Free Web NovelChapter 64: Chapter 64: A Couple Orders a Couple’s Set Meal
"He was home just a moment ago. He just left!"
Georgia Thorne grunted in reply. ’As long as Elliot Sheridan isn’t here, it’s fine.’
"Georgia, are you busy tonight? Let’s go out for dinner! I found a newly opened restaurant, and the food is supposed to be pretty good!" Selena Sheridan gushed excitedly over the phone.
It had great online reviews, but it was a bit pricey. A regular meal for a table cost around a thousand yuan.
Selena Sheridan came from a wealthy family and never cared about the cost. As long as she liked the place and the food was to her taste, that was all that mattered.
"Selena, I really don’t think I have time today. Tonight, I have to..."
Georgia had been about to say that she planned on asking Zane Lennox out that night to apologize.
"Georgia, just think of it as doing me a favor!"
"What favor?"
Georgia Thorne was taken aback, unsure of what she meant.
Selena Sheridan explained, "Georgia, I know that you and Jean are uncle and niece!"
"You have no idea, I haven’t even seen Jean since he got back. He’s busy with the company all day, so busy he doesn’t even have time to call me. You’re his niece. If Jean knows you’re coming, he’ll definitely have dinner with me!"
Georgia Thorne’s mind went blank, a single sentence echoing in her ears: ’I know that you and Jean are uncle and niece!’
She couldn’t process anything else Selena said.
After Selena Sheridan called her name several times over the phone, Georgia finally asked, "How did you know he and I are uncle and niece?"
"Jean told me, of course!" Selena Sheridan replied as if it were obvious. "You never told me! To be honest, when Jean said his sister was Hayley Sullivan, it gave me a huge shock!"
"I mean, how could someone as awful as Hayley Sullivan have such a perfect brother? Hayley Sullivan must have done something incredibly good in a past life!"
In Selena Sheridan’s eyes, Justin Sullivan was perfect in every way, aside from his coldness toward her.
But he would occasionally show his concern, and that gave her enough courage to continue pursuing him.
Georgia Thorne’s headache intensified. It might have been from lack of sleep, or it might have been because of Justin Sullivan.
"Did... he tell you anything else?" Georgia Thorne asked cautiously.
’Had Justin Sullivan told Selena about their past?’
"What else would there be?" Selena retorted. "Anyway, you have to come to the restaurant tonight. Seven o’clock. Don’t be late!"
"Selena..."
"Georgia, just take pity on me! Have you ever heard of a couple not seeing each other for a whole week? It’s not like we’re in a long-distance relationship!"
"...Okay!"
’She’d already laid it on so thick. It would be heartless to say no now.’
Ever since she started this job, there hadn’t been a single day where Georgia Thorne didn’t feel like the workday dragged on for an eternity.
Except for today. It felt like she blinked, and suddenly, it was time to leave.
She slung her bag over her shoulder and rushed out of the company building.
Autumn had set in, so the sky was already quite dark when she left work.
By the time Georgia Thorne arrived at the restaurant Selena had mentioned, it was exactly 6:45 PM.
She was very punctual and hated making people wait, so she almost always arrived fifteen minutes early.
The new restaurant had an artistic name: Iris Tolliver.
Georgia walked to the front desk. "Excuse me, is there a reservation under the name Selena Sheridan?"
"One moment, let me check."
The receptionist glanced down at the computer, then said apologetically, "No, there isn’t."
"What about Justin Sullivan?"
"Yes, we do. In private room 217. Please take the elevator to your left. Once you’re upstairs, walk straight for a few steps, and you’ll see it."
"Thank you!"
It was on the second floor. The elevator chimed as it stopped.
She stepped out, looked around, and stopped in front of the third door.
She knocked. When she heard a "Come in" from inside, Georgia’s heart sank.
Georgia Thorne had many little habits, and Justin Sullivan knew every single one of them.
She hated being late, so she would often arrive fifteen minutes early. And so, whenever they met, he always made a point to arrive even earlier than she did.
By the same token, he never wanted to make Georgia wait for him.
Georgia pushed open the door and saw Justin Sullivan sitting alone inside the private room.
He had just recently started at the Sullivan Group, and in his suit, he seemed like a completely different person from the man who used to wear a T-shirt and carry a drawing board.
Moreover, the warm smile was gone from his face, replaced by a cold indifference. ƒгeewebnovёl.com
’Perhaps all successful businessmen liked to put on a stern, serious facade.’
"Selena isn’t here yet?"
"You know how she is. She likes to be late."
"She still hasn’t changed that habit?" Georgia Thorne asked with a dry laugh.
’I should have called Selena before coming in and waited to arrive with her. Then we wouldn’t be alone together right now.’
This private room seemed designed for couples, with flames dancing atop purple candles.
And most importantly, the table was only set for two.
A waitress, assuming the whole party had arrived and was ready to order, entered with a menu.
"We just opened, so we’re running a promotion right now. Couples who order our Couple’s Special get fifty percent off!"
At the waitress’s mention of "couples," Georgia, who had just taken a sip of water, nearly did a spit-take.
The water went down the wrong pipe, and she choked, grabbing a tissue and coughing repeatedly.
Her fair face flushed red. She stared wide-eyed at the waitress and explained, "You’re mistaken. We’re not a couple." freeweɓnovēl.coɱ
A flicker of surprise crossed the waitress’s face, followed by an apology. "Oh, I’m so sorry! It’s just that you two look so good together, I naturally assumed you were a couple!"
Georgia, "..."
’This waitress had a silver tongue, able to talk her way out of anything.’
She zealously described the restaurant’s various delicacies, all the while continuing to praise what a perfect match they were.
In the past, if someone had said she and Justin Sullivan made a good couple, she probably would have been smiling from ear to ear. But now, the waitress’s words just made her feel flustered.
As the waitress went on, becoming more and more outrageous, Georgia finally cut her off with a cold voice, "Excuse me. He’s my uncle. His girlfriend hasn’t arrived yet."
The waitress grew even more flustered. ’Did I really get it that wrong?’ she thought.
Her gaze shifted to Justin Sullivan, who was looking down at the menu. "Bring us your house specials," he said. "And add a Couple’s Special to the order."
"Oh, and please add another place setting."
The waitress quickly agreed, then collected the menu and left.
After the waitress left, the atmosphere immediately reverted to its previous awkwardness.
"I’m going to give Selena a call. How is she not here yet?" Georgia glanced down at her phone. It was already ten minutes past seven.
"She’s probably on her way. I’d guess she’s already in the restaurant by now."
"That’s true." Georgia put her phone back on the table.
But without Selena there, they had absolutely nothing to talk about.
Georgia nervously drank her water while Justin Sullivan watched her intently.
After not seeing her for several years, Georgia Thorne was even more beautiful than before.
At twenty-one, Georgia Thorne was in the prime of her life, exuding a vibrant, youthful femininity.
Her aura was completely different from what it had been when he left years ago.
She’d grown taller, become more sensible, more beautiful. She could support herself now.
Justin Sullivan still preferred the Georgia of the past. Even if she hadn’t possessed the refined beauty she had now, he missed the old Georgia.
Because in the past, Georgia had depended on him.
What Justin Sullivan didn’t know was that it was precisely because Georgia had depended on him so much in the past that she had been so utterly dejected in the time that followed.
