Chapter 636 Chat
Chapter 636 Chat
"I was the one that called Annabelle here!" At that time, Renee An came out from the kitchen and she
was carrying a tray of food that she prepared meticulously.
Ralphy turned his head back and looked at Renee An.
"Brother Alistair happens to be outstation and Annabelle must be bored at home. Being the brother, are
you not welcoming Annabelle?" Renee An asked smilingly.
Ralphy stared at Annabelle and averted his gaze unnaturally, "No!"
At that time, Renee An walked towards Ralphy and said smilingly, "You guys should sit down and chat
for a bit, I will be done soon!" After saying that, she walked into the kitchen again.
Renee An was a meek woman. She had that characteristics and fantasy of one. And all of her longings
and expectations were rested on Ralphy.
Annabelle looked at them and smiled. She could see that Renee An was very dependent on Ralphy.
"Brother, you married a good woman!" Annabelle said smilingly.
When Ralphy heard Annabelle, he came back to his senses. The brother looked at her and smiled
bitterly without saying anything.
At that time, Teneria came down from upstairs. The moment he saw Annabelle, he said, "Annabelle,
you are here?"
"Dad!"
Ralphy came down and looked at Annabelle, "Why are you alone?"
The same question, asked three times…
Annabelle smiled, "He went outstation in Singapore!"
Ralphy nodded, "If that's the case, you can finally spend some time to accompany your father!"
"Sure!"
The family laughed.
At that time, Renee An called out from the kitchen, "Dinner is ready!"
Auntie Li was helping her. When the family heard Renee An, they walked to the dining table.
"Annabelle, if it isn't good enough, please don't laugh at me!"
When Annabelle walked over and saw the gourmet on the table, she was surprised, "Sis, you made all
these?"
Renee An nodded.
Auntie Li chuckled from the side, "Yeah, I was simply assisting her. I was surprised to find the young
lady's cooking skills to be so good!"
"Brother is a lucky man. Marrying such a fine woman, and she can even cook so well!" Annabelle said
smilingly.
"Annabelle, you are you teasing me!"
"I am being honest!"
Renee An smiled. At that time, the family got seated.
Teneria sat at the master's seat. When he saw the dishes, he said, "Annabelle is completely right.
Ralphy is truly lucky to be able to marry you. Our family is blessed to have you as well!"
Renee An sat beside Ralphy. When she heard Teneria's words of praise, she smiled shyly. Renee An
glanced over at Ralphy but the man simply sat there and remained quiet.
When Annabelle saw how joyous her family was, she smiled. She recalled something all of a sudden
and took up her phone to snap a picture of the dishes. After that, she uploaded it to her Blog and
entitled it: A wonderful family feast, some unlucky man missed it!
Right after she uploaded it, in mere seconds, before Annabelle lowered her phone, she heard a
notification from her phone. Annabelle tapped on it.
She saw Alistair commenting on her status, "A lonely dinner without company!"
When Annabelle saw his reply, she giggled.
After that, there was another reply to her status. Annabelle tapped on it and saw that it was from Jerry
Kuang. The man commented, "President Mu is having a lonely night, Miss Xia, be careful!"
Annabelle replied, "President Kuang, hurry and go over to keep him company!"
Right after she said that, there were more new notifications.
One of them was from Sean, "How envious, sharing your love with everyone when being miles apart!"
Thomas Mo's reply was the worst, "President Mu, I just received your picture of that sexy chick, why
are you eating dinner alone?"
Annabelle replied with a shocked emoticon.
After that, Alistair replied, "People that bear false witness are most despicable, I believe my wife would
be able to discern that!"
After that, the four most esteemed young men from A city started to insult each other in Blog.
Previously, Annabelle didn't follow them and she hadn't seen their Blog. After this time, she added them
as well.
And so, she joined in their fun.
Annabelle was eating and she knew Thomas Mo was only kidding. Despite the distance, she felt that
Alistair was just right beside her.
At that time, Renee An looked at her and asked, "What's up, Annabelle? Why are you laughing so
happily?"
When Annabelle heard Renee An, she smiled, "Oh, it's nothing!" After that, she kept her phone in her
pocket.
"Are you chatting with brother Alistair? I heard the notification tones from Blog!" Renee An chuckled.
Annabelle smiled and did not deny.
At that time, Annabelle's phone rang. When she saw that it was Alistair calling, she was stunned.
"Is that from brother Alistair?"
Annabelle smiled and answered the call.
"Where are you?"
"At home!"
"The Xia house?"
"Yeah!"
Alistair was stunned for a while. After that, he said, "After the dinner, get Coby to send you home!"
"Okay!" Annabelle did not disagree.
"Continue with your dinner then, I'll hang up first!"
"Okay!"
After a simple conversation, they ended the call.
Renee An looked at her and asked, "What's wrong? Was brother Alistair worried about you?"
Annabelle smiled, "No!"
"He definitely is!" Renee An said.
"All right, let's eat!" At that time, Ralphy interrupted them.
Annabelle and Renee An was stunned but Renee An treated as if nothing happened. She looked at
Annabelle and smiled, then started eating.
When Teneria and Waynie saw Ralphy's expression, they exchanged a look. Teneria spoke as well,
"Let's eat!"
After hearing that, Annabelle and Renee An started to eat.
"Wow! This tasted great! Sis, your cooking skill is awesome!" Annabelle said.
Renee An smiled, "I heard from brother Alistair that you can cook well too!"
"Nowhere close to you!"
"Let's cook together next time!"
"Sure!"
When the family saw how close Renee An and Annabelle was, they were happy. Teneria and Waynie All content © N/.ôvel/Dr/ama.Org.
was pleased.
However, Ralphy…
They looked at him and he simply kept his head down all the time, eating mechanically and didn't say
anything.
After the dinner, Annabelle wanted to leave.
"Annabelle, it's so late already, why not you stay for the night?" Renee An suggested.
Annabelle chuckled, "I still have something to do tonight!"
"All right then!"
At that time, Ralphy spoke, "I'll send you home!"
When Annabelle heard that, she was stunned, "There's no need, someone is coming to pick me up!"
Annabelle said.
"It's already so late now. We don't know how long you would need to wait for him, let me send you!"
Ralphy said determinedly.
"Yeah, just let your brother send you and we can be more restful!" Renee An said.
Annabelle looked at Renee An. When she saw how determined they were, she compromised.
"All right then!"
She looked at Ralphy and Waynie, "Dad, mom, I shall go home now!"
"Alistair isn't at home, why not you just stay here for the night?" Waynie asked.
"Mum, I still have something to do at home. Let me accompany you some other day!"
"All right, drive safe!"
"Yeah!"
And so, Ralphy took his keys and went out with Annabelle.
Ralphy was driving and didn't speak at all. Annabelle sat beside him and felt that the atmosphere was
tensed. After pondering, she decided to break the awkward silence.
"Brother, what were you thinking?"
When Ralphy heard Annabelle, he came back to his senses, "Nothing!"
"I heard that the project between Xia Group and An Group is commencing soon." Annabelle said.
"Yeah!" Ralphy answered. The man seemed to be cold and disinterested. He had never acted like that
in the past.
"I can tell that Renee's father loves her very much!"
"Yeah!"
"Renee is a good woman. Bro, you must appreciate her!" Annabelle said.
This time round, Ralphy did not answer her. Annabelle looked at him and felt that the atmosphere was
worse off than earlier.
Since the man decided to keep quiet, she decided to keep her lips sealed as well.
When they got to the apartment, Ralphy continued to remain quiet. Annabelle opened the car door and
said, "All right, I shall head up first. Drive safe, bro!" After saying that, she wanted to get down.
"Annabelle…"
At that time, Ralphy called out suddenly.
Annabelle's gesture of getting down the car stopped. She turned her head back and looked at Ralphy,
"Is anything the matter?"
Ralphy sat there and contemplated for a moment. After that, he said, "Sorry!"
When Annabelle heard that, her heart tightened.
"Can we talk?" As he asked that, his deep, dark gaze was shining like an obsidian and his eyes lit up.
As Annabelle looked at him, she knew she could didn't reject him and she nodded.
When Ralphy looked at Annabelle, he was a little absent minded. He couldn't recall the last time they
spent time alone together. Even if he was trying to drive as slowly as possible, they would reach her
apartment in no time.
They sat in the car as the warm streetlight shone on the empty street.
Their car was the only one with lights on.
Ralphy sat there and contemplated for a moment. After a long while, he asked, "Do you think that I am
a useless man?" Ralphy asked suddenly.
Annabelle was stunned as she turned his head over to look at him, "Why do you think like that?"
"From Belle to Renee, I could do nothing except accepting my fate!" Ralphy said lifelessly and
hopelessly. As the streetlights shone on his gorgeous face, the warm color could not bring away his
bleak loneliness.
That was the first time after the long while, Ralphy talked about Belle.