Chapter 1368 Deep Memories
After Sally ended her call with Juan, the cheerful tone she had while chatting with him vanished without a trace as her expression turned dim. The mesmerizing dark eyes she had were as deep as the ocean. Nobody could tell what she was actually thinking.
“Are you sure you want to do this?” someone asked.
“If I don’t do this by myself, no one will. I have no other choice left.” Sally looked as determined as ever.
With a worried expression, Catherine stared at Sally and felt sorry for her. It was never a smart move to take advantage of someone’s feelings. She wondered what would happen between her and the Seet family in the future.
Could Sally even be able to get out of it without being hurt?
It was ten o’clock in the morning. Sally’s phone rang again. It was a call from Juan.
“Are you coming over by yourself, or do you want me to pick you up?” His voice could be heard over the phone.
After a while, she replied, “Anything’s fine.”
“I’ll go pick you up, then. If you come over by yourself, my parents and siblings will definitely nag at me when they know about this.”
“Sure. I’ll wait.”
Juan then asked her for her address.
After he received her location, he quickly got ready to pick her up. Before he left, Nicole kept instructing him to treat Sally kindly and how polite he should act when meeting her. She warned him to not be too flashy and over the top as he would normally be.
As he looked at the nagging Nicole, Juan furrowed his brows and complained, “This is how I normally act, Mommy. I don’t think I’m that bad. You make me feel like I’m a despicable person after hearing what you say. Don’t worry. I know what I have to do.”
She held out her hand and helped straighten his collar. “All right. I’ll stop worrying since you know how to behave yourself. Go and pick her up. I’ll let the people in the kitchen prepare lunch.”
“Okay. I’ll be leaving then.”
Juan quickly got into his car and left Imperial Garden, heading straight right to the address Sally sent him.
The place that he arrived at was a run-down apartment building. He never knew she would live in a place such as this. The building looked old as if it was ready to crumble down at any second.
Suddenly, a surge of memory he had long locked deep inside came rushing out. When he was young, Nicole used to bring him to stay in a run-down apartment building that looked exactly like this so they could run away from Evan and Sylvia.
During that time, although the room they used to stay in was worn out, he still enjoyed the days he spent with Nina, Maya, and his mother there.
Now that he came back to a place like this, it felt like it would be hard for him to adapt to this place again since he was already used to living in luxury.
He buried his old memories back deep inside again and quickly gave Sally a phone call.
“I’m here. Come on down.”
“Sure. I’ll be there in a minute.”
Juan waited. It was already one hour later when he finally saw Sally walking out wearing high heels.
The anger he felt inside his body was barely contained. He really wanted to scream loudly in her face just so he could vent out his frustration.
Stupid woman, how could you call me early in the morning and disrupt my sleep. Now that I am here to pick her up, she’s making me wait for an hour before coming down. Shouldn’t she be ready earlier? Who does she think she is? I bet she’s doing this on purpose.
Quickly, Sally rushed to him. She was wearing a light-colored short dress that fitted her perfectly. The outfit made her look refined. Although she wasn’t wearing too many accessories, she still looked classy and elegant.
Juan’s big, round eyes were staring at her. Her outfit sure doesn’t match where she is staying at the moment.
Meanwhile, Sally’s pretty eyes glanced back at him. Her lightly powdered face looked quite apologetic as she smiled faintly.
“I deeply apologize for making you wait so long, Mr. Juan.”
The audacity that this person has. I know very well that you did this on purpose!
He took a deep breath, trying to contain his anger as he turned to look at his watch. “It’s not that long. I only waited for one hour.”
Juan knew very well that this was not the correct time to offend Sally. If she decided to get back on him when they were back at Imperial Garden, then his effort would be wasted.
He didn’t want to be humiliated in front of his siblings. His parents would also be disappointed too.
Relax, Juan. You can do this.
