Chapter 246 – The Plan of Saving Nora Novel Free

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Iris was in a very good mood. The woman, who looked as lithe as a teenager, hummed a little tune as she went back and forth the dining table and the kitchen joyfully.

Seeing her in such a good mood, Mrs. Landis laughed and said, “Ma’am, your mind must be at ease now, right? You’ve already asked around and found out that Mr. Hunt’s girlfriend is from the Andersons. The other Ms. Smith only has a daughter while your god-sister has a son instead! As it turns out, the two of them just share the same name! You don’t have to worry anymore!”

Iris nodded. “Yes, it’s fine as long as they aren’t one and the same. I was so scared that I had accidentally elevated Justin’s girlfriend’s position to one that was more senior than his, which would have made it awkward for the two of them!”

Mrs. Landis laughed again. “The fish and chips are fried especially nicely tonight, so they’ll definitely taste awesome. The children are gonna love it.”

“Yeah.”

Iris smiled and said, “I wonder how old Ms. Smith’s son is, and how far apart his age is from Pete’s. I don’t know if the two of them can get along or not.”

Mrs. Landis teased her and said, “You worry too much!”

Only then did Iris suddenly realize that she was indeed worrying too much.

For so many years, many people had tried to please her. There were even some that tried to pander to her interests and spoke knowledgeably to her about orchids.

All of them were trying to ingratiate themselves with Justin.

In order to reduce unnecessary troubles for Justin, she had rejected them all. Therefore, all the rumors outside claimed that she was difficult to deal with, and had a strange temperament.

Come to think of it, Nora was actually the only friend she had made all these years. Therefore, she hadn’t stopped Mrs. Landis when she also told Justin to come over after Nora was invited over for dinner.

This was just her selfish desire, but she wanted her son to help Nora out a little if he could.

After all, it wasn’t easy for a woman to bring up a child on her own. It reminded her of herself when she was taking care of Justin back then.

Perhaps because she had suppressed her feelings for too long, it led to her wanting to give the other party all the good things she could after she made a friend.

Moreover, what Nora said the day before had made Iris suddenly realize that she indeed didn’t understand Justin.

She was Justin’s mother. In situations that wouldn’t cause him any trouble, helping her friend out was something he should do, right?

… Even though Iris didn’t know what kind of help Nora could possibly need from her.

While driving to the villa in the suburbs, Nora received another call from Justin.

After she uttered a ‘hello’, Justin asked, “Are you free tonight? I’ll take you somewhere for a meal?”

Nora, who was looking ahead of her, replied, “I’m not free.”

Justin, who seemed to have heard some kind of sound, immediately asked, “You have an appointment? Who are you meeting that has actually made you abandon me? That’s not something that someone in love with me should be doing.”

He was afraid that she was going on a date with Caleb.

Nora’s lip corners spasmed a little. She couldn’t be bothered to explain that she was visiting her newly-gained god-sister, lest the guy says something like ‘Which is more important—meeting me or your god-sister?’.

Thus, she simply said, “I’m sleepy. I’m going home to sleep.”

“… Alright then,” said Justin.

In a rare moment, Nora asked, “What about you?”

Justin let out a low chuckle and replied, “I’ll sleep with you.”

Nora: “?”

Her voice turned cold. “Talk properly!”

Justin said, “We’ll sleep together after you go back to your house and I go back to mine. Is there something wrong with this sentence? Or did you get the wrong idea?”

Nora: “!!!!”

The corners of her lips spasmed, and she said, “I’m hanging up!”

On the other end of the call, Justin couldn’t help laughing after Nora hung up so fiercely.

He was in the car at the moment. The chauffeur was driving to the suburbs.

Cherry, who was sitting beside him, asked, “Are you planning to take Mommy to Grandma’s for dinner, Daddy?”

Justin nodded. “Yes. Your Grandma has some misunderstandings about her. I think she would be able to understand what she’s like after we sit down and have a meal together, but unfortunately…”

“Mommy definitely won’t go!” Cherry said, “She wants to sleep!”

Justin: “…”

Half an hour later.

Nora arrived at the suburbs.

It was already dark, so Pete didn’t notice where they were when they entered the residential area. Besides, he rarely came over in the first place. In the day, he could still tell that this was where his grandmother lived, but because it was too dark now, he didn’t manage to make out the surroundings until the car reached the villa entrance.

It was only after Nora took him out of the car and they entered the villa that Pete finally realized something. Unfortunately, it was too late!

“Ms. Smith!” Iris welcomed her into the house excitedly. “Let’s have dinner together tonight!”

Nora nodded. Then, she pushed Pete—who was hiding behind her and trying to say something all this time but didn’t have any chance to—to Iris. She said, “This is my son, Pete.”

Then, she said to Pete, “Say hi to your god-aunt, Pete.”

Mrs. Landis, who had sent the two into the living room, hurried out the door when she heard another car at the door. When she saw Justin walking over with Cherry, she smiled and said, “You’re here, Mr. Hunt!”

Justin noticed a car in the corner. As the place was dim, he didn’t make out what kind of car it was. He asked casually, “You have guests over?”

“Yep!” Mrs. Landis explained, “It’s Ma’am’s new god-sister! It’s just nice that you’re here, so you can also meet her!”

God-sister?

Justin’s brows drew together.

Iris had been leading a reclusive life all these years. She treated outsiders harshly and was like a robot without emotions.

He could even clearly remember that one time he came over when he was a child and saw that her family, the Evanses, had come over. However, he also saw, with his own eyes, Iris driving them out of the villa.

Mrs. Landis had stood in front of the door to stop them from entering at that time. His aunt from the Evanses had knelt in front of the door with her child and cried out in tears that they mustn’t delay medical treatment for his uncle anymore. He needed immediate treatment, otherwise he would die.

But Iris hadn’t spared them even a glance.

He had bodyguards protecting him when he walked in, so his aunt couldn’t get near him. She stayed where she was and sobbed as she cursed, “You’re no different from a cold-blooded monster, Iris Hunt! You’re a venomous snake! It’s all because of you that the Evanses are in this state today! Yet, you’re actually sitting on the sidelines and doing nothing! He’s your elder brother! How can you be so cruel?”

His footsteps had paused at that time.

However, he hadn’t taken the liberty to give her any money, say anything, or comfort her—because he had already understood by then that sometimes, what one saw was not necessarily the truth.

He didn’t understand the relationship between his mother and her family at all, so how could he ask anything of his mother?

Regardless, the sight of his aunt berating Iris and calling her a venomous snake with a savage look on her face had remained in his memory.

All these years, every time he came over and saw how Iris was always so cold toward everyone, and heard from the bodyguards how all she did every day was take care of her flowers, and how she didn’t seem to have any social interaction with anyone, he had even thought that she didn’t have any friends at all.

Yet, she was actually introducing her god-sister to him now!

He understood the implicit meaning behind introducing her god-sister to him—it was nothing more than her wanting the Hunts to help her god-sister out and take care of her. Over the years, on account of various people, he had already helped out a lot of people with their businesses.

Adding one more person to the count didn’t matter.

However, he felt rather unhappy.

His mother had never worried about him or comforted him before. She had abandoned him at the Hunts’ icy-cold manor when he was only five and left him to his own devices ever since.

Yet, she was actually showing so much concern for an outsider now?

He was really curious. Just what kind of woman had managed to capture his mother’s heart?

Justin’s expression turned cold, and he entered the house.

In the living room.

Iris was staring at Pete at the moment, her beautiful eyes widened in disbelief.

Pete had also raised his little head and was looking at his grandmother.

Although the two rarely saw each other, Justin did occasionally bring him over for quick visits, so one could say that they were the most familiar strangers.

For a while, neither of them spoke.

Nora looked at Iris, and then back at Pete. Finding their silence rather strange, she frowned and prompted Pete. “Pete?”

Although Pete was mildly autistic, he had shown good manners ever since he started to live with her, and would always greet his relatives whenever he met them. This was especially so with the Andersons. He always greeted Melissa very sweetly whenever he saw her.

So, why was he suddenly not greeting his elders anymore the moment he came here?

While she was hesitating, Iris asked in a trembling voice, “M-Ms. Smith, is… is he your son?”

Nora nodded. “Yeah.”

But when she looked at Iris again, she found that the woman suddenly had an extremely complex look on her face. She stared at Nora for a while.

In the midst of Nora’s confusion, Pete’s small and weak voice entered her ears.

“Hello, Grandma.”

Nora: “??”

Her head whipped to the side abruptly to see Pete with a resigned look on his face as if he didn’t have anything to live for anymore. He said, “Mommy, she… she’s my grandmother.”

Seemingly because he saw that Nora didn’t seem like she understood what he was saying, he added, “You know, my father’s mommy.”

Nora: “…”

Iris: “…”

Pete held his forehead. He knew that the two of them were utterly shocked at the moment, so he said to Iris, “Grandma, can you keep this a secret from Daddy for now?”

Practically right after he spoke, someone suddenly opened the living room door. Mrs. Landis’ voice traveled over.

“Come on in, Mr. Hunt!”

When Mrs. Landis was bringing Nora and Pete into the house, as she had been preoccupied leading the way, she hadn’t managed to see Pete’s face clearly. Right after that, she had gone out in a hurry again. Thus, she looked at Cherry, pointed at Pete from the back, and said, “Your god-grandaunt has brought her little boy here. You guys can play with each other later!”

As soon as she said that, Iris stood up straight and looked at the door.

Nora and Pete also turned around instinctively. For a time, the family of four stood facing one another.

“…”

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