Chapter 26: Andrews Villa, meet me. We need to talk.
Lena had always spoken sharply.
Victoria’s eyelashes drooped and it would be a lie to say she wasn’t disappointed.
Daniel was old and had little business talent to begin with, so making the right decisions was even harder as he aged.
Lena glanced at her face and knew she was upset, so she changed the subject, “What did you mean when you just said he pays you on time? You took over Nick’s business?”
“Uh, yeah, he let me design the Serene Haven Estates house.”
Lena’s eyes widened momentarily and she couldn’t help but give a thumbs up, “Tori, you really have a big heart. Designing a future bridal home for your own husband’s ex-girlfriend? Nope, nope, nope, possibly even his second marriage!”
Victoria was amused and confessed, “So what if I told you that Nick doesn’t even know I’m his wife now?”
The expression on Lena’s face had been magical. The corners of her mouth twitched hard a few times before she finally made a gesture of admiration.
“I’m being superficial, so it turns out you’re being deliberately anonymous so that Nick will feel uncomfortable in the future if he finds out who designed the house, that’s a pretty good move.”
A wry smile spread across Victoria’s face, much of the depression she had just felt dissipated.
She wouldn’t discuss what happened that night, it would probably become the secret which only Victoria and Nick knew.
Later that day, the doctor arrived to pick up the needle for the infusion, and Lena discharged Victoria.
Lena still couldn’t help but ask as the two of them sat in the car, “So how soon can you probably get a divorce? And honestly when you meet a man like Nick, you can hold on to him as long as you can. Looking at his face every day would make you feel like you’ve earned it.”
Good looks were just one of his most insignificant virtues aside from his top-notch business skills on Wall Street and his family estate.
“Forget it, I didn’t think anything could happen with Nick.”
Lena pressed harder on the gas, shaking her head helplessly and angrily, “And you’re the only one who could stand it. IF it were any other woman, they would have pounced on him a long time ago! You don’t know how many ladies in Veridian City cried their eyes out when Nick married you three years ago. ”
If Victoria hadn’t kept a low profile and basically stayed out of the limelight, she would have been a target for the past three years.
Victoria smiled, seemingly unconcerned by her words.
Nick was a client who she was about to serve, nothing more.
She had to go back now to get the house plans for Serene Haven Estates and start constructing the design style in her head.
This was a rare opportunity. And to be completely in Nick’s circle, this design had to be perfect.
She was going to put in her 100 percent.
Lena dropped her off at her apartment and went back to her exhortations.
“It’s good that Nick doesn’t know who you are so you don’t get in trouble afterward. Tori, as unattainable as Nick is, he’s still a man and you need to protect yourself.”
Lena left a flying kiss and headed off.
Victoria stood still, thinking as she shook her head and laughed.
When she got back to her apartment, she remembered that she hadn’t got the time to ask for Nick’s contact information.
It was possible to ask his family for it, but if they knew that after three years of marriage, she didn’t even have her husband’s contact information, they might talk about it behind her back.
Thinking about it, she planned to text Gabriel. But she was still editing the text message content when she got a friend alert on her phone.
–Nick.All rights © NôvelDrama.Org.
Victoria gave a lurch in her hand, feeling a little incredulous that Nick had taken the initiative to add her.
But she immediately remembered that the photo had her contact information on it.
Victoria sat up straight in a hurry and tapped the send button on her phone.
[Mr. Andrews, thank you for taking me to the hospital.]
Nick didn’t reply and Victoria didn’t expect a response. She just sent the message out of politeness as she began to look through various pieces of art in an attempt to get a hint of inspiration.
Victoria had two cell phones. One for work, which was full of clients, and the other was for family and friends.
Nick messaged on that job number.
Victoria was just about to get up when she also received a text message on her private cell phone.
[Tomorrow morning, Andrews’ Villa, I have something to talk about.]