Chapter 27: The Spoiler

Susan's POV

It's been over ten minutes since the lady left to call Ethan's Father, and she hasn't returned yet.

She made us believe that she wasn't going to stay too long.

She made us wait outside with high hopes. Now everything is starting to look like a joke to us.

The bitch fucking played us!

I should have known that she was lying the moment she welcomed us with hostility.

She barely spent ten minutes with us and I could tell how disgusting she was.

It's becoming a major concern for me. Although, the same thing can't be said about Paul.

Unlike me who's restless, Paul appears to be calm.

That was the same thing he did when we visited Maria's mansion.

His level of understanding, perseverance, and patience needs to be studied at the university.

As we waited for the lady to show up, I kept on glaring at my wristwatch while checking the weather for what seemed like an impending turbulent heavy downpour.

“Okay, enough of the madness already. This is the height of it all.

Since no one is going to say it, I'm fed up already.

Are you sure that bitch is going to turn up? Isn't it obvious that she's deceiving us?

Why do I have this terrible feeling that she's never going to show up?” I complained bitterly to Paul since he was too blind to see the handwriting on the wall.

He scoffed. “Why worry about her delayed return? Have you forgotten the reason we are here?

Come on, I don't mind waiting for eternity. Let's just be hopeful that Ethan's Father agrees to meet with us,”

His response did not surprise me. What was I expecting from Paul? He always has a way of turning situations around in his favor

“Take a look at the sky. It's just a matter of time before it starts raining. Night is slowly approaching too.

If you know me too well, you'd notice that I hate driving in the dark, let alone in turbulent weather,” I reminded Paul.

I hope that my justification will make him give me the listening ear I need.

And it worked.

I was surprised to hear Paul ask to shout my next line of action.

I saw him facepalms

He must probably be fed up with my drama already.

“I want to land another knock on the door. I've got a feeling that the lady is never going to come back.

We stand a chance to see her again if I knock for the second time.

That should remind her that we are still waiting for her outside,” I suggested.

I already prepared myself to knock as I got closer to the door

Paul was about to speak when his phone suddenly rang to distract us.

“Sorry, I need to quickly take this call now.

It might be about the company,” Paul humbly requested of me.

I barely nodded my head in agreement.

But inside of me, I wanted him to decline the call for my sake.

Although, it may sound a bit selfish of me.

I felt bad about it, but I had no choice. I wasn't going to stop him from taking his calls.

From what I know, the call might be important to him just as my mission to Ethan's Father's mansion.

A few minutes later, Paul requested to answer the phone, and nothing had been done.

He kept glaring at the phone repeatedly with a confused look.

“What's the problem? You don't seem to be happy.

Who's calling you? Does your mood have anything to do with the call?” I got closer to ask him.

He edged backwards and prevented me from checking who the caller was

It didn't take too long for my attention to drift to Ethan.

He's the only one that can put Paul in that terrible situation.

“It's Ethan, right? No way, he's the one calling your cell phone.

What does he want from you?

Please don't answer the phone.

That's the last thing we need in this mission,” I begged Paul.

Speaking to Ethan over the phone might be detrimental to my mansion and I wouldn't want that to happen.

“You can't be so serious, are you? Your husband is worried sick about your whereabouts, and you don't seem to care?

Come on, Suzy. I expected more from you,” Paul scolded me.

He made me speechless with his words.

After listening to him scold me as though I were his daughter, I became guilty.

I felt like I should have been more reasonable.

“I am sorry for making you feel that way about me. You can speak to him,” I forced myself to apologize to Paul.

Aside from apologizing out of remorse, I did it to avoid losing Paul.

He has become an integral part of my Maison.

Losing him at this point might be catastrophic and disheartening.

As Paul spoke to Ethan over the phone, he put the conversation on loudspeaker to avoid leaving me in the dark.

“Please have you seen my wife, Paul? I haven't been able to reach her,” those were Ethan's first words.

I thought he called to apologize to Paul for their previous altercation.

I should have known better and prepared myself for what was about to hit me like an atomic bomb.

Paul didn't respond immediately.

All he did was look me in the eyes.

“No, you're not with me,” I whispered silently in such a way that Ethan wouldn't hear me from the other side.

I also nodded my head sideways to pass a message across to Paul should he fail to read my lips.

He isn't known for telling lies. But at this point, I guess I have got to make him go against his belief.

“Paul, are you there?

Why aren't you saying anything?” Ethan called Paul's attention again after the latter refused to speak.

.She's with me,"

Paul shattered my heart to shreds when he refused to protect me

I felt betrayed because I trusted him so much. It's just a matter of time before he discloses our location to Ethan.