Chapter 273
Ste picked up her ss and took a sip of water. She said crossly, “Mr. Conrad, you are so rude.”
rence asked without even raising his head, “When did you move?”
Ste was silent.
She was defeated again.
The wretched man’s tongue was always sharp.
After rence ordered the dishes, he handed the menu back to the waiter. He turned around and
looked at Ste, “Have you sobered up from the hangover?”
Ste believed that he was humiliating her when asking so, “I just had a ss of liquor and felt dizzy. I
didn’t get hammered.”
rence said, “You are not good at drinking at all. In the future, when I’m not around, don’t drink with
others.”
Ste’s lips parted. When she was about to retort, suddenly, she realized that Sherry was still sitting
next to them. Thetter’s gaze swept between them two, and obviously, she enjoyed watching the
scene a lot.
Seeing Ste was silent, Sherry immediately withdrew her gaze, “Just ignore me. You don’t need to
care how I feel. I’m here to have lunch only. I can’t see or hear anything else.”
Ste was amazed.
Soon, the dishes were served, so the embarrassment was eased for the time being.
Ste and Sherry ordered the medium-spicy soup, aiming to get sweated.
They enjoyed the meal very much, while rence was only drinking water while sitting next to them.
He barely ate.
Ste cast him a nce and asked purposely, “Mr. Conrad, why don’t you eat?”
rence answered tly, “Go ahead eating. Ignore me.”
“Okay.”
Ste withdrew her gaze and ignored him.
Shortly after, a waiter came over with a trolley and served a few light dishes.
Sherry and Ste were shocked in silence.
This was the first time that they saw cooked dishes be served in a hotpot restaurant.
Money made the mare go.
rence looked up at them. He said to Ste, “Feel free to eat if you want. I’m not so petty as you.”
Ste curled her lips. She wouldn’t eat his dishes.
She just felt that the wretched man was something - how could he ordered the home cooking dishes in
a hotpot restaurant.
She wondered if he was in the right state of his mind.
Ste took a few bites again. She couldn’t utter any sound as the food was way too spicy. Her water
was emptied. When she was about to stand up and get herself another ss of water, rence
pushed a ss of milk in front of her, “It can ease the burn.”
Ste was burnt so hard that she didn’t keep being polite to him. Directly, she picked up the ss,
raised her head, and gulped down half of the milk.
Opposite them, Sherry was drinking water in silence. She felt that it was not hotpot food that fulfilled
her tummy during lunch but their PDA movements.
Not to mention others, rence the wretched man was quite considerate in some perspectives.
No wonder Ste could fall in love with another man.
After finishing the hotpot, Ste felt quite cozy and rxed. She hadn’t been so easy for a long time.
Surely enough, to even the emotions, the best way was to eat an extremely spicy hotpot.
After lunch, while walking out of the restaurant, Sherry secretly checked her cell phone. Then she said,
“Ste, a friend of mine asked me for help. I’m taking off now...” Then she waved at rence, “Mr.
Conrad, please send Ste home. Thanks.”
Before thest syble fell off from the tip of her tongue, she had vanished in their sight.
Ste’s temples popped. For a moment, she didn’t know what to say.
She looked back and met rence’s gaze. The man slightly tilted his head with a faint smile on his
face, “Let’s go.”
Sitting on the passenger seat, Ste fastened the seat belt. She asked casually, “Where is Nathan?”
“He’s on vacation.”
Ste muttered, “I thought he doesn’t have any holiday all year long.”
rence pressed one hand on the steering wheel and turned to look at her, “Am I that unreasonable in
your eyes?”
“Mr. Conrad, you shouldn’t ask me this question. Don’t you know how others criticized you?”
“I don’t care about them.”
Ste quieted down. She was afraid there might be another trap waiting for her if she continued this
conversation.
Fortunately, rence didn’t try to continue troubling her. He just smiled and started the engine. The car
roared away.
Soon, Ste found they were not heading back to her apartment.
The car was pulled over in front of a shopping mall.
rence said, “Get off.”
Ste looked around and unfastened the seat belt.
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She followed him and asked, “Mr. Conrad, what are we doing here?”
rence said, “Didn’t you say that you want to meet Horace Jason? I’m taking you here to meet him.”
Ste choked up.
She wondered if he was nuts.
A few minutester, they stopped at the kid’s corner.
rence stopped walking and raised his chin to Ste, “Over there.”
Ste followed his gaze. She saw a group of children aged five or six. Then her gaze fell on a stroller
outside the kid’s corner.
The stroller looked exactly the same as that she had seen in Ms. Anderson’s house.
Staring at it, Ste was a bit take aback. She knew it must be the little fellow lying there.
rence looked over at her, “Don’t you want to go there?”
After a while, Ste came back to her senses with a bitter smile, “The baby’s parents are there. Why
should I go there?”
“I can ask them to leave for the time being.”
Seeing that the wretched man was about to take the action, Ste immediately pulled his arm to stop
him, “Wait. What are you doing? Not necessary.”
rence raised his eyebrows, “Don’t you want to see the baby?”
Ste lowered her head, “No, thanks.”
It didn’t make any sense if she walked over to see the little fellow.
Besides, if rence and she walked over like this, probably the baby’s parents would mistake them as
the human traffickers.
rence continued, “We’re almost there. Don’t you feel it’s a pity if we just leave?”
Ste was still struggling inwardly, but he kept urging her. She was a bit irritated, “Can you just stop it?”
Right then, a young woman held the baby out of the stroller.
The little fellowy prone on her shoulder, humming.
From afar, he seemed to recognize Ste. Instantly, he waved all fours, his smile bing more
obvious.
The young woman noticed it and looked back, following the baby’s gaze.
Ste felt quite embarrassed. When she was about to turn away, the young woman walked over with
the baby in her arms. She said, “Hi, Mr. Conrad, this must be Ms. Radomil.”
Upon hearing it, Ste was surprised. Raising her head, she asked the young woman, “Do you know
me?”
Thetter said with a smile, “Mr. Conrad mentioned you before.”
Ste looked over at rence, quite confused.
“Mr. Conrad hase to see Noah twice and often told us about you, Ms. Radomil. He said you like
Noah a lot.” The young woman continued, “By the way, when Noah was in my Mom’s house, thank you
for taking care of him, Ms. Radomil.”
Ste smiled faintly, “You are wee. I didn’t help much.”
The young woman held the baby to her, “Ms. Radomil, would you like to hold him?”
Looking at the baby in front of her, Ste unconsciously smiled more brightly. She reached out and took
over the baby.