Chapter 48- matchmaker
Seeing his sinister smile, Lilian hurried to explain,
"My mom is really sick. You can ask my brother if you don’t believe me. And you probably already know, she’s been in a bad mood lately..."
She was referring to the chaos Bert had caused after returning to Burg Eltz.
Morrison didn’t respond. He was too irritated to bother with her, but at the next intersection, he turned straight toward Tiffany’s apartment. Lilian quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
However, it was rush hour after work, and the traffic was terrible. Apparently, there had been an accident at the intersection ahead, causing the entire road to come to a standstill. They crept forward slowly in the jammed cars.
After nearly half an hour stuck in traffic, no one knew how long it would take to clear the mess.
Lilian grew impatient. She didn’t really mind when they arrived at Tiffany’s, but what about Morrison? Didn’t he have dinner plans with his girlfriend? If they were stuck another half hour, his girlfriend would probably lose it.
Yet the man beside her didn’t look worried at all. Instead, he cranked up the radio volume, letting music fill the car.
Lilian glanced at the endless traffic ahead and spoke up,
"Maybe I should just get out here. You go ahead and make your appointment. What if you’re too late and she gets mad?"
She meant well. At this rate, by the time he dropped her off and headed to dinner, it would already be close to nine o’clock. No point having dinner then — might as well have supper.
Morrison turned to look at her and said with a mocking tone,