Seeing Ophelia hesitating, Madeleine asked, "Who’s calling?"
Ophelia shook her head and responded, "I have no idea. It’s a strange number."
Madeleine snatched the phone from Ophelia’s hand and hung up, saying, "Since it’s a strange number, don’t answer it. Maybe it’s some phone scam."
Ophelia nodded.
The phone started to ring again when the two picked up the menus. Ophelia stretched out her hand and said, "Madeleine, hand me my phone. I suppose it must be someone I know calling me with someone else’s phone."
Madeleine passed the phone back to Ophelia. Ophelia pressed the answer button and said, "Hello, who’s that?"
"You’re Ophelia, right? I’m Tassach’s mother. We met a few times several years ago. I wonder if you still remember me?"
Ophelia’s face clouded over all of a sudden. She tightened her grip on the phone. It never occurred to her that she would get Mrs. Conduibh’s call five years later, and her voice reminded Ophelia of the nightmares she had used to have.
Just because of this elegant-looking lady who was actually a back-stabber, Ophelia was accused of selling trade secrets and almost thrown into prison. Thanks to this woman, Ophelia was plunged into misery, so she was scared upon hearing her voice again now.
said
stared at the phone in Ophelia’s hand and said through clenched teeth,
away, and continued, "Mrs. Conduibh,
have something to tell you," Mrs. Conduibh said on the other end
my friend, so I may not be able to accept your invitation," Ophelia
Ophelia didn’t really want to
lunch with you guys. You just need to tell me your
that you won’t feel comfortable eating with my friend. How about this? Since I’m free tomorrow noon, let’s meet then. What do
"I can eat with your friend. Although I’m
Mrs. Conduibh said that, Ophelia could do nothing but let
location and the latter hung up
coming to join
Ophelia nodded.
angry. "Does this woman have any dignity left? After what she did to you,
since what happened.
can I not get mad? The Conduibh family went too far and drove us to the wall. If you hadn’t met Zachariah and signed the marriage pact, you would have been in prison right now. I have never seen anyone so nasty and mean. If I got a chance, I would spit on the whole Conduibh family. Humph, they’re nothing but a bunch of
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