CEO's Reborn Wife

Chapter 406: Chapter 414: Is it an Illness?

After sending the list, Jane Sampson made a call to Bright Sampton, expecting him to be lounging in bed in the dormitory early on a weekend morning. To her surprise, Bright Sampton answered the call obviously from outdoors.

”Out and about early on a weekend morning instead of staying in bed? What’s got you so diligent?” Jane asked curiously. ”You’re not meeting up with some junior female student for a date, are you?”

”No, I’m near your place renewing my passport. It’s about to expire, but I’m planning to travel abroad during the National Day holiday, so I took advantage of the fact that they’re still open on Saturdays to come here and get it sorted,” Bright explained. ”I saw on your Moments that your brother-in-law is home this weekend, right?”

”Mm-hm,” Jane responded.

”I thought since I’m so close, I’d stop by for a nap at your place after getting my passport, but since brother-in-law is there, never mind.” said Bright.

Jane facepalmed; with James Black around, there were basically no guests willing to visit their home.

”Bright, relax, James won’t eat you,” Jane quickly explained the reason she had called. ”I’m cooking at noon, calling you to invite you over for a meal. Since you’re close by, you better roll on over here.”

”Sister, maybe I should pass?” Bright wavered between the prospect of dealing with his brother-in-law and his sister’s cooking, then said, ”Otherwise, you can just save my portion. Put it in the refrigerator, and I’ll come by tomorrow night after brother-in-law has returned to the guard team. You can warm it up for me then?”

Bright simply couldn’t imagine what it would feel like to sit at the same table and eat with James—it would undoubtedly lead to indigestion.

”He’s probably going to return early on Monday morning,” Jane guessed.

Before, when James used to come home on weekends, he would mostly rush back to his guard team after meals late on Friday nights, but according to his recent behavior, Jane was certain it would wait until early Monday morning this time.

”Really?” Bright said. ”Then I’ll come by some other time when he’s not there, and you can cook for me. It’s been a while since I had your food. Now that you mention it, I actually do miss the taste.”

In the past, when James seldom came home, Bright would trek halfway across the city to Jane’s place to mooch meals on the weekends, even staying in the guest room there on Saturday nights, not returning to school until after his weekend afternoon nap.

”Bright, listen to me, today, you’d better drag yourself here. I even brought you a specialty souvenir from Springtown. After the meal, you can take it back to school,” Jane said then, after a moment’s thought, imitated James’s tone and added, ”That’s an order.”

Then she hung up the phone with a click.

On the other end of the line, listening to the dial tone, Bright was thoroughly confused.

Where had his gentle and lovely sister gone?

How did she suddenly turn into a sister who was becoming more and more like her brother-in-law?

Since Jane had said so, Bright had no choice but to accept his fate.

Getting an ID card was a quick process, and Bright arrived shortly, within half an hour after Jane had finished making the call. James Black was still out buying groceries when he got there, judging by the time.

Seeing Jane answering the door with a scarf around her neck despite the hot weather, Bright found it odd and asked, ”Sister, why are you wearing a scarf indoors on such a hot day—are you sick?”

As he spoke, Bright reached out to pull off the scarf from Jane’s neck. Jane, caught off guard as she led the way, managed to quickly snatch it back when the scarf was already half-uncovered.