Contract Marriage: Abusive Love with Mr.CEO-Chapter 722 - 375: Extra: How About a Six-Month Truce?
Jonathon Gibson’s added remark made Christine Quinn abruptly lift her gaze.
Jonathon Gibson’s deep black eyes suppressed his emotions as he met Christine Quinn’s, slowly releasing, "I saw him tonight with the ’Nonta’ group’s eldest daughter Jennifer Douglas, acting intimately... Is he treating you badly?"
"No."
"Then..."
Christine Quinn walked to the sofa opposite Jonathon Gibson and sat down. "The situation between him and me isn’t as you imagine... In fact, we’ve broken up long ago."
"But weren’t you already married..."
Christine Quinn had already closed her eyes, wearily answering, "Jonathon, I don’t want to talk about him and me tonight... I’m a bit tired, can I lean here for a while?"
"I have a guest room; you can rest there."
"I just want to lean for a while." She didn’t want to go home; her family would worry if they saw her like this.
"Okay, I’ll get you a blanket..."
"Mm."
When Jonathon Gibson brought a blanket out of the room, Christine Quinn was already clutching a pillow, sound asleep on the sofa.
Jonathon Gibson gently draped the blanket over her, noticing that even in her sleep, her brow was furrowed, restless.
He sat on the sofa opposite her, lit a cigarette, and quietly watched her.
The next day.
Skyler Jones woke as usual according to his biological clock.
He got up intending to go into the bathroom, only to find the big bed empty.
She usually woke before him too, but this morning, the bed and blanket bore no signs of having been slept in, causing his brow to slightly furrow.
After a simple wash in the bathroom, he donned a robe and went to his daughter’s room.
Knock, knock—
He reached out and gently knocked on the door several times, and only then did Marie, dressed in cute Hello Kitty pajamas, open the door with sleepy eyes.
"Daddy..."
Marie greeted him sweetly.
"Uh... Is your mommy in your room?" Even Skyler Jones felt a bit awkward asking such questions.
"No, isn’t mommy sleeping with you?"
"Mm."
Marie inherited her father’s intelligence and sensitively asked, "Mommy didn’t sleep with you last night?"
"No, your mommy got up early; I’m looking for her."
"Oh."
"Continue sleeping, I’ll check the garden."
"Mm."
Watching his daughter return to her room to nap, Skyler Jones returned to his room with a cold expression.
After taking another look at the empty bed, he immediately picked up his phone, one hand on his hip, the other dialing her number.
Beep—
Beep, beep—
The phone kept emitting dialing tones, but no one answered on the other end.
After dialing one last time with still no answer, Skyler Jones irritably tossed the phone aside.
Recalling her mood last night, and that she hadn’t returned by now, Skyler Jones couldn’t help but rake his hair, then changed clothes, grabbed his car keys, and left the room.
Before heading downstairs, Skyler Jones encountered Rebecca Quentin, who was planning to accompany Mrs. Geoffrey in the garden.
Noticing Skyler Jones’s slightly hurried pace, Rebecca Quentin asked concernedly, "Brother-in-law, where are you going so early?" 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚
"Uh, I... I’m heading out on business."
"You returned late with my sister last night, right?"
"Mm."
"No wonder my sister didn’t come to chat with me; we’d planned to talk."
"I’m going out for a bit."
"Alright... I’ll go wake my sister up; she’s such a lazy bug..."
Skyler Jones’s steps to cross the door halted suddenly, quickly turning to Rebecca Quentin to say, "Don’t wake her; she slept late, let her rest more!"
"Slept late?" Rebecca Quentin repeated the words, her eyes hinting at ambiguity.
"Don’t overthink."
Leaving those words behind, Skyler Jones hurriedly departed.
Seeing Skyler Jones’s car, the servants quickly opened the gate for him.
Just as Skyler Jones was about to drive out through the villa’s gates, a black car suddenly stopped outside the entrance.
Skyler Jones stopped his vehicle, looking through the windshield at the person emerging from the opposite car.
It was Christine Quinn.
After she got out of the car, Jonathon Gibson also stepped down from the driver’s seat.
Jonathon Gibson said a few words to Christine Quinn; she smiled at him for several seconds before turning to walk toward the villa.
Jonathon Gibson’s car drove away.
Christine Quinn’s lips still held a faint smile until she noticed the person in the car about to drive out of the villa.
In that instant, Christine Quinn’s smile slightly stiffened, but she didn’t avoid Skyler Jones’s gaze, looking at him indifferently.
