Flash Marriage: Pampered by Mr.Bigshot-Chapter 463 - 462: Don’t Overthink, The Time Has Not Yet Come

"Why didn’t you go back?" Charles Northwood asked as he opened the door to let Tara Jameson in.

"I was worried about you," Tara Jameson smiled. Seeing how disheveled he looked, she knew he would insist on changing his clothes immediately.

"You don’t need to worry about me. It seems we can’t go out for dinner now. I’ll just make you something simple."

It turned out Charles Northwood and Tara Jameson had been planning to go out for dinner together.

"Okay, I’ll take a shower." Charles Northwood, who had always been a stickler for cleanliness, couldn’t bear the thought of just changing his clothes. Besides, the stinging pain in his palms urged him to quickly clean the dirt and gravel from his wounds.

Watching Charles Northwood leave, Tara Jameson’s smile faded, and she trudged listlessly towards the kitchen.

Soon, two bowls of noodles were ready. Charles Northwood emerged in his bathrobe.

"Smells great." Charles Northwood was never stingy with his praise.

"Hurry and eat. The noodles will get soggy soon," Tara Jameson smiled, handing him a pair of chopsticks.

Charles Northwood nodded. As he reached for the chopsticks, the wounds on his palms were exposed to Tara.

"You’re hurt!?" Tara Jameson froze, her eyes fixed on the small abrasions on his hands. She immediately stood up to fetch the First Aid Kit.

"It was Fiona Sutton, wasn’t it?" Tara Jameson asked as she carefully dabbed iodine on his wounds.

"Don’t overthink it." Charles Northwood clearly didn’t want to elaborate. His evasive words made Tara Jameson pause in her actions.

"So, you never planned on telling her we’re dating, did you?" After disinfecting his wounds, Tara Jameson slowly put away the First Aid Kit.

Charles Northwood stiffened at her words and fell silent for a long time.

"Don’t overthink it," he finally said. "The time just isn’t right."

Tara Jameson had grown tired of these excuses. She stood up abruptly. "I just remembered I haven’t prepared my materials for tomorrow’s class. I should go."

Without giving Charles Northwood a chance to respond, she uttered these words, grabbed her bag, and ran out.

It all happened in an instant. By the time Charles Northwood reacted, Tara Jameson was already gone.

He sighed, his appetite vanishing at the sight of the bowl of noodles on the table. Ignoring the pain from his wounds, he slipped on his slippers and trudged to the Main Bedroom to sleep. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

「Meanwhile」

After Nia Mitchell’s call ended, tears began to PITTER-PATTER down her cheeks.

"What’s wrong?" Maxwell Peary frowned, reaching out to wipe her tears. But the more he wiped, the more tears fell; it was an endless stream.

"Stop crying. You look awful."

At a loss, Maxwell Peary simply tossed a box of tissues onto her lap. "Go on, cry all you want. When we get back, everyone at the Villa will assume I’ve bullied you."

Listening to Maxwell Peary’s slightly resentful words, Nia Mitchell turned to look at him. "Fiona Sutton knows I’m married."

Maxwell Peary raised an eyebrow. "Wasn’t that to be expected?"

"That’s good. It saves you from agonizing day after day over how to tell her," Maxwell Peary said nonchalantly.

Damn it, so Rabina Mitchell was crying over *this*?

"What are you talking about?" Nia Mitchell exclaimed in frustration. "Now she’s ignoring me, and Charles Northwood is ignoring me too! I have no friends left!" Ignoring her seatbelt, she slapped Maxwell Peary on the arm.

"If they ignore you, let them." Maxwell Peary still didn’t seem to care. After saying this, he turned to her, his expression suddenly serious. "You still have me."