Chapter 175

On the other hand, Joyce was working overtime at R&S Group.

Special Assistant Casey assigned her some extra work today, not

something urgent, and she wondered why Casey had to ask her to

finish it on Sunday.

"Hi, I got you a mocha coffee.” Juanita knew that Joyce was coming to

the group and came over to keep her company.

Joyce looked up from the pile of documents and laughed, "What did

you have to come here for on the weekend instead of staying home

and relaxing?"

"How boring it is to be at home? You know, I'm all alone in a rented

apartment and usually have no one to talk to." Juanita ploped down on

the partition of Joyce's desk and curled her hair in boredom.

"You can go shopping.” Joyce said as she sorted through the

documents.

Juanita heard that and felt interested, "After you delt with everything,

you go shopping with me, okay? I'll take you to eat something really

good. I've discovered a terrific Japanese restaurant.”

Joyce shook her head regretfully, "I can't. There's no one at home

today, so I have to go back and cook for grandma." She looked at her

phone. It was already after three o'clock, and she hadn't finished her

work.

She wanted to leave early, so she handed a thick stack of documents

to Juanita, "Or else, you can help make some copies. I want to finish

work early and then make a trip to the supermarket for some

groceries.”

"No problem.” Juanita picked up the documents and walked to the

office copier.

Joyce continued to bury her head in the piles.

At that moment, her phone suddenly rang, she took a glance, but it was

Luther.

She hesitated and frowned slightly, but finally she pressed the answer

button.

"Why aren't you replying to my messages?" On the other end of the

phone, Luther's voice sounded very unhappy.

Joyce then remembered that he had sent her a message this morning

and she had only looked at it and not replied.

“You leave a message, I read it and it will show read. That's the same

as me saying I have read it. Do I just have to reply to, like, every

message?" She felt it was childish to answer such a question from him.

"You..." Luther gasped, pausing for a moment before asking, "How's

Grandma doing?"

"Can't you just call Grandma? Why do you have to ask me?" Joyce felt

speechless. It was even harder to communicate with this man over the

phone than in person.

"Joyce, can you talk properly? I called my grandmother and no one

answered!" Luther didn't know why he had to be angry, but he was

always distracted by her figure in his mind. He was away for a few

days, but she seemed to be completely different, not even bothering to

reply to messages.

"Oh, maybe Grandma was asleep and didn't hear the phone ring.

Grandma's spirits are getting better every day for the past few days.

The new medication is working well. Jamie said that Grandma's chest

fluid has mostly subsided and the amount of pain medication has now

been cut in half. When I left this morning, Grandma was looking

especially good." Joyce retorted.

"Where are you right now?" Luther's voice was a little unnatural. He

wanted to call his grandmother and ask for Joyce, but she wasn't

answering her phone, which meant Joyce wasn't home either.

He was upset and kind of wanted to know her whereabouts. He was

curious to know what Joyce was really doing. Could she be with

someone else?

“I'm working late at the group!" Joyce said without good grace.

"Really?" On the other end of the phone, there seemed to be disbelief.