At that moment, William received a call.
Although she didn't understand Japanese, she could tell he was speaking in Japanese to the person on the other end.
She knew William was fluent in French, English, and Chinese, but she hadn't expected him to be fluent in Japanese as well.
At that moment, she realized again how little she had known about William before... Of course, it was because William had never tried to let her know him.
Putting down his phone, William told her, "I need to go on a business trip to Japan... I'll probably be there for about a week."
She had said she wanted to live a quiet life, so she wouldn't give him the cold shoulder.
The reason she hadn't responded to him earlier was that she didn't want to accept his concern.
She gave him a faint "Hmm" as a response and didn't say anything more.
William stood up, took the suit jacket handed to him by the maid, and then left the dining room.
