Chapter 4

The cherry incident ended up with James getting acute gastroenteritis and lying in the hospital for three days.

I heard that Aria couldn’t continue her live streaming, so James asked me to keep an eye out for any good job opportunities in New York.

I saw James’s eight missing calls after I finished an urgent meeting in the afternoon.

He should be on a business trip. I wondered if he had any emergency so he would call me urgently.

When I called back, I found he had turned off his phone. He was probably on a plane again.

I checked WhatsApp and found that he left me a message!

He said Aria was coming to New York for a few days. Her mother worried about her, so she asked her to stay at our place for a few days.

Just now I didn't answer the phone, and he had already given her the password to the door and asked her to go in first.

Thinking about what happened last time, I was annoyed. She had my WhatsApp but didn't tell me in advance. I could be 100% sure that she would be tough to get along with.

There were still two hours before off work...

I imagined a big drama between us. But in order to have a good ending with James, I should be more generous. After all, she was still a young girl. I had to change her.

We might be a family in the future, so I couldn’t have a bad relationship with her at the beginning.

When I got off work, I asked for two days off and planned to take her around to improve our relationship.

Especially learning from the internet, I spent a lot of money to buy a strawberry cake.

I froze when I opened the door!

Was this still my home?

The living room was brimmed with stuff. Did she need to bring so many things for a few days?

Look carefully again, I found all of these were my things.

My silk covers and the clothes that were originally hanging neatly in the wardrobe were now piled up on the sofa like pickled vegetables.

My books littered on the carpet in front of the sofa!

The miscellaneous items in the storage cabinet were all thrown together like garbage in a landfill!

I was still in a daze when I looked up and saw a tall and thin, fair-skinned girl with long straight hair holding my precious dolls, standing at the door of the room and about to throw them under the carpet!!

"What are you doing? Put them down!"

Those were all my beloved things that James couldn’t even touch!

I quickly put the cake on the ground and rushed over to snatch my dolls from her.

"Why are you so surprised? You must be Ella Royston, right? I'm Aria. You have too many things! You came back just in time. Tidy up yourself. I'm going to sleep!"

I was shocked and confused.

"This is our room. You can sleep in the guest room next to it..." I tried my best to suppress my anger.

"I have checked the guest room, but I am not used to it without a bathroom. The curtain is also not blackout, and I like to sleep until noon. How can I stand the light coming through?"

I was lost for words.

I was so angry but I couldn't reach James. After a moment of internal struggle, I convinced myself to endure a little longer.