Chapter 830: Chapter 830: Overbearing CEO Falls for the Delicate Wife (30)_1
But today, she was so distracted by the phone number on the shopping voucher that she forgot to order vegetables online.
Late-night snacks were the only thing that could make her feel Howard was so close to her.
Madeleine took a deep breath, gathered her thoughts, and hailed a taxi on the roadside, heading straight to the farrs market near Howard’s apartnt.
When Madeleine was hailing the taxi, Howard also flagged one down and then asked his driver to follow Madeleine’s car.
In the streets of Ciawell, traffic was heavy and the cars couldn’t move quickly, so Howard didn’t lose sight of Madeleine along the way.
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Howard could tell that they were heading towards his apartnt. He thought Madeleine was going ho, but unexpectedly, the car stopped at the entrance of the farrs market.
Howard waited until Madeleine had entered the market before he paid the fare and got out of the car.
This was the first ti Howard had ever set foot in a farrs market. It seed a bit dirty and chaotic inside. Just to the left upon entering, there was a seafood vendor, exuding a strong fishy sll that hit him full in the face.
Imdiately, Howard spotted Madeleine squatting in front of a large tank, choosing fish.
He had loved eating fish ever since he was young, whether stead, braised, or grilled… No matter the flavor, he loved them all.
Watching Madeleine pick out fish, he suddenly rembered how she had prepared fish in the hospital kitchen while he was hospitalized with an injury.
Then, Howard belatedly realized that every night for the past several days, there had been a fish dish in his late-night snacks, prepared in a different style every day…
Howard felt as though soone was clutching his heart, causing an indescribable aching.
After buying the fish, Madeleine picked so vegetables and then walked back to Howard’s apartnt.
Howard followed Madeleine to the entrance of the apartnt complex and stopped. Through the gate, he saw Madeleine walk to his apartnt building, punch in the code, enter, and then slowly turn around and lean against the fence. He reached into his pocket, pulled out a cigarette, lit it, and began to smoke.
It happened to be rush hour at that mont, and the road in front was congested beyond belief.
Howard stared at the constant stream of various branded cars, smoking one cigarette after another.
As he lit the last cigarette from his pack, his mobile phone in his pocket suddenly rang.
Howard, cigarette dangling from his lips, took out his phone and saw there were twelve unread texts. He stared at the phone screen for quite a while as if anticipating sothing. Then he took the cigarette from his mouth, unlocked his phone, and as he had guessed, all twelve unread texts were from Anita Madris.
The previous texts were just like the ones from the night before, without any substantial content. But the last one made Howard’s mind go slightly blank: “Howard, you don’t respond to my texts. Is it really that you don’t care about anymore, or are you avoiding the feelings deep in your heart?”
The feelings deep in the heart…
Howard’s brow wrinkled tightly, and after a long while, he raised his hand and pressed it against his left chest.
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Howard stood outside the apartnt complex until ten o’clock that night, going to the small supermarket across the street twice to buy two packs of cigarettes, finishing them all before he entered the complex.
Howard took the elevator to his apartnt door, stood outside for a mont, slowly exhaled, and tried to make himself look as usual as possible, then reached out his hand and entered the code.
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