Turning Of the Tide by Diana Sander

Chapter 508

After Grace’s introduction, both parties nodded politely.

Emma’s temperament always made people’s eyes light up. Angie looked at her for a few more seconds. Emma was

wearing a simple gown and a shawl with a pair of house footwear.

She appeared elegant and amiable, and made people want to get close to her.

They sat down on the couch. Grace signaled to the servants.

Not long after, the servants brought a lot of things from the kitchen to entertain the Yamin family.

Angie expressed her gratitude and glanced at the stairs. “Thank you. Is Frank not up yet?”

Grace replied, “Yes. When he doesn’t go to work, he usually sleeps in. It’s good.”

Throughout the conversation, the Turner family couple had been reading a book and reading the news of Athana

after greeting them. They were so polite that it made people feel embarrassed to say anything.

Angie thought that it was no wonder that the Turner family managed to produce a son who was a university

professor. His entire family looked especially cultured and composed. They had a demeanor that not many would

have.

William was especially happy. He was so smug that he bragged to Charlie’s face. “Gracie dotes on Ava more than

me. But it is no big deal as long as Ava is happy.”

It was not a big deal to sleep in. If they slept in, it meant the possibility of having a grandson or a granddaughter

would be greater.

William was overjoyed.

A moyément at the door made the six people on the couch turn their heads. It was Joseph. He came in wearing a

white tracksuit. There was a white towel around his neck, and sweat was running down his face.

He stepped into the living room. As he was about to wipe his sweat with a towel in one hand, he realized he was

stared at by six pairs of eyes. When he saw the faces of the other two, Joseph was surprised.

His investigation said that Christina’s mother was direct and smart. Well, that seemed to be true. She appeared

quite direct. She only took a look at him last night and came to the Roberts family early in the morning.

Joseph remained calm. He nodded politely at everyone and went straight upstairs, as though nothing had happened

and he

didn’t know the Yamin family.

The moment she saw Joseph, Angie was almost petrified. Wasn’t he the man in the photos her daughter had shown

her?

It turned out that he was the Roberts family’s relative. She had been looking for him for a long time, but he was

actually very close to them.

However, he looked much better in person than in the photos. It was just that he was not very photogenic. The

photos did not show this young man’s extraordinary temperament at all.

The Roberts family had always been very picky when it came to judging people. If the Turner family could be in-laws

with them, it meant that their characters were impeccable.

Christina was too insensible. She had been considering such a boy for so long. If the women in Athana saw him,

Christina would not have a chance.

Angie thought about it, but she could not bear to remove her gaze from the stairs. Charlie elbowed his wife, who

had lost her composure.

As she was pulled back to reality, Charlie also discovered that Joseph was the person in his daughter’s photos. He

was afraid that his wife would rush forward just now, but fortunately, she was still calm.

Upstairs, Joseph did not enter the room to take a shower immediately. Instead, he stood at the corner and turned

on the phone’s camera to zoom in on the living room and take a photo.

Looking at the photo he had just taken, his lips curled into a smile. He wondered if Christina would still be able to

remain calm when she saw the photo.

He sent the photo he had just taken to Christina. There was no postscript.

At the same moment, Christina, who had just returned from her run, stood next to the shoe cabinet to change her

shoes. There was no one in the living room. There was no doubt that her sister was sleeping and her brother had

gone to the hospital.

Where did her parents go so early in the morning?

As she walked into the living room while changing her shoes, she asked the servant, “Where are my mother and

father?”

The servant replied respectfully, “Miss, they seem to have gone out to visit!”

“Visit?” Hadn’t they already visited their relatives yesterday?

The phone in her pocket suddenly rang. Christina stopped asking where her parents had gone and waved for the

servant to leave. She sat down on the couch to rest for a while.

She took out her phone to check. It would have been better if she hadn’t seen it. When she saw the photo, the glass

of water in her hand spilled all over her pants, leaving her hands covered in water. Water dripped onto the ground

from her fingertips.

Even the air seemed to be still. After looking at the photo, Christina could not say a word. She stared blankly at the

photo sent by Joseph and was so shocked that she could not utter a word.

Her parents had gone to the Roberts family in the morning without a word and had even met Joseph. It was over.

In the end, she had overestimated herself and underestimated her mother. She had thought that the deception

would be flawless, but who knew that her mother had long harbored doubts? If her mother was a character in a

television show, she would be one of those who managed to survive till the last episode.

Christina was certain that her mother would punish her when she returned. There was no point in chasing her to

the Roberts family now.

She took a tissue to wipe the water off her hands and shook the water off her pants. She picked up her phone and

replied, [I’m sorry for causing you trouble. I’ll explain it to them.]

Joseph did not reply to the message. Christina thought that she had caused trouble for him, so he was in a bad

mood. She planned to confess when her parents returned.

She picked up a towel and went upstairs to take a shower. She needed to wake herself up. She didn’t expect the

collaboration to end so quickly. She couldn’t describe the feeling in her heart. It felt oddly empty.

Near noon, Angie and Charlie returned home in a good mood.

“Has Christina gone out?” Angie asked the servant as soon as she entered.

The servant answered, “Miss Christina is upstairs. She didn’t come downstairs after running in the morning.”

Charlie waved the servant away. “Prepare lunch.”

“William has really quite good luck. The Roberts family’s son has very good taste. Athana has a lot of girls but he

doesn’t like any of them. He fell in love with a foreign girl. But Grace certainly dotes on her future daughter-in-law.”

Angie’s face was filled with envy. However, when she thought of what Joseph had said to them before they got into

the car, she was overjoyed and gratified. She was even more certain of Joseph. “Charlie, what do you think of

Frank’s brother-in-law? I quite like him.”

Half an hour ago, when Angie was about to get into the car, Joseph came out of the villa and was stopped by Angie.

“Professor Turner.”

When Angie called Joseph “Professor Turner” in front of everyone, everyone was dumbfounded. They looked at

each other. Even his usually calm parents narrowed their eyes and stared questioningly at their son.

It wasn’t just them. Even Joseph was embarrassed at that time. He glanced at his parents and shook his head

slightly, indicating that it was a misunderstanding. He cleared his throat and said politely to Angie, “Just call me

Joseph.”

He did not say that he was a professor.

Angie said, “Hello, Joseph. Our Christina always mentions you at home and says that you’re very outstanding. You

youngsters can get along well. Come to our house with Frank when you’re free.”

Joseph replied to the straightforward invitation, “Alright. But Christina has to agree to it.” He said this in an

ambiguous manner that was also intriguing.

Upon hearing this, Angie was overjoyed. When she got into the car, she even told Joseph he had to come over for a

visit. She told him not to forget that Christina was lacking in social life outside of her career and did not know how

to maintain relationships.

Joseph said that it was pretty good anyway.

Recalling Joseph’s words, Charlie was also satisfied. In terms of looks and height, Joseph was indeed not bad. He

was handsome, refined, and polite. “He’s not bad, but you still have to see what Christina thinks.”

“Last night, I asked your precious daughter what she thought. She should be planning to accept this relationship.

She has already asked Chris to learn the company’s business and let Stella work at the company after Christmas.”

Charlie was shocked. His face was filled with disbelief, and his voice suddenly raised. “Let Chris learn the business?”

Wasn’t it the same as putting a penguin in the desert? What a joke!

On the stairs, Christina heard their voices downstairs and came out of her room. She was prepared to confess

everything. She slowly walked downstairs in her slippers and tried to delay it. She pretended not to know anything.

“Dad, Mom, where did you go?”

Charlie looked at his daughter meaningfully. “We went to the Roberts family to see your future boyfriend.”

Christina was silent. She stood on the stairs, stunned. She did not dare to go down. Her hand was clenched tightly

on the handrail.

“Christina, Joseph looks much better in person than in the photos you showed us. Your photography skills are not

good, and you’ve made him ugly. We’ve interacted with him, and he’s not bad. I’ll give you a sincere suggestion.

You’d better not wait and see. If you agree to his courtship, do it early. It’s very dangerous for such a man to be

unattached in Athana. Who knows, some rich young lady might take a fancy to him and the Roberts family might

matchmake them.”

Seeing that her daughter was still in a daze at the staircase, Angie continued to nag. “I’m talking to you. Are you

sleepwalking? Did you hear me?”

After a while, Christina came back to her senses. Wasn’t she exposed? What was going on now? Wasn’t her mother

supposed to be questioning her?

“Come down. I have something to tell you. When we came back, we invited Joseph to our house to visit. He said

that he was afraid that you wouldn’t agree. Have you been preventing him from coming to our house to visit? Is

that why you deliberately didn’t say that he’s related to Frank? What are you thinking?”

Christina was dumbfounded. She narrowed her beautiful eyes and brushed aside her curly hair. “Wait a minute,

Mom. What did you say just now? I stopped him from coming to our house?”

“I invited him to our house to visit, and he said that you have to agree. What do you think?” Angie’s face was filled

with disappointment. Christina had such an outstanding man courting her, yet she was obstructing him in every

way. Angie really did not know what was going on in Christina’s mind.

Christina was silent again. Was this part of Joseph’s impromptu act? Why didn’t he tell her?

What was going on? Why did it sound like she was the one bullying Joseph?

In Angie’s opinion, that was what she thought. After courting her daughter for so long, Joseph probably didn’t dare

to come to the house and had to wait for her daughter to relent before he could come. Joseph probably felt very

aggrieved.

Christina did not know what Joseph’s original words were. She pinched the space between her eyebrows at the

onset of a headache and sighed a few times. She deeply understood that it required many lies to round up the first

lie. She was afraid that Joseph had overdone it.

She did not get the punishment she expected. Her parents only urged her to accept Joseph. Christina was anxious.

She had a premonition that if the deception continued, it would not end well for them.

Christina did not respond to her mother’s question. After all, she really did not stop Joseph from coming to the

house. “Mom, I’ll go upstairs and think about it now.”

No matter how Angie looked at her daughter, she felt that Christina was unreliable in terms of relationships. There

was always a chance that Christina was being perfunctory.

Looking at her daughter’s back, Angie couldn’t help but worry. “Why doesn’t your daughter care at all?”

Charlie suddenly said, “Those who are loved are fearless.”

“What nonsense are you talking about? If she doesn’t agree, she will be lonely all the time. Why would she let that

happen?”

Charlie shook his head helplessly. He did not know what his daughter was thinking, but the man was not bad. Charlie

did not object. However, if he was a professor, he would not be able to help his daughter in her career.