Then, a deep, pleasant male voice followed.
“Hmm, have you eaten?”
“Not yet, but Mom’s almost done.”
“Really?”
Freya paused for a moment, then walked out of the kitchen, holding the dishes.
At that moment, Isabella and Matteo walked in from the living room.
“Mom, Dad’s back!”
Freya glanced at Matteo, then quickly averted her gaze. “Hmm.”
She took off her apron and handed it to the butler before they all sat down in their usual places.
Isabella, eating the food Freya had served her, asked, “Dad, didn’t you say you’d be back tomorrow?”
“I finished my work early and came back.”
“Oh..”
The Wilson family didn’t have many formalities at the dinner table. Isabella spoke freely, while Matteo, though quiet, responded to her in everything.
Isabella chatted happily, then turned to look at Freya. “Mom, why aren’t you talking?”
Freya smiled gently. “It’s fine, I’m happy to listen to you.”
“Oh…”
Actually, the butler also noticed that something seemed off with Freya.
Previously, she had always tried to avoid bothering Matteo, thinking he might be annoyed, but every
time he returned from a business trip, he never failed to greet her or show concern.
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Today, however, not only did Freya not initiate a conversation with Matteo, but it seemed like she
hadn’t even looked at him directly…
Matteo, however, seemed to be oblivious to Freya’s odd behavior, maintaining his usual calm
expression.
At that moment, Matteo’s phone rang.
It was a call from the old madam, Matteo’s grandmother.
“Did you go on another business trip?”
“Just got back,” Matteo put down his phone, turned on the speakerphone, and continued talking while eating. “What advice does the little old lady have for me?”
The old madam chuckled on the other end of the line. “It’s been half a month since I last saw Freya
and Bella. The weather’s getting cold now, so tomorrow, you should take them to the hot spring
resort. Let’s go soak in the hot springs and warm up.”
“Understood.”
After hanging up, Isabella was overjoyed. “We can go to the hot springs again! Yay!”
Matteo looked at Freya and said, “I’ll have someone come pick you up tomorrow night.”
Freya didn’t look up. “I’ll drive myself from the office. It’s fine.”
“No, Mom, come with me! The hot spring resort is so far, and it’ll be boring for me to go there alone by car.”
Freya paused for a moment.
Forget it.
“…Fine.”
Recently, Cole had been developing a new app, and after dinner, Johnny called to discuss some
technical issues with her.
While Matteo and Isabella were chatting in the living room, Freya went outside to take the call.
It was half an hour later before she finished the call.
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Isabella looked up at her and couldn’t help but say, “Mom, you’ve been getting a lot of calls lately,
and you talk for such a long time every evening. You weren’t like this before…”
Matteo, hearing Isabella’s words, also glanced at her.
It was only then that the butler realized that this was indeed unusual.
Freya used to rarely talk on the phone.
Let alone talking for so long every night.
Could it be that the lady has… an affair?
No…
That couldn’t be it.
Given how much Freya cared about Matteo, that wouldn’t make sense.
“It’s just something,” Freya replied, not elaborating. “I’ll go upstairs to take care of some things.”
Isabella: “Oh…”
Freya opened her computer and began processing the file that Johnny had sent her.
Isabella returned to her room. Seeing her busy, she didn’t disturb her and played by herself. After taking a bath, she came back to peek at her.
In fact, over the past few years, Freya hadn’t completely neglected her professional work.
Whenever she had some free time, she would design a few programs. And when Isabella came over
to watch, she would sometimes share some basic knowledge with her.
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