webnovel Chapter 1149: Protecting Her Before She Even Walked In
Chapter 1149: Protecting Her Before She Even Walked In
"Where did you sleep last night?" Ariella Sawyer asked, probing.
"In the room," Ryan Walyon said.
Ariella froze for a few seconds, as if unsure of what she had heard.
Before she fell asleep, he was definitely on the sofa!
But thinking again, she realized she might have overthought it.
Maybe he went up after she fell asleep?
Either way, Ariella was relieved.
If he slept in the room, there was no chance for anything to happen, so she figured she didn’t do anything last night.
Ariella patted her chest and let out a long sigh, feeling much more at ease.
"I’ll have to go to the set later, so I’m heading out now." She mentioned to Ryan, head down wanting to leave the annex, but just then the butler came over.
"Miss Sawyer, Old Master asked me to see if you two were awake. He said if you were awake, you can have breakfast together." The butler lowered his head and said respectfully.
Do I have to meet Old Master again?
Ariella instinctively felt some resistance.
However, since Old Master Walyon himself asked her, there wasn’t any reason for her to refuse.
Glancing at Ryan behind her, Ariella quietly followed the butler to the main house.
When they arrived, the servants had already set up breakfast, and Old Master was sitting at the head of the table, waiting for her.
"Good morning, Sir!" Ariella walked in with her head down, politely greeting the elderly gentleman.
"Take a seat!" Old Master gestured to a chair at one side of the dining table.
Ariella dared not disobey and quietly sat down.
Within a minute of her sitting, Ryan came in.
As he entered, Old Master was solemnly speaking, "I don’t particularly like people from the entertainment industry; it’s a messy world, and mingling with folks from that circle brings lots of trouble later on."
He hinted at his dislike for entertainment industry actresses becoming part of the Walyon Family, thinking there are too many rules in that world and fearing it wasn’t clean.
Ryan furrowed his brows, entered with a composed face, and sat next to Ariella.
"Acting is Miss Sawyer’s career; she’s just doing her job properly. Isn’t Grandpa meddling a bit too much now?"
He simply didn’t want Old Master interfering in Ariella’s affairs, because, after all, Ariella had nothing to do with the Walyon Family.
Unexpectedly, the old man took his words as defending Ariella.
She hasn’t even entered the family!
Yet he’s already protecting her?
He clearly misunderstood, and Ryan’s words made his expression worsen.
Still, Old Master Walyon now interfered less with his descendants than before.
Adrian Walyon was gone, and his favorite grandson was no more; Old Master was now lacking energy in whatever he did.
Dropping this topic, he decided to secretly investigate Ariella. If it was confirmed she was indeed clean and simply acting, Old Master might be able to accept her.
"Have you ever had a boyfriend before?" Changing the subject, Old Master asked something else.
His meaning was clear enough.
He’s screening for a granddaughter-in-law candidate!
Ryan felt this misunderstanding was quite big.
"Grandpa!" With a composed face, Ryan interrupted him, "The porridge will get cold if we don’t have it now."
"What difference does it make sipping it cooler in summer?" Old Master snorted, dismissing Ryan’s remark.
Raising his gaze, he looked at Ariella again, "About the earlier question..."
Ariella shook her head blankly, "No."
"No, huh!" Old Master slowly savored her words, seemingly satisfied.
He believed Ariella’s words, thinking it would be too easy to dig into her past as an actress.