Oliver's Substitute Bride (Oliver and Jessica) novel Chapter 289

Jane followed Oliver up to the second floor.

Oliver took her to the study he had used before and asked her to wait there for a moment.

She looked around and found that there was basically no change for this room except for those things in common use.

Jane didn't have the courage to act recklessly here. She just sat quietly and waited for Oliver to come back.

Oliver went to Roy's room on the second floor and saw him sitting at the table and drawing. The papers were scattered all over the floor.

He arranged the paper in order gently.

"Roy, someone will come to see your paintings later, okay?"

Roy ignored Oliver and was drawing.

"If you don't answer my question, I'll take it as a Yes." Oliver gently patted him on the back.

Roy hated to be touched by others, except for Oliver.

When Roy was slight conscious, he refused the servants at home to help him bathe.

At that time, the babysitter had no choice but to asked Tina for help. But that didn't stop Roy from yelling and crying.

Roy had been a demanding child since he was a baby.

So Oliver had to help Roy take a shower every day.

He also tried to reduce the chances of business trip for Roy.

If he really had to go on a business trip, he would take Roy with him.

In the past few years, he had learned to sacrifice so that Roy could live a better life.

With the permission of Roy, Oliver went to the study next door and asked Jane to go with him.

However, the smell of her was too pungent.

When they were in the car earlier, Oliver had asked Simon to open all the windows because of her smell.

He was afraid that the smell of Jane would be harmful to Roy.

Oliver said in a calm voice, "Jane, I have a request and I hope you could understand. Could you please take a shower first?"

Jane was shocked.

Not knowing what Oliver meant, she was worried.

Could it be that Oliver had deliberately tricked her to his house instead of asking her to check on his son? He wouldn't have known her identity within such a short time, would he?

Oliver saw the panic on Jane's face and said, "Miss Kim, I didn't mean anything bad. I didn't know if you have a child and whether or not you could understand my feelings. But as a father, I had to take everything into consideration for the safety of my son. With all due respect, you smell too bad. I'm afraid it's not good for the respiratory system of my child."

Jane didn't expect that she had to take a shower and change her clothes before meeting Roy.

It would have been fine if Oliver didn't ask about her child. But he mentioned that in particular, which was like a sharp sword directly targeting at her.

Oliver's child could be treated well like this, but her own baby died without any apparent reason.

Jane quickly calmed down.

"Then I might come and visit another day." She said.

"You don't have to. I had already asked the servant to prepare some clothes for you. And you can tell me when you're ready."

What he said did not make Jane feel at ease. Instead, she remained even more vigilant.

It would be quite risky to change clothes at Oliver's place.

If she had known that Oliver would directly bring her here to see Roy, she wouldn't have worn such a smelly perfume.

"That's not appropriate. I..."

Before Jane could finish her words, someone knocked on the door of the study.

It seemed that for any woman who entered Oliver's house, she was more or less curious about his marital status. If Jane showed no curiosity at all, it would be noticed by Nanny Daisy as quite odd.

"Mrs. Williams had passed away." Nanny Daisy said.

"Oh, then Roy was such a poor kid since he lost his mother so early."

"No, Mrs. Williams was not the mother of Roy."

Jane knew that Nanny Daisy referred to Tina when she talked about Roy's mother.

Nanny Daisy was afraid that Jane would feel uncomfortable because of these clothes, so she added, "Every year Mr. Williams would have someone send over new clothes of this brand, so these are all brand new. Miss Kim, I hope you wouldn't mind that since time was limited."

Jane knew this clothing brand, which was prepared by Oliver in the past.

She didn't expect that he continued to do so after the death of Jessica.

He did so probably to pretend that he was an affectionate person.

For rich people, anything that can be solved with money does not seem to be a problem. They would do anything to feel less guilty.

Jane said, "It's okay. I believe in science the most and I'm not superstitious at all."

She had never imagined to come back to this room again. The only suitcase she had used to be thrown in this room.

She walked around the room before entering the bathroom.

Jane removed her makeup and saw herself in the mirror. She seemed to have completely accepted her brand new appearance.

She almost forgot what Jessica used to look like.

It was only when she saw Tina that day that she recalled her previous appearance.

Jane changed her clothes and called Nanny Daisy to ask her about Roy's room. Then she warned that nobody should get closer to her room.

She wanted to make sure that no one else could see her after removing the makeup.