Chapter 1415
Julian’s Stand-In Wife
He looked like a miser through and through.
Sue didnât like him one bit.
âHe is definitely not my ex-student!â she cried, aghast.
To make things clear, Sue called her ex-student to ask about his impression of Cecilia.
To her surpriseâ¦
âMy apologies, Mrs. Chimmery. I didnât manage to make it to the blind date because I was caught up with something. Iâm still stuck in an academic conference right now. I wanted to call you after it ended, but I didnât expectâ¦â
Sue knew about the academic conference he was talking about. It was an international meeting that only people of relative academic accomplishments could attend.
No one could decide how long the meeting went on for. Everyone at the meeting worked in the same industry, and that was likely the reason that the meeting dragged on longer than expected.
âItâs not your fault,â Sue said understandingly. She didnât tell him about Cecilia going for the blind date today, and hung up after some small talk.
Sue had always been magnanimous in most things, except when it concerned Noel.
Regarding Ceciliaâs happiness, she didnât dare to let go of things and let her daughter choose her own partner.
To Cecilia, her mother had always been sensible and reasonable. Thus, she never suspected that Sue would lie about Noel.
Sue ended the phone call and turned to Cecilia, her face turning cold. âWhatâs with that café? They have such good reviews, but they managed to mess up your blind date.â
To be honest, she didnât like the man in the Ceciliaâs photo. He looked so petty, and had a dark, heavy aura.
When Sue expressed her opinion, Cecilia got upset.
âMom, youâre so too quick to judge!â she said.
She had chatted with him; in terms of their opinions and perspective of the world, they were clearly a perfect match. How could her mother judge him as being petty simply based on his appearances?
âDonât interfere with this,â Sue said with a wave of her hands. She dialed the number of the boss of the café, whom she previously contacted to register Cecilia for the blind date.
âHello, I am Cecilia Jarvisâs mother. Iâd like to ask, who exactly is my daughterâs blind date? Heâs definitely not the man I introduced! What exactly went wrong with your processes? Shouldnât you apologize to us?â
Cecilia was dumbfounded.
Sue wasnât currently teaching in any school, but she was highly respected in society because many well-known lecturers and professors in major universities came from the Chimmery and Jarvis families.
Though she wasnât a real teacher, she spoke with the air of one.
Cecilia knew that her mother was acting in her best interests, but she was a fully-grown adult. She had a good time chatting with Larry, and didnât want things to end this way.
Even so, she didnât interrupt Sue. Otherwise, she would be reprimanded for being impolite.
Unbeknownst to either Sue or Cecilia, someone much more impolite was about to speak.
Sue had put her phone on loudspeaker mode. Cecilia could hear her motherâs conversation with the other party.
Typically, when bosses encounter such issues, they would immediately apologize to their customer before verifying the facts of the matter.
That was especially so for the roadside café that enjoyed such great business. Otherwise, they would be ruining their own reputation.
To their surprise, the boss didnât care. In fact, he sounded even more furious than Sue.
âWhy the hell are you calling? Donât you know how early it is right now? A lot of people are still in bed!â
It was a coarse male voice, uninhibited and unrestrained. He sounded so self-righteous that Cecilia instinctively glanced at her watch.
Exceptâ¦
It was already late in the evening. The sun was about to set.
Yet, the man spoke so boldly over the phone, insisting that many people were still in bedâ¦
Sue was furious.