Contract Marriage: Abusive Love with Mr.CEO-Chapter 561 - 293: Sweetness in My Heart (Part 2)

How could Mrs. Geoffrey know that Becca was truly disappointed because she wouldn’t be able to fulfill Mrs. Geoffrey’s wish in the future.

Becca tried to explain, "Aunt, you’ve misunderstood, I..."

Mrs. Geoffrey interrupted, "Oh, I shouldn’t have brought this up with you. After all, you already have a boyfriend now, so saying these things doesn’t really matter..."

Becca froze, "Boyfriend?"

Mrs. Geoffrey nodded, "Yes, didn’t the newspaper report it? You’re in a relationship with the young boss of ’QCS’... I asked around, they said he barely shows up in public, I don’t even know his situation, when will you bring him to let me meet him..."

Becca said awkwardly, "Uh... we’ll talk about it later, Aunt."

"Alright, it’s late, you should get some rest, don’t worry about Andrew..."

"Hmm, I’ll call you when I have time."

After finishing the call with Mrs. Geoffrey, Becca felt much more at ease.

There were three things in the call that reassured her.

First, Andrew is doing fine; second, Howard Geoffrey is home today, which means Alice isn’t with him; third, Mrs. Geoffrey hopes she’ll be with Howard, making her long for the day when Mrs. Geoffrey finds out about her reconciliation with Howard, surely it’ll make her happy... she’s already eagerly looking forward to that day.

Christine Quinn had flown from Y City to T City early in the morning and was discussing with Becca in the hospital ward about taking Aunt Clare to Y City.

Aunt Clare’s final decision was, "Miss, I’ve thought it over seriously, I’ll still go with Miss Quinn to Y City."

Becca shook her head disapprovingly, "Aunt Clare..."

Aunt Clare raised her hand to interrupt, "I know going to Y City might bring Miss Quinn a lot of trouble, but staying in T City, I’ll bring you even more trouble..."

Before Becca could express her opinion, Christine said, "Becca, actually Aunt Clare won’t bring me any trouble at all in Y City... you know Skyler Jones treats me well, Marie and I live in a villa, it’ll feel livelier with Aunt Clare, and the most important thing is, the villa has free staff who can take care of Aunt Clare comprehensively, her health will recover quickly."

Upon hearing this, Becca looked at Christine with confusion, "Didn’t you move to Mr. Jones’ city villa to live with him?"

Becca pulled Christine out of the ward, and in a serious tone said, "Sister, tell me the truth, did you and Mr. Jones argue again?"

Christine held Becca’s hands and smiled, "Where are you getting these ideas? What could there be between Skyler Jones and me? I did move in with him, but as I told you before, we maintain necessary ’affection’ in front of Marie but have no interaction privately, we barely even speak, how could we possibly argue?"

Becca furrowed her brow, "You and Mr. Jones haven’t made any progress?"

Christine chuckled lightly, "I have no hope for any progress with him, best if we live our separate lives forever, he goes his way, I go mine!!"

The Quentin sisters are alike, both stubborn and headstrong.

Becca tried to persuade, "Sister..."

"Alright, let’s not talk about my issues, Aunt Clare’s matter is settled as is, I promise I’ll take good care of her for you."

"I’m not worried about you not taking care of her, I’m hoping with Mr. Jones..." At this point, Becca suddenly paused, looking at Christine suspiciously, "Wait a minute, you wouldn’t be using Aunt Clare as an excuse to move from Skyler Jones’ to the villa in the suburbs, would you?"

Marilyn Quinn always hoped her parents would live together and didn’t want to see them separate again. Now that Christine had brought Aunt Clare to Y City, Christine could use Aunt Clare as an excuse to move back to the suburban villa with Marie, after all, having Aunt Clare live with Skyler Jones was impractical.

As if someone hit the mark, Christine faltered a bit in her speech, "No... there’s nothing, I purely have the spare time to help you take care of Aunt Clare."

Becca folded her arms, looking complacently, "To help me take care of Aunt Clare and find an excuse to stay away from Skyler Jones, truly a win-win situation!"

Being seen through by Becca, Christine simply folded her arms and nodded, "Alright, I admit, I intend to seize the chance to take care of Aunt Clare and stay separated from Skyler Jones for a while with Marie... you know, forcing two people who hate each other to pretend to be ’affectionate’ is pure torture!"

Becca knitted her brows, "Look at you, here you go again, didn’t I tell you to get along well with Mr. Jones?"

Christine said seriously, "Becca, you don’t genuinely think that Skyler Jones and I will end up together, do you?"

Becca asked confusedly, "Why not? Last time in Y City, didn’t you hear Mr. Jones promise to Marie, and he’s getting more gentle and considerate with you too..."

"Promise?" Christine scoffed, rolling her eyes, "Do you believe that; Skyler Jones once made promises to me far more beautiful than those he made to Marie, but facts proved that promises in Skyler’s heart were just words casually spoken; as for your ’gentle and considerate’, yes, because of Marie, he’s slowly getting to the point of befriending me, but sorry, I have never thought of being friends with him!!"

Becca sighed helplessly.

She knew well that her sister’s stubbornness surpassed hers.

Nonetheless, just from the fact that Mr. Jones once pushed her sister toward Howard Geoffrey shows that in past years, Mr. Jones indeed hurt her sister...

Yes, people are like this. Being hurt too much, you learn to protect yourself. Her sister not wanting to return to the past is normal human behavior.

Seeing Becca worrying for her, Christine, in turn, reassured Becca, "Don’t worry, I’m a grown-up, I know how to handle my feelings... but I must say, we two sisters must have terrible karma to be entangled with brothers comparable to scoundrels this lifetime!!"

"Cough..."

"What’s wrong with you?"

Becca was choked by her own saliva. "Nothing, nothing..." Howard is already considered a "scoundrel" by her sister, so how could she help him clean up his image later?

New York.

Howard Geoffrey was having a fit at the office.

"You... you’re doing great, Roye!" Howard sat behind his desk, looking at the computer before him, with a handsome face wearing a half-smile yet showing no emotion, but the bulging veins on his arms revealed his extremely suppressed rage, he said in an exceedingly calm voice, "Looks like I should reward you for the hard work during these days in T City, Africa has a project that’s been hoping for ’Skytop’ to handle, I thought of sending you there a year ago, but your working ability back then wasn’t as ’reliable and comprehensive’ as it is now, so it seems it’s time I should send you over for some grind... I’ll promote you to be the person in charge there, for you to personally oversee that project in Africa!!"