Reborn: The Tyrant's Obsession novel Chapter 226

Chapter 226: She was one of his phases

The woman’s gaze moved to Ella, unreadable. "Aren’t you going to introduce me?"

Adrian did not.

Ella was not surprised.

Adrian King was not the man who could be commanded or questioned. Not many dared to do so but knowing him, he would never comply with whoever tried.

The silence stretched till the place was blanketed in a suffocated tension.

"Mrs. King," Ji Yan bowed to the woman, piercing through the silence in the place.

...

Before, Ella disliked the royal dining setup sort of restaurants she and Adrian went to.

But at this particular moment, she touched upon that memory with fondness.

Because, sitting across Mrs. King and besides Adrian in the VIP room of a top restaurant, Ella doubted she would feel hungry in the days to come.

Mrs. King elegantly ate her food, gazing at her every once in a while as if she was the show playing in the background.

"How long have you been with my son?" She asked, her voice neither soft nor harsh.

"It has been..."

"It’s none of your business," Adrian cut Ella off, his voice calmer than his mother’s.

The undercurrents in the private room unsettled Ella.

In both her lives, she hadn’t encountered Adrian’s parents. And his reaction the time she asked him about them led her to speculate whether they were even alive.

But things did not seem as simple anymore.

’’Is this one of your phases, Adrian?" Mrs. King glanced at Adrian.

Adrian’s gaze lowered.

Something twisted in Ella’s gut and her hands gradually turned cold.

"Very well, then," Mrs. King nodded calmly.

The rest of the meal passed in silence as nobody uttered another word. And Mrs. King did not spare another glance at Ella, unlike before, till the end of the lunch, as if she had lost her significance.

After the lunch, Mrs. King left the restaurant. The mother and son exchanged no greetings or hugs or whatsoever and passed by each other as if they were strangers.

However, Ella was no longer in the mood to figure out their moods and tendencies. She simply picked up her purse and left the private room.

"Elle..."

Adrian called out to her but Ella did not stop.

The man could easily catch up to her in a few large strides but he seemed hesitant. He walked at a distance.

"Miss Yu," Ji Yan opened the door of the passenger seat for her. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Ella stood still for a moment before she flashed him a bright smile, "No need, how about accompany you today?"

"M-M-M-Me?" Ji Yan pointed a trembling hand at himself when Ella circled the car and went for the front passenger seat.

He had barely registered the shock when a layer of gloom pierced through him, "S-S-Second Master."

Ella was looking out of the window when she heard the sound of the door opening and closing, "Secretary Ji, how is your day going so far? Did you have your lunch..."

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