Loveless Marriage

Christian raised his head and smiled warmly, "Are you worrying about me?"

"Worried about you? Do I have nothing else to do." Isabella coldly said.

Christian pushed the peeled fish in front of her and gently said, "I'll let them seal the news and it will not spread around. Hand will stay in jail for a while."

"Um, what else did you do?" Isabella asked.

There was no clear evidence yet. At most, he would be detained for a few days, but if he were to look for some friends helping him later, he would probably be out in three days.

"He had stolen a lot of public funds from the company in the past few years, and also took a lot of bribes using his power. I already had someone investigate, so I transferred him here from the headquarters. At first, the evidence isn't so enough, but this time he just hit the muzzle. He should be enough to sentence more than 10 years."

Isabella looked at him, dumbstruck.

Feeling her look quite adorable, Christian then asked as his gaze becoming more gentle, "What's wrong?"

She calmed down and teased herself: "I wanted to be grateful, but it seems that you've used me to your advantage. To get rid of a big problem."

Christian's handsome face gradually darkened. Looking at her seriously, he said: "I never thought of using you, and am also not happy about what happened last night. If something had happened to you, I'd have killed him."

Isabella's pretty face slowly froze.

He always had a serious look when he was talking. Although she was already used to it, this occasional confession still made her feel touched.

She was slightly lost in thought.

However, the silence was suddenly interrupted by the sound of a phone ringing.

He picked up the phone and pressed the answer button. "Hello?"

Not knowing what was said on the other side of the phone, Isabella could clearly see that his face had become gloomy.

"Where?"

"Alright, I'll be there right away."

Isabella's eyelashes twitched, she lowered her eyes and continued to eat.

Christian hung up, frowned, and calmly said, "Sorry, my mom's asthma suddenly broke, and I need to home now. I'll let Canon send you home later.

"No worries, I'll take a taxi." Isabella said lightly.

Although there was no change on his facial expression, she could feel that he was still worried.

Christian picked up his coat and gently said: "Canon will be here right in time."

Isabella frowned in dissatisfaction. Just as she was about to say something, her mouth was shut by a kiss, "I...woo..."

It was only a light kiss, then he caressed her head as if she was his lovely pet. "I'm leaving now."

The entire process took only a few seconds. Before Isabella could see him clearly, Christian had already stridden away, leaving her with a face as hot as fire. After a long while, looking at a whole table of dishes, Isabella felt a bit upset.

She took a bite of the fish and chewed on it absentmindedly. Feeling disappointed, after a while, she picked up her phone and dialled Naomi's number.

Christian drove all the way to the hotel he was told to, and then pushed open the room door.

There was a group of men and women dressed formally inside the room.

"Christian, you're here."

Everyone in the room looked at him with joyful expressions.

Christian looked around indifferent, and his gaze finally landed on a middle-aged woman who was safe and sound standing in the middle. There was no surprise on his face.

He had already guessed it on the way here, but he still came.

The middle-aged woman who spoke was noble and beautiful, her skin looked even better than Mallory's. She didn't seem to notice Christian's expression as she smiled and pulled him intimately into the house.

"Christian, I haven't seen you for a long time, and I really miss you."

Christian calmly pulled back his arm and smiled, "I thought someone is in hospital now."

Hearing this, Mallory's face immediately darkened, "Are you waiting for me to get into the hospital?"

"Silly son, your mom didn't mean to lie to you. She was just afraid that you wouldn't come." The noble woman said.

Then, she gestured to the young girl at her side, "Lexie. Christian is here."

"Oh, right." Lexie snapped back from her daze, anxiously pulled back the chair she was sitting on and timidly said, "Christian."

Although just now she also wished that he could come, she was more afraid that he may suspected it was her plan to trick him here.

"Mr. Miller..."

"Mr. Miller, Hi!"

Lexie's cousins greeted Christian warmly.

The Perez family could be considered to have struck it rich overnight by doing real estate. But Lexie's cousins were all good-for-nothing rich kids, having nothing to do, and were gnawing on their elder for the past few years.

The reason why the Perez and the Miller knew each other was also because of Christian's father, who had passed away. Furthermore, Lexie's feeling for Christian was no longer a secret for the two families.

However, Christian's father had his eyes on Isabella first, so the Perez had only to suppress their unwillingness. However, he had recently divorced, and they planned to let Lexie marry him this time. Afraid of losing another chance, they set up this supper impatiently.

Christian didn't sit beside Lexie, but casually pulled out a chair and sat down next to Mallory, asking: "Have you had the medicine?"

Mallory expression was still not good as she said indifferently: "What medicine? It's been a long time since we have a dinner together. A drink should be the best."

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Seeing Christian's face was gloomy, Lexie revealed a smile and walked to Mallory, comforting her, "Madam, you should take care of your body. Christian is also worrying about you. Just don't drink today, okay?"

Mallory pursed her lips and said in a weird tone: "Worrying about me? I think he just want me to get into the hospital."☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐