Substitute Marriage With the Illegitimate Son novel Chapter 863

"Where is your van? Did your manager leave you again to have dinner with other models?" Janet said flatly. "Call him and tell him to come pick you up."

She'd rather not talk to Derek if she could avoid it. So, she lowered her head and looked at her cell phone.

As he squatted in the shades, Derek looked up at her and asked, "Are you still angry? Although you misunderstood me, I forgave you and didn't ask you to apologize. How could you still be so upset with me?"

Derek sighed after a while, pretending to sad. "Wilder just scolded me. Now I'm not even allowed to ride in the van. I'll have to walk back to the hotel. Oh, by the way, Wilder is my manager. He gave me an ultimatum. If I do something like this again, he won't give me work anymore."

Janet didn't put down her phone until that point. She licked the corner of her dry lips and locked her gaze on Derek. "I'm sorry for what happened in the shop just now," she said sincerely.

"Even if you apologize to me a hundred times, I still can't go back to the hotel. Wilder has driven away with my phone in the van. What do I do now?" Derek sighed, but his eyes were remarkably bright and astute.

Janet was unsure. It was difficult to tell if Derek was telling the truth. Despite the fact that they had only known each other for a few days, she was well aware that she was inferior to him when it came to scheming.

A taxi pulled up in front of Janet at this point. "Miss, is it you who called a taxi online?" the driver asked as he rolled down the window.

Janet looked at the taxi's license plate. It was the one she had called. She hesitated before getting into the taxi and turned to look at Derek.

Derek saw the hesitation in Janet's eyes.

He grabbed that opportunity. He quickly got to his feet and took the shopping bags she was holding. He smiled as he opened the door and drew her into the car. "Don't keep the driver waiting for too long. We'll go to the Intercontinental Hotel, please."

"I didn't ask you to ride with me," said Janet, sulking in the cab.

She turned her face away from Derek.

Derek shrugged and leaned against the back seat. He raised the corners of his mouth, looking a bit roguish. "But I'm already in the car. You can't ask me to get out of a moving vehicle, can you?"

Janet was rendered speechless. Of course she wouldn't do that. She just didn't want to give him a ride because she was afraid he'd have other ideas.

Derek's gaze was drawn to the shopping bags at Janet's feet. He looked at the bags and noticed an exquisite packing box inside.

Derek remembered that he saw Janet in the mall where she was carefully selecting a tie. "Did you get this tie as a gift for someone?" he asked in a curious tone

This type of tie belongs to a man. Was Janet planning on giving it to her father?

When Derek tried on this tie just now, he thought its design was mature enough for his taste and appropriate for older men. So if Janet bought the tie for her father, then she had an excellent taste.