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“I’m waiting for you at the entrance of your studio.” Julian’s voice was calm.
Maya was stunned for a moment before she remembered Julian promising Analise in the morning that they would go home together at night.
Julian was cooperating with her, but she forgot all about it. She didn’t even gather her stuff before she grabbed her laptop and ran outside. “Coming.”
Julian was sitting in the car when he saw Maya walking out on her high heels, her laptop in hand. Her long hair was tied up in a low bun, and a strand of hair near her temple hung messily over her ear. She looked completely different from the always-exquisite Mrs. Graham she used to be.
Seeing that Maya was getting into the car, Julian subconsciously picked up the folder he had placed at the side.
“Thank you,” Maya said politely, “Have you been here for long?”
An awkward look flashed across Julian’s eyes as he quickly looked away. “I just arrived.”
It was only then that Maya felt less anxious. She rarely spent time alone with Julian like this, so she felt somewhat awkward. She decisively placed her laptop on her lap and continued working on her drafts.
Julian glanced at it to find that it was a clothing design. A clothing design, huh? “Why the sudden interest in fashion design?”
Maya’s heart skipped a beat. She almost forgot she had asked Luna to hide her identity under the alias Alana.
She didn’t know if Julian could understand the drafts, either.
She closed her laptop quietly. “I studied fashion design in the past, and now that I’m in the field, I picked it up again.”
Julian looked at her intently. “Are you close to Alana?”
Maya feared that she would slip up if she said too much, so she replied with one word, “Yes.”
She didn’t have the intention to continue the conversation, and Julian didn’t know what to say for a moment. He wasn’t very familiar with fashion design.
In the past, they would either meet on the bed or on the way to bed. When Maya didn’t continue the conversation, the vibe turned a little awkward.
Fortunately, Cameron, who was in the front seat, turned around in time to ease the awkwardness. “Mr. Graham, we have the weekly company assembly at 8.00AM tomorrow. Then, you’ll patrol the company from 9.30AM to 12.00PM, and at noon… At noon…”
“Speak.” When Julian saw Cameron suddenly hesitating, he frowned and urged the latter to continue.
“M-Miss Palmer invited you to lunch.” With that, Cameron couldn’t help but observe Maya’s reaction through the rearview mirror.
Cameron shouldn’t have said anything.
“Decline all the meal appointments for the next few days,” Julian answered nonchalantly, but his gaze drifted over to Maya. He also wanted to see her reaction.
Maya was expressionless, as if Julian had an appointment with a random stranger.
Julian’s relatively gentle expression instantly turned cold.
Cameron knew that Julian was upset, and for a moment, he wanted to cry. I seem to have said something wrong.
However, the two were too awkward around each other. One of them stayed mum about going to the studio entrance early on, whereas the other said nothing when she heard that Julian had a meal appointment with another woman. He felt like an unnecessary mouthpiece.
Ah! I’m so done!
When the two arrived home, Analise was already bustling about in the kitchen.
Maya washed her hands and entered the kitchen. “Let me do it, Grandma.”
Analise wanted to decline, but when she saw Julian taking off his coat and entering as well, she instantly smiled. “Sure, of course! You two probably like more seasoned food, so go ahead.”
Maya had just taken a seat next to Analise when a piece of fish appeared on her plate. She looked up and saw that it was from none other than Julian.
She returned the favor with a sweet smile, but she was complaining in her heart.
I don’t like fish!
Is this man getting revenge on me for getting in the way between his lunch appointment with Selena?
Furious, Maya grabbed a large spicy chicken wing and placed them on Julian’s plate. Then, she said innocently and caringly, “Darling, you like chicken wings, don’t you? Eat as much as you like!”
Maya was a proper Chilgalesian, so she was adept at eating spicy food.
The spicy chicken wings weren’t just spicy, but they were also filled with numbing spices.
It didn’t matter if one could pick all the spices out; they were hidden under the skin, so they were impossible to detect.
Julian couldn’t handle spicy food.
He took a bite, then his expression instantly froze. He looked up at Maya.
Maya blinked. “Is it not delicious?”
Julian didn’t make a sound. He silently finished the food she placed on his plate, then put more fish on hers. He gave her a slightly challenging look as he said, “Eat as much as you like.”
Maya fell silent.
“Don’t you like it?” Julian mimicked her tone. “Darling?”
Maya gritted her teeth so strongly that her teeth almost smashed into pieces. She put on a fake smile and said, “Hah, no, I do like it.”
She lowered her head and ate the fish. For a moment, she didn’t know if the fish was worse, or the fact that he called her ‘darling’.
She felt something heavy in her throat.
After dinner, Maya hastily ran off. The meal was giving her goosebumps.
There weren’t any video conferences scheduled for that day, but after dinner, Analise dragged Julian to the kitchen to tell him funny stories about Maya’s childhood.
When it was over, it was almost 11.00PM.
Maya coaxed Analise to go to bed. When she emerged from Analise’s room, she noticed that Julian hadn’t left. He was standing in the small living room, holding the toy drum with red linings that Analise had brought from the countryside. With a slight movement of his fingers, dull sounds came from the toy drum. Thump! Thump!
Perhaps fearing it would wake Analise, he put it down after the two thumps. Then, he picked up the small shoes next to it.
To be honest, they were about to be divorced, so Maya was more or less a single woman right now. However, now that there were so many children’s things in the house, it would create certain misunderstandings.
Would Julian think that Maya was getting a divorce while pregnant?
One was too busy while the other was too sleepy yesterday, so none of them had time for that. On that night, the two were extremely sober, so Maya feared that Julian might get the wrong idea. She cleared her throat and stepped forward. “Um… Don’t get the wrong idea. Grandma brought these from the countryside. I’m not pregnant.”
Julian looked up at her, then put down the shoes in his hands. “Okay.”
He didn’t respond much, so she didn’t want to force the conversation along. It might look too suspicious. Hence, she stiffly changed the subject. “Are you going home tonight?”
With that, she felt a little guilty; she felt as if she were a horrible ingrate.
It was as if she were chasing him out after taking advantage of him. So, she hastily added, “I’m not chasing you away; I just worry that you’d think that this place is too small, so it’s not – “
