Chapter 939
The little boy looked up at Elena, who then looked at Theo as though she was asking him if it was
okay.
Theo did not say anything, but he was considered to have given tacit assent.
Elena let the little boy sit on the chair, reminded him not to cause trouble, then went to order food.
I pushed the untouched te of dessert to the little boy and said with a smile, "Have some. Don''t be
shy."
The little boy replied in a crisp voice, "Thank you."
Elena saw that he was eating the dessert and asked with a frown, "Did you say thank you,
Charles?"
The little boy did not tell her that he had. He just thanked Theo and me again. This was an
extremely sensible child.
Theo was a man of few words. Now that two of them were here, it made him less inclined to speak.
I had just finished eating a te of dessert, so I drew out a tissue paper to wipe my mouth. Theo
asked me, " Want more?"
I shook my head. "I can''t eat anymore." "Let''s go, then," he said, standing up from the chair.
I was just about to stand up when Elena said, "Mr. Grant, I''d like to take this time to talk to you
regarding thetest artificial intelligence research."
Theo frowned and said indifferently, "This is out of m y working hours."
In other words, he only wanted to discuss it during working hours.
Elena pursed her lips and said stubbornly, "The new artificial intelligence research is directed at
major physical stores. Even a dessert shop like this can use i t. We can use this opportunity to talk
to this store about it."
Theo looked even more displeased now. Before he could say anything to reject her, I said first, "I
happen t o have things to buy. You can talk. I''ll go walk around i n the mall across the street."
I was not avoiding this on purpose. I merely felt that such an awkward situation would affect my
mood.
Lately, I had been consciously keeping myself happy and trying not to get myself involved in things
that would make me unhappy. After all, my body no longer allowed me to remain in such a low
mood.
Theo held my hand and asked unhappily, "You don’t need me toe with you?"
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Even though I was aware that he was unhappy about i t, I still nodded and said, "I can manage."
After saying that, I got up and left the dessert shop.
After going to the mall from across the street, I walked aimlessly on the first floor and realized that
there was nothing I could buy.
A young couple walked past me. When I saw the youthful and blissful looks on their faces, I was
suddenly downcast.
Why did I let Theo stay in the dessert shop to discuss some stupid artificial intelligence stuff with
Elena? At this time and moment, I felt like an idiot.
I walked into a clothing store, and the two shopkeepers looked at me with somewhat
condescending eyes.
I took a closer look at the clothes in the shop and noticed that this was a mid-tier luxury brand.
I walked up to a mirror and understood why the two shopkeepers were looking at me with contempt.
The scar on my face was still visible. Although it was not obvious, it still affected my appearance. I
had merely tied my hair casually before leaving the house today and did not put on makeup at all. I
was wearing brandless casual clothes, so I certainly would not be turning heads when I walked on
the road.
Realizing that I felt a little inferior, I could not help but chuckle bitterly.
Perhaps I did feel inferior. This was not something that happened recently but it had been for a
while now.
Elena was an outstanding woman. She was stunning, elegant, intelligent, decisive, and brave. Men
probably liked a woman like her.
When an outstanding woman like Elena waspared to an ordinary woman like me, how could
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