CHAPTER 89
With that decision made, he exited the room, swiftly retrieved his phone, and dialed Arianna's number.
At that moment, Arianna was with Charlie in the hospital. Ever since leaving the hotel that day, she had been wallowing in depression and was absent-minded in everything she did.
It wasn’t her choice to stay sad; those upsetting emotions clung to her like a shadow.
Worried that Grandma King would notice something was amiss if she stayed at the villa, she chose to spend time at the hospital with Charlie. Talking to him helped divert her attention.
Having spent the past two years abroad, she had learned to heal her own pain. What she needed now was just time. A few more days, and her mood would no longer be affected by Xander!
“Would you like some apples, Charlie? I’ll slice one up for you.”
Arianna reached into the fruit basket she brought and picked the biggest, most beautiful one there. She took the knife and began to peel it.
Her cell phone rang suddenly, but she merely glanced at the screen and continued peeling the apple.
A frown appeared on her face when she saw that the call was from Ronald. She tilted the knife slightly and shook the apple peel off.
She did not want to see that scumbag Xander, including anyone and anything that had to do with him!
Ignoring the call, she continued peeling the apple.
The phone rang and rang until the call disconnected by itself, but soon it began ringing again.
Charlie glanced at the phone and asked softly,
“Hey sis, don’t you want to answer the phone?”
She glanced at the caller ID again. “This Mr. Crawford… is Xander’s assistant, right? There must be a reason Xander’s looking for you. You should answer the call.”
“I…” Before Arianna could refuse, Charlie had reached out for the phone, pressed the answer button, and put it to her ear.
Arianna was speechless.
She had not told Charlie about her true relationship with Xander because she did not want to rile Charlie up and make him feel guilty.
Back then, she told a white lie to comfort him, saying that although her marriage to Xander was unorthodox, they had rekindled their old relationship and were a loving couple.
She was no different from Xander when he put on a facade in front of Granda King. They did it for the sake of the people they loved.
Charlie probably already noticed why she went to the hospital so often and surmised that she had some conflict with Xander. At that moment, he would then become the mediator to help them reconcile.
Arianna could not just end the call right in front of him because the call was already connected. She could only force a smile, hold her phone, and get up to walk out.
When she left the ward, her first word was a cold, "Hello."
Ronald’s polite voice came from the other end. “Ms. Johnson, it’s me, Ronald.”
“Yes, what is it?”
Ronald was a bit frustrated by her indifferent tone, but if he couldn’t convince Arianna, he would have to deal with Xander… He had no choice but to bite the bullet.
“Ahem.” Ronald cleared his throat and said,
“Well, this is the situation, Ms. Johnson. I have an urgent matter to deal with and I have to go on a business trip for a few days. No one else is available to take care of Mr. King. Can you spare a few days to take care of him?”
Arianna listened to Ronald’s blatant tomfoolery and found it extremely ridiculous! She was incredibly angry.
What did he mean by ‘no one else is available to take care of Mr. King’? What about those close female friends? All he had to do was make a come-hither motion, and women would arrive by the droves!
To top it off, that sweet-sounding woman had probably been taking care of Xander since that day!
Although she had no idea why that good-for-nothing Xander ordered Ronald to call her over again, it was definitely not for anything pleasant.
Only fools would show up just to be humiliated!
Arianna replied in an even colder tone,
“Why would Mr. King need to worry about having no one to take care of him? There are plenty of women around him, and you’re free to have your pick of them, Ronald. They’ll definitely do their best to take good care of Mr. King!”
Arianna started to regret it as soon as she ended her sentence.
She should have just ended the call. Why did she have to be all bitter about it?
Arianna did not wait for Ronald to say anything and immediately hung up. Then she switched the phone off.
She closed her eyes, calmed down for a bit, then walked back to the ward again.
