Chapter 201

Kelly’s eyes instantly widened, and her tongue became tangled. “Professor Butler…” On the other end of the phone, Melissa had no idea what was happening on Kelly’s side. When Kelly didn’t respond to her words, Melissa continued shouting, “Kelly, did you hear me? You need to take action. Your future happiness is in your own hands.”

Kelly hoped Melissa would stop talking. At this stage, forget the future; she wasn’t even sure if she would see tomorrow’s sunrise. She was so mortified that she just wanted to drag herself into the river. Kelly quickly grabbed the phone on the table and ended the call decisively.

Melissa’s words abruptly stopped, and the room fell into a suffocating silence. Kelly could hardly breathe from the tension. She looked at Leon, who was standing in the doorway, and forced a smile.

“Professor Butler, you’re back early.”

Leon’s gaze settled on Kelly, whose face had turned red. He had heard the second half of her phone conversation. Rather than the content of the call, what intrigued him most was the awkward expression on her face right now. She was holding the phone, looking utterly uncomfortable. A few pieces of bacon remained uneaten on the plate. He furrowed his brow and finally asked, “Did you just wake up?”

At this point, Kelly didn’t feel that waking up late was a big deal.

“Did you sleep well last night?”

“Yeah.”

If it weren’t for the incident just now, it would have been a much better sleep.

“How about pan-seared salmon for lunch? I brought a fish back with me.”

It was only then that Kelly noticed Leon was holding a bag.

“Alright.”

At this point, Kelly could only mumble, hoping to dodge this topic; if it meant he would let it go, she would agree to anything.

When Leon changed into house slippers and walked over, Kelly instinctively tensed up. He noticed this and smiled, a barely perceptible grin on his lips as he said, “Women tend to discuss these topics when they get together. You don’t need to feel so embarrassed.”

She wasn’t embarrassed about discussing those topics. What embarrassed her was being caught red-handed, and now, it felt like the topic was being rubbed in. Kelly couldn’t keep pretending now. Her expression turned helpless. She thought, “Professor Butler, can we please not talk about this?”

Unable to stay in the room any longer, Kelly quickly ate the remaining bacon, then scurried into her room. She turned on her phone and saw that Melissa had sent her several messages.

Melissa wrote, “Why did you suddenly hang up? Did something happen? Did you hear what I said?”

Kelly decided not to make it easy for her. She replied, “Leon, and Professor Butler heard too.”

Melissa sent a bunch of exclamation marks.

Kelly texted, “You didn’t see that coming, huh?”

Melissa replied, “Kelly, why don’t you whisper in Professor Butler’s ear and ask him to let me off the hook?”

Kelly answered, “I’m barely holding it together.”

Melissa sent an emoji.

Leon cooked lunch and dinner. Feeling embarrassed, Kelly stayed holed up in her study most of the day, only emerging to eat. When she did, she kept her head down, afraid he would bring up the…