Chapter 70 He Explains for Himself
There were a lot of people walking around the neighborhood. Most of them were walking with their children. There were also some young couples holding hands and looking affectionate.
Despite seeing the others being so affectionate, Hubert and Teresa continued to walk shoulder-to-shoulder, and neither initiated to extend their hands.
And many people looked back at them because of their good looks.
Finally, Teresa stopped by the neighborhood's children's playground. Then, she said to Hubert, "Let's sit here for a while and watch the children play."
She was very fond of children.
And she cared very much for her nephew, Andy.
Hubert remained silent. Then he silently followed her and sat down on a stone bench.
"If Andy had been here, he would have had fun too."
Hubert muttered in reply to her.
Teresa looked at him sideways. Hubert felt a little puzzled by her gaze, and he asked her cautiously, "What are you doing looking at me like that?"
"You're so handsome and charming. I can't stop looking at you."
Hubert felt speechless.
"Mr. Donovan, not only are you good-looking, but also very intelligent, which shows that you have good genes. If you have a child one day, he will definitely be very smart too."
"You want to have a baby with me?"
Teresa smiled and said, "Grandma keeps urging me to get pregnant sooner and give her a great-granddaughter."
Upon hearing her words, Hubert quietly moved to the side, as far away from Teresa as possible.
Teresa didn't notice this. Then she continued, "I know you have no feelings for me. In fact, I don't feel anything for you right now either. We are a couple who have no feelings for each other. If I did have sex with you, it wouldn't feel like a heart-to-heart exchange between husband and wife, but rather like I was buying sex, except for giving you money."
Hearing her words, Hubert felt speechless.
"We're not going to have kids. You'd better ask Grandma to pressure Chad."
Wouldn't they have kids?
Hubert felt uncomfortable, but he did not contradict her and remained silent.
"Mr. Donovan, do you think I'm scheming?"
Hubert thought, 'Can you not ask so directly?'
"Actually, I married you with an intention. You have an apartment. If I marry you, I can move in with you and not have to pay rent."
"I know."
So he didn't have a good impression of her at first.
However, due to his grandmother, he still married her with anger.
"Mr. Donovan, you know?"
Then Teresa looked at him with admiring eyes and said, "Mr. Donovan, you're really smart. You have sharp eyes. I feel like you've seen right through me."
Hubert locked eyes with her. He said, "I don't see through you right now and don't know your real purpose in saying this."
"There's no purpose. It's just that we rarely talk like this. And you won't initiate a conversation with me. To keep us from feeling awkward, I had to find something to talk to you about."
Hubert felt speechless.
It was true that he didn't know what to talk to her about.
The young newlyweds around them were so intimate that they were walking around with their fingers interlocked. And couples who had children had even more to talk about.
Those people were not like them who had no feelings for each other and no children. So, it would be really hard if they wanted to start a conversation.
Teresa laughed when Hubert looked like he was at a loss for words. Then she got up and pulled Hubert along with her. "Let's go back before you get all uncomfortable. It's like I'm going to throw myself at you any minute."
"Teresa, you're a girl!"
"What's wrong with me being a girl? I'm not going to lose an arm or leg if I say it."
Teresa pulled him along. But she was tugging at the hem of his shirt and not touching his hands because she was afraid he would wash them many times when he got back.
"Didn't you see the trending topics the other day? Miss Lisbon liked Young Master Donovan, so she expressed her feelings to him and openly pursued him. When a man meets a woman he likes, he pursues her, and vice versa, when a woman meets a man she likes, she also pursues him. It's all in pursuit of true love."
"I appreciate Miss Lisbon. She also indirectly helped me a little bit. Although she doesn't know who I am, I will give her my best wishes. I hope she succeeds in her quest for her true love and gets married to Young Master Donovan. She's been through a lot during her pursuit. If she makes it, Young Master Donovan should pamper her."
Sophie suppressed the trending topic of "ungrateful granddaughter", which reduced the impact on Teresa and her sister. As a result, Teresa had taken a liking to Sophie.
Moreover, Sophie dared to express her love and unhappiness directly, Teresa had already started to appreciate her.
When he heard Teresa's words, Hubert suddenly froze.
He thought, 'If you knew Young Master Donovan was your husband, would you still say something like that?'
"Young Master Donovan doesn't like Miss Lisbon."
Hubert explained for himself. In case Teresa would think he and Sophie were a couple.
"How would anyone else know that they would like each other except for lovers at first sight? Doesn't it always start with a confession? As they slowly come into contact, they will get to know each other, grow to appreciate each other, and then gradually develop feelings for each other."
"Romantic feelings develop over time. Young Master Donovan and Miss Lisbon have the same family background. If they could get together, they would be a couple made for each other. That sounds good."
"I work for the Donovan Group, so I know my boss always has bodyguards following him around. And he doesn't allow young women to get close to him. He hates all young women. Besides, our company holds a grudge against the Lisbon Group. How could my boss be with Miss Lisbon?"
After their marriage, Teresa never took the initiative to ask Hubert what position he held at the company and how much he earned per month. After all, they were just teaming up to live together. And they wouldn't be together for long. Therefore, she felt it was pointless to ask Hubert those questions.
If Hubert took the initiative to mention his work, Teresa would gossip about what kind of person Young Master Donovan was.
"Have you met your boss? Your last name is also Donovan, and people could easily mistake you and your boss as family."
Teresa smiled and said, "Gwen has suspected you many times. I told her she read too many novels. And she always relates our marriage to the plot of the novel. She said all the female leads in novels are married to billionaires in a flash."
"I told her it can't be that easy to meet and marry a billionaire. Unless all men are billionaires."
Hubert thought, 'Looks like Miss Gaston has sharp eyes. No wonder she also comes from a wealthy family.'
The Gaston family was the new money in the eyes of normal people. Her family earned hundreds of thousands of dollars a month by collecting rent. That was why Erica was able to marry into a rich family.
Hubert felt that if he ever attended a party, he would have to stay away from the Gaston family and the Porter family. He didn't want them to reveal his identity in front of Teresa.
He felt he should tell Teresa himself that he was Young Master Donovan instead of having someone else tell her.
"My boss is very busy. It's also hard for me to see him unless I attend a meeting. After all, I'm not one of the core executives of the company. Even when I attend meetings, I sit at the far end. And I have very poor eyesight, so I can't even see what my boss looks like."