Chapter 96

Silvia stared him down.

“So, what did you find? Did you receive photos of me k*ssing or having S** with him?”

Neil frowned, but she left the living room before he could respond.

The silence between them was so obvious that even Leo and the housekeeper noticed it.

The housekeeper approached Silvia and whispered, “Miss Pond, have you had an argument with Mr. Remus?”

“No. Why do you ask?”

“He seems to be in a bad mood lately.”

After a brief silence, Silvia said, “It’s probably because of his workload at the company. Don’t worry about him. He’ll be fine in a while.”

“Alright.”

After the housekeeper left, she waited on the couch for Neil to return.

Around 7 p.m., Curtis called to inform her that Neil had a dinner party, so he would not be back for dinner.

After she hung up, she did not bother reheating the food and just had a few bites. Then, she watched TV for a while before she headed to bed.

Throughout the party, Neil requested his phone from Curtis every half an hour.

Curtis initially assumed that he was waiting for an important client’s call. However, around 10 p.m., Neil checked his phone. again and frowned. He turned to Curtis and asked, “What did you say to Silvia?”

and he subconsciously responded, “I simply informed her that you wouldn’t

her

just said ‘okay.””

darkened. “She didn’t ask when I’d be

“No.”

silent and poured himself another glass of wine.

a social gathering. However, he accepted every offered drink tonight and had downed over

consumption might harm his health, so he softly advised,

coldly. “Call Silvia and ask her to pick me up.’

his phone: He was waiting for a call from Silvia,

called Silvia, but it kept ringing and eventually

didn’t answer, Mr.

“Keep trying!”

several calls without any

prepared to continue calling when he

to the mansion, it was already 11 p.m.

dropped him off, and Neil wheeled himself into

on the bedroom light and saw Silvia sleeping soundly on the

had been irritable every day since their big argument. Yet, she was eating well, sleeping soundly, and not

“Silvia, wake up!”

more tries, she finally

she noticed a figure not far away and was immediately jolted awake.

realized it was Neil. She sat up and asked, “Why are you staring at me instead of

you answer when Curtis called

phone; there were

somewhat speechless. Was this the reason for waking

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