Mysterious Mr.Richard novel Chapter 42

Yoreast Hills Garden was located in a remote luxury residence in Kityall City. Among them, one of the unrenovated thirty-acres villas would start at 3.5 million dollars.      

Helena, Richard's mother, lived there.

The lawn was neat and clean, and the grass was trimmed evenly. The morning sunshine was nice, and the smell of Ceylon tea permeated the air. Under a parasol, an elegant woman was flipping through a magazine. She was wearing a beige Chanel dress. She was well maintained. Even if she was over 50, there are almost no wrinkles in the corners of her eyes.

"Aunt Helena," a woman called.

"Adriana?" Helena raised her head to smile at her guest, "Come, have a seat."

The servants pulled a chair for Adriana immediately. As soonas she sat down, another servant served her a cup of tea.

The servants in the Zellweger family were well-trained, and they carried out their duties prefessionally and smoothly. Any one of them would have been better than the servants in the Wood family.     

 At the thought of her servants' behaviors, she felt embarrassed. At once, she straightened her back to make herself look tough. Howevevr, her tone was still flattering.

"How are you, Aunt Helena? I've been too busy with the wedding to visit you. Richard's always busy, so I should've visited you more often."

"Men should focus on their careers. I know Richard." Helena kept a blank face, but her eyebrows made her look harsh and intimidating. "I'm alright, and I'm healthy. You two should just go about with your lives. Don't worry about me." 

Helena was strong and usually cold. Her relationship with Richard was just so so. Adriana knew this very well. Thus, she had never thought about how close she was to her, as long as she did her part well.

However, Helena still had a strong voice when it came to Richard.

"Richard asked me to do this too. He's busy with work, and I can't help him. I am free, so I can come to visit you more for him and share his cares."

"Thank you." Helena nodded, "Have some tea."

"Okay." Adriana drink her tea, but she was absent-minded.

After chatting for a while, she spoke, "Oh, I almost forgot about that."

She waved to the servant and asked them to bring the gift.

"Aunt Helena, I got this oil painting from an art exhibition in West Haven last month. I heard that you like the artist, so I brought it to you."

Helena glanced at the painting, and surprisingly, she seemed pleasant. She complimented, "It's good. You have good taste, and it's rare for me to find someone who shares similar tastes. I'm glad you're not like those people who pretend to undertand."    

Adriana could tell Helena's meaning behind her words and she knew who Helena was mocking. Then Adriana replied, "Art is difficult to understand. You can draw doesn't mean you can be an artist, there are a lot of wannabes out there."    

Adriana's words pleased Helena, and her stiff face relaxed. She began to ask about the wedding after talking for a while .

"How's the wedding preparation? Let me know if you need antything. After all, you're the Zellweger family's daughter-in-law. I feel bad for letting you handle everything by yourself." 

"Everything is going smoothly. Richard has also arranged people there. So I just need to make a guest list." 

Adriana paused and continued in a hesitation, "Aunt Helena, I think I should tell you about this, so you'll get ready for it."

"What?"

"Pearl came back."