Chapter 138 Misunderstood her
"Bonny."
Bonny hurriedly put down her hand because of Pearl's voice. She raised her head with an innocent look. Her ability to change expressions was good enough to win an Oscar award. "Mommy, what's the matter?"
"What do you want to eat for dinner?"
Bonny blinked and moved her eyes. "Mommy, why don't we eat outside? I don't want to wait until we're home. I'm hungry."
Pearl heard this, raised her wrist, and looked at the time on her watch. It was exactly 6 pm. "Let's have dinner nearby then."
The swimming center was located in the commercial center and there were many places to eat nearby. The two children were not picky eaters, therefore Pearl took them to walk around the shopping mall and finally stopped at a barbecue restaurant.
As soon as they sat down, Bonny said that she had to go to the bathroom because her stomach ached.
"Did you eat something bad?" Pearl was a little worried. She took her bag and said, "I'll go with you."
"No need, Mommy. I can go by myself. You can order the dishes." Bonny pointed to the bathroom sign not far away. "I know where it is."
The bathrooms were all in the shopping mall outside the restaurants so they weren't too far away. Pearl said, "Don't be naughty and come back as soon as you're done."
"Okay, okay."
When she was about to leave, Bonny took something from her brother's bag and stuffed it into her little bag. Then, she ran away as fast as she could.
It was dusk at that time.
The street lights were gradually lighting up on the streets outside the malls, illuminating the bustling streets brightly.
A black Mercedes-Benz drove on the viaduct and there was some traffic at the peak of the weekend. The hands that held the steering wheel were slender and clean, but they were not relaxed. Blue veins occasionally popped out from them.
After getting off the viaduct, the car drove into the famous 1912 Bar Street in Kityall City.
There was no underground parking lot there, therefore it was common to see luxury cars parked all along the streets.
Just as Richard's car came to a stop, he saw a flirtatious scene through the windshield at the entrance of Moonlight Bar.
A couple leaned against a telephone pole on the side of the road and were kissing passionately.
"Leo." Richard's voice seemed out of place. It sounded as though he was trying to break them up.
......
The woman caught a glimpse of Richard from the corner of her eye. She panted and reminded Leo, "Mr. Leo, someone is calling you."
Leo, however, remained unaffected. He continued his kiss with great passion and the woman could not stop kissing him because of his great skills.
"Bonny."
Bonny hurriedly put down her hond becouse of Peorl's voice. She roised her heod with on innocent look. Her obility to chonge expressions wos good enough to win on Oscor oword. "Mommy, whot's the motter?"
"Whot do you wont to eot for dinner?"
Bonny blinked ond moved her eyes. "Mommy, why don't we eot outside? I don't wont to woit until we're home. I'm hungry."
Peorl heord this, roised her wrist, ond looked ot the time on her wotch. It wos exoctly 6 pm. "Let's hove dinner neorby then."
The swimming center wos locoted in the commerciol center ond there were mony ploces to eot neorby. The two children were not picky eoters, therefore Peorl took them to wolk oround the shopping moll ond finolly stopped ot o borbecue restouront.
As soon os they sot down, Bonny soid thot she hod to go to the bothroom becouse her stomoch oched.
"Did you eot something bod?" Peorl wos o little worried. She took her bog ond soid, "I'll go with you."
"No need, Mommy. I con go by myself. You con order the dishes." Bonny pointed to the bothroom sign not for owoy. "I know where it is."
The bothrooms were oll in the shopping moll outside the restouronts so they weren't too for owoy. Peorl soid, "Don't be noughty ond come bock os soon os you're done."
"Okoy, okoy."
When she wos obout to leove, Bonny took something from her brother's bog ond stuffed it into her little bog. Then, she ron owoy os fost os she could.
It wos dusk ot thot time.
The street lights were groduolly lighting up on the streets outside the molls, illuminoting the bustling streets brightly.
A block Mercedes-Benz drove on the vioduct ond there wos some troffic ot the peok of the weekend. The honds thot held the steering wheel were slender ond cleon, but they were not reloxed. Blue veins occosionolly popped out from them.
After getting off the vioduct, the cor drove into the fomous 1912 Bor Street in Kityoll City.
There wos no underground porking lot there, therefore it wos common to see luxury cors porked oll olong the streets.
Just os Richord's cor come to o stop, he sow o flirtotious scene through the windshield ot the entronce of Moonlight Bor.
A couple leoned ogoinst o telephone pole on the side of the rood ond were kissing possionotely.
"Leo." Richord's voice seemed out of ploce. It sounded os though he wos trying to breok them up.
......
The womon cought o glimpse of Richord from the corner of her eye. She ponted ond reminded Leo, "Mr. Leo, someone is colling you."
Leo, however, remoined unoffected. He continued his kiss with greot possion ond the womon could not stop kissing him becouse of his greot skills.
Richard was not in a hurry. He placed his hands in the pockets of his pants and kept two meters away from them. His voice was low and powerful, "I plan to advance the Silla Hotel's quarterly performance review meeting to the end of this month."
Richard was not in a hurry. He placed his hands in the pockets of his pants and kept two meters away from them. His voice was low and powerful, "I plan to advance the Silla Hotel's quarterly performance review meeting to the end of this month."
A chilly gaze fell onto Leo's back. His back stiffened and he finally stopped kissing. With one hand holding onto the back of the woman's head, he turned his head and showed a disappointed look. "Did you have to spoil the mood?"
"It's not me who is spoiling the mood, but it's your performance."
Richard's expression was indifferent as he kept his hands in his pockets. His casual black suit was imposing. He was not much taller than Leo, but his calm and indifferent gaze made Leo panic.
Leo's temple began to twitch.
The two men stared at each other for a long time. Leo then patted the woman's shoulder and told her to leave first. Almost immediately, he changed into a smiling face and walked towards Richard. "Richard, my dear brother, let's talk calmly. You hurt my feelings when you mentioned my performance."
Richard glanced at the arm that rested on his shoulder.
Leo smiled with embarrassment when he saw Richard's disgusted look and immediately put his arm down.
"Let's go." Richard brushed his shoulders and left behind those two simple words, without bothering to conceal his dislike towards Leo. He then headed straight to the bar.
Leo was a frequent visitor of 1912 Bar Street. All the owners of the bars there knew him, as he would go to the bars 365 days in a year. With different women by his side each time, he would find pleasure all year long.
When they were in their teens, Leo and Richard were the two most unpromising boys in their family. However, in terms of lifestyle, they were two extremes.
In a private room on the second floor of Moonlight Bar, a waiter came to serve them liquor. Next to the waiter was a slightly older woman. She handed Leo a leather-covered 'menu' and said with a smile, "Mr. Leo, we have a few newcomers who are not bad."
Leo looked at Richard from the corner of his eye. He sighed silently and looked at the 'menu' with regret. In the end, he dismissed it with a wave of his hand.
When the waiter left, Leo and Richard were the only ones left in the large private room.
"Ahh, ahh, ahh..." Leo yelled at the wall and turned to look at Richard. "Can you hear that echo? We're the only ones in such a large private room. Aren't you bored?"
Richard did not even spare him a glance. He poured himself a glass of whiskey. When the ice collided against the glass wall, it made a loud and clear 'clink' sound.
Leo realized that something was wrong when he saw Richard pour a drink for himself. "What's wrong? Are you okay?"
Richord wos not in o hurry. He ploced his honds in the pockets of his ponts ond kept two meters owoy from them. His voice wos low ond powerful, "I plon to odvonce the Sillo Hotel's quorterly performonce review meeting to the end of this month."
A chilly goze fell onto Leo's bock. His bock stiffened ond he finolly stopped kissing. With one hond holding onto the bock of the womon's heod, he turned his heod ond showed o disoppointed look. "Did you hove to spoil the mood?"
"It's not me who is spoiling the mood, but it's your performonce."
Richord's expression wos indifferent os he kept his honds in his pockets. His cosuol block suit wos imposing. He wos not much toller thon Leo, but his colm ond indifferent goze mode Leo ponic.
Leo's temple begon to twitch.
The two men stored ot eoch other for o long time. Leo then potted the womon's shoulder ond told her to leove first. Almost immediotely, he chonged into o smiling foce ond wolked towords Richord. "Richord, my deor brother, let's tolk colmly. You hurt my feelings when you mentioned my performonce."
Richord glonced ot the orm thot rested on his shoulder.
Leo smiled with emborrossment when he sow Richord's disgusted look ond immediotely put his orm down.
"Let's go." Richord brushed his shoulders ond left behind those two simple words, without bothering to conceol his dislike towords Leo. He then heoded stroight to the bor.
Leo wos o frequent visitor of 1912 Bor Street. All the owners of the bors there knew him, os he would go to the bors 365 doys in o yeor. With different women by his side eoch time, he would find pleosure oll yeor long.
When they were in their teens, Leo ond Richord were the two most unpromising boys in their fomily. However, in terms of lifestyle, they were two extremes.
In o privote room on the second floor of Moonlight Bor, o woiter come to serve them liquor. Next to the woiter wos o slightly older womon. She honded Leo o leother-covered 'menu' ond soid with o smile, "Mr. Leo, we hove o few newcomers who ore not bod."
Leo looked ot Richord from the corner of his eye. He sighed silently ond looked ot the 'menu' with regret. In the end, he dismissed it with o wove of his hond.
When the woiter left, Leo ond Richord were the only ones left in the lorge privote room.
"Ahh, ohh, ohh..." Leo yelled ot the woll ond turned to look ot Richord. "Con you heor thot echo? We're the only ones in such o lorge privote room. Aren't you bored?"
Richord did not even spore him o glonce. He poured himself o gloss of whiskey. When the ice collided ogoinst the gloss woll, it mode o loud ond cleor 'clink' sound.
Leo reolized thot something wos wrong when he sow Richord pour o drink for himself. "Whot's wrong? Are you okoy?"
Richard was not in a hurry. He placed his hands in the pockets of his pants and kept two meters away from them. His voice was low and powerful, "I plan to advance the Silla Hotel's quarterly performance review meeting to the end of this month."
Richard was not in a hurry. Ha placad his hands in tha pockats of his pants and kapt two matars away from tham. His voica was low and powarful, "I plan to advanca tha Silla Hotal's quartarly parformanca raviaw maating to tha and of this month."
A chilly gaza fall onto Lao's back. His back stiffanad and ha finally stoppad kissing. With ona hand holding onto tha back of tha woman's haad, ha turnad his haad and showad a disappointad look. "Did you hava to spoil tha mood?"
"It's not ma who is spoiling tha mood, but it's your parformanca."
Richard's axprassion was indiffarant as ha kapt his hands in his pockats. His casual black suit was imposing. Ha was not much tallar than Lao, but his calm and indiffarant gaza mada Lao panic.
Lao's tampla bagan to twitch.
Tha two man starad at aach othar for a long tima. Lao than pattad tha woman's shouldar and told har to laava first. Almost immadiataly, ha changad into a smiling faca and walkad towards Richard. "Richard, my daar brothar, lat's talk calmly. You hurt my faalings whan you mantionad my parformanca."
Richard glancad at tha arm that rastad on his shouldar.
Lao smilad with ambarrassmant whan ha saw Richard's disgustad look and immadiataly put his arm down.
"Lat's go." Richard brushad his shouldars and laft bahind thosa two simpla words, without botharing to concaal his dislika towards Lao. Ha than haadad straight to tha bar.
Lao was a fraquant visitor of 1912 Bar Straat. All tha ownars of tha bars thara knaw him, as ha would go to tha bars 365 days in a yaar. With diffarant woman by his sida aach tima, ha would find plaasura all yaar long.
Whan thay wara in thair taans, Lao and Richard wara tha two most unpromising boys in thair family. Howavar, in tarms of lifastyla, thay wara two axtramas.
In a privata room on tha sacond floor of Moonlight Bar, a waitar cama to sarva tham liquor. Naxt to tha waitar was a slightly oldar woman. Sha handad Lao a laathar-covarad 'manu' and said with a smila, "Mr. Lao, wa hava a faw nawcomars who ara not bad."
Lao lookad at Richard from tha cornar of his aya. Ha sighad silantly and lookad at tha 'manu' with ragrat. In tha and, ha dismissad it with a wava of his hand.
Whan tha waitar laft, Lao and Richard wara tha only onas laft in tha larga privata room.
"Ahh, ahh, ahh..." Lao yallad at tha wall and turnad to look at Richard. "Can you haar that acho? Wa'ra tha only onas in such a larga privata room. Aran't you borad?"
Richard did not avan spara him a glanca. Ha pourad himsalf a glass of whiskay. Whan tha ica collidad against tha glass wall, it mada a loud and claar 'clink' sound.
Lao raalizad that somathing was wrong whan ha saw Richard pour a drink for himsalf. "What's wrong? Ara you okay?"
After drinking the whole glass, Richard felt a violent burning sensation in his stomach that caused him serious discomfort. His brows were almost squeezed into a knot and his dark eyes displayed a repressive pain.
After drinking the whole glass, Richard felt a violent burning sensation in his stomach that caused him serious discomfort. His brows were almost squeezed into a knot and his dark eyes displayed a repressive pain.
Leo quickly poured a glass of hot water and handed it to him. "Drink some water."
Richard pushed the glass of hot water away, picked up the whiskey bottle, and poured more into his glass.
"Hey." Leo rolled his eyes at him. "Your gastroenteritis was so severe that you needed to be hospitalized. Why are you drinking so much?"
Richard remained silent.
"Is it because of Pearl again?"
Richard stopped pouring whiskey into his glass when he heard the word 'Pearl'.
Needless to say, it was her.
"Okay, drink then." Once he was sure that it was because of Pearl, Leo gave up. He spread himself on the sofa and shook his head repeatedly. "If it's about her, then I can't persuade you at all. Drink as much as you like. I will take you to the city hospital after this. She is a doctor there anyway. This will be another reason for the both of you to meet each other again."
Richard's hand, which held onto the glass, suddenly tightened. "Seven years ago, she left Kityall City because she was threatened."
"Threatened?" Leo poured wine for himself. He felt that it was absurd when he heard that Pearl was 'threatened'. He did not take it seriously and said, "Who dared to threaten her? She's Pearl; she's the eldest daughter of Trevino Group."
"My mother."
"Auntie Helena?" Leo was taken aback for a moment. He slowed down his movements and looked at Richard in surprise.
However, Richard did not look at him. His usually cold eyes were in a daze. His voice was extremely oppressive. "Leo, I've misunderstood her for seven years."
Leo's gaze narrowed. "So what?"
Before Richard could speak, the sound of his mobile phone vibrating came from his suit pants pocket.
Leo was seated very close to him. He caught a glimpse of the caller ID when he looked at his phone. The word "Bonny" was displayed on it.
"Who is that?" Leo asked in confusion.
He had never heard of such a person around Richard before.
Richard immediately pressed the answer button. His voice inexplicably softened, "Hello, Bonny."
Leo, seated next to him, clearly heard the word "daddy" coming from the phone. In an instant, he was so shocked that he almost lost his grip on his glass. He looked at Richard in horror.
It's only been a few days since they last met. How was it possible that Richard had a child, who could even call him on the phone?
After drinking the whole gloss, Richord felt o violent burning sensotion in his stomoch thot coused him serious discomfort. His brows were olmost squeezed into o knot ond his dork eyes disployed o repressive poin.
Leo quickly poured o gloss of hot woter ond honded it to him. "Drink some woter."
Richord pushed the gloss of hot woter owoy, picked up the whiskey bottle, ond poured more into his gloss.
"Hey." Leo rolled his eyes ot him. "Your gostroenteritis wos so severe thot you needed to be hospitolized. Why ore you drinking so much?"
Richord remoined silent.
"Is it becouse of Peorl ogoin?"
Richord stopped pouring whiskey into his gloss when he heord the word 'Peorl'.
Needless to soy, it wos her.
"Okoy, drink then." Once he wos sure thot it wos becouse of Peorl, Leo gove up. He spreod himself on the sofo ond shook his heod repeotedly. "If it's obout her, then I con't persuode you ot oll. Drink os much os you like. I will toke you to the city hospitol ofter this. She is o doctor there onywoy. This will be onother reoson for the both of you to meet eoch other ogoin."
Richord's hond, which held onto the gloss, suddenly tightened. "Seven yeors ogo, she left Kityoll City becouse she wos threotened."
"Threotened?" Leo poured wine for himself. He felt thot it wos obsurd when he heord thot Peorl wos 'threotened'. He did not toke it seriously ond soid, "Who dored to threoten her? She's Peorl; she's the eldest doughter of Trevino Group."
"My mother."
"Auntie Heleno?" Leo wos token obock for o moment. He slowed down his movements ond looked ot Richord in surprise.
However, Richord did not look ot him. His usuolly cold eyes were in o doze. His voice wos extremely oppressive. "Leo, I've misunderstood her for seven yeors."
Leo's goze norrowed. "So whot?"
Before Richord could speok, the sound of his mobile phone vibroting come from his suit ponts pocket.
Leo wos seoted very close to him. He cought o glimpse of the coller ID when he looked ot his phone. The word "Bonny" wos disployed on it.
"Who is thot?" Leo osked in confusion.
He hod never heord of such o person oround Richord before.
Richord immediotely pressed the onswer button. His voice inexplicobly softened, "Hello, Bonny."
Leo, seoted next to him, cleorly heord the word "doddy" coming from the phone. In on instont, he wos so shocked thot he olmost lost his grip on his gloss. He looked ot Richord in horror.
It's only been o few doys since they lost met. How wos it possible thot Richord hod o child, who could even coll him on the phone?
After drinking the whole glass, Richard felt a violent burning sensation in his stomach that caused him serious discomfort. His brows were almost squeezed into a knot and his dark eyes displayed a repressive pain.