Next One Is a Babe
Chapter 212

They didn't say that Sophia was there as well. The reason John didn't tell them that was because he didn't want his mother to go looking for trouble.

At the Constance Residence earlier, she had spent the whole afternoon making disparaging remarks about Sophia. She had been endless with her remarks, but actually, he didn't like to hear about them.

Also, the reason Isabelle didn't tell them Sophia was here was because she was worried people would talk when they knew that the married couple were in separate rooms. If she let Sophia come over here, she would definitely lose her appetite.

Old Mr. Bailey nodded his head. "That Jefferson brat is indeed a bit unruly when he acts and speaks, but youngsters should be vigorous like this. You should be more energetic like him."

He was mainly saying this to Isabelle, so she looked at Old Mr. Bailey, knowing what he was trying to convey. While she was more on the tacit end of the personality spectrum, John's temper was easy to trigger, so when such two people got together, it was indeed difficult for them to cultivate feelings for each other. Sparks could only appear between two people with complementary personalities.

Isabelle had actually thought about this problem before. When John had come to break off their engagement, although he had apologized, he acted unusually calm. She could tell he was unapologetic, and she could not see any conflicted feelings or reluctance from him. Thus, Isabelle thought that John probably didn't like her.

She had thought that she had the charm, but she had lost to someone like Sophia, which was a fact that she simply couldn't accept. After encountering Sophia for a couple of times, she had secretly made comparisons between the both of them, and she thought that other than their personalities, she wasn't on the losing end compared to Sophia at all.

Sophia's identity was nothing and her behaviors were often inappropriate, so other than her jovial and unabashed personality, there really wasn't anything else about her. Thus, Isabelle thought to herself that maybe men like women like Sophia.

William laughed, then he turned the topic toward the joint effort between the two families once again. Old Mr. Bailey naturally followed his words and continued the talk.

The only thing left for the two families to work together was to get the contract signed, for the details and the like had all been negotiated.

Sounding somewhat emotional, Old Mr. Bailey said that he actually wanted to cooperate with the Constance Family before, but some things came up halfway and caused it to be delayed.

When those words were heard, everyone at the dinner table was taken aback; it was obvious what he was talking about.

Mrs. Constance blinked and turned her head to look at John, but he was obviously distracted as well. Frowning slightly, he seemed to be rather irritable.

Isabelle also gave John a look, and she could take a guess why he was like this.

Meanwhile, William smiled. "It's never too late for a good thing to happen. Although the time had been delayed, our families ended up cooperating in the end. In a sense, it is the same thing."

Old Mr. Bailey glanced at Isabelle from the corner of his eyes and echoed William's words, "Yes, indeed. It's never too late for a good thing to happen."

Isabelle frowned before drawing her gaze back from John's face. As she lowered her eyes to look at the teacup beside her, she felt a little powerless.

The Baileys and the Constances didn't know that Sophia was here in the other private room, so they weren't affected at all as they chatted about, ate and drank for a long time.

Seemingly getting more irritable by the minute, John finally stood up. "I'll be going to the bathroom."

Without looking at anyone else, John got up and left. He did move toward the bathroom, but when he stood at the sink, he took out a cigarette case directly before lighting up a cigarette. Then, he heard a giggle coming from inside the bathroom.

Logan's voice was heard saying, "It's a shame I got to know Sophia a bit later. I tell you, I really like that gal's personality. Do you know what I thought of before? If she was single, the two of you should get together, then she would be able to deal with those people in your family properly. A strong, independent woman like her would surely give them a headache."