The Lord Mayor Falls in Love with Me

After a simple work handover, Joey went to Amanda's administration manager office. She decided it was best for Allen to wait outside. He caved in when he found she was quite serious. Joey hadn't seen Amanda for more than ten days since the trip to Thailand. Amanda had lost a lot of weight and the exquisite makeup couldn't hide her tiredness.

Joey had just intended to say goodbye to Amanda, because they wouldn't see each other for the next ten months. Besides, Amanda had asked her to keep an eye on Quentin to see whether there was something going between Vivian and him. Joey was shocked to see Amanda like this. Did she...

"Amanda, you..."

Joey was a little embarrassed. The home-wrecker was her sister after all. Vivian was emotionally no longer her sister for her, but their blood relationship was undeniable. Joey paused a little before she asked with a guilty conscience, "Did you find anything wrong between Mr. Quentin and Vivian? You've lost a lot of weight in the past days."

Amanda forced a dry smile and shook her head, "I don't want to bother you with this question. Now all you have to do is take care of yourself and the baby as a happy bride-to-be. I can tell that Allen loves you very much. You'll be happy together."

Joey was getting married soon and thus Amanda really didn't want to cast a shadow on Joey with her own failed marriage.

She had been exhausted by the adultery of Quentin and Vivian these days.

Quentin had refused to give her a divorce. She had no choice but to take Quentin and Vivian to court for adultery. But unfortunately, apart from her statement, she had no evidence of their extramarital affair. Quentin argued that Vivian had gone to his hotel room for work and had to use his bathroom because of a sudden stomach pain. He swore that there had been nothing immoral going between them. Eventually, Amanda had lost the case for lack of evidence.

She planned to draft a divorce agreement now. She was determined to divorce him in spite of Quentin's tough stance. She could only imagine how bitter the divorce battle would be for her.

She had been so exhausted, actually too exhausted to bring it up with anyone else.

Joey knew she was right. But even if she knew what was going on with Amanda, what could she do to help her? She sighed, "All right. Take care, Amanda. Call me anytime if you ever need me." "Thank you, Joey." Amanda nodded, "I really appreciate it."

Joey didn't press her on the question because she respected Amana's privacy. For Amana, she genuinely considered Joey her best friend at work around whom she had always been very comfortable in recent years.

After Joey left, Amanda instantly buried herself in work again. Only hard work could relieve the pain that her failed marriage had brought her.

After Joey left the company, Allen sent her back to his villa with great care. They were surprised by an uninvited guest the moment they walked into the house.

It was Allen's mother Mrs. Charles.

To Joey's surprise, Mrs. Charles had changed a lot. She wasn't as cold and rude as the day of the birthday party. She not only apologized to Joey, but kindly and caringly inquired after Joey's health. Her frequent glances at Joey's belly suggested that she had changed so much simply because Joey was now pregnant with Allen's child, the future heir of the family.

Allen had planned to take Joey home to pay a formal visit to his parents when she was in better shape after a couple of days. His mother's arrival was truly unexpected and her attitude was far better than he had imagined. Thus he was greatly relieved. However, when Allen told her about the wedding in less than a month, Mrs. Charles's smile was gone.

She didn't argue with her son. She only said that she had to discuss it with her husband.

Allen knew that he shouldn't rush things. He didn't ask her to give an answer right away.

He even offered to cook for his mother to express his gratitude.

Joey and Mrs. Charles were left in the living room.

Joey immediately got tense and clenched her fists. She lowered her head and breathed nervously, because she knew Mrs. Charles wouldn't be nice to her anymore sine her son wasn't around.

As she had expected, Mrs. Charles's eyes went cold, just as several days ago at the party. She looked sideways at Joey and said, "You're good. I've underestimated you. But I'll cut you some slack for the sake of my future grandchild. Let me clear something up. I'm here to see you today, but it doesn't mean that I've accepted you as my future daughter-in-law. It just means that I've accepted you as the mother of my future grandchild. My husband is the only son in the family, so is Allen. You'd better take good care of yourself and give me a healthy grandchild, or you'll never have the chance to marry into the Charles family."000