An Impossible Marriage

An Impossible Marriage

Chapter 175

Nina merely smiled without saying anything. Then, she whirled around and went back to her room. Meanwhile, Margaret pushed open the door and went into her bedroom. Christopher seemed to have fallen asleep, for the room was eerily quiet.

She lay down gingerly, her mind a chaotic mess. Whenever anyone mentioned the plane crash back then, she would feel such a strong sense of oppression that she couldn't quite breathe. That had her determined to find Mr. Xenos as soon as possible to uncover the truth about the incident back then,

Early the next morning, Christopher was about to leave after dressing and all when Nina rushed out of her room.

"Christopher! I want to go out as well, so please give me a lift! I don't feel like driving!”

When Margaret heard the commotion, she instinctively jumped off the bed and opened the door a crack. She carefully observed the situation outside.

Christopher didn’t decline, merely querying, “Where are you going? It'll depend on whether I'm going the same way. If it's out of my way, you'll have to drive by yourself. I'm in a hurry.”

Unfamiliar with the places in the country, Nina stammered for a long time without a definite answer. In the end, she fibbed, “I scrutinized the map, and it's merely a stone’s throw away from your company. Just drop me off when we arrive. It's definitely on your way!”

This time, Christopher said nothing further. Only after they had left did Margaret go downstairs. Elizabeth carried a bowl of oatmeal porridge to the dining table. “Here's your breakfast, Meg. Eat up!”

Murmuring in acknowledgment, Margaret walked over to the dining table and took a seat. She stirred the steaming oatmeal porridge in the bowl lightly, but she didn’t have much appetite. "Elizabeth... Yesterday, Nina said some strange things to me. You have more experience, so I'd like to seek your help in analyzing her words.”

Elizabeth dragged a chair over and sat down. “Go ahead. I'm listening.”

Margaret proceeded to repeat everything Nina had said to her last night. After

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listening to that, Elizabeth rolled her eyes and scoffed, “I think she wanted to say that Mr. Lewis and her are of the same world, so they make the perfect couple. Hah! She doesn’t even bother to look at herself in the mirror! Can she compare to you when you've been by Mr. Lewis’ side for more than ten years? Speaking of that, I seem to have seen her in the past. Back then, she was still a child and looked plain unsightly. It was so bad that I felt that she was lucky to have been born into a wealthy family. Otherwise, no one would want to marry her in the future. I never expected her to have blossomed after growing up.”

She then explained, “At that time, Nina's father proposed a betrothal between the two families, but Mr. Lewis objected. He was just a child then and was not even eighteen years old yet. Nina was even four years younger than him. Old Mr. Lewis said to leave it to their children in the future, but unexpectedly, he passed away. It'd been so many years, yet Nina came running over in search of Mr. Lewis as soon as she returned to the country. I reckon she still wants to get together with him. She was ugly when she was young, and she’s not that much better now. She probably had cosmetic surgery. Don’t worry, Meg. Mr. Lewis isn't a fickle man.”

Hearing that, Margaret felt somewhat perturbed. “I'm not worried. It was just a casual question. Why would I be worried? All right, you should go and get busy first, Elizabeth. I'll help you out when I feel better.”

At once, Elizabeth threw her a glare. “No way! Did you not learn your lesson? Mr. Lewis can't bear to see you toiling alongside the servants all day long. Didn“t you notice that he’s been treating you much better ever since your incident? I won't be able to explain things to him if you lend me a hand again. Just recuperate well and do whatever you're supposed to do when you're hale and hearty again. It's best if you can add to the Lewis family earlier. With a child, your marital relationship will naturally improve.”

At the mention of a child, Margaret's face paled slightly. The damage from the loss of her child wasn't limited to the physical sense alone. Instead, the psychological trauma she suffered was even greater. She even felt guilty that she once wavered between keeping and aborting the child. Little did she know that Megan would help her make the decision in the end.

In the afternoon, Christopher and Nina came home together. It was relatively early then, not even time to get off work yet. Christopher had always been meticulous at work, never leaving the office early unless under special circumstances.