She Made a Comeback as a Renowned Doctor

Chapter 20: Chapter 20: Encounter with Ex-Husband and Rival While Shopping

Hope Williams frowned. “My dear daughter, what kind of comforting method is this? Don’t boys care about their face?”

Luke added, “Hannah even knocked over her bowl and cried to go home to find Mommy. Teacher Thompson had to console her for a long time.”

“And then there’s Theo and Aiden fighting, Aiden’s nose even got swollen.”

Children at this age love to play and are tough, which is indeed the norm for kindergarteners.

The two of them took turns speaking, mentioning fighting, wetting pants, and even supplemented each other, vividly describing the events as if they had discovered a new continent, especially Willow with her gossiping enthusiasm, getting more and more excited as she spoke.

“Mommy, kindergarteners are really interesting. Willow wants to go to school every day from now on.”

Hope Williams was embarrassed. Why were these treasures only focusing on others fighting and wetting their pants? “So what did Luke and Willow learn today?”

“The things that Teacher Thompson taught, the private tutor sister has already taught us,” said Luke without thinking.

“Uh-huh, Willow knows them all too.”

Um…

When the kids were three, they followed Liam Cloud around causing trouble, and unable to bear it, Hope Williams had found them private tutors since the kindergarten curriculum was indeed too easy for them.

“However, Mommy, the class that Teacher Thompson teaches is really interesting.”

Hope Williams was driving and chatting with the two children when her phone rang—it was Aria Richardson.

“Hello, what’s up, Aria?”

“Hope, did you pick up the treasures?”

“I did, we just left the kindergarten.” Hope Williams glanced at the backseat where the treasures were playing with toys.

“Then let’s go shopping. Since you returned to the country, we haven’t really shopped together. It’s also the kids’ first day at school; as their godmother, I should really show my support. After shopping, I’ll treat you all to dinner.”

“Today? I might not be able to today…”

“Let’s go, Mommy, let’s go shopping with godmother.” Willow, perking up at the mention of going out, jumped up excitedly, “Willow hasn’t seen godmother in a long time.”

“A long time?” Hope Williams raised her eyebrows and laughed, highly doubtful of that term.

“Yes, yes.” Willow counted on her fingers, “It’s been one night and one day.”

“Willow, godmother supports you, no problem at all. Hope, let’s go.”

“Mommy, let’s go, Luke doesn’t want to stay at home either.” Luke had no objections, and Hope Williams laughed helplessly, “Alright, see you later.”

“Sure.”

Hope Williams changed her route to the mall.

After parking the car, she saw Aria Richardson not far ahead; Luke and Willow rushed over to give Aria a big hug, making her burst into laughter.

“Oh, my dear treasures, godmother loves you to death.”

Hope Williams approached smiling, “If you like them so much, why don’t you have your own?”

“No way, I just love your treasures. Come on, godmother will buy you gifts, choose whatever you want, godmother is paying.”

“Yay, godmother is the best.”

Hope Williams ruffled Willow’s hair, feeling a bit jealous.

Aria Richardson continued teasing, “Who’s better, Mommy or godmother?”

“Mommy,” the kids answered in unison, with a strong will to live.

The expressions on the kids’ faces made both Hope Williams and Aria Richardson laugh.

As they chatted and walked into the mall, a prestigious Rolls Royce slowed to a stop by the roadside.@@novelbin@@

Waylon Lewis and Joy Ward got out of the car.

Joy Ward smiled sweetly, “Waylon, thank you for being willing to accompany me today to help choose a birthday gift for my dad.” Saying so, Joy Ward casually hooked her arm through Waylon’s.

Waylon Lewis glanced at Joy Ward lightly, his magnetic, deep voice neither warm nor cold, “I promised you, I won’t go back on my word, let’s go inside.”

Waylon Lewis led the way forward, and Joy Ward lightly clinging to his arm just let it naturally fall away.

Joy Ward looked down at her empty hands, her smile almost faltering. She quickly caught up to the man’s pace, and once she was beside him, her face resumed its brightest smile.

Today was Monday, and the shopping mall was not crowded, so the individual stores were quite empty. The sales associates, seeing customers, became extra enthusiastic.

Hope Williams and Aria Richardson had just entered, and several sales associates immediately surrounded them. Shopping seemed to be a natural instinct for every girl. Within half an hour in one store, they already carried both big and small shopping bags.

Then, Hope bought a few new sets of clothes for the kids. Willow wore her new princess dress and was happily bouncing around.

Aria doted on the children; Luke liked LEGO, and Willow enjoyed toy dolls. If it wasn’t for Hope holding her back, she almost cleared out a shelf of LEGO and dolls.

They headed to the children’s area which all kids love, with various toy facilities catching Luke and Willow’s attention. It was natural for children of this age to love playing.

“Mommy, you and godmom go shopping,” Luke said alongside Willow in the children’s toy area, playing happily with other kids. “Don’t worry about us; I’ll take good care of my sister.”

Hope and Aria smiled at each other, appreciating this rare leisure time. There was no danger here, so Hope naturally wouldn’t dampen the children’s spirits and nodded. “Okay, Mommy will come to pick you up later. Don’t run off, okay?”

“Okay, we promise. Don’t worry, Mommy,” they chorused.

“Go ahead and shop with godmom, girls need to dress up pretty.”

“You two little clever ones.”

Hand in hand, Hope and Aria spoke. “Hope, a new store just opened over there. I saw it the other day; the clothes are mostly in light colors. You’ve always favored light-colored dresses, right? Let’s check it out.”

Hope always liked to wear light-colored dresses. With her fair skin and gently cool demeanor, she could carry off any color, but light-colored clothes looked particularly elegant on her.

Upon entering the store, Hope immediately spotted a light blue dress with no extra decorations, the chiffon lightly lifted by the breeze, featuring a delicate gradient, and its design simple yet classy.

The sales associate immediately came over enthusiastically, “Miss, you have great taste! This dress is a new model in our store and is limited edition. In all of A City, our store only has two of these!”

“Hope, go and try it on if you like it.”

“Okay.” Hope took the dress and went into the fitting room.

Aria browsed around and found nothing she particularly liked. While she sat on the couch waiting eagerly for Hope to come out, she heard a familiar voice. “Waylon, what do you think about this light blue dress?”

“It’s okay.”

Aria frowned at the familiar male voice, hastily glanced away from the clothes, and saw Waylon Lewis and Joy Ward.

Her eyes widened in surprise. What luck for Hope, bumping into her ex-husband and romantic rival while shopping!

“Miss, you have great taste! This dress is a new model in our store and also a limited edition. In all of A City, our store only has two of these! Another lady just took a liking to this dress too. You might want to try it.”

“This dress’s color is very unique.” Clearly, Joy also really liked this dress. “Waylon, wait here for me; I’m going to try it on.”

“Okay.” The man responded indifferently, sitting down on the sofa, his strong presence somewhat out of place in this ladies’ clothing store.

Aria quickly took out her phone to text Hope, warning her to avoid any awkwardness.

But Hope had already come out of the fitting room.

“Wow! Miss, this dress suits you perfectly!” the sales associate couldn’t help but exclaim as her eyes lit up.

“Yes, it really is beautiful, like a fairy descending from heaven.”

“Miss, you look stunning. It’s like this dress was tailor-made for you.”

“Does it look good, Aria?” Hope walked around the clothing rack, initially looking for Aria, only to lock eyes with the man.

She was dressed in a light blue dress with a small V-neck that revealed her delicate collarbone. Her naturally pale skin, under the bright showroom lights, seemed to glow even brighter. She stood tall with her back straight, wearing a pair of clean, flat shoes.

Her face, lightly made-up, was incredibly beautiful; her black curly hair gently rested on her shoulders, resembling a celestial nymph.

Perfection and elegance emanated from her, making her unapproachably noble.

“Holy shit!” Aria couldn’t help but exclaim.

The second their eyes met, Hope’s smile stiffened, and her good mood instantly vanished.

So much for the proverb about enemies often crossing each other’s paths.

Waylon’s eyes briefly flickered, and his eyebrows raised, carrying an unmistakable impression of amazement.

Meanwhile, Joy had also changed into the same dress and was being assisted with the belt by a sales associate.

“Waylon, how do I look in this… Hope?”