Chapter 13 - Going To The Walters' Home

At Nina and Selena's apartment The abrupt ringing of a cell phone sounded in the living room. It made Selena who was engrossed in watching a K-drama turned to check if it was her phone ringing. On realizing it was not hers but Nina's, she raised her voice towards the kitchen and called out, "Nina, you have a call!" Nina's voice also floated out from inside the kitchen as she asked who the caller was. Selena somewhat unwillingly got up from where she sat and went to pick up the phone placed on the settee. She however paused when she saw the caller ID. On the other hand, Nina waited for Selena's reply inside the kitchen for a while but heard no response. Feeling both worried and curious, she could only leave what she was doing and walked out of the kitchen to see what was going on. On stepping into the living room, she noticed Selena's figure standing motionlessly in front of the settee. Nina let out a sigh of relief on seeing that she was fine but when she saw that Selena was still so transfixed that she seemed not to have noticed her presence, she walked over with questions in her heart. "Lena?" On hearing her voice, Selena turned to look at her and that was when Nina observed that she was currently furrowing her brows tightly while holding her phone. On seeing that, Nina's step paused a bit. It should be the caller's identity that was making Selena entangled and from what she knew, not many people could make her feel that way. Therefore, it could only be that person... Or the people related to him.. Indeed. "It...is Sophie", Selena noticed how Nina's hand paused for a second after hearing the name before stretching out her hands to take the phone from her. The call had already ended when Nina took the phone, however she didn't have to wait long as Sophie called soon after. Nina answered the call and cautiously placed it beside her ear. "Nina!" Sophie's excited voice sounded from the other side. "I missed you so much!" Nina unconsciously smiled when she felt her excitement. Although she was a year younger than Sophie, she sometimes felt like she was the older one as the other woman always behaved like a child sometimes. "How are you, Sophie? How is K City?" "I am no longer in K City, I am back in Nova. I just came back today which is also why I am inviting you to come over. I want to introduce my fiancé to you!" It was obvious from her tone that she really adored and treated Nina like a real sister. Nina suffered from consecutive shocks, first is that Sophie was back in Nova. Second is that she wanted to invite her over to the Walter' mansion and the third one was that she wanted to introduce her fiancé to her. She couldn't help thinking if Sophie had not been informed that she and her brother had broken up, so she decided to tell her the truth. "Sophie, me and your brother..." Her words however got cut off by Sophie. "Yes, my brother too. He is also..." Sophie paused for a while and no longer continued what she originally planned to say." Anyway, you must come. I am waiting for you." Although Nina was curious about what she wanted to say initially, she decided not to care about it anymore. She also felt helpless at Sophie's excitement. She could never bear to reject the woman as she was one of the few people in the world who made her heart feel warm. She agreed in the end even though she didn't plan to in the beginning. Sophie then hung up feeling very satisfied. Selena had heard everything since the call was on speaker and looked worriedly at Nina, she asked curiously, "Do you really plan to go?" "I don't have a choice, do I?" Selena couldn't help thinking in her heart, 'It isn't that you don't have a choice, you just harbour your own selfish motives for going.' She sighed helplessly at her foolish friend but as a good friend, she suggested she should go with her as emotional support. Nina was happy to accept as she was actually feeling nervous. * * * * * Mrs Walters removed the ear she placed on Sophie's cell phone and sighed in relief after the call with Nina ended. If not for her timely interruption, she was afraid that her insensitive daughter might have blurted out something she was not supposed to say and ruined her plan. Sophie looked curiously at her mother and asked innocently, "Mom, Why did you not want me to tell Nina that brother was also going to be here?" "Silly girl, it is so that we can give her a nice surprise!". 'More like a shock' she thought evilly to herself. "Alrighty! Mom, let's go downstairs. Brian is waiting for me. I do not even understand why you pulled me upstairs just to make a call. It's not like there is a secret." Sophie murmured incontentedly as she made her way downstairs. Mrs Walters thought shrewdly to herself as she laughed in her heart, 'Of course I will pull you upstairs as I don't want my future son-in-law see me trick my own daughter!" Sophie turned back timely to see a wicked look on her mom's face. She looked startled as she asked weirdly, "Mom, what evil plan are you brewing in your mind? Do you even know how much you look like an evil old witch right now?" Mrs Walters cleared her throat uncomfortably and knocked Sophie's head. "This is why I usually said you are insensitive, who tells their own mother that she looks like an evil old witch." "Mooom! I am just saying my true thoughts out loud! Who told you to have such a wicked look in your face." Mrs Walters sighed helplessly as she looked at her daughter thinking, 'Forget it. I am already used to it anyway.' She cheered up when she remembered that Nina was coming. 'Hmph! I will tolerate you this time since you helped me solve a massive problem!' She thought arrogantly as she made her way downstairs.