She could only hear faint sounds from the other side of the phone. Apparently, it was a woman grumbling about her food.
The smile on Fabian's face widened as he listened.
He was wondering why Hannah called him out of a sudden. Ah... Is she purposely calling me just to grumble about the chicken soup? Looks like I have been too lenient with her lately to the point that she is much more daring now! Hmm... I guess it's time to be stricter on her.
Pretending to be stern, he warned, "Hannah Young, if you dare say anything further, I'll force you to drink chicken soup every day!"
The moment Yvette heard Hannah's name, her frown deepened into a scowl. I knew it! This thick-
skinned slut even dares to seduce my man at this hour and with me right beside him! Ugh... the nerve! Hannah Young, you think too highly of yourself! What makes you think that you are worthy enough to be with Fabian?
On the other side of the phone, Hannah's smile froze. As a wave of fury surged within her, she almost bellowed and reprimanded Fabian. However, she did not dare and could only try to hold back. Trembling in anger, she yelled, "Fabian, don't you dare bully me!"
"Huh? It sounds to me like you do love chicken soup," Patting his knee rhythmically, Fabian said mockingly at her.
At the thought of forcing herself to swallow chicken soup every day, Hannah softened at once and wailed, "Mr. Norton, I'm sorry. Please let me off!"
"You'd better spare some time to think of how to please me. I might just let you off if you manage to cheer me up." Fabian hung up straight away and stopped his rhythmic patting on his knee as well.
Hannah was trying to persuade Fabian to change his mind, yet she was stunned that he had actually hung up on her. Rolling her eyes, she grimaced and rebuked Fabian, "Hmph! Aside from forcing me to swallow the disgusting chicken soup, you're asking me to butter you up again. I'm an assertive modern woman and won't easily give in to everything!"
Needless to say, Hannah was just grumbling to unleash her own frustration. Deep in her heart, she understood that she must not inflame Fabian. My goodness! He sounded a bit enraged just now. How am I supposed to appease him? No way! I'm not going to drink that every day! I must think of a way to please him by all means!
I don't think he was joking earlier either. He seemed to really mean it.
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