Filed To Story: Finding the Secret Daddy for My Baby Novel
Just then, Annie said with a look of envy. “Angela, I’m so envious of you for being able to see him. If only I were quarantined along with you at the time. That way, I’d be able to see him as well.”
Angela’s heart stopped. She also wished she could travel back to the day of Annie’s engagement. If only I knew that he was Annie’s fiancé. That way, what happened after that wouldn’t have happened.
She knew that she was the origin of all the tragedies between them. “Don’t be envious of me. That place is sealed off, so you won’t get used to living there.”
“Then how did you manage to get through?”
“1-1 killed time by reading.” Angela pursed her lips, not daring to look Annie in the eye.
“As long as I’m able to see him, I’ll be happy no matter how bored I feel. It’s too bad that I didn’t know he was the one protecting you at the time. Had I known. it earlier, I’d have gone with you no matter what,” Annie said with a look of regret.
Angela let out a sigh in secret. What sort of cruel fate is it that bound Richard and me together?!
They arrived at the restaurant. When Joshua saw that his eldest granddaughter had returned safely, his face broke into a cheerful smile. “You’re back at last, Angela.”
“I’m back, Grandpa.” Angela said while walking up to him.
“Glad that you’re back. At last, we can put our mind at rest.”
Angela then greeted her uncle and aunt. “Hi, Uncle Matthew and Aunt Jennifer.”
“Hey, Angela! You’re really getting more and more beautiful. You weren’t there during the engagement dinner last time. Come to think of it, it’s been two years since we last met.”
Angela felt embarrassed upon seeing them. Just then, Gilbert asked, “Dad, are the Lloyds coming as well?”
Angela turned to look at Joshua with a panic-stricken expression. What? Are the Lloyds coming as well?
Joshua shook his head. “Phillip said his grandson had yet to come back. We’ll meet again next time.”
When Angela heard him say so, her heart was back in its place. She really didn’t want to run into Richard on such an occasion. She didn’t know at all how to face him.
In a luxurious private room, everyone was talking about what had happened to Angela this time. Daphne also had a car accident because of this incident. If she hadn’t been lucky enough to have narrowly escaped death, the consequences would’ve been unthinkable.
As Angela looked at Daphne, she realized that nothing made her happier than being able to reunite with her family. Even though she had to end a brief relationship, the warmth of her family filled the void in her heart.
“Jennifer, has the date of Annie’s wedding been finalized? When will it take place? Tell me so that I can prepare a wedding gift for her,” Daphne asked with a smile.
Jennifer Mailon, Annie’s mother, was a university lecturer. She and her husband Matthew followed a career in teaching and were now focusing their minds on Annie’s wedding, which they cared a lot about. She replied with a smile, “They’ve gotten engaged, but we need the Lloyd Family to decide the date of the wedding. Richard is very busy, after all.”
Angela lowered her head while sipping a cup of tea that she was holding. It was apparent from the way Jennifer had referred to Richard that she was treating him as her son-in-law.
Seeing that her family had started to talk about her wedding, Annie couldn’t help but blush shyly. Richard’s tall figure appeared in her mind. How I wish he were present!
Joshua let out a chuckle. “I’ll talk to Phillip in the next few days to have the wedding held sooner.”
Angela took a drink from her tea and choked on it by accident in a moment of absentmindedness. She quickly covered her mouth and coughed a few times under the table. When Daphne saw this, she quickly stretched out her hand and patted her on the back.
“How did you choke on tea?” she complained.
“Mom, I’m going to the washroom,” Angela said before standing up and leaving the dining table. She walked very quickly, leaving the private room as if she were fleeing from it. She had no intention of going to the washroom; she just wanted to go outside for a breath of fresh air.
Just then, she was drawn to the sound of the piano in the hall. Involuntarily, she came all the way into the hall from the private room, only to see someone performing a piano piece at the scene. After standing there for a while, she noticed that the young lady on stage seemed to be leaving, upon which an idea came to her mind. I have nothing to do, anyway. She went over and asked the manager if she could play the piano.
The manager quickly nodded and replied with a smile, “Yes, of course. Feel free to play it, miss.”
Angela walked up to the piano and sat down. With her slender fingers, she seemed to be born to play the piano. A moving string of musical notes sounded in the restaurant, causing many diners to turn their eyes toward the piano in amazement. When they saw a different lady sitting at the piano, they were attracted to her good looks. She was dressed in white while wearing her hair down. What captivated them the most was her delicate features. She looked graceful and refreshing, like the warm sunshine in this freezing winter.
Getting carried away for a moment, she closed her eyes slightly. However, her fingers danced fluidly across the keyboard, bringing the most melodious music to people’s ears.
A middle-aged female diner got so entranced by the music that she couldn’t help but praise, “Her skills are close to that of a grandmaster, right?”
“Uh-huh. I wonder which family she’s from. Not only is she beautiful, but she’s so skilled at playing the piano.”
A man was striding into the hall through the entrance with sturdy and slender legs. Dressed in a black trench coat, he projected a commanding presence. He walked in long strides, as if he were coming for dinner in a hurry. However, as soon as he entered the restaurant, he was drawn to the sound of the piano. playing smoothly.
When he looked up in the piano’s direction, his dark and deep pupils shrank; he couldn’t believe that the young lady playing the piano on stage was none other than Angela.
At this moment, Angela was closing her eyes while lowering them slightly. Her face, which was even more gorgeous than flowers, looked pure and pretty under the spotlight like that of an otherworldly spirit.
The man standing in the hall probably never thought he would meet the person he wanted to see the most in the restaurant. Richard couldn’t move an inch.
In an instant, his eyes betrayed a hint of tenderness; even his lips curled into a smile. He stared at the lady on stage just like that, whereas she lost herself in the music without realizing that there was an important figure among her audience.
Noticing that Angela’s piano piece seemed to be coming to a stop. Richard finally came to his senses. He quickly stepped behind a pillar that happened to conceal his figure. The diner at the table next to the pillar looked at him in bewilderment, but his gaze was directed. toward the piano.
Placing her hands on the piano, Angela was in a trance for a moment. Just then, a waiter came over with a glass of red wine. He said to her, “Miss, a customer has ordered a glass of red wine for you.”
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