“Is it about your engagement?”
“That’s right! I couldn’t reach you on your cell phone when I got engaged last time. After that, I heard that you were in huge trouble and had been placed under protection, so I hadn’t had the chance to talk to you about my fiancé. Now I can finally share it with you.” Annie was already bursting with impatience to tell Angela about it.
“His name is Richard. Lloyd. As for what he does for a living, I don’t know that yet, but he’s a really. handsome and outstanding person. Her eyes were starry. She had only met Richard on the night of their engagement, but she had been unable to forget his face since then.
Angela’s heart clenched. She suddenly wondered if she should tell Annie that Richard and his team members were the ones in charge of protecting her this time.
If she kept this from Annie, she wouldn’t be able to explain the matter when the latter learned about it someday. “Richard Lloyd, huh? I met him before.. He’s the one assigned to protect me during this mission,” she said while pretending to sound relaxed.
Annie’s eyes widened at once. She looked at Angela in disbelief, saying, “Really? Angela, is Richard the one who protected you this time? How many times have you met him?
What do you think of him? Hurry and tell me about it! I’m dying to know everything about him.” Rubbing her hands together, she couldn’t wait to listen to Angela’s story.
Angela was lost for words for a moment. Seems like Annie assumes that Richard and I didn’t meet often. But who would know that we’d lived together day and night for two months? “1” She sat down.
However, as soon as she uttered the first syllable, Annie held her hand and asked again, “How is he? Is he easy to get along with? Is he a serious man? He knows that we’re cousins, right? Did he take good care of you?”
Angela’s heart suddenly clenched. Seeing the curious look in Annie’s eyes, she found herself at a loss for words for a moment.
Just then, Annie’s cell phone rang; she picked it up and looked at its screen. “It’s Grandpa. He’s probably calling me to urge us to go out for dinner,” she said before stepping aside to answer the phone. “Hey, Grandpa! We’re coming.” she said. Then, she hung up and said to
Angela, “Angela, go put on a coat. It’s time for us to go out for dinner. Everybody wants to see you.”
Angela nodded before standing up to get her coat. However, after entering the closet, she leaned against the wall wearily and let out a sigh. In the end, she grabbed an overcoat and went out with Annie.
Daphne and Gilbert had been waiting for her. When she came out, Daphne came over and looked at her. She said in surprise, “Why are you dressed so simply? You’re not wearing makeup, nor are you wearing earrings or a necklace.””
Angela shook her head with a smile. “It’s okay, Mom. We’re just going for dinner with our family.”
Daphne had no choice but to drop the matter. Just then, the female helper who had gone to collect the laundry came over and said, “Miss Angela, this fell out of your clothes.” She was holding a pink raw crystal in her hand.
Angela’s heart twinged. As she took the crystal, Annie leaned over curiously to look at it, asking, “What is this, Angela? Is this a crystal?”
“Yeah. I got it in the mountains.” Angela put the crystal into her handbag.
“It looks quite beautiful. Do you want to make the crystal into a pendant or a bracelet?” Daphne asked with a smile.
“1-1 haven’t made up my mind yet.” Angela recalled how she had told Richard that she wanted to have the crystal made into two pendants so that they’d each. have one. Right now, however, she didn’t want to make the crystal into anything. I’ll just take it as a memento.
