Wife is a Lawyer novel Chapter 26

“Mark your words and don’t break your promise again,” he said coldly, shutting the door after he entered the bathroom.

Adriana got up and put on some brand-new clothes that were placed on the desk.

She brushed her hair with her fingers and straightened her clothes to make sure she didn’t look like a mess. Then she walked up to the door, took a deep breath and opened the door, “Tessa, you’re here?”

“Adri, what took you so long to open the door?” Theresa stuck out her head and peeped into the room by the door, “are you all alone?”

“Yeah, I’m alone.”

Adriana smiled and asked, “Where were you? I haven’t seen you for a long time.”

Back when she fell into the water, Theresa was the one who brought her to this room. But after she went out of the bathroom, she hadn’t seen her since.

It was natural for her to have some doubts.

“I…I bumped into someone I know.” It had been hours since the incident happened and it was already 11 o’clock.

Theresa thought what should happen must have happened already.

“By the way, did you see Alvin?” Theresa asks tentatively.

Adriana’s eyes darkened and then she shook her head, “No...I didn’t see him. When can we leave?”

“I’m not sure yet. You should ask Alvin. The ship has left the open sea, so if you're in a hurry you can get back early by boat.”

Theresa frowned confusedly, “You really didn’t see Alvin?”

That was odd. If Adriana never saw Alvin, who gave her the antidote?

Adriana shook her head again.

“Why are we still standing by the door? Let’s talk inside,” Theresa pushed Adriana into the room, “you’re all alone by yourself all this time?”

She acted like she was curious as she asked her.

Adriana nodded and looked a bit restless. She couldn’t help peeking at the bathroom in the bedroom from time to time, afraid that Theresa might find something.

“Tessa, let’s hang out. I saw that some people are having fun out there today,” Adriana couldn’t take the heat anymore and was terrified that Theresa might find out something so she held Theresa’s arm and was about to take her out.

“Wait...”

Theresa struggled out of her hand and frowned as she looked at her, “Why do you look so nervous? Are you hiding something from me? Or someone?”

As she was talking, she had already entered the bedroom. She looked around and didn’t discover anything. Finally, she started walking towards the bathroom.

The suite was simply furnished and she could see everything from one look. So it was obvious that the bathroom was the only place that could hide someone.

Adriana looked quite anxious. Was that person in the bathroom right now?

“Hiding someone from you? No…of course not,” Adriana smiled awkwardly, “Tessa, what are you talking about? There’s only me in this room.”

Facing her bestie’s interrogation, Adriana was almost scared to death and her heart was pounding so loud that it was about to pop out of her throat.

Seeing that she was approaching the bathroom, Adriana walked past her quickly and stopped her right there, “Tessa, stop it. How is it possible that I can hide someone here? You know I don’t even have a boyfriend and I’m still waiting for you to introduce one to me. There are so many people out there today and you should take me down there so that I can meet someone. That’s the real deal.”

Knock knock.

Just as Theresa was about to enter the bathroom and see for herself, somebody knocked on the door again.

“Who’s here?” Adriana looked at Theresa, hoping that could distract her somehow.

“I don’t know either.”

Theresa shook her head and they both walked out of the room to open the door, only to see Alvin standing outside.

“Alvin, why...why are you here?”

How did he know she was here? And more importantly, how did Peter get her room card?

These questions kept flooding into her head and Adriana could figure out the answer for now.

“Peter...”

The second the door opened, Alvin wanted to ask if Peter was here when he saw her. But before he could see anything, he saw Theresa standing inside the room.

Then he immediately changed his mind, “I just wanna ask you if you had a good time today.”

Adriana’s eyes shimmered and said, “The streets look quite fun and I haven’t had the time to go out there. How about you take us there?”

Then she turned to Theresa and said, “Let’s go. I’ve never seen the sea in the night before. Let’s go and see.”

She dragged Theresa out of the room and shut the door.

The three of them left the room but somehow Theresa felt that Adriana was acting weird. She didn’t know if she was too suspicious or Adriana was really hiding something from her.

However, what she really wanted to know was how did Adriana find the antidote to the drug.

They went to the deck, standing on the railing to feel the sea breeze, looking at the night sky where the stars were twinkling and the moon was hanging high. What a great scenery!

Adriana was standing by the sea, spreading her arms as she felt the gentle breeze brushing her cheeks. Yet, the cool and humid night wind couldn’t blow away her sorrow.

Alvin was standing next to her. Seeing that Adriana wasn’t wearing enough clothes to fight the coldness, he took off his blazer and put it on her shoulder, “It’s kind of cold out here. Don’t catch a cold.”

Feeling the warmth on her shoulder, Adriana turned around and saw Alvin looking directly into her eyes. His eyes couldn’t contain his feelings for her anymore.

“Al...”

Just as Adriana was about to say something, Theresa interrupted by saying, “Oh my god, Alvin, you’re so nice to Adri.”

She raised her eyebrows and stood by Adriana, nudging her with her elbow, “Alvin is a great guy. He’s cute and sweet and he deserves a shot with you.”

She wanted them to be together.

And right now, Adriana saw right past Alvin and fixed her eyes on Peter, who just showed up not far away.

Her face went a little stiff and tried hard to force a smile, “Tessa, what are you talking about? I’ve already got a husband. Stop this nonsense.”

“What? But back when we’re still in your room, you just told me to find you a...”

Theresa didn’t quite understand what Adriana meant and almost exposed her lie. Then Adriana immediately stopped her, “Tessa, your husband is here.”

Theresa glanced that way and really saw Peter.

She smiled happily and walked gently towards him, “Peter, where have you been? I didn’t see you.”

He changed into a nice blue suit and was holding a glass of champagne with his hand in his pocket. He coldly looked towards this way and looked right into Adriana’s eyes.

“You’re all here?” he looked at Alvin and asked, “everything’s done?”

“Yeah, I’ve just finished it. Those people are all cunning and hard to deal with. So it took me a lot of time,” Alvin said.

Adriana took off the clothes she was wearing on his shoulder and handed it to Alvin, “Alvin, I’m kind of sleepy now. I’ll go back to my room and have some rest. You guys have fun.”

Since she had already made a promise to Peter, she would obviously keep it.

But she didn’t expect Kenny to be such a wuss and ruin everything. If he hadn’t screwed up, none of this would’ve happened.

“I’ll walk you there.”