Chapter 247



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In the villa on the outskirts.

Mrs. Landis was preparing dinner when suddenly she heard a scream coming from upstairs, which made her hands tremble and she almost cut her finger on the kitchen knife.

She ran upstairs with the kitchen knife and nervously asked, “What’s wrong ma’am, what’s wrong?”

Iris, who was resting in the recliner, sat up as she stared incredulously at her phone. When she saw Mrs. Landis enter, the stunned woman asked, “Earlier today, what did Tina York say Justin’s girlfriend’s name was?”

“You know, Nora Smith!” replied Mrs. Landis.

Iris swallowed hard as she looked at the text message again: the four words ‘my name is Nora Smith’ appeared there clearly.

She rubbed her eyes. When she saw the four words again, she couldn’t help but let out another scream. “Ahhh!”

Mrs. Landis received another big shock. She shuddered and said, “Oh my God, my precious lady, please don’t scare me anymore! I’m old now, so I can’t take any more scares! What’s wrong?”

Iris raised her head and looked weakly at Mrs. Landis. “Mrs. Landis, I… I… I think I’m in trouble!”

Mrs. Landis, “?”

Iris asked, “If I told you that the girl Justin has fallen in love with – the one Tina York says has been bothering him – is the same Miss Smith we’ve been talking to today, would you believe me?”

Mrs. Landis, “????”

Mrs. Landis thought about Nora’s nonchalant attitude and the aura around her, so she shook her head.

After being Iris’ caretaker for so many years, she had long since learned to read people and identify them.

Miss Smith was no ordinary person. There was no doubt that she was an impressive person.

It was clear that she and Iris were not ordinary people, and everyone was dying to be of help to them. However, when she had gone over to ask Miss Smith to speak to Iris, Iris had been reluctant!

Mrs. Landis shook her head. “I don’t believe it.”

Iris nodded. “I don’t believe it either.”

Mrs. Landis asked, “By the way, ma’am, didn’t Miss Smith say today that she has a son?”

“Yes, she did.” Iris said, “The Nora Smith that Tina York mentioned only has a daughter. She doesn’t have a son. So…”

Mrs. Landis said cautiously, “What if the name Nora Smith has become very popular? After all, it’s not a particularly uncommon name or a rare surname.”

Iris hesitated. “Is that so?”

Not many people name their daughters Nora these days, do they? No, wait. Maybe Tina had meant to say Norah? Or Noreen?

Iris consoled herself. Finally, she said, “If we want to know if she’s really the one or not, the next time we invite Miss Smith, we can ask Justin to come too. That way we’ll know for sure, won’t we?”.

Mrs. Landis nodded. “Yes, that’s right. Anyway, she’s his sworn sister, so it doesn’t matter!”.

Iris breathed a sigh of relief.

Nora, who had no idea that Iris had been in an internal struggle all night, went upstairs with Pete after returning to the Andersons’ house.

After washing up, the two fell happily asleep in bed.

The night passed peacefully.

The next day, Nora again slept until the sun came up before waking. She had barely stretched and quietly made her way downstairs when she saw Elder Mrs. Anderson and Melissa sitting solemnly on the sofa in the living room. They looked up when they heard the door open. When they saw her, they immediately jumped to their feet. Melissa exclaimed, “You’re finally up Nora!”.

Nora’s voice still sounded a little nasal when she asked, “What’s wrong?”.

Mrs. Anderson and Melissa exchanged a glance. At last, Melissa said solemnly, “Mrs. Hunt has invited you to the Hunts’ mansion! She has also asked you to bring Cherry.”

Nora, “?”

She frowned and asked in puzzlement, “Mrs. Hunt?”

Melissa nodded. “Yes, Justin’s grandmother.”

Nora knew who she was, of course.

After all, she was the one who had cured that old lady’s illness!

Nora was very puzzled. “What are you asking me to go for?”

No sooner had she said that than Melissa looked at her gravely and asked, “Come here, Nora. I have something I want to ask you. Please answer me seriously.”

Nora came down the stairs, shuffled over and sat down across from Melissa and Mrs. Anderson. “What’s this about?”

Melissa took a deep breath and asked cautiously, “You and Justin…? Are you two…?”

She held up two fingers, tapped them together a couple of times and continued. “… dating?”

“…No, we’re not!”

However, her phone rang at that moment.

He looked down and saw that ‘Mr. Narcissist’ was calling. He accepted the call and unconsciously said, “What can I do for you Mr. Hunt?”.

The man on the other end of the call spoke in a low, deep voice. “Not much. I just wanted to ask you for an appointment, that’s all, Miss Smith.”

Nora, “?”

She was a little surprised. “A date?”

“That’s right. Didn’t I make you a promise the other day? We need to go on dates more often, so I won’t keep making you take the initiative to approach me on the pretext of visiting Pete. In this sense, men should take the initiative, shouldn’t they?”

“…”

Nora reluctantly asked, “Where, and when?”

“How about now, shall we go to the movies?”

“No thanks.” Nora said, “Movies put me to sleep. They’re boring when their plots don’t make sense.”

“How about we tour the countryside then?”

“So we can admire an endless field of vegetables on a farm? I’m sorry Mr. Hunt, but I come from a small town. These things are not rarities for me.”

“… What do you feel like doing, then?”

Nora immediately replied, “I want to sleep.”

“…”

The other end of the call was silent for a long, long time, so long that Nora came to wonder at one point if the call had been disconnected due to loss of signal. Just as she was about to hang up, the bastard’s voice rang again. “This… Wouldn’t things be going a little too fast?”

Nora, “?”

“We’ve just started dating, so our relationship hasn’t reached the point of passion and infatuation yet. Isn’t it too soon for us to sleep together? But, of course, since you’re the one who brought it up, I’ll definitely give in, Miss Smith.”

Nora, “!!!!”

She obviously meant she wanted to sleep alone.

That scumbag was simply too narcissistic!!!!!

Once again, the man made Nora so angry that she ground her teeth in fury. I reply, “Are you incapable of understanding English, Mr. Hunt? Or do you need me to operate on your brain?”.

Her words reminded Justin of a message Anti had once relayed to him through Solo.

The message had made him so angry at the time that he had made up his mind to give the other party a good thrashing when he found her.

But later he had forgotten about it.

Now that she had brought it up, Justin suddenly smiled and said, “Your words reminded me of a message Anti passed on to me then.”

Nora, “?”

“Why did you insult me that time Miss Smith?” asked Justin.

Nora, “!”

Because you’re so narcissistic, of course!

But could she say that? No, she couldn’t…

Once she said it, she would have to explain that she wasn’t in love with him, which would force her to explain why she was approaching Pete.

Cornered, Nora coughed and said, “Don’t they call that behavior ‘tough love’?”

“…”

Nora then said, “If there’s nothing more to say, I’ll hang up Mr. Hunt.”

Just as she was about to hang up, Justin laughed softly and said, “Please hold on a moment.”

Nora paused. The next moment, her voice came over the phone again. “About sleeping…”

However, she didn’t give Justin a chance to continue and promptly hung up.

When she looked up again, she saw an astonished Melissa and Mrs. Anderson staring at her….

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