Ice and Fire

Chapter 740 Misunderstanding (Part Two)

Forty minutes later, Alice arrived at Violet's house. She rang the bell and Violet answered right away.

Finding Violet still in her cotton nightdress, Alice was slightly disappointed. She came in and slumped

on the couch, not knowing how to make Violet hasten.

"Miss Violet, why are you still in the nightgown? Hurry up!" Alice urged, almost running out of patience

as she gazed at Violet dragging her feet around the house.

"Come on! I'm not hungry despite the fact that I skipped breakfast. We can as well hold off on lunch

until later in the day," Violet said as she made her way to the wardrobe for clothes.

"No way I can put off another meal, Violet. After driving all the way, I'm starving now," Alice grumbled.

'Unlike Violet, I don't have a caring husband who cooks for me. Does she even realize that I'm single This belongs to NôvelDrama.Org.

and not in her privileged position?' Alice thought.

"Had I known this, I would have asked Greg to let Tim bring you breakfast," Violet said casually.

"What are you talking about? I don't need his favors," Alice replied coyly. 'I just met him at the party

once. We're not even friends. If he brought me breakfast this morning, I would by no means accept it, '

she pondered.

"Did he do anything wrong to you?" Violet asked on purpose. 'It seems she doesn't like Tim, ' she

analyzed inside.

"Of course, he didn't. I don't know him well. He might be your husband's friend, but to me, he is a total

stranger. If it hadn't been for Greg, I wouldn't have met him," Alice explained.

"But you already met each other. Besides, he's an up-and-coming businessman. Going by the profile of

his hotel, he's doing exceptionally well," Violet spoke for Tim. She intended to introduce him further, but

that was all she had gleaned about him from her husband.

"Violet Chu," Alice cried out her bestie's full name deliberately. "My father is the CEO of JS Group.

Which do you think is the more influential business in this city, between JS Group and Tim's hotel?" she

asked disdainfully.

"Well," Violet hesitated, aware that a hotel was nowhere close to matching the profile of the JS Group.

After a moment's thought, she continued,"But Tim runs the hotel by his own resourcefulness. He's a

capable and highly talented young man with a bright future. He is quite an excellent guy."

"Is that so?" Alice asked. Rising from her seat, she moved closer to Violet slowly. "What if I tell Greg all

the praises you're heaping on Tim? Do you think he will be humored?" she grinned.

"You shouldn't dare!" Violet replied immediately. She couldn't imagine having another disagreement

with Greg coming on the heels of the terrible squabble they had just had for his sleeping out.

"You have changed, Violet. You learned to make fun of me and side with your husband," Alice whined,

pretending to take offence.

Upon hearing this, Violet came forward and held Alice's arm. "Don't get me wrong. You're the most

important person in my heart," she expounded.

"What about Greg? Is he the second?" Alice inquired, eager to hear what her sister would say.

Grinning, Violet cast her a sidelong look before answering. "Well, you're the most important people in

my life," she said.

"It seems the Chu family completely lost their princess to Greg," Alice sighed with a helpless gesture.

Inside, she felt glad for her confidant. 'It doesn't matter as long as Violet finds happiness and fulfillment

in life, ' she thought.

"Come on! Let's go and have lunch!" Violet suggested, clutching her handbag and walked side by side

with Alice as they left the apartment.

The girls chose a popular restaurant. They talked and laughed heartily while enjoying the food. After

the meal, they stepped out arm in arm.

Before they reached Alice's car, Violet spotted a dessert shop nearby.

"Let's go inside and buy some pastry," Violet began.

"What? Are you still hungry?" Alice asked, confounded. 'Didn't we just have food enough to spare

before we left the hotel? She is supposed to be full, ' Alice wondered to herself.

"Not that I'm hungry. I want to buy some takeout for Greg," Violet replied.

"Oh I hadn't thought of that, ' said an unconvinced Alice. "You treat your husband so well," she added

with a hint of jealousy.

"Of course I should. The food in the hospital canteen isn't at all to Greg's taste. Often, he's starving by

the time when he arrives home. So I intended to bring him some pastry," Violet explained, heading

towards the dessert shop and pulling her sister along.

In the shop, Violet bought some chocolate-brownie cheesecake, a favorite of Greg's. She paid the bill

and at once they left.

"Take me to the XS hospital, Alice. I'll stay there and go home with Greg after he's through with work,"

Violet said.

"Okay, I'll finish my mission. Once I've dropped you there, I guess I'll be free to leave and attend to a

few other things I had in mind," Alice returned calmly.

After a twenty-minute drive, they arrived at the XS Hospital. "Bye, sweetie," Violet said cheerily as she

got out of the car. But Alice stayed around and watched Violet with sister-to-sister affection, as she

ambled to the lounge. When her confidant finally disappeared into that imposing building, Alice started

the engine and drove off.

Elsewhere, standing by the window of the fifth floor of XS Hospital, a woman had been watching Violet

ever since she left the car. But her watchful eyes, unlike Alice's, were full of malice.

Cassie lowered her eyes to look at the photo in her hand, and then shifted her gaze to Violet again,

watching her entering the hospital. Her eyes engulfed in deep hatred.

"What's so good about you to fascinate Greg, Violet?" Cassie mumbled through gritted teeth.

Dropping the picture on the desk, she turned around and walked out of her office.

When she reached Greg's office, she found Greg talking to a nurse in his seat. Knowing he was busy,

she stood by the door and waited, fretting and fuming.

After a while, the nurse came out with a patient's file. Cassie then entered and closed the door.

"What are you doing here?" Greg asked with a baffled look, sizing up Cassie. 'She is on duty. We got

nothing to discuss since we're in different sections. What brings here?' he wondered.

"I've missed you. I haven't seen your face for days," Cassie answered while walking towards Greg. She

paused beside the desk. Staring at Greg's handsome profile with a lustful, possessive urge.

"It's working time. I need to focus on my work. Please go out now," Greg said with knotted brows,

looking away.