At the bar, Carlos was holding his phone, the words "wife" suddenly crashing into his sight, his hand involuntarily trembling slightly, and he subconsciously looked up towards upstairs feeling a bit guilty. Updates are released by ɴovelfire.net
Ever since discovering that Blue Sky was Emily Parker herself, he had been impersonating his grandfather to chat with her.
At first, his intention was to use this opportunity to probe into the other side of Emily Parker hidden beneath the surface.
In Carlos’s heart, there was always a hint of suspicion towards Emily Parker.
He always felt that Emily Parker was not as simple and pure as she appeared, as if there was an invisible veil hiding her true self.
However, as the conversation deepened, he did not find anything suspicious about Emily Parker.
On the contrary, Emily Parker in the conversation was considerate and understanding.
Whether it was the vast universe’s astronomy and geography or the complex and ever-changing economic management of the moment, although not an expert, she could speak knowledgeably and eloquently about them.
Sometimes, when their conversation reached a peak, Carlos would feel a sense of envy and jealousy, not towards anyone else, but towards his own grandfather.
In real life, when Emily Parker interacted with him, there was always a sense of neither hot nor cold distance, as if there was an invisible barrier between them, making it hard to truly get close.
But when chatting with "grandfather", she seemed like a different person. Sometimes like a playfully cute granddaughter, constantly teasing.
Sometimes she seemed like a confidant friend, sharing small insights from life, and at other times, she resembled a dutiful junior, full of care and respect in her words.
Thinking about this, Carlos scratched his head in some annoyance, feeling utterly helpless.
The messages on the phone screen kept flashing.
Time: Don’t mention it.
Blue Sky: There’s something I don’t know if I should ask.
Blue Sky: Are you and your wife not getting along?
Time: Our relationship isn’t great.
Blue Sky: Why? Wasn’t it love that brought you together in the first place?
Time: I don’t believe in love.
Emily Parker looked at the conversation on the phone screen and couldn’t help but feel a sense of sympathy. She realized that her previous question might have been a bit abrupt. In the Old Master’s era, most marriages were arranged, and it was possible that a couple had never met before the wedding, let alone married for love. In such a historical context, nurturing feelings seemed to happen only during the long years of marriage, and perhaps the Old Master and his wife went through many unknown struggles before arriving at the seemingly mundane marriage they had now.
Carlos’s thoughts unconsciously drifted back to his grandparents’ marriage. The scenes he saw in childhood slowly played in his mind like an old movie. His grandfather had always been mild-tempered, particularly attentive to family, and catered to his grandmother to the utmost extent. No matter what demands his grandmother made, no matter how unreasonable, his grandfather would agree with a smile, and in all matters big and small at home, his grandmother’s preferences were always prioritized. Yet despite this, his grandmother’s heart seemed wrapped in a thick layer of ice, remaining indifferent to his grandfather for many years, with not the slightest softening of attitude.
In this family, marriage seemed to have become a kind of bond of interests.
It was this way for the older generation of grandparents, and wasn’t it the same for his own parents?
Their marriage was more about the strategic layout on the business map of two families, where love was insignificant compared to status and balance of interests.
They maintained a decent spousal relationship on the surface, respecting each other like guests, but behind this seeming harmony lay an unspoken alienation.
Thinking about this, Carlos’s gaze fell onto Emily Parker again, his heart sinking heavily.
Would he and Emily Parker walk down this same old path?
Their marriage was an accident from the beginning.
Facing Emily Parker, he had also tried to get close, to understand, but Emily Parker’s half-hearted attitude always made it difficult for him to reach her heart.