Chapter 143

“Okay,” Bella said. Then, she turned to the waiter. “That’s all for now. If we need anything later, I’ll order again. Thank you,” she said.

“You’re welcome. Your food will be ready soon,” the waiter said before leaving.

After the waiter had left, Christian crossed his legs together; his upper body leaned forward slightly, looking as if he didn’t want to stay there any longer.

Even though Bella was in a wheelchair, she still looked elegant. “I only heard of this restaurant and never tried it before. You entered here once you saw it. Have you been here before?” she asked.

He twitched his lips into a slight sneer as he laid his eyes on her. “No, I haven’t. I just came here because it’s the nearest; it saves my time.”

Bella gripped her hands and smiled despite hearing his uncharitable words. “It looks like you are busy with work. You must take good care of yourself. Your body should be your priority no matter how important your work is.”

“The company isn’t that busy. I don’t want to waste my time on some matter. So it’s meaningless as it wastes time and affects my mood.” Christian smiled.

A glint of bitterness flashed across Bella’s eyes as she grinned. Then, she stopped talking.

After a moment, the waiter served the food she had just ordered.

“The sashimi is fresh. Try some of it, Chris.” Using a serving fork, she placed a piece of sashimi on Christian’s plate.

merely glanced at the sashimi, retracted his gaze, and didn’t

“I heard that something happened to Victoria at around midnight. Were you so busy with her problems that you are now sporting dark circles underneath your

position and replied, “Indeed, I didn’t sleep for a night, but

calculative gleam, and she smiled. “Is there anything other than Victoria’s matter that you had to work on in the middle

I ate, what I

just concerned about you. I didn’t mean anything other than that. So I’ll stop asking if you don’t like it.” Bella smiled self-deprecatingly. Then, she said, “Actually, I wanted to talk to you about

the table

her eyes. Although expressionless, her ears were red as it was not a rather shameful thing

unlike you, I don’t have many friends that I can ask around for others’ whereabouts and those messed up things,” Christian said as he tapped

red from embarrassment as she heard his disparaging comments; she was rarely pushed into this state. After she ate a piece of sashimi, her face returned to normal. One can only commend her for

is just a small company among the Thatcher Group. So I can’t waste my time and focus on everything that happens in there,”

lip anxiously. “There is a woman called Daisy Torres in the Delta Club. She drugged my grandpa to get into our family. Now that she

know about Daisy. If I’m not mistaken, she is in her twenties while your grandpa is in his seventies. And you are saying that she had drugged him?” Christian placed his hands on his knees and leaned

fallen in love with a wh*re.” Bella smiled as she gripped

still have to ask me about her?” Christian asked as he

at a loss for

we send her to the police department and let them handle this? If

know what to say, and her

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