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Yolanda pursed her lips and responded with an affirmative grunt while waving at William. As the man drove away,
she only stood in place with her eyes glued to his car. Meanwhile, William was looking at Yolanda from the rear
mirror just as the reflection of her figure slowly diminished and disappeared out of sight. A few moments later, he
revealed an indifferent expression on his face.
Well, I’m not going to fall for Yolanda’s last few words. It might have seemed like she was backing down, but I know
that she was trying to pressure me. This is why women like her are never my cup of tea. She is making it seem like
I’m the reason she can’t go for a movie. Does she really think I’m too dumb to read between the lines after all my
years of experiences in the commercial world? She is going to have to try harder to make me fall for that.
Soon, William arrived home, only to find that John and Sophia were still not back, while Old Mrs. Constance had
already hit the hay upstairs. He threw his necktie aside and sank back in the couch. After a brief contemplation, he
finally gave in to his curiosity and called his son up. At that moment, John happened to be having a great time while
playing poker with the others.
When John answered the call, William was able to hear Matilda rejoicing in her victory before Logan grumbled,
“Come on! Why is it me again? Where is my blackjack?”
Matilda laughed and said, “You still have a lot to learn, kid.”
John smiled, waiting until Matilda had finished her words before he asked William a question. “What’s up?”
Upon overhearing the conversations in the background, William made a guess. “Are you guys playing a card game
right now?”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtJohn replied, “Yeah. Since everyone is here, we’ll just play for a while.”
Matilda’s laughing voice was accompanied by the sound of the cards being slapped onto the table. “Money, money,
come to Mommy!”
Sophia patted John and told him, “Pay for me.”
John nodded and said, “Alright. It’s on me.”
Logan then snorted unhappily. “This isn’t fair. The three of you are family, and you guys ganged up on me!”
Meanwhile, William was tongue-tied upon overhearing Logan’s words in the background, forgetting what he initially
wanted to say. At that time, John asked, “Are you still in your office?”
“Nah. I’m already home,” William replied quietly.
“I see. Then, you should probably get some rest by now. We won’t be back that soon for tonight,” John answered. To
that, William reluctantly responded with an affirmative grunt.
After John hung up the call, Sophia smiled and asked, “What’s wrong? It looks like someone is getting desperate.”
John shook his head. “I don’t know, but he sounded moody.”
Upon hearing that, Sophia asked John how William looked when he left earlier this afternoon, to which John took a
while to recall and replied, “He looked normal at that time. There is a lot you have yet to learn about my dad. He is
a man of pride who’ll never show his feelings. Therefore, he always looks calm on the outside.”
Sophia chuckled and casually gave her opinion. “And I suppose you got that from him, didn’t you?”
John was slightly taken aback as he gazed at Sophia and said, “I’m calm? Come on! You’re slowly killing me!”
At the sight of the couple’s interaction, Logan began to complain. “Alright! Alright! Enough of that lovey-dovey
speech, you two! I’m still right here.”
John raised his eyebrow and gently pinched Sophia’s cheek. “Okay, okay. I suppose we forgot about this poor single
guy here who just got beaten up by a woman. Let’s be more considerate to him.”
As soon as he heard that, Logan felt a stab of pain deep down inside before he started grumbling once more, “I just
didn’t want to stoop to her level. If I hadn’t held back, I would have taught her a lesson the hard way.”
In response, Sophia brushed him off and replied, “Yeah, yeah. We heard you loud and clear. Now, let’s get back to
the card game.”
Time flew as everyone was absorbed in playing cards. Soon, John’s smoking addiction began to kick in, so he stood
up and said, “Give me a moment. I’m going outside to smoke for a bit.” While Sophia actually didn’t mind that, John
didn’t want to smoke beside her either.
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