After Sophie Lawrence got into the car, Jason Lu immediately started the car and merged into the traffic flow, with Henry Mitchell's car following behind.
Jason Lu's car finally stopped in front of a seafood restaurant named Seafood Delight.
Henry Mitchell quietly watched Sophie Lawrence and Jason Lu get out of the car and enter the restaurant. His eyes closely followed Sophie Lawrence's figure, and his heart was filled with mixed feelings. Time passed by minute by minute. Two hours seemed as long as two centuries until they came out of the restaurant.
When they came out, Sophie Lawrence was still carrying a small gift box in her hand. Jason Lu gentlemanly opened the front passenger door and said gently, "Let's go. I'll take you home."
Sophie Lawrence waved her hand slightly, with a hint of aloofness on her face. "No need. I'll take a taxi home by myself."
Jason Lu spread his hands helplessly. "All right. I'll watch you get into the taxi and leave." After that, he stopped a taxi for Sophie Lawrence on the roadside.
The taxi quickly merged into the traffic flow. Only then did Jason Lu turn around and get into his car, driving in the opposite direction.
...
At Mrs. Sang's home.
As soon as Sophie Lawrence arrived home, she saw Mrs. Sang pushing a suitcase out of her room.
"I've packed your things. Now go back to the home you share with Henry Mitchell," Mrs. Sang said in an unarguable tone.
Sophie Lawrence subconsciously clenched her hands and said in a flat voice without any emotion, "He and I are already getting divorced. There's no need to go back."
Mrs. Sang stuffed the suitcase into Sophie Lawrence's hands and said categorically, "Henry Mitchell called me yesterday and said he doesn't agree to the divorce."
After that, Mrs. Sang looked behind her and asked in confusion, "Didn't Henry Mitchell go to the Fire Brigade Station to pick you up? Didn't you come back with him?"
Sophie Lawrence was stunned for a moment, and some images quickly flashed through her mind before she replied, "I didn't see him."
Mrs. Sang glanced at the time on the wall and frowned. "When I called him at a little after five o'clock, he said he was right at the entrance of the Fire Brigade Station. You didn't see him?"
A little after five o'clock? That was exactly the time when she got off work. Sophie Lawrence's heart tightened suddenly, and she randomly made up an excuse in a flustered manner, "Maybe we just missed each other."
Mrs. Sang didn't think much about it and said firmly, "Whether you missed each other or not, starting from today, you will go back to live there."
After that, Mrs. Sang had already opened the door for Sophie Lawrence.
Sophie Lawrence looked at Mrs. Sang's unarguable expression, pursed her lips, and had no choice but to push the suitcase and walk out.
Mrs. Sang sent Sophie Lawrence all the way downstairs and watched her leave the community gate before turning around and going back.
Sophie Lawrence stood at the gate for a long time. Just as she was about to leave, Henry Mitchell suddenly appeared and snatched the suitcase from her hand.
"Let's go," Henry Mitchell simply said these two words and then stuffed the suitcase into the trunk.
Sophie Lawrence was stunned for a moment. After hesitating for a while, she finally got into the car.
Henry Mitchell didn't ask about Sophie Lawrence's relationship with Jason Lu, nor did he mention the gift box, as if he had never seen those things. It was unusually quiet in the car. Sophie Lawrence clenched her hands tightly, feeling extremely nervous. She couldn't help but stare at the rear - view mirror for a few seconds. At this moment, Henry Mitchell's voice suddenly rang in her ears.
"The day after tomorrow, the hospital will organize a three - day emergency department team - building activity, and family members are required to participate. Can you ask for leave?"
Sophie Lawrence didn't react for a moment. After being stunned for a while, she slowly said, "I'll try my best."
Henry Mitchell gently responded with "Hmm", and then the car fell into silence again.
When the car stopped steadily in the parking lot, Sophie Lawrence was about to go to the trunk to get her luggage when she found that Henry Mitchell had already been one step ahead of her.
After entering the house, Henry Mitchell still went directly into the bedroom to take a bath.
Looking at the closed bathroom door, Sophie Lawrence just felt that everything seemed the same as before she left, but she always felt that something had changed.
...
At night, when the two were lying in bed, Sophie Lawrence tossed and turned and thought for a long time. Finally, she opened her mouth and asked.
"What did you say to Mom?"
Henry Mitchell turned over and replied calmly, "I asked my little aunt to give Mom a lesson."
Sophie Lawrence suddenly opened her eyes, full of shock. She knew that Henry Mitchell's little aunt was a DINK (Double Income No Kids). She and her husband had been married for so many years without having a child, but the two still lived a very happy life.
There was another silence.
Just when Henry Mitchell thought Sophie Lawrence had fallen asleep, a barely audible murmur suddenly came from behind.
"Actually, I was pregnant once later..."