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Chapter 314 Love at First Sight
As for the man’s looks….
The anxiety bubbling within her mind made Madame Russell frown. She had always believed her son to be
handsome, so much so that he could sit comfortably among typical male leads in a romantic drama. But this guy?
He looked like what happened when God decided to show her just how premature her conclusion was.
Madame Russell quickly took up Deirdre’s hand. “Mr. Reed?”
The man did not answer.
Deirdre spoke on his behalf. “He can’t speak, Madame Russell. He’s mute.”
“Mute?” The older woman parroted. A new hint of pity colored her gaze. She could not help herself-she had
imagined a man who looked as gorgeous as this young one would speak with a dulcet voice.
“Yea. He helped me, Madame Russell. Some of the kids in the village threw rocks into the yard while I was walking,
and it was Mr. Reed who chased them away. Then he helped me plow.”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtAt that moment, Madame Russell turned her attention away from Kyran to the bandage on her forehead. Her heart
ached. “What the… What happened? Did those brats do this to you?”
Deirdre could not bear to stress her out, so she fibbed smilingly, “Oh, no. This was an accident on my part.”
Madame Russell was not going to buy a lie as undercooked as this one. “Oh, those punks are gonna get it this time!
I’m telling the village head!” she snarled, gritting her teeth. “Trouble-making imps! Someone should glue their
backsides to the chairs in a school!”
Deirdre smiled.
The older woman squeezed her hand and turned back to Kyran with a decorous grin. “Thank you for sticking up for
my Dee Dee, Mr. Reed!”
The emphasis on “my” was both intentional and implicative. Madame Russell found it hard to believe that a
stranger would help Deirdre out of pure-hearted altruism, and since Tobey had gone away, she had to make sure
her appointed future-daughter-in-law did not become someone else’s girlfriend overnight.
Kyran’s eyebrows furrowed despite himself. He thinned his lips.
Madame Russell began to tug on Deirdre’s hand. The latter sensed the change in the air as well, but she did not
resist the older woman. She nodded to Kyran and bid him goodbye. “Thanks for your help, Mr. Reed! You can leave
the tools on the ground. That will do. Excuse us!”
Madame Russell’s pace was unnaturally frantic.
Deirdre found herself struggling to keep up. “S-Slow down a bit, Madame Russell! Why are we going so fast? Did
you leave something in the oven?”
“Yep. That’s right. Something in the oven. Right,” she muttered under her breath, distracted. A moment later, she
regretted being secretive and decided to talk it out.
“Dee Dee, what are your thoughts on this Mr. Reed?” she asked in a hushed voice.
Deirdre widened her eyes, nonplussed. “Er, he’s a really nice guy.”
A very well-mannered, ever-tempered guy, in fact. He was steadfastly gentle even in the face of her
Overreaction.
She could not possibly react to someone like that with apathy or cold indifference, could she? Deirdre’s heart was
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmnot made of stone.
Madame Russell waved. “That’s not what I meant! I mean, do you like him?”
“Like him?” Deirdre was taken aback. She inhaled sharply and replied, “We’ve only met each other last night! You’re
way ahead of me, Madame Russell.”
“No, hon. I’m pretty sure I’m not.” She patted the back of Deirdre’s hand. “When you’ve lived as long as me, you’ve
seen what it’s like when a man falls in love at first sight. It’s especially easy to tell when a day has passed, you
know?
“I’m worried that this Mr. Reed is going after your heart, Dee Dee, and that you might say yes to being with him.
But we don’t know who he really is, right? You should definitely not fall for him just because he displays some basic
decency to you right now, okay?
“Judging from his social status, he might as well be from an entirely different planet than the one we live in!
“I don’t want you to get hurt, hon. At least I can tell, without a shadow of a doubt, that my Tobey will never mistreat
you in any way!”
Deirdre was stunned. A moment later, she laughed. “Oh God, Madame Russell! You’re overthinking this. really!”
Clearing her throat, she asked, “How does Mr. Reed look?”
“Well! Tall and handsome. Wouldn’t you know?”
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