My Wealthy Husband novel Chapter 24

"There's something happened to my family. It's not suitable for Emillie to come back these days. I'll pick her up in a few days. That's it."

Dennis hung up the phone after finishing his words. Nova knitted her brows and decided not to tell Emillie about this.

Today was Johnny's birthday. Nova stopped thinking all this annoying thing and took a beautifully packed box out of the drawer and smiled.

Johnny was a person who enjoyed life very much. The dining place for them was a famous theme restaurant in Y City. The environment here was elegant and simple. Two of them looked like a happy couple in such an atmosphere.

“The fifteenth!”

Johnny said with a resigned smile after he opened the gift box, “This is the fifteenth watch of the same brand you gave me in the past 15 years. You really are the master of perfunctory.”

Nova sipped at the orange juice, said with her brows raised, “This is customized by the company so that I don't need to bother to choose a gift.”

Johnny had nothing to say about the gift. He put down the box and asked smilingly, “Where is your new boyfriend? Doesn’t he feel jealous when you go out alone with me?”

Nova darted him a glance and said, “Do you want to have dinner, or have troubles?”

Johnny shrugged his shoulders and raised his hand, “Okay, I will keep my mouth shut. Waiter! Dish up!”

"Alfred, let's sit over there."

There was a gentle voice behind her. Nova looked up and saw Alfred standing not far away from her. Her fingers which were cutting the food were stopped. Then she lowered her head and gently poked the dishes on the plate, trying to keep calm.

Alfred's eyes went grave when he saw Nova and Johnny. When the woman beside him noticed her expression, she asked with a gentle smile, "Do you know that girl?"

Alfred shook his head slowly, “No.”

When Nova came out of the bathroom later, she threw herself into a man. Without looking up, she leaned slightly out of the way. The man in front of her did the same. She felt strange and frowned. The man sighed and called her name in a low voice.

“Nova.”

Nova got her body stiff after hearing the voice. Her fingers were gathered up tight nervously. And she even felt her breathing stopped for a moment.

She could see Alfred's slender legs. His tall and handsome posture showed the charm of a mature man, but made her feel unfamiliar.

He habitually stretched out his hand to touch her hair, but Nova stepped back vigilantly. His hand stopped in the air, and finally gently retracted.

He sighed, “You’ve grew up.”

She looked at him coldly, flickered her mouth and finally said, “Do I know you?”

Alfred narrowed his eyes and began to smile.

“You still like to bear a grudge.”

Nova was suddenly a little tired of that everything seemed to be under his control. She wondered how the man she fell in love with in those years could be such an unfathomable person. She wanted to end the conversation and was about to leave, but Alfred suddenly grabbed her arm.

He asked in a low voice, “What’s the relationship between you and Jacob?”

When he asked, his eyes were narrowed and was a sharp light inside. Nova was stunned for a second, then she pushed him away, answered with a trace of irony, “Sexual relationships.”

However, Alfred laughed in a good mood. He said in a soft tone, “You didn’t even change a bit after so many years.”

When Nova was angry, she liked to talk the opposite. In this case, Alfred thought that there was really nothing happened between Nova and Jacob. And he smiled deeply.

Nova watched him calmly, and said, “Do you really think that I am still the innocent girl after six years?”

The smile on Alfred’s face was fading.