Love Coming from the Least Expected

It wasn’t the first time I met Julia after all. She treated me rather well when I was in the hospital, and apart from occasionally being hesitant about my relationship with Christopher, she had never picked a fight with me. She had even cried after hearing about my terminal disease.

She may have been a powerful businesswoman, but she was still sensitive. If not, she wouldn’t have been so sentimental and wouldn’t have been so torn over my marriage with Christopher. When I went to visit his family the last time, she barely said anything offensive. Her attitude today had been truly out of the ordinary.

When I thought about that and how Mitchell had approached the Tanner family, this was all obviously one of the Martin family’s tricks. Mitchell must have told Julia something for her to act so differently from usual.

involved in

to tell Christopher any of this. Honestly, I didn’t want to, but the Tanner family’s problems needed an urgent solution. Even if I didn’t tell him, my father would still have found a

bedroom. While thinking about whether to tell Christopher about it, he wrapped my legs around his waist and pinched my face lightly. “How are you still

nothing,” I

his arms and let me rest my head against his chest. He caressed my bare back gently and asked, “What’s wrong? You’ve never been this distracted before.

do want to meet some of my favorite artists,” I randomly strung together an excuse and managed to steer the conversation in that direction.

there to be stressed about? Go if you want to and don’t go if you don’t feel like it. You’re joining the National Youth Art Exhibition and Contest after all, not some random

with a more reasonable solution? Those artists won’t be happy if you force them to come over. I know how

are just more low-key than others,” Christopher said as he pulled the blanket over me and

you, for example?” I rolled my

did