Chapter 248 Making Them Uneasy
- John took a seat beside William with Sophia next to him. As for Isabelle, she was seated beside Old Mr. Bailey and diagonally across from Sophia. The two girls could see each other when they lifted their heads. This seating arrangement was quite similar to the arrangement in the Constance Family’s dining hall.
- When they started ordering food, William handed the girls the menu, claiming that the ladies should go first. Even so, Sophia didn’t care about ordering earlier or later because she had just finished a meal before this and was not hungry at all. She flipped through the menu and picked nothing. John gave her a look and took the menu from her. He more or less knew about her situation, and he volunteered to choose. “Let me do it. I know what you like.”
- Isabelle immediately shifted her gaze from the menu to John’s face. Old Mr. Bailey then coughed beside Isabelle and asked, “Belle, what would you like?”