Chapter 472: 470 Keep male virtues, or I’ll break your legs!
Lipstick stain?
If it can get on clothes, it must be from a very close distance.
Brought back to the apartnt?
Overnight?
Otherwise, what could a single man and woman do in an apartnt?
Cressida Jones slowly retracted the hand pushing the door, turned around and left. Tim Payne was completely stunned, looking incredulously at his uncle: “What are you talking about?”
“Did she set you up again?” Martin Yates frowned.
“No, I…”
“Don’t look so wronged, I can’t possibly wrongfully accuse you!”
“I really didn’t!”
“When you were single before, you could flirt with anyone you wanted.” Martin Yates scoffed, “But now, since you’ve chosen to be with that girl, you need to uphold moral integrity and not ss around. Otherwise, even if you are my nephew, I will have to act righteously against you.”
“Break your leg!”
Tim Payne knew his uncle too well; he wouldn’t accuse him without a reason. But he really couldn’t recall when he got a lipstick stain on his clothes.
“You have a good mory, you must rember roughly when it happened.”
“Before the year ended, when I moved out of the apartnt to give you space.”
“…”
Tim Payne suddenly realized, looking helplessly at his uncle, “If I told you the person was Cressida Jones, would you believe ?”
“Nonsense, how long ago was that? Were you two that familiar then? Do you not understand her personality? She is sensible and conducts herself properly, how could she casually bring you, a wild man, ho?”
Tim Payne looked utterly desperate.
Wild man?
“I am your biological nephew, you don’t believe !”
“If I’m not mistaken, she got engaged after I moved to the courtyard house. That ans she had a fiancé back then, and she went back to your apartnt, and got lipstick on you?”
Martin Yates’s brain was working rapidly, “Although she had no feelings for her scumbag ex, she was still soone else’s fiancé.”
“What did you bring her to the apartnt for? Were you planning to take her from him and beco her other man?”
Tim Payne wished for a snowstorm to prove his innocence.
He was more wronged than Dou E.
The key is, he drank that night, and he can’t clearly rember the details.
In short,
his uncle had majorly misunderstood him.
And very stubbornly, completely won’t listen to his explanation.
As if he was an amoral love rogue.
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About half an hour later, Cressida Jones returned with her grandmother. Martin Yates chatted with the elderly for a while before preparing to leave.
“Why don’t you leave with Uncle Yates? I’ll stay tonight to keep watch.” Cressida Jones smiled at Tim Payne, but her expression and tone made him feel sothing was off.
He didn’t stay long, and after he left, grandma sensitively sensed sothing unusual and asked concernedly, “What’s wrong between you and Tim?”
“We are fine.”
“I watched you grow up, do you still want to hide from ?”
“Really nothing, just worried about your surgery.”
She didn’t want to say more, and grandma didn’t press further.
Cressida Jones knew in her heart, since she chose to be with him, she shouldn’t dwell on past matters. But just thinking about him once bringing a woman ho, and previously saying his first kiss with her was his actual first, never dated anyone…
Contradictory, always made her feel uncomfortable.
**
The following days, she stayed by her grandmother’s side. The day before the surgery, Peter Lewis called her to the office to sign the surgery risk notice.
Even an appendix removal could be life-threatening.
Any surgery carries risk.
This made Cressida Jones anxious, staying with her grandmother, unable to sleep all night.
The surgery was scheduled for the afternoon, grandma was pushed into the operating room around one o’clock. Cressida Jones was restless outside, Tim Payne accompanied her the whole ti, while Payne Family mbers were worried about pressuring her, planned to visit after the successful surgery, but they did inquire about the surgery progress.
When Peter Lewis ca out, it was already past five in the afternoon.
“Don’t worry, the surgery went smoothly, currently in the anesthesia recovery room, she’ll be out once she wakes up.”
“Thank you.” Cressida Jones finally relaxed her nerves after days of tension.
“She is old, the surgery was on her leg, she’ll be immobile for a while. It is recomnded to hire a long-term caregiver; if needed, I can help recomnd one or suggest staying at a rehabilitation center for so ti, which is more convenient.”
“Thank you so much.”
Cressida Jones was imnsely grateful.
When grandma left the operating room, she was already awake, all vital signs stable, seeing her granddaughter with red eyes, full of heartache, “I’m fine now, why are you still crying?”
“Not crying, just haven’t rested well recently.”
“Then go ho and sleep tonight.”
Cressida Jones held her hand, shaking her head, “I’d rather stay with you.”
The Payne Family mbers ca to the hospital the day after the surgery, bringing expensive supplents. With them were William Hale and Michale Shaw, originally Zoe Payne wanted to co too, but she was vomiting badly, unfit for a car ride.
“You’ve lost a lot of weight recently.” Julia Yates scrutinized Cressida Jones.
Knowing she was filial, she felt heartache as well.
“Already hired a caregiver, don’t worry about here, go ho, take a good shower, and sleep well before coming back.” Grandma persuaded for a long while before Cressida Jones agreed to go ho that night.
“Tim, before you take her ho, bring her to eat sothing good.” Mario Payne instructed.
“Have a good sleep, no need to worry about the hospital, I’ll keep watch tonight.” Julia Yates smiled.
Cressida Jones felt touched.
After all, when she was with Beckett Jeans and grandma was hospitalized, the Jeans Family just sent soone over, brought flowers and supplents, Mrs. Jeans ca briefly and left hurriedly as well.
Comparing the two, the Payne Family naturally stood out.
“I happen to be going ho too.” Michale Shaw cheerfully joined them, taking the opportunity to crash their dinner.
“Do eat more.” Tim Payne helped Cressida Jones with so dishes.
“Thank you.”
Tim Payne felt Cressida Jones had been acting strange lately, but couldn’t pinpoint why. He thought it was about worrying for grandma’s surgery, but now with the surgery successful, thinking deeper, it seed not the case.
Given their short ti together, he felt her becoming a bit distant toward him lately.
Michale Shaw didn’t notice the strangeness between the two at all because he received information that the young master from that family was also at this hotel today, so he intended to ‘casually et’ him.
Having soone look into his dining room, he then excused himself to the bathroom.
He only knew the young master was usually low-key and rarely showed up, but didn’t expect him to act so high-profile, hearing he just brought a female companion to dine, yet booked an entire floor.
When he arrived by elevator, he was blocked by a bodyguard.
“Sorry, the whole floor isn’t open for business today.” The bodyguard’s voice was all business, emotionless.
“Can you tell your young master that eting by chance is destiny, I’d like to invite him for a drink.”
The bodyguard relayed Michale Shaw’s words through his walkie-talkie.
Soon, he received a reply.
“Sorry, our young master said, even if there’s destiny, it’s a dood destiny.”
Michale Shaw was dumbfounded, “I just want to discuss a business deal.”
“But our young master asked, what zodiac are you?” The bodyguard was still holding the walkie-talkie.
Michale Shaw was stunned, zodiac?
What kind of operation is this?
“I’m a pig.”
After a while, the bodyguard said, “Our young master said he had his fortune told, your zodiac clashes with his, eight characters don’t align.”
Michale Shaw was about to explode.
So superstitious?
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