Chapter 959: Chapter 493: Extra Story – Went to Prepare a Wedding Surprise? (2)

Sensing who it was, Christine Quinn paused her steps as she was leaving. After hesitating for a few seconds, she took out her phone from her bag.

Staring blankly at the screen where the name "Oversky" was flashing, Christine sniffled, gathered her emotions, and pressed the answer button. "Hello..."

"Honey, have you gone to sleep?"

"Not yet, I’m reading a book."

"Sorry, I’ve had so much to do today that I only had time to call you now."

Christine swallowed the bitterness in her throat, smiled faintly, "It’s alright... I know you’re ’busy’." Busy dating other women, busy lying to her.

"The project should be secured by the day after tomorrow at the latest..."

"Really?" Christine’s smile was pained, "That’s truly something to be happy about..."

"Baby, aren’t you going to ask when I’ll be back?"

"Didn’t you say you’d be back in three to five days?"

"Don’t you want me to come back sooner?"

No.

If you come back now, I might still be able to smell another woman’s perfume on you.

"Baby..." His call again when she didn’t respond.

Christine snapped back to reality and pretended to pout, "I want you back soon, but you can’t come back to me right now..."

"I’m sorry, baby... ’Oversky’ just moved to New York, and without new projects, outsiders will think our ’Oversky’ is in trouble... I promise you, after securing this project, I will gradually hand the company over to Howard, and in the future, I’ll dedicate all my time to you."

"Let’s talk about it when you get back..."

"Okay."

"I’m tired, Oversky, I want to sleep early."

"Alright, good night, baby."

"Good night."

Through the phone, Christine blew a kiss to the person on the other end.

Only then did Skyler Jones contentedly end the call.

Putting her phone back in her bag, Christine felt a sting in her nose.

His voice was as tender as ever, yet her heart ached a lot...

If he wasn’t acting and everything in front of her was real, how great would that be? Sadly, he was probably holding another woman when he spoke those tender words to her...

Dragging her luggage out of the room, Christine went to the children’s room.

After setting down her luggage, Christine stood quietly by the bed, gazing at the sleeping Marilyn Quinn.

If there was anything she couldn’t bear to part with, it was her daughter...

She couldn’t imagine how sad and disappointed her daughter would be when she wakes up to find she was no longer in the Geoffrey household...

But she couldn’t take her daughter away with her, as her daughter needed to grow up in the warm environment of the Geoffrey family.

With heavy reluctance, Christine pulled her luggage and left the Jones’ Mansion step by step.

Leaving the Jones’ Mansion went smoothly because she had instructed the servants during the day, so no one would see her leave at night.

The cab she had booked in advance was already waiting outside the villa gate. After the driver loaded her luggage, Christine got into the cab.

The cab didn’t delay for a moment, heading straight to New York International Airport...

Christine never looked back, fearing she might change her mind if she did, as she felt so unwilling to leave deep down.

The cab unknowingly arrived at the airport. After paying the fare, Christine dragged her luggage and walked into the airport alone.

At the ticket counter, Christine handed her documents to an airport staff member and said, "Hello, please get me a ticket for the next departing flight."

The staff was surprised that Christine bought a ticket without asking for a destination, and couldn’t help asking, "Miss Quinn, don’t you have a place you want to go?"

Christine replied, "I just want to leave here as soon as possible, so just get me a ticket for the next flight."

The staff nodded dumbly, then helped Christine check the tickets.

Christine waited patiently.

Suddenly, the staff looked up respectfully at Christine and said, "Miss Quinn, the next flight is to France, departing at 1 a.m. Do you want it?"

"Flying to France?" Christine froze for a second. Skyler Jones seemed to be in France... so, of course not. "I don’t want to go to France. Are there any other destinations? A later time is okay."

The staff tapped the computer a few more times and apologized, "I’m sorry, Miss Quinn, until 10 a.m. tomorrow, this is the only flight... If you’re not in a hurry, you can choose a flight during the day tomorrow."

A flight only until 10 a.m. tomorrow?

Christine was stunned.

She definitely couldn’t wait until 10 a.m. tomorrow, as everyone would notice she was no longer at home...

"Miss Quinn, do you want this ticket?" the staff asked diligently.

After hesitating, Christine finally nodded, "Alright, I’ll buy a ticket to France."

At 2 a.m., Christine was seated on the plane heading to France.

Time wouldn’t allow her to wait, so she could only take this flight...

Even though France was not where she wanted to go, France was so vast that she didn’t have to worry about running into him on the streets...

Even if she did run into him on the streets, she imagined she would meet two people, so she wouldn’t need to explain...

A flight attendant came by to ask if she’d like juice or a beverage, and she finally ordered a cup of warm water.

Warm water usually didn’t have a taste, but once it slipped down her throat, it carried a wave of bitterness.

She knew it was the bitterness lingering in her throat...

Then she set the warm water aside and lowered her head, stroking her stomach.

Yes, that day at the hospital, she didn’t go through with the surgery.

She kept the child, and it had nothing to do with Jonathon Gibson showing up that day, but rather because she never intended to give up this child.

In fact, when she went to the hospital with Skyler Jones that day, she just wanted to reassure him and the family. She knew everyone was worried about her health, and only by ’removing’ the child could she put their minds at ease... so she went to the hospital with Skyler Jones.

But she had already planned that once at the hospital, she’d discuss with the doctor performing the surgery, and if the doctor wouldn’t cooperate, she’d have to come clean with Skyler Jones...

She couldn’t bear to watch a doctor use cold instruments to take the child from her womb... because it was her and Skyler Jones’ child, the result of their love, and she longed to have this child, and she was confident her body could endure the hardships of a ten-month pregnancy.

She never expected to run into Jonathon Gibson at the hospital...

Even though Jonathon said those things to her, she still chose not to remove the child, as she always believed at that time that it was just Jonathon’s one-sided words.