay with him,” Armand said to the client.
“I’ve already packed up my belongings before coming out today. Now, I’m staying in a hotel for the time being. After the divorce and I’ve got the ownership of the apartment, I’ll move back.” The woman seemed to be quite rational.
Armand nodded, “You must be careful.”
“Thank you, Mr. Bernie.” The car was parked in front of the law firm. The woman pushed the door open and got off.
Earlier, Theresa arrived at the law firm, and she found that Elizabeth was there. Hence, she didn’t enter, just waiting for Armand at the door.
She saw his car coming in. Then she stood on the steps.
A woman got off of his car, but Theresa didn’t have any emotional change after seeing that. She looked pretty calm.
Armand, however, wasn’t so calm as her. Seeing her standing there, he subconsciously explained, “She’s my client. We’ve just been to the court.”
Theresa said, “You don’t need to explain anything to me. It’s your freedom to do anything.”
Noticing her indifferent and cold tone, Armand couldn’t help but feel quite frustrated.
The woman cast a glance at Theresa and looked at Armand. She said, “I’m taking off now. By the way, I don’t hope you’ll make any mistake just because of your personal life.”
“Please don’t worry…” said Armand.
When the woman was about to turn away, Elizabeth saw her. She yelled, “Don’t go!”
New Book: Beginning with a Daring Encounter
Celsie was tired of being labeled as an introvert, workaholic, and dull virgin by her friends. Determined to prove them wrong, she made a bet that she would do something daring on her 25th birthday. Now that the day had arrived, it was time to fulfill her promise. On her daring to-do list, there was one task: a one-night stand with someone.