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Chapter 142
Across the sofa sat a classy and elegant lady, none other than Egbert’s mom, Mrs. Reed.
Mrs. Reed heaved a sigh, expressing her predicament, “Rosa, Egbert is just too…”
Rosalind shook her head, holding Mrs. Reed’s hand gently, “I know this situation is driving you nuts,
Egbert is your son, your only son: Obviously, you hate to see his marriage hanging in the air like this,
Josephine. I get it.”
Mrs. Reed gave a bitter smile, shaking her head with disappointment, “If only that girl was still here,
that would be great…”
Rosalind cast her eyes down, her downcast face showing the pallor of post-illness.
She closed her eyes, “Whether anyone else believes it or not, I believe my daughter is still alive.”
Flossie, over there, opened her mouth at this point, “Ma’am, actually…”
Rosalind turned to her.
Flossie had her words on the tip of her tongue, but remembering her husband’s previous instructions,
she shook her head and quickly changed her mind, “Never mind.”
Then, Rosalind turned back to Mrs. Reed, “This so-called engagement, in fact, it’s just a casual remark
from the elders. Since Egbert has told me himself that he has someone he likes, as an elder, I should
bless him naturally. I’ll make the decision to call off the engagement.”
Mrs. Reed said, “Rosa…”
Rosalind shook her head, “Don’t say anymore, Josephine. We’ve held him back for too long. I should
have agreed to it months ago, but I was ill and bedridden. Now that I’m out of the hospital, I
immediately called you over. Josephine, let’s just leave it at that. These two kids, in this lifetime, there’s
no chance…”
Mrs. Reed closed her lips tightly.
Rosalind then asked with a smile, “Have you met Egbert’s crush?”
Mrs. Reed was stunned for a moment, gave a bitter smile and shook her head, “I’ve been doing
business abroad and hardly see my husband and son even once a year. If you hadn’t called me over
today, I wouldn’t have known that he has someone he likes. Rosa/how did Egbert tell you?”
Rosalind thought for a moment, “He didn’t give much details. He just mentioned that he met her at
work, a véry interesting girl, and he wants to get to know her better.”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtAt this point, Flossie suddenly spoke, “Was it during the filming of Traveller 5+1?”
Both Rosalind and Mrs. Reed turned to her.
Mrs. Reed asked, “Flossie, do you know anything about that?”
Flossie immediately shook her head, “I don’t know.”
But she was certain it was during that time.
Because that was when Egbert first met Eileen.
Thinking about it, Flossie couldn’t help but feel how unpredictable life was.
Actually, the Reed family had been wanting to call off the engagement for years.
Their desire to do so was perfectly understandable.
After all, as Egbert’s parents, they couldn’t just let their son wait for a lifetime for a woman they had
never met, just because of a casual remark from the elders.
Over the years, the Lopez family has also been discussing whether to call off the engagement.
The men of the Lopez family were a bit cocky, seemingly thinking that agreeing to call off the
engagement would be tantamount to conceding that their little sister couldn’t be found.
So they stubbornly refused to agree.
But this was quite unfair to the Reed family.
Especially unfair to Egbert.
Flossie, as a daughter-in-law of the Lopez family, had a more objective viewpoint on this matter.
She had always felt that Egbert was innocent.
He didn’t even have the right to choose and was suddenly asked to be tied to a person whose
appearance was unclear and whether she was still alive
was not even certain.
The Reed family and the Lopez family had a close relationship, and Egbert had not proposed to cancel
the engagement all these years, simply out of consideration for their long-standing friendship, not
wanting to upset them.
Before, he must have truly fallen in love with Eileen to call Rosalind and propose to cancel the
engagement.
However, unfortunately.
Rosalind was seriously ill at the time and was hospitalized, with no chance to respond to him.
Now that Rosalind was discharged from the hospital, she immediately invited Mrs. Reed over to settle
this matter.
Flossie didn’t know what to say.
Thinking that after today, Egbert and her sister’s engagement would be completely called off, she didn’t
know whether to congratulate Egbert or sympathize with him.
Poor Egbert, he’s really unlucky.
Mrs. Reed didn’t stay long and left.
After some hesitation, Flossie finally spoke, “Ma’am, actually… Ma’am, what’s wrong with you!”
Before Flossie could finish her words, she saw Rosalind suddenly clutch her chest.
She collapsed on the sofa, her face twisted in pain.
Flossie knew that she was having a sudden attack and quickly called the family doctor.
After emergency treatment by the family doctor, Rosalind finally came around and was sent to her room
to rest.
Flossie looked at her mother-in-law who was drowsy on the bed and bit her lip, not daring to say
anything more.
Her mother-in-law’s current health condition really couldn’t withstand any drastic emotional fluctuations.
The matter about her little sister, she would have to wait until her health was more stable to talk about
it.
The next day, after breakfast, Eileen Lopez ran to the room across.
She first knocked on Galen’s door, then Egbert’s door.
When Egbert came to open the door, he was on the phone. Seeing her, he didn’t say anything.
But he walked into the room, saying to the other end of the phone, “Mm, I’ve eaten.”
Eileen didn’t follow him in, she just stood at the door waiting for him.
In a while, she was going to take Galen to visit the TV station, since Galen said he wanted to see her
teach dance. She just took this opportunity to ask Egbert if he wanted to go with them.
Eileen is such a smooth operator! If Egbert tags along, she could probably coax him into treating them
to lunch.
“Ms. Rosalind?” Egbert furrowed his brows as he listened to his mother on the other end of the phone
line.
He subconsciously glanced at Eileen outside his door before saying to his mother, “Let’s talk about this
later.”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm“Let’s talk about it now.” Mrs. Reed sounded quite pleased over the phone, “Ms. Rosalind has already
agreed. From now on, your engagement with the Lopez family’s daughter is officially off the table. How
do you feel about that, son? Are you happy?”
Egbert was momentarily silent, thinking he must have heard wrong.
He asked again, “What?”
Mrs. Reed chuckled, “Isn’t this the surprise you wanted? Didn’t you ask Ms. Rosalind for this? She’s
been discharged from the hospital today and she reached out to me and told me about this. It’s good
news. You’re free now. You and the Lopez family’s daughter have no ties anymore. Congratulations,
Egbert.”
After hanging up, Egbert looked quite troubled and spacey.
He remembered Eileen was still outside, so he stepped out.
He saw Eileen was no longer outside his room. She was at the door of Galen’s room next door,
munching on the granola Galen had set aside for later.
“Stop eating!”
Galen grabbed his bag of granola back.
Seeing Egbert, he casually asked, “Are you coming with us to the TV station?”
Egbert held his mouth tight, giving Eileen a deep look.
But Eileen didn’t look back at him. She was still licking her lips, eyes riveted on the bag of granola in
Galen’s hand.
Egbert took a deep breath and finally replied softly, “Sure.”
And so, the three of them set off together.
In the elevator.
ཡ ༅ ཡ་ ཇ ཇ 。 ཡ ཨང་
Galen, holding his water bottle, saw Egbert’s gloomy face and asked, “What’s up? Didn’t sleep well last
night?”
Egbert didn’t reply and just rubbed his temples, looking towards Eileen.
Seeing this, Galen suddenly berated Eileen, “Did you annoy him again? Can’t you stop picking on
Egbert?”
Eileen was stunned.
She gaped, looking incredulously at Galen and then at Egbert, before protesting loudly, “How did I pick
on him? Why do you always blame me? Look at him! He looks like he’s been dumped and doesn’t want
to live anymore! How is that my fault? I haven’t even spoken a word to him today, ok?!”
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