Chapter 57
Chapter 57
The room seemed terrifyingly cold, with just one person missing. Izzy was shivering in her bed. No matter how long she stayed under the covers, she couldn’t seem to get warm. She was all curled up, tossing, and turning but couldn’t fall asleep. She felt a bit pissed off. She used to be alone all the time, right? How did she get so used to having someone else around in such a short time?
Suddenly, she remembered the hot water bottles she bought with Ethan at the supermarket not so long ago. Izzy got out of bed to heat up two of them, one for her feet and one to hold in her arms. Now she felt much warmer and gradually began to fall asleep.
The next day, when Izzy woke up, it was already nine o’clock. She was startled for a moment but soon realized it was Saturday. Since she spent the whole night curled up, she felt sore all over and didn’t want to get out of bed.
Just then, Ethan’s call came in. She quickly answered, and her voice was tinged with an excitement she hadn’t noticed herself, “Ethan, are you in London?”
A soft laugh came from the other end. Izzy blushed. She must have been too excited just now.
“Izzy, you weren’t waiting for my call all night, were you?”
His voice was teasing. Without thinking, Izzy knew he was making fun of her again. He always annoyed her like this.
A popular term on the Internet came to her mind: flirting. Wasn’t that exactly what he was doing?
She pouted, “You called this early to disturb my beauty sleep. If you don’t talk, I’ll hang up.”
Ethan had a good sense of when to go along with his beloved. His voice softened, “Izzy, I’m here.”
Izzy sat on the bed, the sunlight streaming in from the window casting a gentle light on her face. She pursed her lips, and her face was serene, “Good.”
“I’ll call the Meyer Mansion in a bit. If you’re bored, you can go to the Meyer Mansion. I’ve arranged for Dane to pick you up and drop you off for work. You can eat at the Meyer Mansion while I’m not home.”
Izzy pouted, somewhat unhappy. She was just a bit more of an eater than most women, why was he so concerned? “I’m not a pig, why are you always worried about what I eat?”
Ethan couldn’t help but laugh, “I’m not worried about anything else, just that you might go hungry.”
“Actually, I just want to tell you that I miss you a lot.”
Izzy’s fingers tightened unconsciously on the phone, a warm current seemed to flow into her heart and spread quickly throughout her body, “Okay, don’t worry about me not eating well. But you have a bad stomach, you should eat regularly and quit drinking.”
“Okay, Mrs. Meyer.”
They talked for a long time. Finally, Izzy remembered that it should be one or two in the morning in London and hung up the phone, telling Ethan to rest early.
Izzy’s heart gradually settled down, and she turned over and went back to sleep in bed.
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London Airport.
Lucas stared at Ethan in astonishment. Was this still Mr. Meyer? He couldn’t wait to make a call as soon as he got off the plane, cracking jokes and giving detailed instructions to his wife. He remembered clearly how compliant he was with his wife when he had a stomachache that day. He threw him another curveball.
If he wasn’t his personal secretary and always by his side, he would suspect that the Mr. Meyer in front of him had been replaced.
It’s been a long time since he saw him being like this with a woman. He thought his heart had died after that incident. He didn’t expect to see him so happy now, which made him quite relieved.
After hanging up the phone, Ethan returned to his usual self. Seeing his secretary staring at him blankly, he couldn’t help asking, “Why are you staring at me like that?”
Lucas thought for a moment and said, “Mr. Meyer, you’ve changed a lot recently.”
Ethan laughed, “People can’t live in the past forever.” It took him several years to figure that out.
“Does Miss Silvia know you’re in London? Are you going to visit her during your trip?” Lucas asked.
Ethan frowned a bit, his voice was somewhat heavy, “Tell her if I can’t spare the time, I won’t go. I’ll visit her when I have time next time.”
Lucas nodded, “Okay, I will let her know. The hotel arrangements are all set. We can head there now.”
Izzy slept all morning at home and didn’t wake up until Dane came to pick her up, “Sorry for making you wait, Dane.”
Dane used to be Phillip Meyer’s bodyguard. After Phillip retired, he retired too. He was used to military life and couldn’t stand being idle. Now he serves as Phillip’s driver in the Meyer family.
“No need to be sorry, Izzy.”
Dane gave her a kind smile, “Izzy, let’s go now. Phillip knew you were coming home this weekend and specially ordered the kitchen to prepare
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your favorite dishes. It should be about time for lunch.” Izzy had thought she’d feel out of place at the Meyer Mansion without Ethan there. But everyone at the Meyer Mansion treated her well, giving her a sense of warmth, like she was coming home. She spent her days happily helping Phillip trim the plants. It was just the nights that were hard Because She couldn’t help but remember all the times she spent with Ethan.
She remembered a line she read in a book, “I didn’t know what it was to miss someone until now, and now I’m tormented by it.”
She used to be indifferent to this line, but now she could understand the poet’s feelings. When you’re into someone, they really do haunt you.
