Love Contract novel Chapter 18

Mary had spent her entire morning booking their flight and sorting the documents for their trip, all the while throwing the odd glance at William.

Fortunately, he soon hunkered down in his work and seemed to have no intention of punishing her.

"Doo doo doo..."

The phone rang. Mary saw a strange number calling and was unsure of what she should do.

'Ignore it, it could be a wrong number...' she thought to herself.

"Doo doo doo..."

The phone continued ringing. Perhaps she was wrong.

Confused, she answered the call.

"Hello, who's this?" she said courteously.

"Ha Ha, Mary, it's your dad! Or dad-in-law rather, " revealed Timothy, laughing heartily on the other end. "Am I interrupting your work?"

"Ah! Father," Mary said startled, unconsciously straightening her back. "No, no, no. Not at all. It's always good to hear from you." "That's good. Mary, will you be coming over for dinner tonight?"

"No, I won't," she replied regretfully. "William and I are going on a business trip to Shanghai this afternoon. Did he not tell you?"

"That guy doesn't tell me anything. How long will you be there?" he asked.

"About three or four days."

"Well, Mary... When you're back, why don't you take a set of wedding photos with William? You're not holding a banquet so you have to get the wedding photos at least, right?" Timothy said suggestively.

"Well... I'll talk to him and see if he has time," Mary added with cold sweats running down her cheeks.

"Okay," Timothy sighed. "You know about our family. Although I'm remarried, he's still my only son... His stepmother misses him very much as well. She heard he had been married and wanted to come see him, but she was afraid he would not like it. I just want to bring some wedding photos back to Amy... "

Mary's grip on the phone tightened as she grew more and more uncomfortable with this conversation. "Father, I... I will do my best to persuade him..."

"Well, well, well, well," said Timothy hurriedly, "I won't disturb you then. Just work hard and remember to eat."

"Of course. Goodbye, Father," Mary said nodding hard.

She hung up the phone and tiptoed to the door of the office.

"Clang! Clang! Clang"

"Come in."

... Mary stepped in slowly and said, "It's noon. Why don't you go for lunch?"

"You can go ahead. I have something to deal with." William didn't even raise his head when he spoke.

"Oh, okay," she replied biting her lip. 'Is he still angry?' she thought. "Your father just called," she finally found the courage to mumble.

"What did he say?" Still, he did not look up.

"He said... He wanted us to take wedding photos."

"Hmm?" At last, William was willing to raise his noble head. He looked at Mary quizzically and asked, "What did you tell him?"

"I said I would discuss it with you."

"I see," he said nodding. "By the way, have you booked the airplane tickets?" William asked. ... "Yes I have. The flight will take three hours and we'll arrive at Shanghai city at six o'clock in the afternoon." ...

"Okay. Go home and pack your things. I'll pick you up later."

"Okay," nodded Mary before turning and leaving. Fortunately, he had not mentioned what had happened this morning. It seemed as though he did not intend to hold her accountable...

She got home and had a quick meal before beginning to prepare for the business trip.

It was already two o'clock by the time she had everything ready. She was now waiting for William to pick her up.