Chapter 441: Returning Early (1)
The next day
Emily Hill got up to prepare breakfast. At eight o’clock, Bryan Hawkins came out of Carolline Ruiz’s room. Seeing him alone, Emily’s face immediately darkened, "Didn’t Carolline come back last night?"
"She was probably helping a friend, so..." Bryan could imagine what Carolline had been busy with last night. He came back early without telling her, intending to surprise her. As he had asked her to stay at her mother’s place these past few days, he came straight to the Ruiz family home upon his return. Little did he know, he would be waiting all night in vain.
He had tried to call Carolline. The call went through but no one answered. When he got up again and tried to call her, her phone was turned off. Probably out of battery.
"What kind of friend requires help all night?" Emily disagreed, "Listen, Bryan, you can’t spoil her. A woman, before or after marriage, should never stay out all night. It’s a rule, you..."
Before Emily finished speaking, Carolline entered the house using her key, looking tired. She originally intended to go back to their home to sleep till noon, then rest a bit in the morning before her afternoon shift. However, her phone was out of battery and her charger was at home, so she had to drive home.
"Mom, I’m back..." Carolline bowed her head as she changed into her slippers. Noticing a pair of men’s leather shoes at the door that did not match her dad’s preferred style, she looked up and saw Bryan Hawkins looking at her, brimming with smiles.
"You...you...you said you wouldn’t be back for another couple of days, right?" Carolline grumbled inside. If he had told her in advance that he would return, she might not have been so exhausted.
"Where have you been gallivanting?" Bryan, smiling, came over, took her handbag and placed it aside, then crouched down to help her change shoes.