Sweet Sorrow

Chapter 205 How Could It Be

Who is it?

Holding the phone, Nicole thought.

"Sister, who are you talking to?" Jim lighted the incense from the censer and walked to Nicole.

Shaking her head, Nicole answered, "No one."

"Consuela?" Jim guessed.

"What?" Reminded by her brother, Nicole suddenly remembered that she also needed to call Consuela to say hello. After all, Consuela had lived a lonely life in another city.

Thinking of this, Nicole dialed Consuela's number. Different from Jacob, Consuela answered the phone soon.

"Nicole! Happy new year! " Consuela said excitedly.

Affected by the happiness of Consuela, Nicole greeted her happily, "Happy new year, Consuela." Hearing this, Jim also came close to Nicole and shouted at the phone, "Happy new year, Consuela!"

"Good, good, Jim, good boy. Nicole, please give Jima "Lucky money" for me."

"He already has got one from me." Smiling, Nicole pushed Jim away and asked in a low voice about Consuela's physical condition and the condition of her unborn baby.

Perhaps it was because of the happy new year, Consuela answered the questions one by one, without showing the slightest trace of displeasure and depression. But as Nicole expected, Consuela was alone during the Spring Festival.

Worried that she might feel lonely, Nicole didn't plan to hang up. She held her phone and chatted with Consuela casually.

The two had been chatting for more than an hour. Hearing Consuela started to yawn, Nicole said, "Consuela, go to bed now. Take care of yourself."

"Okay, I'll go to sleep now. I've been very sleepy recently." After saying goodbye to Nicole, Consuela hung up the phone.

"Sister, are you sleepy too?" Jim asked after Nicole hung up the phone.

Nicole nodded but then shook her head.

"I'm not sleepy. I'll keep you company."

"Yes!" Although Jim was sensible, he was still a child and was infatuated with age keeping.

Since she had promised her brother not to sleep, Nicole decided to keep awake. She took out the movie she downloaded from her mobile phone and watched it with headphones.

"What are you watching?" Jim came over and asked.

"A science fiction movie."

"I want to watch it too!"

Nicole thought for a while. There was no restricted camera in this science fiction movie, so she gave one earphone to Jim. The two siblings looked at the cell phone with great interest.

When the movie was about to come to an end, Nicole's phone suddenly rang.

"Who is this?" Jim asked with dissatisfaction.

Without answering her brother's question, Nicole pulled out her headphones and answered the phone.

"Hello?"

"You haven't slept yet?"

"Yes, I'll keep my brother company."

"Are you keeping the age? Interesting. " Jacob's voice sounded a little tired, "I thought you had already gone to bed at this clock."

Thinking of the coldness of Jacob a few hours ago and the strange male voice on the other end of the phone, Nicole felt uncomfortable. She just hummed and didn't answer.

"I have finished the dumplings you left for me. They are delicious." Jacob continued.

"Okay."

"Don't you have anything to tell me?" Jacob asked with a smile.

Biting her lips, Nicole asked slowly, "now... Where are you? "

"At home." After saying that, Jacob seemed to think that he didn't make it clear, so he added, "in the main house of the Gu family, in my parents' house."

"Ah... You are home. " At first, she was worried that Jacob would celebrate the new year alone because he had a quarrel with the Gu family. Now that Jacob had went back, she felt a little relieved.

"I'm home. My mother asked me to come back."

Taking a deep breath, Nicole guessed that when she called Jacob just now, he must be with his parents, so he was cold. She nodded and said, "it's good to go home to celebrate the new year."

"But I miss you so much." Jacob said suddenly.

Startled by his confession, Nicole pushed away Jim, who had been sitting next to her, and swallowed nervously, "ah... It's good. "

Jacob confused, "Good? Shouldn't you reply me 'I miss you too'? "

"Ha ha, me too." Nicole turned her head to look at Jim. How could she say something so sweet in front of her brother.

"…… What are you doing? " Said Jacob helplessly.

Nicole smiled awkwardly and didn't know how to refute or explain. She had to say vaguely, "by the way, happy new year from Jim, too."

"What?" Jim asked in a low voice.

Nicole covered Jim's mouth and said to Jacob on the other end of the phone, "We've greeted the new year for each other. You should go to bed early. Jim and I will continue to keep the age."

Jacob was confused by Nicole's words, but after hearing what Nicole said, he agreed, "Okay, you can continue to enjoy. I'll send you the 'lucky money' for your brother's new year, and you can give it to him for me." Content from NôvelDr(a)ma.Org.

"Ah Don't bother... "

"No, it's for a celebration. I'm going to bed. Good night. "

"Good night."

Hanging up the phone, Nicole breathed a long sigh of relief.

Jim pushed away Nicole's hand and asked curiously, "sister, who was calling you? Is that man? "

"Who is that man?"

"It's the man who is hiding underground."

"……" Nicole grabbed Jim's ear impatiently, "I told you not to talk nonsense, but you still talk nonsense!"

Jim cried out in pain, "mom is not here. She can't hear me even if I say it. Well, I won't say it anymore. My ears are about to fall."

Nicole let go of Jim's ear and rolled her eyes at Jim.

"Wow, sister, you are so cruel." Jim puckered his lips in grievance and made a silent complaint to Nicole with a bitter expression.

Hearing that, Nicole didn't know whether to cry or to laugh. Seeing that she didn't really want to make her brother angry during the Spring Festival, she coaxed, "well, do you still want more 'lucky money'?"

"Yes!" As soon as Jim heard the lucky money, he felt no pain in his ears and became energetic. "Sister, is it a big one or a small one?"

"Small!"

"Ah..."

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Jacob sat on the edge of the bed for a while, pulled the quilt and got into it. This was the most peaceful and comfortable year for him in the past few years.

Of course, he didn't need to tell himself the reason.

After a whole day's work, Jacob closed his eyes and fell asleep.

What he didn't know was that when he was on the phone, Albertan was going to give him a glass of hot milk. Then she heard the whole conversation by accident.

Through the crack of the door, she could see the happy and satisfied expression on his face.

Albertan, who had experienced all kinds of things in her life, could see at a glance what that expression meant. Only when someone faced the most important person could he show that expression.

Albertan gripped the milk cup in her hand tightly and left without saying a word.

She didn't know that her son had fallen in love with someone else.

How could it be.