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?”

stunned for a moment, and he subconsciously responded, “I simply informed her that you wouldn’t be returning for dinner.”

her

just said ‘okay.””

ask when I’d be

“No.”

silent and poured himself another glass of

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

recovered, and Curtis was worried that all this consumption might harm his health, so he softly

and ask her

he understood why Neil had been checking his phone: He was waiting

called Silvia, but it kept ringing and eventually went

didn’t answer,

“Keep trying!”

any success, Neil grew

he coldly

the time he returned to the mansion,

dropped him off, and Neil wheeled himself into the

saw Silvia sleeping soundly on

Yet, she

“Silvia, wake up!”

tries, she finally woke

not far away and

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

when Curtis

phone; there were indeed

somewhat speechless. Was this the reason for waking her up?

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