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.

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

a napkin and said, “I heard that something happened to Victoria at around midnight. Were you so busy with her problems that you are now

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

she smiled. “Is there anything other than Victoria’s

sneered. “Do you also need to know how many meals I ate, what I ate, and how

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.

propped himself on the table

the incident involving my grandpa, right?” Bella lowered her eyes. Although expressionless, her ears were red as it was not

can ask around for others’ whereabouts and those messed up

After she ate a piece of sashimi, her face returned to normal. One can only commend her for her excellent control over her emotions. She swallowed her food and said, “Did you really not hear

company among the Thatcher Group. So I can’t waste my time

lip anxiously. “There is a woman called Daisy Torres in the Delta Club. She drugged my grandpa to

Daisy. If I’m not mistaken, she is in her twenties while your grandpa is in his seventies. And you

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

do you still have to ask me about her?” Christian

was at a loss for

he said, “Since she is an employee of the Delta Club and had done such an illegal thing, why don’t we send her to the police department and let them handle this? If it is true that she had drugged your grandpa, I won’t take her side and let her spend

to say, and her expression morphed into

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