The Queen Returns—And She's Unforgiving novel Chapter 218

Maria was surprised to see Evelyn at Grant Manor, so she held her hand and asked, "Why are you back so late? Did you just get off work?"

She thought it would take a long while before Evelyn could come and visit her after she had called that day.

Evelyn was very gentle to Maria as she replied, "Yes. I just came from the office. Did Lucas send some jasmines here today? I want to move them to the office."

Maria was dazed. "He did. He said it was your favorite. Your marital home is all torn down, and the construction is going to start soon. The jasmines would not survive if they were left there."

Evelyn went along with it and said, "That's why I want to bring them to the office. It'll be easier for me to take care of them."

"Just leave them here. Come and have a look, Evie." Maria pulled Evelyn to the conservatory on the left of the main entrance.

Evelyn saw the jasmine flowers that had been transplanted.

She did not manage to take care of them in the past two months, but they were still kept very well. Their leaves were green, and they even had flower buds sprouting.

For some reason, she let out a sigh of relief.

Maria glanced at the time, and an idea popped up in her head. "Evie, give Lucas a call and ask him to come here as well," she said.

Evie took a pause. Her gaze was as calm as ever.

Putting aside the issue of whether they should stay over or not, the two of them, who were once a married couple, did not even have each others' numbers right now. Strangers might even do better than them.

"Grandma, my phone is out of battery, so I'm not going to call him." Evelyn smiled gently, but she had a firm attitude.

Maria said nothing else after she saw her reaction.

While Evelyn was checking on the flowers, Maria left the conservatory and called Lucas herself. She did not tell him about Evelyn. She just said she had a headache, and she asked Lucas to head over as soon as possible. That was why Lucas agreed.

With a big grin on her face, Maria went back and chatted with Evelyn for a while longer. "You haven't had dinner, have you? Should I get them to make something for you?" she asked.

She looked at Evelyn's thin body with concern.

Evelyn was tall, and she looked very thin at the moment. Maria could not help but feel sorry for her.

Evelyn glanced at the time and replied, "It's fine, Grandma. I'm not hungry. I'll take the flowers to the office later."

Maria was shocked and said, "It's almost 9:30 pm. Why go through all that trouble right now? Just spend the night here and take care of them tomorrow."

As soon as Maria said that, they heard a car honk coming from outside.

Evelyn and Maria turned to look in the direction of the sound.

Evelyn smiled. "It's fine. I'm going to get going now, Grandma."

Maria could not do anything. All she could do was give Lucas a signal with her eyes.

Lucas did not notice the signal. He just kept talking to Mason over the phone. He did not pay any attention to them, and he did not care if Evelyn was going to leave or stay.

Maria glared at him.

Evelyn said she was not going to stay over and that she had some things to take care of at the office. What more could Maria say? She then got the household staff to help Evelyn move the flowers into the car.

Of course, that was just an excuse Evelyn came up with on the fly.

She was just there to collect the flowers. No matter how late it was, she would never choose to stay over at her ex-husband's house.

Mason heard Evelyn and Maria's conversation over the phone. Feeling surprised, he asked, "It's already so late, yet Evelyn is going to leave? I thought she would take this opportunity to spend the night there."

He believed that Lucas was seriously divorcing Evelyn. However, he kept his opinion about Evelyn reserved.

Lucas looked at the books that the household staff brought him. He was as calm as ever, and he did not care if Evelyn was going to spend the night there or not.

Maria glanced at the two of them.