CHAPTER 836: CHAPTER 836: SHE GOT STOOD UP

He averted his eyes, avoiding Nora Northwood’s gaze, and replied evasively, "I forgot, I’ll check when I get home."

Seeing the slight curl of Nora Northwood’s lips, she knew she had been fooled!

"I’m young and beautiful, I don’t need eye cream, you can keep it for yourself."

"If you’re not ready to go home yet, I’ll give you one more day. Tomorrow, okay?"

Nora Northwood counted with her fingers in her heart, and suddenly realized that more than ten days had passed.

She asked, "Is there any news about Peach Bell?"

The moment she said this, the atmosphere immediately became heavy.

Jasper Sinclair thought for a moment and gave her an ambiguous answer, "It will be over soon, I promise, it won’t affect your life after you go back."

"Really?"

"Really."

"Pick me up at VK tomorrow night."

After agreeing, Nora Northwood realized too late that he had triumphed too easily.

When Elaine came out, she found that Jasper Sinclair had already left. She approached her daughter and inquired, "How did your conversation go?"

Nora Northwood didn’t have the heart to let her continue worrying over her marriage, so she chose her words kindly, "Mom, I’ll return to Crimson Hill Villa tomorrow night. Thank you for taking care of me all this time."

"You silly child, what politeness are you talking about? You’re my daughter. If I don’t take care of you, who will?"

"You’re the best with me."

Nora Northwood nestled into Elaine’s embrace, acting coquettishly like a little girl.

That night, even the air carried a sweet scent.

With anticipation, time seemed to slow down even more.

Nora Northwood, at the conference table, glanced at her phone from time to time, counting down in her heart, ten minutes, nine minutes... fearing even a second’s delay in the meeting.

Yvonne Winslow teased her, "Our model employee at VK is actually in a hurry to get off work today!"

"Not a model employee today, let’s talk about it tomorrow."

Nora Northwood waited and waited, and even after all the company employees had left, the person to take her home never came.

The greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment.

Jasper Sinclair dashed all her hopes.

When she received another call, it was around eight or nine o’clock, and the voice on the other end of the line was urgent, "Nora, I’m sorry, something came up, and I couldn’t make it in time to pick you up. Give me one more day, tomorrow night, okay? Just one night..."

Nora Northwood listened to Jasper Sinclair’s anxiety, unsure if it was for her or for someone else.

She could guess what had happened.

"Is it that there was an accident with Peach Bell?"

Over the phone, she heard Jasper Sinclair take a deep breath, "Yes."

"I thought you might make up an excuse to fool me."

"I wouldn’t lie to you."

"Then you go ahead and handle things, we’ll talk about us tomorrow."

Nora Northwood sensed Jasper Sinclair’s exhaustion; just to find one person, it had taken over half a month, showing the complexity involved.

She wasn’t the kind of girl who would be unreasonable all the time; on the contrary, the more such a moment, the calmer she became.

Thanks to Jasper Sinclair of the past, who taught her these skills of hiding emotions.

After hanging up the phone, Nora Northwood started arranging for a place to stay for the night.

Since Jasper Sinclair didn’t come, she couldn’t simply return to Crimson Hill Villa all by herself.

As for going back to Elaine’s place at this time, she couldn’t avoid a round of nagging.

After considering it, Nora Northwood decided to find a hotel near VK and make do for one night.

At the moment, this was the best solution she could think of.