“Were you there that day when Mr. Road’s mother came that day?” Tiffany asked. “She kept asking questions about Jewel Fenton. Maybe she disagrees with how Mr. Road handled the situation, too.”
“Exactly. Just get rid of her quickly. I don’t mind losing to you. After all, you’re prettier and more capable than me, but it will be so embarrassing for me if I lose to Jewel, who can’t even string a coherent sentence herself!” Mary exclaimed. Tiffany sighed helplessly. “Well, what can we do since Mr. Road likes her?”
While they were happily chatting away, she pushed the bathroom door open and met Jewel’s sharp eyes. Immediately, she froze on the spot, and her mind went blank as she stopped in her tracks awkwardly.
Mary went on with her criticisms, utterly unaware that the topic of their discussion was standing right outside, saying, “Yeah. She’s neither gentile nor pretty, and she isn’t even ladylike. Furthermore, she’s a mute…”
She walked out while talking and caught sight of Tiffany’s expression. She quickly sensed. something amiss, so she followed Tiffany’s gaze and shut her mouth with her snap when she saw Jewel’s face.
Mary’s heart sank to the bottom of her stomach at the sight. Oh, no! she thought. There was nothing more frightening than being caught red-handed when talking behind others’ backs.
Jewel stared at them with piercing eyes as she struggled to force out a sentence from her throat. “I can talk. Whatever it is, it has nothing to do with you.”
Both of them didn’t dare to reply as they lowered their heads and wanted to leave by slipping past her, but she wouldn’t allow them to leave just like that. She took a step to the side, stopped them without a word, and merely glared at them with her sharp eyes.
Her cold gaze was like a dagger drenched in poison that was slowly approaching them and Mary was so scared that she could feel her legs wobbling. Why is her gaze so frightening? Mary thought in fright. She didn’t dare to look at Jewel as she stuttered, ‘I-I’m sorry.”
Jewel looked away from Mary and focused on Tiffany, who hurriedly apologized, “I’m sorry.” After that, Jewel reminded them composedly. “Stop criticizing others. It’s despicable!”
“Okay,” Tiffany mumbled, grabbed Mary’s hand, and fled. “My god, she’s so terrifying,” she whispered, scurrying away.
“She is, Mary agreed. “She’s always appearing. out of nowhere like this that I sometimes wonder if she’s a ghost. Otherwise, why doesn’t she make a noise when she walks? Scary!” Tiffany hurriedly threw a look behind them. “Shh! Lower your voice, or she will hear you!”
Then, the two women returned to the secretary department in a hurry. Meanwhile, Jewel washed her hands and had just stepped out of the bathroom when her cell phone in her pocket started ringing.
When she checked the caller ID, she saw that it was an unknown number ending with 6666. Due to the fact that she couldn’t speak, she would usually send text messages instead of making calls.
Nonetheless, she decided to pick up this call after considering it. It seemed unlikely that this person had called the wrong number using such an interesting number, right? she thought. Moreover, I’m not a mute! After she accepted the call, she tried her best to speak normally. “Hello?”
On the other end of the line, a middle-aged woman said, “You’re Jewel Fenton, aren’t you?”
“Yes, and may I know who’s this?” Jewel asked. I’m Alex’s mother,” the woman responded. “I know you can’t really talk, so just listen. I’m in Seven Degrees Cafe, which is located near your office, and I have some things to tell you. So free up some time and come over. I’ll be waiting here for you.”
The situation dawned on Jewel, and she answered, “Okay.” “Don’t inform Alex about this and just come here alone, Stefanie Mayer said and hung up straight away.
A puzzled Jewel wondered, Why is Alex’s mother looking for me? And she even wants me to keep this from him. Regardless, she didn’t have the time to ponder over the question.
