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…"
