Chapter 643

Erin Gooding smiled. "Cake?" She was not distant at all. As Irene nodded, she continued, "James is too busy to accompany me, so it's boring being alone… May I visit you sometime?" Irene did not want to reject Erin, but she did not have the time—she wanted to stay home and take care of her children while she did not have to work. "How about work? Something you prefer, preferably… Just to kill time?" "I wanted to, but James told me that he would pay for everything." Erin had a look of bliss on her face as she said that, and Irene smiled unwittingly as she looked on. Happy people tend to radiate a certain glow, and people who watch them could feel their warmth too. "What is it?" Erin asked. "Did I misspoke?" "Nope," Irene replied, taking a slip from her glass. "Congratulations. James is a good man." "Yeah, but he's just so busy," Erin said, resting her chin on her hand. "Sometimes it's two days before I get to see him once, and he's never at home at night." "He's busy with work