Filed To Story: The Plan of Saving Nora Novel Free
“That’s normal, too.” Nora said, “He must already have his guard up since the first time I tricked him. This shows that his brain is at least functioning normally.”
Brenda and Morris: “…”
“But,” Nora’s lips curled upward slightly as she said, “It’s worth all the effort if it scares him.”
Brenda stepped forward and put her arm around her shoulders. “Nora, when I first saw you, I thought you were a cold and well-behaved girl. From how it looks like now, though, it seems that there are also times where I misjudge!”
Which part of her was well-behaved? She was clearly mean and arrogant!
She was merely wearing sheep’s clothing that made people think she was well-behaved, that’s all! It was all her almond-shaped eyes’ fault!
Nora yawned and ignored her. Instead, she looked at Morris. “Let’s go to the hotel and have a look?”
Morris nodded. “My thoughts exactly.”
The two of them walked toward their respective cars. Brenda went after Nora and got into her car. “I wanna go too- After all, being in the company of a handsome guy like Captain Ford is a very enjoyable experience!”
They had only met a few times, but Nora had already become immune to whatever she said. She ignored her completely and started the car.
The car quickly arrived at the Grand Hotel Venice.
Grand Hotel Venice was one of the few rare six-star hotels in New York. Those who stayed here were all either rich or noble. Some foreign businessmen also stayed there.
The hotel lobby was luxuriously decorated. The leather sofas in the lounge area were of very good quality.
After the three of them arrived, Brenda went to handle check-in procedures for a room. She said along the way, “The best way to monitor him is to infiltrate the enemy’s ranks! I shall stay here for the next few days!”
Then, she looked at Morris and raised her eyebrows. “Captain Ford, will I be reimbursed for the expenses?”
Morris: “…”
He said hesitantly, “It’s very dangerous for a woman to stay here by herself. How about…”
“That’s… not quite a good idea, is it?” Brenda suddenly said shyly, “Is Captain Ford thinking of staying here with me? But that would make us a couple staying together…”
The corners of Morris’ lips spasmed. He couldn’t help but keep feeling like Captain Brenda was a little unreliable. He said, “You’ve misunderstood, Captain Brenda. What I mean is, I’ll be the one staying here instead.”
Brenda looked at him. Her beautiful eyes blinked, and then she smiled and said, “You’re thinking of enjoying life here on the pretext of working, aren’t you? I won’t be fooled! You have two choices-either we stay here together, or I stay here by myself~”
“… You can stay here, then.”
Nora did not consider staying in the hotel at all. She merely took out her cell phone-sure enough, the person without a phone number had sent her another text message: ‘Thinking of tricking me? No way! Heh heh.’
Nora replied: “I wasn’t tricking you. I’m in the hotel lobby right now. Do you dare to come down here?”
After sending the message, she provoked him again:
“Oh, I forgot. You are just someone unfit to be seen in public, so how would you possibly dare to come and meet me, right?”
In a room upstairs.
“Shit!” The man was infuriated. He walked straight to the door and said to his subordinates in bad English, “She’s provoking me! But I have to go down because I am not a coward! I’m going to catch her, bring her up here, and make her kneel down and beg me for mercy!!”
When the men heard him, they panicked and stopped him. “Sir, you can’t-“
But before he could finish, the man pushed him aside. “Step aside and let me out! I’m not going to let that little fatty look down on me today!”
The men weren’t as strong as him, so he broke free easily. He walked toward the elevator hall outside.
At the sight, the men looked at one another and suddenly said, “It seems like we can only rely on the old method again.”
Nora waited for a while after she sent the message.
The other party’s thoughts were very pure like a child’s. Although he had a high IQ, provocation might still work on him. Unexpectedly, though, not only did he not come down, but he did not even reply to the message. In the midst of her hesitation, a familiar figure suddenly walked out of the hotel’s elevator hall.
Nora was a little taken aback to see him.
It seemed like the other party had also spotted her. His eyes lit up and he walked over. While walking over, he held a handkerchief over his mouth and coughed a few times.
Seemingly having coughed up something, he glanced at the handkerchief. Then, he folded it and placed it in his pocket. He walked over with a gentle smile and said, “I wasn’t expecting to see you here, Ms. Smith.”
Nora was taken aback. “Mr. Gray?”
The person in front of her was none other than Anthony Gray’s uncle, Caleb Gray!
Nora narrowed her eyes and looked around. She asked, “What are you doing here?”
Caleb coughed again and said, “I have a client here… I’m here to discuss a business deal with him about herb purchase. Cough, cough, cough… It’s been a long while since I last saw you, Ms. Smith, but you are still as radiant as ever. What are you doing here, though?” Before Nora could speak, Brenda suddenly rushed in between the two of them. After looking left and right, she patted Nora on the shoulder and said, “Hey, how sneaky of you, Nora!”
But before she could finish, Nora said, “This is my ex-fiance’s uncle.”
The rest of Brenda’s words were pushed back down her throat.
Caleb coughed another couple of times and smiled. His rich and mellow voice was very pleasant. “That makes me sad, Ms. Smith. Aren’t we friends?”
He thought that she was being too distant while introducing him just now. Nora thought for a moment. The two of them had talked quite a few times by now, so she nodded and replied, “I guess we are.”
Caleb sighed and shook his head dotingly. “You sound a little too much like you’re forcing yourself to say that.”
Nora smiled. Suddenly, she said, “If this was a text, my response would probably be a series of ellipses right now.”
Caleb held his forehead and said, “Am I rendering you so speechless that you don’t want to talk to me anymore, Ms. Smith?”
Nora stared into his eyes. When she saw that he looked normal and comfortable when he said that, she smiled and replied, “Not at all.”
Caleb seemed like he wanted to talk to her a little more, but after checking the time, he said, “I wanted to invite you for a meal to thank you for your help with my pharmaceutical company’s registration the other time, but I have a business meeting later, so… next time?”
Nora stepped aside. “Let’s do that next time.”
Caleb walked past her. The man was wearing a black suit. He was already 29 years old after all, so he looked exceptionally mature and gentle. Nora was staring at him from behind when Brenda stretched out her hand and waved in front of her. “Stop staring at him, he’s already gone! With such a handsome and gentle guy like him, why did you choose a stick-in-the-mud like Justin? He isn’t romantic at all.”
Nora retracted her gaze and looked at Morris.
Morris nodded. He held his hand over his earphone and spoke into it in a low voice. Two minutes later, he said, “He is indeed here for a business meeting. The other party is a medicinal herb merchant from overseas. He also has another business meeting later.”
Nora breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that.
She had suspected Caleb of being the mysterious person just now.
However, Caleb spoke very elegantly and his words were all very appropriate. He differed too much from the mysterious person who didn’t know much English.
Moreover, she had deliberately brought up the topic of ellipses to sound him out just now.
Caleb also understood the meaning of ellipses.
Therefore, it should be okay to rule him out… right? While thinking about it, she lowered her head and looked at her cell phone again-the other party still hadn’t replied to her message yet.
The three of them waited for a few hours in the hotel lobby.
Seeing that there still weren’t any clues-in fact, the other party wasn’t even sending messages to Nora anymore-Nora stood up and said, “The two of you can continue standing guard here. I’m going back first.”