
"Uh ... your home decor is very nice, a few years later .. This kind of decoration will become very popular.”
He was looking for another topic to ease the embarrassment, but only half said, he stopped for fear of being discovered.
Fortunately, Nicholas did not pay much attention to his words, he passed Stefanie and walked to the white sofa next to her, then sat down with his legs crossed and patted the chair next door, "Let's sit down, please, do you want to stand there while working?"
Looking back at Nicholas, Stefanie quietly took a breath to calm herself down before turning around and walking towards the sofa.
However, he did not sit next to her.
Stefanie kept a distance of one and a half meters, she felt relieved and sat down.
Amused by Stefanie's watchful attitude, Nicholas got up and sat down beside her.
“Why, afraid I'll eat you?” He sat sideways with his elbows behind the sofa and hands on his head, looking at Stefanie with a grin.
"What I'm afraid of, you ‘kan is not a cannibal." Stefanie pretended to be calm, but her gaze followed the curve of Nicholas' neck and was fixed into his collar.
As a result ... because the shape of his chest was too beautiful, Stefanie's heartbeat that had just calmed down began to beat back.
“Nicholas, can you button your shirt well?” If this continued, he was truly afraid that he would be aroused to the point of losing his consciousness!
The next three days, he still had to talk about 1.8 billion worth of business!
Leaking his head casually, Nicholas glanced at his chest, and said proudly, "Not wearing clothes is more charming, is it?"
"..." - ".You are so narcissistic!
"But if you keep acting like this will affect my prediction!"
"really?" His brows moved slightly, "Alright, I'll button them up."
Stefanie did not expect Nicholas would be so cooperating, she finally heaved a sigh of relief.
But at this moment, Nicholas suddenly opened his mouth and asked for his help, "Please button the dong, my finger is injured, so it's a bit difficult."
To prove that he was not lying, Nicholas deliberately showed the index finger of his right hand.
"..."
Frowning at the hansaplast on Nicholas' finger, Stefanie showed a helpless expression, then reluctantly turned around and reached out her hand to button up Nicholas's shirt.
There was a wind outside the window, white gauze curtains flying in the wind, like the bride's gauze skirt at the wedding. Stefanie looked nervous, her slender finger squeezing a white button that still seemed to have Nicholas' body temperature, forcing her eyes to stare at her fingertips only, then one, two, three.
Nicholas who sat at the side looked satisfied, he leaned back on the sofa and enjoyed Stefanie's timid and focused appearance.
Deep down, the desire to stop time spread like a raging fire.
This made Nicholas remember that he used to be an UNS student. When can Stefanie remember their first meeting?
“Already.” The pensive Nicholas is awakened by the relaxed voice of Stefanie who has completed her task.
Nicholas looked down and saw his tightly wrapped body.
With a helpless smile, he used his left hand to remove the top button, "This one let it go, otherwise it will look stiff."
"Good."
Glancing at Nicholas' left hand that had unbuttoned, Stefanie quietly complained, ‘Can't button with one hand, but experienced at unbuttoning with one hand!’
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Jessica and Vivian return home and tell Julio that they saw Stefanie walking into the house opposite her.
Julio showed a surprised expression with the same style as his mother and wife, he was stunned for a long time.
“Oh, Stefanie is great!” Andy found it interesting, he jumped on one leg and wanted to look out of the house.
Jessica followed anxiously to look at him, "Your ankles are seriously injured, where are you going?"
"Of course to the other side! Aren't you guys wondering why Stefanie knows the password across the house?"
"Please don't have that child!"
He said these words to Julio.
And Julio who was not 100% willing to sign the agreement, was still not out of his shock, he did not hear at all what his mother said.
While playing golf with other neighbors, he heard them telling him about a neighbor across from his house.
They say that the man named Efendi, is a cruel and powerful person in Solo.
Therefore, they suggested that Chandra's family not offend the person, if possible should avoid when meeting him in order to minimize fights.
Julio is timid, she is most afraid of making trouble, so she listens to her neighbor's advice to never take the initiative of greeting the neighbor across from her house.
Now, Stefanie went into that guy's house.
Julio is also curious like his son, if he can, he would love to knock on the door of the house opposite him with Andy now.
"I ... I hear ..." Lili finally stopped crying. He felt this was an opportunity to make amends, so he said what he knew.
"The master of the house opposite is a rich woman. He bought the house for his girlfriend. But he rarely comes here, so does the man take the rich woman's money and look for Stefanie to ..."
"Ckl!" Hearing this, Andy laughed out loud, "Lili, I strongly advise you to change majors! With your imagination, you can write a novel about infidelity!"
Lili angrily said, "How do you know that what the people are gossiping about is not true?"
"Just now that you slandered her is a mistress, is it still not enough? She's very familiar with Jenny, let alone 600 million, 6 billion Jenny's able to get her out!"
"Being able to spend is not necessarily willing to lend it, Jenny must think that Stefanie is not necessarily able to pay the money she lent."
Jessica still hasn't made any calculations with Lili, how dare she fuss with her granddaughter now. Jessica's face turned grim, then said firmly, “Lili, Andy is not yet 18 years old, why would you talk about such a thing with a teenager? You are also still a girl, do you not know keep your own self-esteem?”
"..." - ".Lili lowered her head, she looked scared, but actually her heart was very dissatisfied.
Moreover, the word "staff woman" earlier was not she who first said it.
Just correcting the mistake, Jessica sat down on the sofa, looked coldly at Lili who started wiping her tears again, then said in a disdainful tone, "You caused the Firmament company to fail to get investment funds, and then said, your family will definitely not be able to afford the compensation, so I also do not want to make things difficult for your family."
"Your family" refers to Lili and Vivian's parents' families. They both understood Jessica's words.
Vivian's face turned sour, and what she was worried about might happen.
Jessica, "Vivian, don't tell him about your sister's problems."
"Well .. I'm sorry Mom, this is all my fault, I didn't teach Lili well ..." Vivian felt sad and angry, but still pretended to be humble and continued to apologize.
“This issue is not your fault.” Jessica distinguishes very clearly, “Your son is only Andy, he is the only person you need to teach. Other people's child problems .. have nothing to do with you.”
There was not a single dirty word in her words, but Lili's heart ached like it was pierced by a needle.
Tears of humiliation and helplessness were running, Lili wanted to look strong, she held back her tears, but her efforts were as futile as when she was in the Chandra family, she said, no matter how hard she tried to flatter and please Jessica, she was still a stranger.
If this matter had happened to Andy today, then Jessica would definitely not blame him in the slightest!
"But" Jessica said again, "You can't spoil her anymore. He's 20, he's probably getting married in two years, though not two, four, or six, which he'll get married one day, it is impossible to stay in our house forever. After getting married later, what if he can not take care of the household, and only know how to enjoy life?”
Understanding what Jessica meant, Vivian glanced at the crying Lili helplessly, following her mother-in-law's intention, Vivian said what Jessica wanted to say, "From today, start today, I won't give Lili any more living expenses, so she can live independently. Room also won't be available for free, let her help Jimmy and the servant's aunt to do homework when she's out of class."
Jessica nodded in satisfaction, then lowered her head to look at Andy's ankle, but the intent of her words was on Lili, "Andy, you're badly injured, you need to rest well."
Lili fell silent, not daring to cry anymore.
Seeing Lili holding herself back with great difficulty, Vivian felt pity and took her to the bathroom upstairs.
After Lili leaves, the living room on the first floor calms down, but Julio's heart is still agitated at the thought of Stefanie .
What does Stefanie have to do with the neighbor across the street???