Chapter 333
Fia felt the hand that he grabbed begin to warm up and she quickly said, “It’s done. You’re going to scrape my skin off!”
She very quickly pulled her hand back, grabbed the towel from his hands, and dried her own hands before walking to the dining room.
Conrad followed after her with the basin. He grabbed her wrist when she was going to walk into a room.
“That’s the storage.”
“Huh?” Fia looked inside the room and saw that the wine cabinets lining up on the walls were filled with numerous wine bottles. There was also a large fridge inside, and she guessed that they were filled with wine bottles as well.
“All wine?”
“Yeah.”
When she heard how thoughtless his answer was, she stared at him somewhat upsettingly.
“You bought so many bottles of wine right after you moved into another mansion. Don’t you know that your stomach can’t keep up with all your drinking? Are you trying to kill yourself?!”
“Fia, you’ve misunderstood me.”
“You think I’m blind?” Fia pulled her hand out with an angry face.
At this time, Mrs. Taylor quickly ran over and led Fia into another room at the opposite side.
“This is the dining room. Originally, this mansion had the same layout as the old one. Master Maxwell was worried that it’ll sadden you if the layout was the same, so he had it changed.”
Fia looked away sadly.
When Mrs. Taylor saw the anger on her face disappear, she quickly said, “And he didn’t buy the wine in the cellar. He kept on receiving wine from other people, so he’s been storing them like this for a few years.”
She then led Fia to the dining table and seated her. “You took it the wrong way, madam.“
Fia realized that her tone was quite hostile, and she turned to look at the door.
She then said awkwardly, “Aren’t you eating?”
“I’ll throw the water away. I’ll be here soon.”
Fia held up her fork and looked at all the dishes laid out on the table. It could keep her fed for one week.
“Come eat with us, Mrs. Taylor.”
“That won’t do! I’m just a housekeeper!” Mrs. Taylor quickly left, worried that Fia would force her to join them for dinner, which would be very bad manners.
Fia gave up and put down her fork, waiting for Conrad to come back.
“Why aren’t you eating yet?” Conrad asked as he walked in.
“Waiting for you.”
“If you’re hungry, you can eat first. Don’t wait for me like you did in the past. When I’m busy, I can’t always make it back home to eat dinner.”
Fia knew that very well.
That had resulted in her getting starved quite a few times during her three years of marriage while waiting
for his return.
Sometimes, he would even eat with clients outside.
Sometimes, he was too busy, and he would only come home and eat around nine in the evening.
“Eat. Mrs. Taylor prepared all your favorite food,” Conrad said as he glanced at the dishes. While all of them were her favorite, none of them were spicy. “She’ll add chili later once you’ve fully recovered.”
Fia felt even guiltier the more he acted like that.
“I’m sorry for just now.”
“What?”
“I didn’t know that those wine bottles were gifts from someone else. I thought you went wine shopping as soon as you changed address.”
“I’m not angry. Instead, I’m very happy.”
Fia looked at him speechlessly. “Happy?”
He really was a changed man. No matter how she yelled and roared at him, he was happy.
“How can I not be happy? You care about me.”
Fia choked as she looked at Conrad awkwardly.
“How can you be so smooth nowadays?”
“What?” He asked as he raised his eyebrow flirtingly.
Fia somehow felt agitated and quickly lowered her head. She didn’t dare to speak with him anymore. He was being very weird lately.