جميع فصول : الفصل -الفصل 40

Seeing that Laura wasn't back yet, Jessica continued, "Mrs. Walker, the houses in this community are not only expensive, they're really close to a school as well. The price of such houses will only rise in the future. If Luke and my child will be able..."Before Jessica finished speaking, Shona already knew what she was thinking."Mom, Jessica, take a seat. Here's some water." Laura passed the cups to Shona and Jessica.Jessica took the cup and smiled sweetly. "Thank you, Laura."Shona didn't take the cup, neither did she sit down. She walked around the house and took a look at the kitchen and bathroom. She then went to take a look at Laura's room. However, when she reached the room where the door was tightly shut, Laura stopped her. "Mom, you can't go into that room.""Why?" Shona felt puzzled and unsatisfied. "What are you hiding in this room? I'm your mom and even I can't take a look?""It's not that, Mom. That room belongs to Chris. He's kind of a neat freak and doesn't like

'What the hell's going on?' wondered Laura.Shona had mentioned multiple times that Jessica was a senior executive at the Jacobs Group. She even mentioned it during lunch today."I'm not sure," said Chris. "There's no called Jessica Holland in the company's system. I've never seen her in the company either."There was only one possibility for this, Jessica was lying.Laura obviously trusted Chris. After all, he was the CEO's special assistant. Therefore, it was normal for him to be able to find out who worked in the company.All she didn't know was why Jessica had to lie.Laura became deep in thought.She and Shona weren't on good terms, but they were still a family after all. Shona was her mother, she felt that she needed to find a chance to tell Shona the truth.However, whether Shona believed her or not was none of her business.In the evening, Laura took Chris out for some barbecue.There was a food street in Empfield and Laura would often come to one of the barbecue stor

After hearing Shona's words, Linda looked at Shona with a frown. "What are you talking about?""A house switch. Mom, I'd suggest you convince Laura about this. The house she lives in at the moment is near a school, but it's quite small. I'm planning on getting Luke and Laura to switch houses. It'll be more convenient for Jessica's child to go to school in the future. Besides, Luke's house is not only bigger, it's also newer. Laura's taking an advantage in this matter, but she wouldn't agree." Shona sounded as if Laura didn't understand what she was trying to do.Linda then said in a disdainful voice, "Are you talking about the house that Chris and Laura are living in right now? Why should they switch houses with Luke? I know you too well to let Laura take advantage of anything."Linda's words made Shona feel shameful, especially when there were other elders in the room. They all loved gossip and all looked at Shona.Shona pouted her lips. "Alright then, let's forget about switching

Laura felt a little puzzled. 'What's going on? Why did he reject my friend request? Did Chris accidentally click on the wrong button?'Laura wanted to try one more time, but this time she received the notification that the account didn't exist.She was rendered speechless.She had been able to find the account just moments ago, but now she couldn't find the account anymore. There was only one possibility, Chris had changed his settings to his account so that others couldn't find him using his phone number.This made Laura a little frustrated.What was the meaning of this?Laura gave Chris a call."Hello, what is it?"Chris's calm voice sounded on the other end of the line. This made Laura even more unhappy, but Laura still kept her cool. "Mr. Jacobs, why did you reject my friend request? I've chosen the Christmas decorations and wanted to send them to you to have a look."Chris was taken aback at first and then replied subconsciously, "When did you try to add me?"Laura frown

"Mr..." The senior executive's lips trembled. Before he could finish, Chris interrupted him.Chris glanced at the price labeled on the snacks. "Five dollars. Let's cut the small talk and pay up."The senior executive nodded subconsciously, paid for the snacks and rushed out of the store.The senior executive still wasn't able to calm down even after he reached his office. When he bumped into Assistant Jacobs, he reached out and grabbed Assistant Jacobs. "Assistant Jacobs, what the hell's going on? I just went to the convenience store downstairs and saw Mr. Jacobs. He's at the counter!"Assistant Jacobs was wondering where Chris had gone. In the end, Chris had gone to help his wife out.His lips twitched. He knew that Chris was still keeping his marriage a secret, so he said, "Well, Mr. Jacobs is trying to experience the life of a working class."The senior executive widened his eyes in shock. 'Mr. Jacobs actually went to experience the life of a working class? What is there to ex