The Lord Mayor Falls in Love with Me novel Chapter 182

The next morning, Joey was eating the nutritious breakfast prepared by the maids while reading the morning newspaper.

A piece of news suddenly caught her eye and it described how a senior employee of the Walter Group had worked late into the night and was robbed by three stoned young gangsters on his way home. They brutally broke his one of his legs and two ribs. He would have been beaten to death if the patrolling policemen hadn’t arrived in time.

Joey was so surprised that she almost knocked over the milk in her hand when he saw the photo of the badly injured victim in the article. It was Ben Hawk.

She had to admit that she was happy to see Ben Hawk like this. But soon she realized something was wrong when she suddenly recalled her conversation with Fiona in the café.

“Did Fiona do this?”

Fiona had met Shawn in the club last night. She believed Fiona probably had something to do with it.

Joey rushed into her room and closed the door. She picked up her phone and gave Fiona a call.

“Hello!”

The call was quickly put through and she hear Fiona’s familiar voice, “Joey, the plane is about to take off. I have to turn off my phone in a minute. Would you make it quick?”

Joey was shocked, “Fiona, are you on the plane now? Are you going back to Thailand? Why didn't you tell me in advance so I could see you off? Besides, I promised you to show you around when you came to visit China. ”

“Don't get so excited, dear. Maybe I'll come to visit China again soon.”

Joey sighed and quickly got to the point, “Did you… have anything to do with what happened to Ben Hawk?”

Fiona paused for a while and answered honestly, “Yes.”

Joey was dumbstruck, “Fiona, how could you have done such a crazy thing? If he died and someone found out, you would be severely punished by the law. How could you be so impulsive?”

Fiona chuckled. Was she worried about him? He paused and said, “Don’t worry. He didn’t die anyway. Shawn called me that he wouldn’t hit Ben Hawk again since he wasn’t killed last night. So there would be no further action. Okay, the plane is taking off. I have to turn off my phone. See you.”

Fiona hung up the phone in a hurry. With the phone in her hand, Joey was silent and motionless for quite a while. Fiona’s crazy revenge had gone far beyond her imagination. She had to admit that she couldn't understand him at all.

Fiona had become more and more of a mystery to her. She didn’t know what he thought or wanted.

All the servants in the Charles family got really busy in the evening.

It was a day of family reunion and every family member would come back home for dinner tonight.

Joey didn't like such a grand dinner, but it was an inevitable fact that she had to accept from the moment she stepped into Charles house.

In the evening, Martha came back home on time with Philip. Lawrence showed up with Chance on time too.

It wasn't surprising that Chance was invited to the family dinner, because he had been brought up by his aunt Mrs. Charles.

A large, sumptuous dinner was quickly served and everyone took their seats. William Charles took the most important position at the table. On his left there were George Charles, Paige Charles, Martha, Philip. On his right there were Allen, Joey, and Lawrence. The eight of them were seated around the large dinner table.

However, no one spoke. Everyone was eating in silence. The atmosphere was rather awkward.

Joey found it suffocating. It was supposed to be a happy reunion dinner for the whole family, but it seemed that no one was happily enjoying it. Perhaps it was one of the most tragic things about prestigious families.

Mrs. Charles eventually broke the silence and asked her daughter, “Martha, when are you and Philip getting married?”

“Well?”

Martha, who was drinking soup, was shocked by the question. She frowned, “Mom, I’m only twenty years old. I don’t want to get married so early. Besides, we’ve dated for not very long. Please leave me alone.”

She wasn’t going to marry Philip. It was only a deal between them.

Mrs. Charles wasn’t angry at Martha at all. She turned her head and asked Philip, “Philip, what do you think?”