Chapter 813 You Are Really Something
She was so scared that her heart trembled, and she instinctively let out a scream. "Ah!"
In her panic, she stumbled again.
Sarah thought she was going to fall, but unexpectedly, she fell right into the arms of the dark figure.
The dark figure instinctively held her and said in a deep voice, "Careful."
Sarah recognized it was Francis and not something else, and she breathed a sigh of relief. She hurriedly got up in a fluster, her hands inadvertently pressing on Francis's legs twice. She didn't care and immediately walked to the wall to turn on the light.
The sudden brightness lit up the room.
The brief physical contact in the dark made both of them uncomfortable, and the awkwardness silently spread.
Finally, Francis cleared his throat, his face slightly red, and said, "Sarah, are you okay?"
Sarah waved her hands repeatedly, "No... no problem!"
How could it be no problem? She just wanted to get a drink of water, how did she suddenly bump into Francis? And she just happened to fall into Francis's arms!
This was enough to make her feel awkward a hundred times over!
Sarah secretly tried to calm herself down, but her palms were still sweating.
She forced herself to stay calm and said, "Francis, why are you out so late? Is there something wrong?"
"I suddenly changed places and couldn't sleep. I happened to hear a noise outside, so I thought I'd come out and take a look." Francis's eyes slightly avoided hers, and the blush on his face spread to his ears. His tone was still relatively calm, "I didn't expect it to be you. But you're pregnant now, why are you out in the middle of the night?"
Sarah thought to herself, 'I'm in my own house, I often wander around, who knew I would bump into you in the middle of the night!'
Moreover, she also saw Francis's red earlobes.
Originally, she wasn't that embarrassed, but now she was extremely embarrassed and casually said, "Maybe it's because I have night vision. Francis, you should go to bed early, I'll go upstairs first!"
After saying that, she heavily placed the cup on the table and hurriedly left.
Francis watched her slender back, thinking of the nonsense she just said, and suddenly curled his lips into a light smile.
The smile on his lips grew bigger, and his pupils rippled with layers of shimmering colors.
Because of this little episode, Sarah didn't sleep well all night. When she got up the next morning, she had dark circles under her eyes and had to put on an eye mask to barely reduce them.
She originally thought that after a night, all the awkwardness should have dissipated, but unexpectedly, when she saw Francis at the dining table, the awkwardness swept over her again!
Because Francis kept putting food on her plate.
"Sarah, eat this," Francis said.
Sarah looked at the food that suddenly appeared in her bowl, stunned for a while before stiffly turning her head, "Francis, I can reach the food over there, you don't have to be so polite."
"I just feel a bit guilty about last night. I scared you." Francis's face was full of apology, "Sarah, you won't be mad at me, right?"
Sarah was silent, thinking, 'Why would I be mad? The point is, last night's incident was already so awkward, can't he just let it go? Why does Francis have to bring it up again? It is too awkward!'
"Sarah?" Francis saw her not speaking, his eyebrows drooping slightly, looking a bit downcast, "Are you mad because last night I almost..."
"Francis!" Sarah interrupted him with a forced smile, "It's okay, I'm really fine. Last night was just an accident, you don't need to take it to heart!"
She really didn't understand, why did Francis kept bringing this up, what did he mean?
Antonio didn't quite understand, what happened between Sarah and Francis last night.
He slept soundly and didn't know anything!
Antonio quickly asked, "What happened last night?"
Sarah kept her head down, eating, not saying a word.
Francis withdrew his gaze and sighed, "I'm sorry, Antonio."
He had a bitter smile on his lips, "Maybe I've been abroad for too long. I don't know how to interact with family anymore, and I can't grasp the boundaries."
Sarah was silent.
Clearly, he could grasp the boundaries! As long as he didn't bring up awkward things!
Sarah sighed inwardly, "It's nothing, I came out to get some water in the middle of the night and accidentally stumbled over Francis. Francis feels very guilty, but really, Francis, it's nothing, you don't need to take it to heart, really."
After saying that, she even smiled at Francis.
A trace of loneliness flashed in Francis's eyes. He nodded and silently continued eating.
Antonio didn't think much of it, just frowned slightly, thinking about what Francis had said about living abroad.
Looking at Francis's expression. He must have had a hard time living abroad all these years.
"Francis, who did you live with abroad all these years? Is the person who saved you here? If there's a chance, I'd like to thank him personally." Antonio asked.
Francis didn't expect Antonio to suddenly ask this question.
For a moment, a complex emotion flashed across his face, with resistance, unwillingness, and perhaps something else.
But in the end, he just shook his head as if nothing had happened, "He... we're not very close. He's very busy with work, and I don't have many opportunities to see him."
"Besides, I've already thanked him properly, you don't need to worry about it."
Antonio understood.
Sarah breathed a sigh of relief, finished eating, and took Ryan upstairs to Brady's room.
Brian had already gone to the company, Ethan and Harper were still eating, occasionally glancing at the two adults, not understanding what they were talking about.
"Dad, I'm done eating." As soon as Harper said this, Ethan also put down his utensils, "I'm done too."
Antonio turned to look at them, "Then why don't you go find Mommy?"
"Dad, can you play with us for a while?" Harper's big, watery eyes were full of expectation, "You haven't played games with us for a long time!"
Harper's voice was irresistible.
And Antonio indeed hadn't spent much time with the kids lately. He felt a bit guilty too, so he held her hand and stood up, "Francis, take your time eating, I'll play with them for a while."
Francis looked at the two kids with great affection and nodded, "Go ahead, don't worry about me."
In no time, the dining room was left with just him and two servants.
"You can go now, I'll call you if I need anything," Francis said.
"Yes."
After they left, Francis took out his phone from his pocket, seeing three missed calls, all from the same unknown number.
A moment of irritation flashed in his eyes, but he still patiently dialed back.
A deep, magnetic male voice came from the other end, "You are really something, not answering my calls? Hmm?"
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