Chapter 212 Sweet Lady?

Since none answered the door when the bell rang all Joanna thought was that he was sleeping.

And that's why she couldn't mask her shock when she entered the sitting room and met him sitting with his attention focused on the laptop in front of him.

Amos raised his gaze and looked at the lady standing before him. He tried his best not to show how flustered he was.

"Why are you just standing there?" He asked without sitting up properly. "Have you forgotten that you are not a guest in my home?" He added when she didn't move an inch.

Realising that she was acting strangely, she composed herself and worked closer to the centre table.

Apart from his bare upper body another thing that caught Joanna's attention was the pile of documents laid on the centre table.

[Didn't he spend the night with her so why is he working so early in the morning]

As Joanna stood there in a daze she wasn't aware that Amos was also looking at her.

[Why is she all dressed up? Is she going somewhere?... Perhaps she is here to inform me she is going out but with whom?]

He lowered his gaze in a flash seeing her about to raise her head.

"Why didn't you answer the door when I rang the bell?" Joanna asked. She moved away from where she stood and circled the couch at the right until she was standing behind the couch he sat on.

"Were you planning to ignore me outside the entire day?... Did I do something wrong?" Joanna said her voice a little inaudible when saying her last sentence.

Amos didn't want to tell her that he was trying to dress up and look nice to her, which is why he was unable to answer the door.

Amos picked up one of the files lying in his right hand and began skimming through the five pages documents.

"And why are you all dressed up so early? Are you planning to go out on a date, is that why you woke up so early despite not having classes today?" Amos asked.

He regretted asking the questions the minute he finished saying them.

Not only did he sound like a jealous husband but he was indirectly telling her that he knew all of her schedules.

How stupid of him to do that.

He clenched his fist as he waited to hear her response.

[What does he think of me?... That I am like him who forgot about our bond at the arrival of a new girl]

Joanna gritted her teeth but she didn't move away from his back.

"Shouldn't I be the one asking you that?" Joanna asked with her clasped fist behind her back. "Shouldn't you still be fast asleep after what happened between the two of you?" Joanna asked in almost a whisper.

Was it not for the fact that Amos had a heightened sense of hearing he wouldn't have heard a single word she said even though she was standing behind him?

"Do I have a reason why I should still be in bed right now? Also, what do you mean by what happened between me and her?" Amos asked. His eyebrows squinted as he tilted his head sideways so that he got a glimpse of her left hand.

[Wouldn't I sound like a complete loser if I confront him about what Amelia told me? As Drey said, I have no right to question him about what he does with any other woman. I am not his girlfriend or his wife]

Joanna was in a bid as she stood there. She was unaware that Amos was awaiting her response.

"Is there something you know that I don't?" Amos added. To know why she was so quiet after arousing his curiosity he turned his head a bit more until his neck hurts.

"Whatever," Joanna replied, not giving him the reply he wanted.

She strolled to the right and made herself comfortable on the grey couch.

"Since you won't say it, I won't pry further," He said as he returned his attention to the laptop in front of him.

As she stood there glancing at the grey-coloured back of his laptop, there was awkwardness all around them.

They were sitting so close but the distance between them was like that of heaven and Earth.

The two of them were uncomfortable with the silence but none of them was willing to be the one to speak first.

They had so much to talk about in the past. In fact, they could spend the whole day with each other and would not get bored so what happened to them?

Why can't they say or act out what was on their mind?

"Amelia, what do you think about her? Do you like her?" Joanna mustered up the courage to confront her fears.

Her heart momentarily stopped beating when the keypad stopped clicking.

Joanna's grip on the grey couch tightened seeing him lift his head to look at her.

"Amelia is a nice girl," Amos started, his eyeballs locked in hers.

"She doesn't only come from a reputable family but she has one of the best temperaments that is hard to find in ladies nowadays. She is a sweet lady…,"

"Sweet lady?" Joanna repeated as she emphasized the words. Despite being so angry she forced on a smile to fool him.

She didn't know that he had long seen through her.

"Yeah, why? Don't you agree?" Amos asked innocently.

"Does that mean you like her?" Joanna blurted only to regret why she ever asked such a question.

What if his answer turned out to be positive? What would he have her do?

She was already boiling in rage even though he hadn't confirmed he was in love with Amelia.

Won't she pull down the entire building if he said yes?

"Why?" Amos replied with another question. "Do you wish I was in love with her?" He added.

Although his expression looked so calm, only the one who was standing close to him would have seen that the part of the table he was holding onto had started cracking.

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