Chapter 109.
Seeing this, Fiona pouted in frustration, but couldn’t stand the intimidating look from the man. In the end, she could only lower her head and apologize, “Sorry, Ms. Atherton, I was being rude. It won’t happen again.”
Armando was pretty satisfied. He lowered his eyes to look at the person in front of him, and his cold gaze gradually softened.“Calm down, okay?”
The warm, strong grip in her hand made Jovana zone out.
It would be a lie to say I wasn’t surprised.
Armando hadn’t argued with Kaitlynn over her before, but it had never gotten this bad… Today, for her, he openly challenged Kaitlynn.
But seeing Kaitlynn and Fiona get shut down, she really did feel pretty good.
Jovana nodded lightly.
She looked up at the man, at those eyes that were gentle and tender only when they looked at her… That bittersweet feeling crept into her heart again.
Armando, where were you earlier?
Armando had no idea what Jovana was thinking. He rubbed her head and said, “Sorry, if I had known this would happen, I would’ve come in with you.”
Jovana pressed her lips together, listened to the man blaming himself, and felt a lump in her throat.
At this moment, the butler came over and said, “The dishes are ready. You can eat now.”
Kaitlynn forced a smile, “It’s getting late, let’s just drop this. Everyone, let’s head to the dining room first…” Armando nodded slightly, took Jovana’s hand and walked toward the restaurant. He said gently, “Didn’t you say last time you wanted to try the seafood chowder made by our chef? I asked him to make some extra.”
Jovana’s eyes were hard to read. He even remembered her taste so clearly, so why did he just forget the most important thing?
“Yeah.”
behind me.
Fiona was green with envy. In her memory, Armando had always been cold and distant to everyone. Turns out he did have such a gentle and caring side.
She pouted sourly, “Mrs. Dunbar, Mr. Armando and Jovana seemed pretty close…”
Kaitlynn snorted, “That’s because you don’t understand men! Besides, Jovana didn’t have many days left to act all high and mighty!”
Men were basically all the same.
Fiona kind of got it, kind of didn’t… but the unwillingness in her heart was real.
< Chapter 109.
restaurant.
Armando pulled out a chair for Jovana to sit down. He glanced over and saw a stack of files on the small coffee table by the floor–to–ceiling window not far away.
“What was this?”
Armando frowned and felt like something was off.
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Jovana followed the gaze and saw the blue cover of the file right away. That was the contract Kaitlynn signed with her, the one with the one hundred million property transfer. Kaitlynn must have been careless, finished reading it, and forgot to take it.
Jovana’s heart was in her throat. If Armando saw it, it would be over.
“Armando!”
However, she was too late to stop it, the man had already strode past-
“Armando, my hand hurt…”
Jovana shouted with a pale face, and her heart was beating really fast.
Armando paused, gave the file right in front of him a baffled look, then turned to walk toward Jovana, thinking, I can check it out later.
“What happened? Let me see.”
He frowned a little, looking worried as he held her hand and checked on her.
“Just had a twitch… probably caught a chill.” Jovana let out a small sigh of relief.
“Let you crave the cold.”
He said that to scold her, but Armando still wrapped her hand in his palm to warm it up and reminded her, “Don’t use cold water anymore, okay?”
Jovana replied dully, staring blankly at the worried look on the man’s face. She couldn’t help but wonder… If Armando really read that document and knew she was leaving forever, what would he do?
Knowing his temper, he probably would’ve gone crazy and could’ve done anything wild.
There was no what if.
She wouldn’t let him know.
He lied to her for nine years, and he had to pay
the price.
Jovana gave a bitter smile, lowered her eyes, and there was a hint of determination in them, but her heart still hurt.
At that moment, Kaitlynn walked into the dining room, saw the documents on the little coffee table, and suddenly realized she forgot to put them away after going over the contract with the lawyer last night. She quickly told the maid to quietly take them away later.
Luckily, Armando didn’t see it, or else her careful plan would’ve been ruined!
