NOVPUBChapter 1053: Chapter 1053: Really Sounds Like Adrian Zhekova’s Temper_1 Chapter 1053 -1053: Really Sounds Like Adrian Zhekova’s Temper_1 Peggy Lewis slept well, she wasn’t dreaming and the quality of her sleep was rather good.
Truth be told, the mattress at Lyke Zhekova’s place was a lot more comfortable than the one she had bought for herself.
Suddenly her mobile phone rang, startling her awake.
Peggy Lewis was still rattled, her heart beating unusually fast.
Her mobile phone was still on the nightstand beside her.
The mobile phone kept ringing.
So Peggy Lewis picked it up.
...
Like Lyke, her eyes were struggling to adjust to the bright phone screen after being in the dark for a long time.
She squinted her eyes, barely making out the name on the screen.
It was Cindy Clarke.
Peggy Lewis found it strange; why was Cindy Clarke calling at this hour?
Meanwhile, Cindy Clarke glanced at Adrian Zhekova.
Adrian Zhekova shook his head in silence, indicating that there was no other sound from the mobile phone.
Cindy Clarke nodded, and about then, Peggy Lewis answered the call.
“Cindy, why are you calling at this time?” Peggy Lewis asked.
Not worried about being overheard by Lyke, Cindy Clarke asked directly, “Hey Peggy, where are you right now?”
Peggy Lewis: “…”
What should she say?
She wasn’t going to lie to Cindy.
Lyke Zhekova’s eye twitched, he realized that this was what the couple were making such a fuss about in the middle of the night!
Lyke Zhekova remained quiet, wanting to hear Peggy Lewis’s response.
He was curious to see if Peggy Lewis would admit to it.
Peggy Lewis had no choice but to say, “I’m at Lyke’s place.”
“But nothing’s going on between us!” she quickly added, “Didn’t I tell you before?
I am in competition with a colleague in our department.
He was fired for shady business practices that got exposed, and now he blames me and threatened me.
Yesterday he even came knocking on my door, which scared me to death.”
“Seeing that it was not safe, Lyke suggested I stay here for the time being to avoid any danger when I’m alone,” Peggy Lewis said, “I was planning to explain this to you too.
I just didn’t find the right time.”
Cindy Clarke nodded at Adrian Zhekova, who then cracked a faint smile.
Yawning, Peggy Lewis asked: “Why aren’t you asleep yet?
You’re calling me in the middle of the night just for this?”
Cindy Clarke felt awkward and could only say, “I just…
suddeny remembered.”
“I’m sorry, you should go back to sleep.
We’ll talk later,” Cindy Clarke said.
“Alright, you should also go to sleep soon.” Peggy Lewis yawned again and finally hung up the phone.
But strangely enough, though she felt sleepy during the call, she was now wide awake.
On Adrian Zhekova’s end , he remarked: “Fourth Uncle, when can we start addressing her as Fourth Aunt?”
Lyke Zhekova, now more awake, chuckled and said, “We’ll be having dinner at the family mansion this weekend.
If you two agree, you can start addressing her that way then.”
He wondered if Peggy Lewis could handle it.
Adrian Zhekova was only joking and would not rush to address her as such.
After all, Lyke hasn’t even successfully pursued her yet.
However, Adrian Zhekova understood Lyke’s feelings now.
“You better hurry up, once you’ve won her over, we’ll change the way we address her immediately,” Adrian Zhekova said, “If we were to address her that way right now, it might scare her off instead.”
“Glad to see you understand, getting Cindy Clarke to call her in the middle of the night,” Lyke Zhekova said.
“They have a close relationship, it’s fine,” Adrian Zhekova said.
Just then, Cindy Clarke nudged his arm.
He looked at her, and saw Cindy Clarke gazing at him intently.
Cindy Clarke didn’t need to say it, Adrian Zhekova immediately understood.
So Adrian Zhekova restated to Lyke, “Fourth Uncle, don’t treat her badly.”
“I am genuinely interested in pursuing a relationship with her, I promise there will be only respect, no mistreatment,” Lyke Zhekova assured.
“Then you should go back to sleep,” Adrian Zhekova said, “we won’t disturb your rest further.”
With that, he hung up the phone.
Lyke Zhekova: “…”
“Stupid boy, woke me up completely, what’s there to sleep!” said an annoyed Lyke Zhekova.
Now wide awake, Lyke Zhekova knew that Cindy Clarke had just called Peggy Lewis and wondered if Peggy Lewis had gone to sleep yet.
So, Lyke Zhekova sent a Whatsapp message to Peggy Lewis: “Have you gone to sleep?”
Peggy Lewis was indeed not sleeping yet.
After a long phone call, she was oddly energetic now.
So as soon as Lyke Zhekova sent the message, she heard it.
Since she has nothing to do and she couldn’t sleep, her eyes were adjusting to the light from the phone screen.
Peggy Lewis opened Whatsapp to see that the message was from Lyke Zhekova.
She immediately thought of Cindy Clarke’s call just a while ago.
She wondered if Lyke Zhekova had received it too.
Lying down, she felt too lazy to type, so she sent a voice message: “I just received a call from Cindy Clarke, so I’m not asleep yet.”
Not long after, she received a voice message from Lyke Zhekova, his laughter could be heard: “What a coincidence, Adrian Zhekova just called me too.”
“…” Peggy Lewis said, “Did they figure out something?”
“But it doesn’t matter, since I have already admitted it to Cindy Clarke,” Peggy Lewis said.
“I explained to Adrian Zhekova too, so don’t worry, he won’t misunderstand,” Lyke Zhekova said.
“I didn’t say it earlier because I thought since you, an unmarried woman, were living here, I was afraid of what others might say,” Lyke Zhekova added.
Peggy Lewis felt touched and rolled on her bed.
Lyke Zhekova was so considerate!
“Go to sleep early.
Now that Adrian is back, I guess he’ll keep Cindy Clarke busy, so she won’t have time to talk to you,” Lyke Zhekova said.
Hearing this, Peggy Lewis, who did not know about Adrian’s return, asked, “He’s back?
That was quick!”
If Adrian Zhekova had heard this, he’d probably be annoyed.
Lyke Zhekova chose to keep it a secret for Peggy Lewis and said, “Since he’s back, he probably has jet lag and can’t sleep, so he called me and kept me awake too.”
Along the way, Lyke Zhekova also complained about Adrian Zhekova.
Peggy Lewis: “…”
That definitely sounded like Adrian Zhekova’s nature.
“So with him back, Cindy Clarke probably won’t have much free time either,” Lyke Zhekova said, “You’ll have to wait until we go back to the family mansion this weekend for a detailed chat with Cindy Clarke.”
With this, even if to see Cindy Clarke, Peggy Lewis would have to go back to the family mansion.
***
Despite his jet lag, Adrian Zhekova still went to the office on time.
So, he set an early alarm.
He had only slept for about two hours and had just entered deep sleep when he was woken up – it was truly a pain.
The little fellow didn’t know Adrian Zhekova had returned.
Since he had to go to the nursery, he woke up rather early.
He didn’t need Cindy Clarke to wake him up, he had set his own alarm.
As soon as the alarm rang, he quickly turned it off and got out of bed.
Like always, without washing his face or brushing his teeth, he ran straight to Cindy Clarke’s room through the Crescent Gate.
