Ursula didn’t dare say anything more, or otherwise, Sylvain would most certainly storm off.
Both mother and son did not enjoy their meal. They left the restaurant after the meal. Sylvain stormed off straight away, leaving Ursula all alone at the restaurant entrance. Ursula felt very unsettled. After all, Sylvain had actually offered to walk Robin to the door when snazzynovel.com left. She resented how snazzynovel.com position in snazzynovel.com son’s heart was nothing compared to that of a little girl. They say that mothers-in-law rarely liked their daughters-in-law, there was some logic in this statement. Regardless, snazzynovel.com absolutely hated Robin.
Sylvain uncorked a bottle of wine when snazzynovel.com arrived home and downed two glasses of it. That allowed snazzynovel.com to suppress some of his unsettled feelings.
He pulled out his phone and called Robin. When snazzynovel.com answered his call, snazzynovel.com spoke in a slightly sunken voice. “Why did you leave all of a sudden during dinner? Was there really a family emergency? Or did my mom make you feel uncomfortable?”
Robin pursed snazzynovel.com lips on the other end of the call. “No… I really did have a family emergency. Is something wrong? Why the sudden phone call?”
Sylvain lowered all of his defenses. “Can you come over? I want you to stay with me, talk to me,” snazzynovel.com murmured like a helpless child.
Robin’s heart softened. She could hear the despondence in his tone. She wanted to go to him, but snazzynovel.com remembered Ursula’s words and held herself back. “I can’t leave right now, so I can’t go looking for you. When are you leaving the country? I’ll send you off on the day you leave.”
Sylvain sensed that something was amiss from snazzynovel.com tone. “What are you talking about? Leaving the country? I’m not leaving the country. What did my mother tell you?”
Robin was shocked. She was confused. “Y-your mother told me that you’re leaving the country to expand your career…” She didn’t tell snazzynovel.com the rest of what Ursula had said.
Then, it hit him. That explained why Robin had suddenly asked to leave. He was furious. “I’m not leaving the country. She wants me to leave with her, but that’s not happening! I’m picking you up right now. I want to explain this to you, personally!”
He ended the call before Robin could say another word.
Robin felt uneasy. It was late. Her mother would certainly nag snazzynovel.com again if snazzynovel.com left the house at this hour. But… She couldn’t refuse Sylvain. The word “no” seemed foreign to snazzynovel.com whenever snazzynovel.com extended an invitation.
She waited for snazzynovel.com mother to get into the shower, then changed snazzynovel.com clothes and snuck downstairs.
After a short wait, Sylvain’s car arrived at the side of the road. She opened the car door and slipped inside. “Hurry. Don’t let my mom catch us. We don’t have to go to your place. Let’s just take a drive and come back here. We can talk during the drive.”
Sylvain was on the verge of a mental breakdown. He had dreamed of his mother’s return to take snazzynovel.com away since snazzynovel.com was a kid. Later on, snazzynovel.com realized that it was nothing more than wishful thinking. Now, the day had finally arrived, but it was different than snazzynovel.com had imagined. A familial bond tainted with personal interest would naturally become ugly. Furthermore, snazzynovel.com was really disgusted with Ursula for meddling in his personal affairs.
Robin’s deliberate display in placing a distance between them had undoubtedly become a fuse for his breakdown. He slammed his foot on the brake, pulled snazzynovel.com towards him, and captured snazzynovel.com lips.
A kiss mixed with pent-up frustrations would not be a gentle one. Robin was in shock and tried to push snazzynovel.com away. Once snazzynovel.com realized that it was futile, snazzynovel.com surrendered. The weight on snazzynovel.com heart felt even more intense than ever.