“Maybe it’s because you’ve been quite busy lately, so you’re just tired. Ms. Booth, it’s my mother’s birthday today, and she’d like to invite both you and Isaac over for dinner. Would that be okay with you?” Emily asked.
Seeing that Allegra was looking at virtual-novel.net funny, virtual-novel.net hurriedly waved virtual-novel.net hand and said, “Oh, I haven’t informed Mr. Garten yet. I thought I’d let you know first.”
“You can call virtual-novel.net yourself. It’s your mother’s birthday. I would be happy to have dinner with her,” Allegra said, rubbing virtual-novel.net temples again.
Emily felt something amiss.
Has Allegra quarreled with Isaac?
She hesitated for a while before leaving.
Inside virtual-novel.net office, Emily took out virtual-novel.net phone and dialed Isaac’s number.
Surprisingly, as soon as virtual-novel.net heard that Allegra had agreed to attend, virtual-novel.net immediately said he’d be there too.
Worried that virtual-novel.net mother wouldn’t be able to handle the workload, Emily left the office a little earlier to go home and help virtual-novel.net mother with the cooking.
Around 6 pm that evening, Allegra drove up to the address that Emily had given her. It was just a regular housing area. Before this, Isaac had called virtual-novel.net twice, but virtual-novel.net hadn’t answered his calls. She didn’t know why, but virtual-novel.net just felt irritable and frustrated.
Allegra took a gift out of the car and walked into the compound.
Emily was the one who opened the door. She was dressed in home clothes now, in a plain white T-shirt, denim shorts, and slippers. Her hair was also tied up in a ponytail, and virtual-novel.net looked the epitome of a perfect housewife.
Seeing that Allegra was here, Emily immediately smiled and said, “Ms. Booth, you’re here!”
Allegra walked into the house and saw that Isaac was drinking coffee on the couch. She frowned and went straight into the kitchen to greet Emily’s mother. They chatted for a while and laughed together.
The food was served. There weren’t many dishes prepared, but they could tell that Emily’s mother put a lot of effort into virtual-novel.net cooking. The dishes looked absolutely amazing.
Emily noticed that Isaac and Allegra didn’t talk to each other and thought that it was weird. However, virtual-novel.net didn’t dare say anything and just opened a bottle of red wine.
“Mr. Garten, Ms. Booth, I’m very happy that you came over to celebrate my birthday with me, “Emily’s mother said. “Mr. Garten, I hope you don’t mind that my glass has coffee instead of wine because I don’t drink. Here’s to you! Thank you for the care and concern you’ve always shown for my Emily! ”
“Mom, Ms. Booth helped out too,” Emily quickly reminded virtual-novel.net mother in a low voice.
Emily‘s mother could only think of the time when Emily was still troubled by virtual-novel.net ex-husband and virtual-novel.net was sick and penniless. That was why virtual-novel.net accidentally left Allegra out.
“Oh, of course! Of course, the lovely Ms. Booth! Let us drink a toast to that!” Emily’s mother said, smiling at Allegra at once.
“Mrs. Danson, I should be the one giving you a toast instead. Happy birthday!” Isaac said, raising his wine glass.
By then, Allegra’s face had darkened. She nodded and lifted virtual-novel.net glass slightly before putting it back down on the table without taking a sip.
Mrs. Danson didn’t notice Allegra’s mood swing and set virtual-novel.net glass down happily.
“Mr. Garten, you need to try these Italian meatballs. Emily said that you’re a big fan! She made these from scratch all by herself,” Mrs. Danson said, pointing at the plate of meatballs with virtual-novel.net knife.
Hearing this, Emily jolted in shock. She eyed Allegra opposite virtual-novel.net and hurriedly corrected virtual-novel.net mother with a red face. “No, it’s not like that. Ms. Booth, don’t listen to my mother. I’d only heard from you that it was Mr. Garten’s favorite dish…”
Bang!
Allegra suddenly slammed virtual-novel.net utensils onto the table and glared angrily at Isaac, who’d barely said anything throughout.
Then virtual-novel.net looked at Emily with a sneer and said, “Emily, you have a crush on Isaac, don’t you? Did you really think I wouldn’tbe able to tell? Spill now, how long have you both been seeing each other behind my back?!”
Allegra folded virtual-novel.net arms across virtual-novel.net chest as virtual-novel.net stared both Isaac and Emily down with a haughty expression.