Mia Foster thought she must have seen it wrong and moved aside from the customer standing nearby to take another careful look.
On the escalator opposite, Oliver Shaw stood side by side with a young woman, with a girl of about seven or eight standing between them, holding both their hands.
If they were just standing side by side, Mia Foster might interpret them as strangers riding the escalator to the floor above, but from her perspective, she could clearly see that the girl seemed to be talking to both of them, and Oliver Shaw, looking down at the girl, had a rare gentle smile on his usually stern face.
Perhaps sensing the intense gaze from this side, the woman next to Oliver Shaw turned her head to look over, and reflexively, Mia Foster straightened up and held onto the escalator, facing forward without looking sideways.
Luckily, a plump lady stood next to her, and by standing up straight on purpose, she probably couldn’t be seen.
However, as the escalator moved up, Mia Foster couldn’t help but stealthily glance over again. The little girl was still talking to Oliver Shaw, who nodded with a face full of kindness.
Finally reaching the floor, she stepped off and headed towards another escalator. As she turned the corner, she instinctively sneaked another peek, and saw Oliver Shaw and the woman holding the little girl’s hand, also turning towards another escalator.
Mia Foster let out a sigh of relief in secret, her future father-in-law was meeting with another woman, and she was actually this nervous.
Approaching the escalator, just as she was about to step on, she thought about it and then stepped aside instead, watching Oliver Shaw on the other escalator, already holding the hand of the girl and standing on it again.
Watching the three figures disappear in front of her, Mia Foster hesitated, wondering whether or not to call Felix Shaw over, already having taken out her phone from her bag and dialed the number, but she hung up the moment the call connected.
Forget it, this is Felix’s family matter, it’s better not to get involved as a fiancée who hasn’t even entered the family.
At the construction site, Felix Shaw had just changed out of his work clothes and got into his car when his phone in his pocket rang, but it was hung up after just one ring.
Before starting the engine, Felix took out his phone and saw that it was Mia Foster’s number in his missed calls. He didn’t mind it, tossed the phone onto the dashboard, and drove back to the company.
In the fast food court of the Department Store, which is actually a series of stalls linked together offering a variety of snacks, Mia Foster chose a vacant spot and ordered lotus leaf-wrapped rice, a dish she came to taste after hearing her subordinates mention it was good a few days ago.
Even though it was the same taste as the other day, Mia Foster ate it without any enjoyment, her mind still fixated on the scene she had just witnessed. She was very curious about the relationship between her future father-in-law and that mother and daughter.
She had met the future mother-in-law a few times and had dined together; a southern woman, petite and pretty as well as gentle. She always spoke softly and gently, which was very comforting to hear.
Mia Foster couldn’t understand, with such a gentle wife at home, how could her father-in-law have any involvement with another woman? That woman, judging by her face, didn’t look like a good sort, with her eyebrows loftily arched, giving off a cunning impression.
Taking a deep breath and shaking her head, Mia Foster told herself not to think nonsense. Her future father-in-law was such a serious man; how could he have a mistress outside? Maybe they were just ordinary friends.
Reviving her spirits and thinking about getting back to work after filling her belly, from not too far away, the crisp voice of a girl rang out, "Mom, I want chicken cutlet."