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Orlando didn’t even glance at Rebecca as he said indifferently. “No.”
“But you’re clearly not happy,” Rebecca murmured.
Orlando stared her with his deep, profound eyes. A trace of distant coldness flashed in his gaze, making it intimidating for anyone to approach.
Fear crept into Rebecca, and even her gaze retreated as she looked at him.
But eventually, he just informed her blandly, I’m leaving for a business trip to Jeahron this afternoon and won’t be back until two days later. If you have any issues, Emma is available to assist you in solving your problems. In addition, could you try to keep your distance from Cassandra when I’m not around these two days?”
Emma Zeller was Orlando’s assistant.
Stunned for a moment. Rebecca hurriedly nodded in response and said, “Okay.”
However, she always felt that there were other profound implications in Orlando’s last sentence. She wondered, ‘Could it be that Cassandra told him something last night?‘
Rebecca was just making silent speculations, not having the audacity to ask Orlando personally.
Orlando didn’t tell Cassandra that he would be away for a business trip. She only learned it from Rebecca after returning to Dustmeadow Mansion at night.
Cassandra’s reaction also revealed that she wasn’t informed earlier. Hence, Rebecca totally dismissed Orlando’s words and said, “Cassandra, Landy has acknowledged me as his wife. He’ll speak with me directly about his schedule rather than through you. If I were you, I would divorce immediately.
Meanwhile, Cassandra just glanced at Rebecca coldly, not intending to respond to what was said.
However, Rebecca seized the opportunity to ask, “So when are you and Landy going to divorce, Cassandra? Isn’t Grandpa awake? Are you going to pester Orlando and not let him go?”
Cassandra responded, “You can ask Orlando directly if you want to know it so badly. As for when we’ll divorce, this is between Orlando and me. Why are you so concerned, Ms. Spencer?”
Since Orlando told Cassandra not to involve Rebecca in their affairs, she held no emotions at all.
Feeling triggered by Cassandra’s words, Rebecca stared at her and then rebuked, “Landy doesn’t love you at all. He was forced to marry you. Do you still think you two would become married if it weren’t for Grandpa, who used me to threaten him? Cassandra, what you own today is supposed to be mine, and you’re just unjustly occupying my place.”
“So what? We’re a married couple now. If you really want me to divorce him, you’d better behave yourself. Otherwise, if I refuse the divorce, Grandpa Peter will surely stand by my side. Even if Orlando wants a divorce, he’ll still consider his grandpa, Cassandra replied.
“Cassandra, you’re shameless,” Rebecca snapped.
Cassandra then retorted, “I’m nothing compared to you.”
“You….” Rebecca was too angry to speak. Cassandra didn’t bother to give her a chance to talk more as she turned around and went upstairs.
Watching Cassandra’s departing figure, Rebecca was infuriated but soon managed to calm herself down. While staring at
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Cassandra’s back intently, Rebecca was already devising her new cunning scheme.
Reaching her bedroom upstairs, Cassandra closed the door of her room and finally unveiled all her emotions.
In fact, there was this one sentence in which Rebecca was especially right, as she thought to herself, ‘Indeed, I had been occupying her place unjustly. That’s a fact I couldn’t deny.
If Peter hadn’t insisted on their marriage, Orlando would’ve married Rebecca by now.
Perhaps they would’ve even owned some children.
All in all, she was the redundant one.
Cassandra felt devastated just thinking about that.
She had loved Orlando for ten years, and she fell in love with him at a glance. In exchange, they got married, thinking that it would last for a lifetime. Anyway, getting one year to be with Orlando was seemingly enough.
For the next two days, there had been no conflicts whatsoever between Cassandra and Rebecca.
Cassandra’s design drawings had progressed to the editing phase, so she was very occupied. Rebecca, on the other hand, was overburdened with work ever since she began getting ready for her comeback.
With that, two days passed in peace.
Throughout this period, there had been no contact between Cassandra and Orlando. Not getting informed about his business trip directly, Cassandra presumed that he was probably trying to suggest that no connections were needed between them.
So, she made it by not reaching out to him since then.
These two days had been neither short nor long.
Peter was discharged from the hospital on the morning of the third day.
Not knowing when Orlando would return, Cassandra rushed over early in the morning, together with Frederick and Gabriela, to discharge Peter from the hospital before bringing him home.
Upon the completion of the body check–up. Peter’s results were mostly normal, with just slightly elevated readings in his blood pressure and glucose levels.
Cassandra personally hurried around to complete all the necessary formalities. Her filial piety was witnessed by Peter, Frederick, and Gabriela. Then Gabriela said, “Cassie, you should stop being busy and just leave everything to them. Come and chat with Grandpa Peter for a while now.”
Cassandra stopped and replied, Tm not busy. I’m just trying to help settle things that I can do.”
“You are such a kind soul, so sensible and filial as well,” Gabriela complimented.
“You should stop praising me, Gabriela. I’m so embarrassed,” Cassandra responded.
Both of them burst out laughing in joy. “Haha…”
Cassandra moved over to the couch and took a seat. Peter looked at her and said, ‘Cassie, come back home with us so we can have dinner tonight. You can’t reject me. Just treat it as a favor for me.” Peter looked at her expectantly.
Cabriela and Frederick also echoed, “Yeah. Follow us home for dinner.”
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Cassandra nodded and promised, “Fine. I’ll keep you company, Grandpa Peter. Otherwise, if you turn angry, I wouldn’t know how to soothe you.”
“Have you all heard what she said? This girl is beginning to dislike me. Peter made jokes as he turned to look at Frederick and Gabriela, making the two of them laugh out loud.
The atmosphere was pleasantly lively.
After everything was well packed, the driver and butler from home approached to help carry the belongings. Meanwhile, Cassandra aided Peter at his hand to walk him out of the ward. At the same time, she advised him, “Grandpa Peter, you must take care of your health once you get back home. Promise me not to eat anything you shouldn’t.”
Peter promised, “Sure, I’ll listen to you. But if you can come back more often and stay for dinner, I’m sure you can supervise me better. Otherwise, you won’t know what I eat when you rarely see me.
Cassandra knew that Peter was hoping she would come back more often. She nodded cooperatively in response to Peter’s warm welcome.
They walked out of the inpatient unit. The atmosphere along the way was good, and their faces were filled with joyous laughter.
Just as they were about to reach the exit of the hospital, Cassandra saw a familiar figure and stopped. Peter was the first to notice her distraction. His expression instantly darkened when he followed her gaze.
Peter, who was leaning on a cane, tapped it on the floor heavily. Frederick immediately stepped forward and inquired. What’s wrong. Dad? Are you not feeling well?”
Finally snapped out of thoughts, Cassandra asked in a concerned tone, “Are you okay, Grandpa Peter?”
Peter felt more distressed to see Cassandra, who still cared about him despite just witnessing the incident.
He said coldly, “Didn’t you all say that the brat is on a business trip and thus not coming to pick me up? Why am I now seeing him taking care of somebody else here!”
Only then did Frederick and Gabriela see Orlando and Rebecca.
Peter looked at Cassandra and questioned, “Cassie, do you know that he’s back?”
Cassandra pursed her lips, unsure of how to respond. Peter understood it right away. Following that, she faced Cassandra with his look contented with protective means and said, “Good girl, I feel so sorry for you. This brat doesn’t deserve you.”
Cassandra shook her head and said, “I’m fine, Grandpa Peter. Please don’t get agitated. You should take care of your health.”
“I am all good,” he remarked casually.
The commotion they built caught Orlando’s attention. As soon as he noticed, he walked over quickly with his long stride toward their direction.
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